Iwasn’tsurprisedwhenIreadthatactressHelenHuntrecentlystatedthatshewouldneverallowheryoungdaughtertobecomeachildstar.MsHuntisthedaughterofaHollywoodtechnicaldirectorandgrewupinHollywood.Nowinherl

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I wasn’t surprised when I read that actress Helen Hunt recently stated that she would never allow her young daughter to become a child star. Ms Hunt is the daughter of a Hollywood technical director and grew up in Hollywood. Now in her late 40s she started acting and modeling when she was eight and has probably seen a lot over those years in show business.

She has had a successful career. She earned four Golden Globes and four Emmys. She also attained the top honor of her profession when she won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the 1992 movie As Good As It Gets. Given those accolades Ms Hunt is successful. There is no doubt that her early experiences as a child star prepared her for what has been an outstanding adult career. Given those achievements why would this star declare she’ll never allow her daughter now at the age of six to follow in her footsteps?

Everyone familiar with the entertainment scene is aware of the reasons for her attitude. Recent tabloid(小报) news headlines featuring the troubles of former child stars among them Lindsay Lohan Britney Spears and the late Gary Coleman may answer the question. Although Ms Hunt managed to become a successful grown-up star she apparently believes she’s an exception.

What Ms Hunt may be suggesting is that many very young stars go through unnatural childhoods on movie and TV sets. While they’re earning big incomes they’re so pampered(纵容) by directors and praised by fans；they may get false impressions that their lives will always be that way. Then within a few years when faced with reality they’re hurt and confused. After all the overwhelming affection they find they can’t deal with the problems. That’s often when drugs and alcohol take over their lives.

Helen Hunt has some other reasons why she doesn’t want her daughter to be in the entertainment business. Many child stars can never make a successful transition to meaningful adulthood. However as with many Hollywood movies I believe there are both good and bad scenes about how it can be played out in real life.

56. According to the passage Ms Hunt ______.

A. started acting and modeling as a little girl      

B. has been acting for about 30 years

C. is the daughter of a famous actor               

D. started singing when she was eight

57. The underlined word “ accolades ” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.

A. difficulties             B. awards       C. salaries              D. opinions

58. The author thinks Helen Hunt’s success is mainly due to______.

A. her hard work                            B. the help of a technical director

C. her experiences as a child star              D. her talent and good luck

59. Helen Hunt wouldn’t allow her daughter to become a child star because she thinks ______.

  A. it’s hard for a child star to succeed            B. being a child star may ruin her future

  C. their life is filled with sorrow         D. they are not capable of solving problems

60. From the passage we can conclude that ______.

A. child stars are more likely to succeed in the future                       

B. there is no way to save the entertainment business

C. the author has a different opinion about child stars

D. meaningful adulthood only belongs to non-child stars

Answer 1

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