Nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in Korean ways.

“Thank goodness you have double eyelids(双眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.

I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents’ money until this summer. When I came back to Seoul, everywhere I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics(整形诊所) and advertisements with South Korean women—tall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. I found that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” as possible.

Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women—the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. This suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.

Appearance is starting to be more important in workplaces. People with good appearance can have more chance. For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in their studies. In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.

1.How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?

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2.When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents’ money?

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3.Why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery?

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4.What kind of people can get more job chances in the passage?

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5.What do many South Koreans believe?

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A farmer carelessly lost an expensive gold watch in the barn on the farm, where he searched for everywhere but failed.

So he put a notice on the gate of the farm: whoever finds the gold watch will be rewarded 100 dollars.

People tried their best to look for the watch in order to get the reward. However, the barn was too large and the straw in the barn was too thick, it was getting dark they were still unable to find it. So they give up the reward of 100 dollars one by one.

But only a small boy was still not discouraged but kept looking for it. He had nothing to eat throughout the day. In order to solve the family problem, he looked forward to finding the gold watch and let his parents, brothers and sisters have a full meal.

The night was already getting late, the boy was also tired. He was lying in the straw to have a rest when he heard a strange “ticktock”.

He immediately held his breath and listened carefully, and followed the sound. He found the watch and got the 100 dollars.

Like the gold watch in the barn, success has been around us and spread in every corner of life. Only when we are calm and firmly look for it, we can find it.

(No more than 4 words:)

1.What did the farmer lose?

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2.How much did he offer if someone helped him find the watch?

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3.Why did many people try to look for the watch?

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4.Who kept on looking for the gold watch?

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5.How can we get success according to the passage?

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The world outdoors is full of secrets. They are so attractive(有吸引力) that quite a lot of people are busy_______them. All_______us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be.

Do you know that one of the great presidents of the USA spent hours and hours studying birds? A businessman lives near New York City, he became so interested in insects(昆虫) that he began to_______them. He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes.

Come on with me, and I will help you find some of_______secrets. Let's go quickly_______ the woods and fields. Here we shall find how a rabbit_________the other rabbits that there is danger(危险). We shall follow a mother bear(熊) and her young ones as they look for food and get ready for their long winter_________. We shall watch bees(蜜蜂) dancing in air to let the other bees know where they can find food. I will show you many other_______things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes_________when you go out. Nature(大自然) tells her secrets only to people who look and listen__________.

1.A. looking for B. keeping C. studying D. finding

2.A. about B. around C. among D. besides

3.A. kill B. catch C. collect D. keep

4.A. flower's B. animal's C. bird's D. nature's

5.A. through B. over C. into D. in

6.A. says B. tells C. asks D. speaks

7.A. rest B. trip C. holiday D. sleep

8.A. surprising B. interested C. excited D. beautiful

9.A. open B. closed C. listening D. small

10.A. happily B. clearly C. quickly D. carefully

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