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iod 2Ⅰ. 閱讀理解 A Several years ago,most young Britons wanted a career in law,to be a doctor,or ,if they were creative enough,to take up singing. But today,things stand differently. According to a survey by Tesco Mobile,a UK teles pany,the “dream job” of young people aged between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger,or “vlogger”. The survey,carried out among 1,002 people,found that as much as 40 percent of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of ideal careers. The single factor contributing to this change is undoubtedly the Internet and social media. They have made it so much easier to reach a global audience,without having to enter a career in show business in the traditional way. “In years that have gone by,the biggest stars were remended and trained by the Hollywood studios。 now,anyone with a puter camera can bee an idol,” a Tesco Mobile spokesperson said in a news release. “From fashion to edy,these selfmade stars document their hobbies to an adoring fanbase. Vloggers are the big stars of today because they are normal people interacting with their fans about everyday life. ”However,what people see is only the bright side of being a vlogger and they ignore the fact that only those who are successful gain fame and fortune. For every success there are a hundred others who never get off the starting block. There are the dreams that e true and the dreams that are destined to remain dreams. This is why despite the popularity of vloggers,some young people chose to follow careers that don’t necessarily earn them fame,but allow them to make good use of the Internet to share their hobbies. 介紹了在新的時代背景下英國年輕人夢想的職業(yè)。細節(jié)理解題。2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?A. Most vloggers can achieve their dreams. B. One should realize the dreams one by one. C. Vloggers who are successful can gain fame and fortune. D. Not all the vloggers have acplished the dreams. 【解析】選D。從上文的For every success there are a hundred others who never get off the starting block. 可以推斷出,并不是所有作視頻博主的人都成功實現(xiàn)了他們的夢想。A. call on young people not to be vloggersB. explain the popularity of vloggersC. help readers take a correct attitudeD. state the advantages of his career【解析】選C。作者在最后一段試圖通過David Leshaw這樣一個案例,尤其是在本