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Crazy
Reading 17
May I Have Your
Autograph?
Pre-reading
Think about the following questions.
1
．
Do you have the
autograph of anyone famous?
2
．
Whose autograph
would you like to have?
3
．
What would you
do with a famous person
’
s
autograph?
Vocabulary Preview
Write the letter of the word or phrase
with the same meaning as the underlined word.
1
．
______ My
grandfather started his own business. I really
admire him.
2
．
________ The
baseball player wrote his autograph on a baseball.
3
．
________No one
could read the signature at the bottom of the
letter.
4
．
_______We can
always ask her for help. She is willing to help us
any time.
5
．
_____Employees
in fast-food restaurants do not earn much money.
6
．
______You can
see famous entertainers walking on the street in
Hollywood.
7
．
______Please
sign your name on the line.
8
．
______I am
worried about the test. My score matters a lot to
me.
Reading Comprehension
阅读文章
Is
there a famous person whom
you really admire?
Wouldn
’
t
you love
to have his
or her autograph? You
would never throw that
person
’
s autograph away.
Many people feel the same way as you. However,
some people
collect autographs even
from people they don
’
t
admire. They just want autographs from any famous
person. They
don
’
t collect
these autographs to keep them. They collect the
autographs to sell them.
Collecting
autographs
has
become
a
business.
In
fact,
there
are
more
than
20,000
people
who
collect
autographs. These
people are willing to pay a lot of money for an
autograph. Therefore, autograph hounds now
hang around sports centers, concerts
arenas, and chic restaurants. These people try to
get autographs they can sell.
They can
sometimes
make as much as $$1,500 for
one autograph. In fact, one very successful
autograph hound
earns
about
$$100,00
a
year.
There
are
also
companies
that
buy
and
sell
autographs.
One
company,
Profiles
in
History, say it has the
largest collection of entertainers’ autographs in
the world. The company earns more than
$$12 million a year! One autograph may
cost under $$100. Other autographs can cost several
thousand dollars.
A
．
concerns; means
E
．
actors,
singers, dancers
B
．
make through
work
C
．
ready to
do happily
D
．
signature of a
famous person
F. official written name
G
．
respect; look
up to
H
．
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The price
of an autograph doesn’t depend on the person’s
fame. It depends on how rare the autograph is. For
example, famous people like Angelina
Jolie and Matt Damon sign a lot of autographs.
Therefore, their autographs
are not
rare and are not worth very much money. On the
other hand, Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow rarely
sign
anything.
This
makes
their
autographs
more
rare
and
more
valuable.
Queen
Elizabeth
II
almost
never
signs
autographs.
Theref
ore, something with her signature
on it might sell for around $$3,500. It doesn’t
matter if the
person is dead. Elvis
Presley and Napoleon signed many things. Their
signatures are only worth $$1,500. However,
signed letters from Marilyn Monroe are
very rare. They can cost $$50,000 each. The highest
price ever paid for an
autograph was
$$750,000. This was for a letter written by Abraham
Lincoln.
Choose
the best answer.
1
．
What is the
main idea of this reading?
A
．
Collecting
autographs is fun.
B
．
Some autographs
are rare.
C
．
Signatures of
people who are dead are worth the most.
D
．
Collecting
autographs can be a business.
2
．
What does the
price of an autograph mostly depend on?
A
．
How hard it is
to find the autograph
C
．
How
many people admire the person
3
．
Which is true
about Profiles in History?
A
．
It
is an autograph museum.
C
．
It
tells people how much autographs are worth.
4
．
Whose signature
was worth the most?
A
．
Queen Elizabeth
II
’
s
B
．
Abraham
Lincoln
’
s
C
．
Marilyn
Monroe
’
s
D
．
Matt
Damon
’
s
5
．
From the
reading, what do you think an
“
autograph
hound
”
is?
A
．
Someone who
buys autographs
B
．
Someone who
gets autographs from famous people
C
．
A famous person
who signs many autographs
D
．
A
dog that can sign its autograph
Idiomatic
Expressions.
Find these idioms in the
reading.
hang around
to wait
or stay somewhere
无所事事地待（某处）
；
荡来荡去
B
．
It has the most
expensive autographs.
D
．
It is a
business that sells autographs.
B
．
Whether the
person is living or dead
D
．
When the person
wrote the signature
That dog is always hanging around the
garbage.
Depend on
to be or change because of something
依赖；依靠
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