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Forget Britney Spears, who is the new pop princess that makes thousands of American teenage girls
scream with excitement at her concerts and rush to the store to buy her latest CD?
The answer is Miley Cyrus. After starring in popular TV shows and hit movies, the 16yearold released
her fifth album, The Time of Our Lives, on August 28.Its lead single, Party in the U. S.A., is wildly
popular.
Cyrus has built her success largely on a role she has played. On TV and the silver screen, Miley Cyrus
is Miley Stewart.She is popular at school during the day and at night, she is a famous pop singer named
Hannah Montana.
Her soaring popularity goes to her head. So Stewart's father takes her home from Los Angeles to
Tennessee, a southern US state, for a dose of reality(体验生活). The journey kicks_off an adventure
filled with fun, laughter and romance.
While there, she has to cope with her city girl's unfamiliarity with country life and gradually learn what
family is all about.
"Hannah Montana, at heart, is every Disney princess show you've ever seen," writes Michael
O'Sullivan, a reporter with the Washington Post."Only with a limo(房车)instead of a
pumpkinturnedcoach(南瓜马车), a microphone stand instead of a magic wand(魔法棒)and a prince
who wears a cowboy hat."
But the journey of looking for one's inner self goes beyond the big screen. Actress Miley Cyrus has a
celebrity father, Billy Ray Cyrus, a famous country singer.The teenager doesn't want people to think she
has taken a shortcut to success."It's about how I find out who I am. I get to know that you need to be
able to take time to realize who you are," she said."I don't want to be some celebrity's daughter, just be
me."
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Miley Cyrus released five albums when she was sixteen years old.
B. The Time of Our Lives is her fifth album.
C. Party in the U. S.A. is very popular.
D. Thousands of American teenagers rush to the store to buy Miley's latest CD.
2. Why did his father take her to the country?
A. Because she got dizzy with success.
B. Because she wanted to play in the movies.
C. Because she wanted to make adventure.
D. Because her father liked country life.
3. What's the meaning of the underlined words "kicks off" in the fourth paragraph?
A. sets out
B. ends up with
C. goes through
D. suffers from
4. What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Miley wants to take a shortcut success.
B. Miley's father is a famous country singer.
C. Miley wants to succeed by herself.
D. Teenagers like her father.
