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Passage 2


Questions 16—20 are based on the following passage.

How to define beauty? How could we learn to appreciate the beauty in ourselves? Will ourattitude change as we grow up?

When I was young, I believed the world and success only belonged to pretty people. When Iread many kinds of books, the main characters who became successful at last were handsome orbeautiful. When I saw films, the attractive key roles would finally won. So I thought that beingbeautiful and attractive was the only way to become a success.

As I grew up, the story of my classmate made me realize that outer beauty didn't mean everything. The girl was very beautiful and every classmate liked to chat with her at first. But astime went by, her friends left her one by one because of her arrogance(傲慢). In her opinion,she could get all she wanted with her beauty. Later on, she gradually came to know the importance of the beauty in a person's heart, which changed her attitude and she made friendsagain.

Turning on TV, we can see many advertisements, most of which seem to give us a feeling that physical attractiveness is the most important thing. There seems to be a boom in plasticsurgery(整形手术). It is surprising that more and more people, especially girls and women,would like to have a try. They believe that attractive people can easily find a job. Most good-looking people usually get higher scores in the job interviews. But is it always true? Well,external beauty means something. It can be an expression of our personalities, helping us make agood and positive first impression on others. But life won't stop at "the first impression". It'lmove on. Remember the story of my classmate? The beauty judged with eyes is temporary, while the inner beauty counts when people get along with each other and live a life. Meanwhile,being healthy is beautiful, and we should wear that beauty with confidence. It not only makes usmore beautiful, but happier.

Now do you have your own definition of beauty? How do you appreciate the beauty inyourself?


单选题 (   ) Why did the author want to have a good appearance when she was young?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句So Ithought that being beautiful and attractive wasthe only way to become a success可得出答案。
单选题 (   ) The writer mentions her classmate's story to show _________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】细节理解题。根据第三段第一句As I grewup, the story of my classmate made me realizethat outer beauty didn't mean everything(我长大后，我同学的故事让我意识到：外表的美并不意味着一切)可得出答案。
单选题 (   ) What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph mean?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】句意猜测题。根据画线句子处后三句It issurprising that more and more people, especiallygirls and women, would like to have a try. Theybelieve that attractive people can easily find a job. Most good-looking people usually gethigher scores in the job interviews可知，越来越多的人想要做整形手术，A项“整形手术越来越受人们的欢迎"最接近句意，故选A。
单选题 (   )What can we learn from the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段末尾the innerbeauty counts when people get along with eachother and live a life“在人们彼此相处和生活时，内在美很重要"和Meanwhile, being healthy isbeautiful, and we should wear that beauty withconfidence. It not only makes us more beautiful,but happier(同时，健康是美丽的，我们应该自信地穿上这件美丽的外衣，这不仅让我们更美丽，而且更快乐)可知，内在美和健康对人们过上幸福的生活都很重要。故选C。
单选题 (   )Which of the following statements will the author agree with?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】推理判断题。根据文章的描述可知真正的美是内在美，一个人不论漂亮与否，都要发展内在美。故选B。