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10．As the old saying goes，beauty is in the eye of the beholder．But Venezuela，whose beauty queens have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times，doesn't leave it to chance．In Venezuela，girls as young as four can be found attending beauty schools，where they can learn a range of skills from how to walk to the correct way to hold a wine glass．
"Hair must always be completely clean，make-up should look natural，and you should always，always wear high-heels，"advises Andrea Reyes，a teacher in a school of Caracas with 160 students．
Beauty contests are treated in Venezuela much as sporting competitions are elsewhere．Many Venezuelan parents believe that if their daughters can succeed and get the beauty crown，their future as famous and public persons is sure to come．As a result，the girls are trained to compete at a young age．
Among former beauty queens are Irene Saez，who went on to compete for the country's president，and Eva Ekvall，whose battle with cancer helped to make more people know about the illness in Venezuela．
However，voices against the trend can be heard all over the country．At one time，a feminist （男女平等主义者） group tried to stop the Miss Venezuela broadcast．President Hugo Chavez has spoken out against the culture of plastic surgery（整形手术）in Venezuela，calling it a"frightening thing"．
The BBC reporter Sarah Grainger says that acceptance of the contests is partly a result of the country's"machista"（大男子主义的） view of the different roles that men and women should play，"Men are supposed to be strong and brave and women to be gentle and beautiful"．
Miss Universe 1996，Alicia Machado，knows the price to be paid when you're no longer seen as attractive．After winning the beauty contest，she said all she wanted to do was"eat，eat and eat"．Her weight gain later and warning by the organizers of the contest to replace her as queen with the runner-up was among the hottest topics in the country，especially in Latin America．
63．What's the advice given by a teacher in Caracas to her students？C
A．Attending beauty schools as early as possible．
B．Wearing high-heels at times．
C．Washing your hair quite often．
D．Fighting against cancer bravely．
64．Girls try to win in the beauty contest toC．
A．try plastic surgery               
B．practice the country's"machista"view
C．earn a good future                
D．eat as much as one pleases
65．We can learn from the passage thatB．
A．Venezuela girls have won Miss Universe and Miss World over six times by chance
B．In Venezuela，people judge men and women in quite different ways
C．Eva Ekvall once competed for the country's president
D．Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has spoken out against beauty contests
66．What does the underlined word"runner-up"in the last paragraph mean？D
A．the news reporter covering the beauty contest
B．the organizer of the beauty contest
C．the girl who is slim
D．the person who comes in the second place．

分析 本文主要介绍了培养选美冠军的选美学校的一些情况以及选美冠军的一些情况．

解答 63．C 细节理解题．根据"Hair must always be completely clean，make-up should look natural，and you should always，always wear high-heels，"advises Andrea Reyes，a teacher in a school of Caracas with 160 students．故选C．
64．C 细节理解题．根据Many Venezuelan parents believe that if their daughters can succeed and get the beauty crown，their future as famous and public persons is sure to come，故选C．
65．B 细节理解题．根据"Men are supposed to be strong and brave and women to be gentle and beautiful"．
可知从文章中，我们可以知道在委内瑞拉，人们以不同的方式判断男子和女子，故选B．
66．D 猜测词意题．根据最后一个自然段内容，可猜出"runner-up"意思是亚军，故选D．

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