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When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
“But she will get dark,” they said.
“That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (肤色) is beautiful.”
They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (晒黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
What in the world is going on?
The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (标准) of beauty.
In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妆容). The tradition survives to this day.
So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define(给…下定义)their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!
小题1:The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.
A.they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit |
B.the writer’s daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun |
C.it is dangerous for a girl to be out on a lake alone |
D.with the powerful sunlight the writer’s daughter would have got a suntan |
A.Women with blond hair. | B.Women w![]() |
C.Women with tanned skin. | D.Women![]() |
A.is hard-working | B.doesn’t have to work |
C.has a ![]() | D.is from a very poor family |
A.is not interested in | B.doesn’t understand |
C.doesn’t like | D.has mixed feelings about |
答案
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:D
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试题【I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.
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We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive, we couldn’t understand the bus routes, and my wife didn’t like traveling under the ground. She said it made her feel sick.
We went to look at the places which all tourists visit. We saw Buckingham Palace. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We didn’t have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is bad. We didn’t think so. It is true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already booked again for this year. We are going to take our umbrellas, though. I’m sure we’ll need them sometimes.
小题1:The couple chose a small hotel in the West End to stay in because _________.
A.taxis were too expensive | B.they could go sightseeing on foot |
C.the underground made the wife feel sick | D.all the above |
A.booking in the hotel | B.finding the bus routes |
C.going sightseeing on foot | D.having meals |
A.were satisfied with | B.disliked |
C.were a bit unhappy about | D.regretted |
A.terrible | B.not bad | C.great | D.comfort |
A.They thought English food was bad. | B.They will visit London again. |
C.They visited London last October. | D.They didn’t take their umbrella last year. |
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert, it was, of course, very hard to hide their trucks from enemy planes. The soldiers were, therefore, given training in camouflage. They were shown how to paint their trucks in irregular patterns with pale green, yellow, and brown paints, and then to cover them with nets to which they had tied small pieces of cloth.
The driver of the biggest truck had a lot of trouble camouflaging it. He spent several hours painting it, preparing a net and searching for some heavy rocks with which to hold the net down. When it was all finished, he went for lunch.
When he came back from his meal, he was surprised and worried to see that his camouflage was completely spoilt by the truck’s shadow, which was growing longer and longer as the afternoon advanced. He stood looking at it, not knowing what to do.
Soon an officer arrived, and he, too, saw the shadow, of course.
“Well,” he shouted to the poor driver, “What are you going to do about it? If an enemy plane comes over, the pilot will at once know that there is a truck there.”
“I know, sir,” answered the soldier.
“Well, don’t just stand there doing nothing!” said the officer.
“What shall I do, sir?” asked the poor driver.
“Get your spade and throw some sand over the shadow, of course!” answered the officer.
小题1:From this passage you can know ________.
A.there were a lot of trees where the soldiers were stationed |
B.the soldiers were staying in an area far from the enemy planes |
C.the soldiers knew nothing about desert |
D.the soldiers had lived in desert before |
A.The nets with which they covered their trucks were made of small pieces of cloth. |
B.The soldiers tied small pieces of cloth to the nets with which they covered their trucks. |
C.The nets covering the trucks were painted pale green, yellow and brown. |
D.The trucks were tied to the nets with small pieces of cloth. |
A.his truck had cast a shadow in the sun and the enemy plane would find it. |
B.the shadow of his truck was growing longer at noon |
C.it was late in the afternoon, and he could not get rid of the shadow |
D.his newly-painted truck was in the shadow |
A.It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
B.We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
C.Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
D.The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
A.It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
B.We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
C.Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
D.The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
Madam Tussaud was born in 1761 and named Marie Grosholtz. Her father was killed in battle only two months before Mane"s birth. For the first five years of her life, Marie lived in Berne with her mother, who worked as housekeeper for Dr Philippe Curtius. A doctor, with a talent for wax modeling, Curtius became her teacher.
