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For many, college is a means to a good job. For Hollywood stars, college is an opportunity to be like everyone else.

Jodie Foster

By age 14, she had appeared in two dozen television series and 10 feature films, including Taxi Driver. Yet, she stepped away from the film business at the height of her career to attend Yale University. It paid off Foster graduated in 1985 with a degree in literature, and she was later awarded a degree in fine arts. Her career didn’t suffer, either. She went on to win two Oscars, for The Accused and The Silence of the lambs, and to direct several films.

Jerry O’Connell

Actor Jerry O’Connell made a name for himself at age 11 as the star of Stand by Me. After a few more projects, h took a break from acting to attend New York University. Now he is finishing up his law degree at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles. He enrolled(注册) in night classes in 2009 before playing a lawyer in the television series The Defenders.

Brooke Shields

Actress Brooke Shields basically came of age on screen, playing in Pretty Baby, The Blue Lagoon and Endless Love. Later, she went for her bachelor’s degree at Princeton University and it was the degree, in the end, that served her.

“Without those four years of learning and growth, I would have never survived my industry, a business that eats its young. I would never have been able to adapt and to reinvent myself from movies to television, to stage, to author,” Shields told The Washington Post.

32. According to the text, Jodie Foster__________.

  A. won two Oscars when studying in college

  B. had directed some films by age 14

  C. began her acting career in 1985

  D. got two degrees in college

33. The Black Swan star once attended________.

  A. Yale University                 B. Harvard University

  C. Princeton University             D. New York University

34. What can we learn from Shields’ words?

  A. She never dreamt she could be a star.

  B. She became famous due to her degree.

  C. She greatly benefited from her college study.

  D. She hated the competition in the film business.

35. What do the four people mentioned in the text have in common?

   A. They are all Oscar winners.

   B. They majored in psychology in college.

   C. They went to college in order to get better jobs.

   D. They were child stars who became college graduates.

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