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American actor Johnny Depp can best be describ

ed as unconventional. From his early life, his path into acting and even in his choice of movie roles，we can see that Depp has seldom taken the easy road. His willingness to take risks and do the unexpected has made Depp one of the few Hollywood actors able to achieve huge commercial success while maintaining his artistic reputation.

Born in 1963，Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth,

.occasionally turning to petty-crime and drugs. When his parents divorced in 1978，Depp dropped out of school aga inst his mother’s wishes and started a music band called the Kids. Although the band achieved some success, they were seldom able to make ends meet， with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping rough on friends’ s ofas and even in his car. In 1983，the ever-optimistic Depp and his new wife, Lori Anderson, moved to Hollywood California to further Depp’s musical career. But life there continued to be a struggle and Depp was forced to take a job selling pens door to door to support his new family. His luck changed when Lori’s ex-boyfriend, the famous actor Nicholas Cage, impressed by Depp’s good looks and intelligence, suggested he become an actor and helped him get a small part in a movie. Several other minor movie roles — and a divorce from Lori — followed，before Depp got his big break three years later. He landed the leading role in the television series 21 Jump Street，playing a youthful undercover police o fficer. The hugely popular show turned Depp into a teenage heartthrob overnight. He appeared on the cover of countless magazines and was much sought after by movie producers, eager to exploit his popularity with teenage girls. But Depp left 21 Jump Street after three years, when it was at the height of its popularity, later admitting that he hated the show’s unoriginal storylines and his “pretty boy” character. In the decade that followed, Depp rejected repeated offers of “pretty boy” roles in big-budget Hollywood films. Instead he established himself as a serious, somewhat dark, peculiar performer, consistently selecting roles in smaller, inde

pendent films that surprise critics and audiences alike Even i

n the movie that made Depp an international superstar, The Pirates of the Caribbean (2003 )，he was barely recognizable as Captain Jack Sparrow, the British，long-haired golden-toothed pirate. This and subsequent hit movies have placed Depp at the very top of the commercial film industry ( with a pay-check of $20 million for each such movie) but he still continues to make the smaller, stranger films for which he is so greatly admired. 41.As a youth, Depp could be described as a _____.

A. serious criminal B. trouble maker

C. drug addict D. successful musician

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。第二段“Depp was somewhat troublesome as a youth, occasionally turning to petty-crime and drugs.“ Depp 作为一个青年有点麻烦， 偶尔还会犯点小罪和吸毒。这说明他是一个惹事生非的人。故选B。

42. The underlined expression “make ends meet” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 。

A. get together after a show B. meet their audience

C. play to the end D. earn en ough to live

【答案】D

【解析】词义猜测题。后半句“with Depp often unable to pay his rent, sleeping rough on friends’ sofas and even in his car.” “Depp 经常不能付租金，睡在朋友的沙发上甚至是车里。”说明他们经常入不敷出， 也就是很少能收支相抵。即挣不到足够的钱来生活。故选D。

43. In which order did the following events take place in Depp’s life?

a. met Nicholas Cage

b. started a band called the Kids

c. played a British pirate

d. sold pens door to door

e. got married to Lori Anderson f. starred in a TV show

A. d, b, e, a，c, f B. b，e，d，a，f，c

C. a, b, f，c, d, e D. e，d, a，c，f, b

【答案】B

【解析】细节理解题。这几个事件最先出现的是第二段的“started a music band called the Kids.”他开创了这个乐队。故选B。

44. Why did Depp leave the TV show 21 Jump Street ?

A. The show was no longer popular.

B. He wanted to perform in movies.

C. He thought the show was terrible.

D. He rejected planned changes to his role.

【答案】C

【解析】细节理解题。第四段“later admitting that he hated the show’s unoriginal storylines and his “pretty boy” character.” “后来确认，他讨厌这个节目模仿的故事情节和他漂亮男孩的角色。”可以看出，他离开21 Jump Street，是因为他认为这个节目很糟糕。故选C。

45.Depp’s choice of movie roles throughout most of his career suggests that _____.

A. he valued interesting work over money

B. he believed he couldn’t play αpretty boy” roles well

C. he was very popular with Hollywood movie producers

D. he was more interested in shocking audiences than entertaining

【答案】A

【解析】推理判断题。文章最后一句话，尽管Depp位于商业电影的顶端，但他任然继续制作那种他所倾慕的更小，更陌生的电影。可见与钱相比，Depp更注重对工作的兴趣。故选A。