Cultural icons are hard to define, but we know them when we see them.They are people who manage to go beyond celebrity, who are legendary, who somehow manage to become mythic,.But what makes some figures icons and others mere celebrities? That’s hard to answer.In part, their lives have the quality of a story to tell.For instance, the beautiful young Diana Spencer who at 19 married a prince, renounced marriage and the throne, and died at the moment she found true love.Good looks certainly help.So does a special indefinable charm, with the help of the media.But nothing confirms an icon more than a tragic death—such as Martin Luther King, Jr., John F.Kennedy, and Princess Diana.
1.The passage mainly deals with ________.
A.life and death
B.heroes and heroines
C.heroes and icons
D.icons and celebrities
2.Heroes and heroines are usually ________.
A.courageous
B.good examples to follow
C.self-sacrificing
D.all of the above
3.Which of the following statements is wrong?()
A.Poverty in America has been eased with the economic growth
B.Superstars are famous for being famous
C.One’s look can contribute to being famous
D.Heroes and heroines can only emerge in war times
4.Beautiful young Diana Spencer found her genuine love ________.
A.when she was 19
B.when she became a princess
C.just before her death
D.after she gave birth to a prince
5.What is more likely to set an icon’s status?()
A.Good looks
B.Tragic and early death
C.Personal attraction
D.The quality of one’s story
A.result in
B.stick to
C.break off
D.depend on
A.According to
B.In the interest(s) of
C.Concerning
D.with reference to
It is a () that in some odd way world peace appears to depend on our spending millions of pounds on weapons that can kill us all.
A.paradox
B.contradict
C.perspective
D.manipulation
A.are benefited
B.will benefit
C.will be benefited
D.had benefited