单选题 Conversation Two
单选题 Many people who are interviewed for the program______
A. say that they had a wonderful childhood
B. find it easier to make money with their looks
C. wish that they had been born beautiful
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 11-15
M: It's amazing how many people I interview for this program tell me what a happy childhood they had and I wonder if the guest today will say the same. She's Agnetta Linstrom, supermodel. Agnetta, welcome to our studio. You're indeed a very beautiful woman. Clearly it's made you a lot of money. Are you glad you were born beautiful?
F: Actually, I wasn't born beautiful. My mother was a very good-looking lady so everyone was surprised that I was such an ugly little thing.
M: That's hard to believe. So your mother was very attractive and you were not. Was this difficult for you?
F: Not at all. Until I was five everything was perfect. In a way, it was good not to be a pretty child. I had to try harder.
M: Try harder?
F: Yes. I had to work hard to make people love me.
M: That sounds a strange thing for a child to have to do. What happened to end this happy childhood?
F: My mother went away. I mean she left my father and me for someone else.
M: That must have changed things.
F: Yes. I was sad for a long time but it also helped me to be strong. I worked harder at being good at things. I still do and that's why I'm where I am now.
M: That's very interesting. It's as if you learnt when you were very young how to make yourself acceptable to others. And you still do that.
F: I don't mind that. I am who I am.
M: Do you mean, perhaps, you're still that ugly little girl who lost a beautiful mother?
F: It could be. Yes, I think inside I'm an ugly little girl.
M: Perhaps too ugly to be loved by her mother.
F: No, no, but it's important to be loved.
M: You sound sad when you say that.
F: Yes.
M: And now you're beautiful, rich and successful.
F: Yes, I am. (hesitantly)
M: You sound as if it's not quite enough.
F: It's never enough, is it.'?
M: No. So, Agnetta, let us look at your life now...

采访一开始,主持人就点出很多他采访过的人都有一个幸福的童年,故选A。
单选题 What does the man find hard to believe?
A. Agnetta's mother was beautiful.
B. Agnetta was not a beautiful child.
C. Agnetta was glad her mother was beautiful.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】当Agnetta.说她自己小时候很丑时,主持人表示不敢相信,可知该题选B。
单选题 Why did Agnetta think she was fortunate to be an ugly child?
A. She had to try harder to be loved.
B. It made her more loved by her father.
C. It helped her cope with being beautiful later on.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】Agnetta因为长得丑,所以她必须比别人更努力才能成功,而这正练就了她的成功秘诀,所以她庆幸自己长得丑,选A。
单选题 Agnetta believes her mother's departure was a good thing because ______
A. her father was much happier
B. she didn't feel so ugly any more
C. it made her more determined to succeed
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】文中提出Agnetta在母亲离开她后感到很伤心,但是她因为这件事学会了坚强,并且能够最终取得成功,所以母亲的离开对她来说是一件好事,故选C。
单选题 What does the man think about Agnetta now?
A. Her experience has made her famous.
B. She perhaps feels ugly and unloved.
C. She has not been greatly affected by her loss.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】他们的对话始终将丑比作了不成功,因为Agnetta认为自己现在的成功还不够,因此主持人觉得Agnetta还认为她自己很丑,故选C项。