Who’s your favorite movie star? What’s your favourite type of music? 先做做下面的測試，因?yàn)闊釔塾耙曇魳罚非髸r(shí)尚流行的你不得不知道這些必備單詞和詞組。
1: Hollywood movie stars such as Brad Pitt and global singing sensations such as Mariah Carey are often described as __________ celebrities.
a. Z-list
b. listed
c. A-list
d. unlisted
答案是：c，A-list一流的，指的是全世界家喻戶曉的明星。a不對，Z-list其實(shí)是指那些不很大紅大紫的小明星;b不對，我們不用listed列出的這個(gè)單詞來形容名人;d不對，我們不用 unlisted未記載的來形容名人。
2: __________ follow celebrities, taking pictures which are then sold to newspapers, magazines
and the internet.
a. Fans
b. Paparazzi
c. Movie directors
d. Magazine editors
答案是：b，Paparazzi 的工作就是拿那些他們拍到的明星的照片去賣錢。Paparazzi專門追逐名人，偷拍照片的攝影者，狗仔隊(duì)。a不對，F(xiàn)ans看到他們喜愛的明星會(huì)拍照，但是他們通常不會(huì)拿這些照片去賣錢;c不對，Movie directors電影導(dǎo)演不會(huì)這樣追逐明星的;d不對，Magazine editors雜志編輯不會(huì)這樣追逐明星的。
3: A __________ spends a lot of time and effort trying to become famous.
a. wannabe
b. wanting
c. wanted
d. wonton
答案是：a，wannabe是一個(gè)俚語，表示一個(gè)特別向往成名的人，這個(gè)詞有時(shí)候會(huì)有貶義含義。b不對，wanting通常不被用來形容明星和明日之星;c 不對，如果我們說一個(gè)人被wanted, 那么意思就是說這個(gè)人由于犯了罪，被警察通緝;d不對，A wonton意思就是餛飩。
4: When a celebrity becomes widely recognized, you can say they are a __________ name.
a. house
b. home
c. household
d. homely
答案是：c，household的意思就是家庭。如果我們說某人是household name，那么意思就是這個(gè)人的名字家喻戶曉。d不對，Homely用來形容一個(gè)舒服的，可以讓人放松的地方。我們一般不會(huì)用這個(gè)詞來形容明星。
5: The actors and actresses were excellent. The audience gave a ___________ at the end of the show.
a. standard praise
b. standing praise
c. standard ovation
d. standing ovation
答案是：d，英語(論壇)中的standing ovation 就是站起來熱烈鼓掌表示感謝的意思。
6. I was lucky last night at the Barbican Hall as Lang Lang gave two ______ which is quite
unusual.
a. incors
b. en-calls
c. on-calls
d. encores
答案是：d，encores是個(gè)法語單詞，意思是(觀眾)要求重演，再來一個(gè)。
7: Hip-hop became popular in the 1980s and is closely associated with _________.
a. street culture
b. musical theatre
c. hopping
d. contemporary dance
答案是：a，Hip-hop希普霍普和街頭文化street culture有著密切的關(guān)系。b不對，Hip-hop和音樂劇musical theatre沒有關(guān)系;c不對，Hip-hop是一種音樂，和hopping單腿跳躍沒有關(guān)系;d不對，Hip-hop是一種音樂形式，和現(xiàn)代舞蹈 contemporary dance沒有什么關(guān)系。
8: Modern pop music is often criticized for being too _________.
a. quiet