It was Curtius who opened the original wax exhibition in Paris in 1770 and introduced Marie to some famous people. At only 17, she modeled the famous writer Francois Voltaire, followed by a portrait of American statesman Benjamin Franklin when he was in Paris as US ambassador. Both figures are still on display at Madame Tussaud"s, London today.
Her work at Curtius successful wax exhibition led to an invitation to the court of Louis XVI and his queen. For nine years she lived at the palace of Versailles guiding the artistic education of the king"s sister. Meanwhile the French Revolution was about to erupt. Aware of the political nrest,Philippe Curtius called Marie back to Paris. Marie7 s connection with the royal family made her guilty. Both she and her mother were arrested. After she was set free, Marie was forced to make death masks (a death mask is a model of a dead person"s face, made by coving their face with a soft substance and letting it become hard) of executed (被处决的) nobles. Many were former friends at court, including her former employers, the king and queen.
By 1800 Marie was married with two young children and a poor business inherited from Curtius. Madame Tussaud made the decision to take her exhibition on tour. In 1802, she left France. For the next 33 years, Madame Tussaud traveled the British Isles, exhibiting her growing collection of portraits. In those pre-television days, this was the only way most people had direct contact with the famous people of the time. The exhibition became permanently based in London in 1835, moving to its present site in Marylebone Road in 1884. Her last work, a remarkable self – portrait that is still on show, was completed only eight years before her death aged 89.
小题1:The underlined part in Para. 1 implies that Madame Tussaud’s life was .
A.complicated | B.successful | C.peaceful | D.lonely |
A.Curtius’ recommendation | B.her gift for wax modeling |
C.her mother’s help | D.her friendship with the king’s sister |
A.she had worked for Dr Philippe Curtius |
B.she had modeled the French royal family |
C.she had worked at the place of Versailles |
D.she had refused to make death masks |
A.how Marie’s was modeling business became successful |
B.how Marie balanced her family and work |
C.the establishment of Madame Tussaud’s, London |
D.the popularity of Madame Tussaud’s wax exhibition |
a. She hadn’t seen his father since she was born.
b. She modeled the portrait of Francois Voltaire.
c. She modeled the portrait of Francois Voltaire.
d. She guided the artistic education of the king’s daughter.
e. In 1842, she completed her last work.
A.2 | B.3 | C.4 | D.5 |
This was an age before telephones.Someone was delivering a message.When Colcridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration.His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his
door.His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment(碎片,片段).
This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which brings us to the cell phone.
The most common complaint about cell phones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them.But marc damaging may be the cell phone’s disruption of our thoughts.
We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our call phones, and this is by and large a healthy, productive development." I didn"t hear it ring" or " I didn"t realize my cell phone had shut off" arc among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach.
The notion or idea of being unreachable is not a new concept-we havoc "Do Not Disturb" signs on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?
The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication.Until the recent mass deployment of cell phones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the
globe.We came to take it for granted.
But cell phones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves.Now time alone, or conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished.Even cell phone devotees, myself usually included, can"t help at times wanting to throw their cell phone away, or curse the day they were invented.
But we don"t and won"t, and there really is no need.All that"s required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it.
In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our phones.Given the case of making and receiving cell phone calls, if we don-t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later.
A cell phone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from a person next to us.Though the call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg-who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie.But most likely it is not, and I"m better
off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the pizza I’ll eat for lunch.
小题1:What"s the point of the anecdote about poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?
A.To direct readers" attention to the main topic. |
B.To show how important inspiration is to a poet. |
C.To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone. |
D.To encourage readers to read the works of this poet. |
A.It is a way of signaling that you don-t like the caller. |
B.It is natural to tell lies about small things. |
C.It is basically a good way to protect one"s privacy. |
D.We should feel guilty when we can"t tell the truth. |
A.People get so bothered by the cell phone rings that they fail to notice anything else. |
B.People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cell phones. |
C.Cell phones interrupt people’s private time. |
D.With cell phones it is no longer possible to be unreachable. |
A.Habit. | B.Disrespect. | C.Like. | D.Value. |
A.A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention. |
B.Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author’s novel. |
C.You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cell phone. |
D.Never let cell phones interfere too much with your life. |
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