A recent survey of teachers found that an unhealthy passion with celebrity（名人） culture is having a negative effect on British students’ studies and it discovered that celebrity couple, the Beckhams, are the favorites among most students. Many students are ignoring building their own careers to seek a chance at fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.
Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity many pupils wanted to follow while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.
The survey said the celebrities that students aspired to mostly were David and Victoria Beckham who live in Los Angeles now. Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife.
Almost half of the 300 teachers surveyed said pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing "unsuitably".
"We are not surprised about the influence of celebrity culture in schools —it reflects the current media passion with celebrities and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole," ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement.
"Celebrities can have a positive effect on pupils. They can raise pupils’ aspirations and desires for the future. However, celebrity culture can spread the idea that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforce the belief that other career choices are not as valuable," said one primary school teacher. "Too many of the pupils believe that school success is unnecessary, because they will be able to get fame and fortune quite easily through a reality TV show."
56. The story mainly tells us that ______.
A. the Beckhams are mostly admired in Britain
B. most students think that being pop stars is more valuable than other career achievements
C. the celebrity passion has a harmful impact upon British students’ studies
D. a survey was made recently about the popularity of the stars
57. Why does the author mention that pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”?
A. The pupils think it interesting to pretend to be the celebrities.
B. The behavior or the dress of celebrities can be followed as examples.
C. The author wants to show the negative influence these celebrities had on the students.
D. The author just wants to show being pop stars is very valuable to the students.
58. What is not TRUE according to the story?
A. Celebrities can’t have positive impact on the students.
B. Beckham and Victoria are husband and wife.
C. The so-called celebrity culture does harm to the pupils’ ideas about achievement.
D. Many students believe that school success is unnecessary.
59. The best title of the story is _____.
A. Sports Star David Beckham
B. Survey of Students about Celebrities
C. Harmful Effect of Celebrities on Students
D. Better to Be Pop Stars Than Sports Stars