Tattoos(纹身)and body piercings(穿洞)have moved up on the trend list in recent years．Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and flesh ink．Like all other subjects, we'll surely be faced with such situation．To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let's sit down and hear what they say．
Kerstin Otto from Washington：
The hotter it gets and the more layers of clothing disappear, the more tattoos and piercings appear on various places of the human body, I wouldn't be caught dead with a snake tattooed on my ankle or with a piece of metal stuck in my belly button．
Erin from Indiana：
I think body piercing is cool．In most situations, you don't really have to worry about it getting torn out．I go to Noblesville High School．I am a sophomore(that is the l0th grade)．Body piercing can be cool, only if it is not taken to too much of an extent．I would not want to get my nose pierced, just because I think I'll look bad．But that is my personal opinion．I guess that type of thing is a cultural difference．
Tiara from Indiana：
I personally think body piercing is sickening．If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them．I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong．There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button piercing．Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous．I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button．
Lee from Illinois：
Hi!I live in Illinois．I am 23．I have 12 tattoos and three piercings．I love my tattoos and consider myself an art collector．You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on my art work．People on the street stop me to look at that on my leg．Most of them don't know what it is．They just think the work itself is great．
Subotai from California：
I'm not prohibitive(禁止)of self-expression, but when I see high school students getting these piercings, I really wonder．In some cases, the drive is deeper and darker than mere fashion．A friend of mine tried piercing her own tongue with a safety pin．It got infected and she had a tongue the size of a cow's．
Nagib from Washington：
I wanted an earring．My friends had them and it looked like a cool thing．I wanted to get a nose ring, but my mum wouldn't let me．Now I'm glad I didn't get it．I just wanted a little stud, but I wouldn't have looked good with it．
Jackson from Ohio：
I don't think it's wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything －I think that's ridiculous．People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body－I don't think that's necessary．When I see naked chicks on guys, I think．“You have no respect for women．”
Brittney from New York：
You don't want to do stuff to your body．You don t need to do that because you were made perfect．You don't need to add piercings．If it will make you feel beautiful and you really feel like you need to do it for yourself, then okay．If it really makes a big difference impacting your self-esteem and how you are towards others, then do it．But otherwise, don't mess with what you got．Maybe you should try something more substantial(充实的)to find beauty in yourself．
(1)
Who is wholeheartedly lost in tattoos and piercing?
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A．
Tiara
B．
Erin
C．
Nagib．
D．
Lee．
(2)
Who doesn't think tattoos and piercing are beautiful?
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A．
Jackson．
B．
Brittney．
C．
Tiara．
D．
Nagib．
(3)
We can conclude that ________．
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A．
tattoos and piercing are a new kind of elegant art
B．
all the teachers in the West are in favor of tattoos and piercing
C．
everything is changeable with time going on
D．
it is necessary to live with all different views of beauty
(4)
The best title for this passage is probably ________．
Feeling blue about world ? “Cheer up．” Says science writer Matt Ridley．”The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and got nature．”
Ridley calls himself a tat ional optimist－tactical．because he’s carefully weighed the evidence optimistic．because that offence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good．And this is what he’s set out to prone from unique point of view in his most recent book．The Rant anal Opting．He views mankind as grand enterprise that．on the whole．has done little but progress for 100, 000 years．He backed his finding with hard gathered though years of research．
Here’s how he explains his views．
1)Shopping fuels invention
It is reported that there are more than ten billion different producers for sale in London alone．Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty．our own generation has access to more nutritious food．more convenient transport．bigger houses, better ears．and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us．This will continue as long as we there things to make other things, This more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be．
2)Brilliant advances
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ener before is that the four most basie human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheaper．Take one example．In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work．In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for．In 1950 it was eight seconds．Today it’s half second．
3)Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change
Mitigating(减轻)climate change could prove just as damaging to human welface as climate change itself．A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fassil-fuel(化石燃料)electrieity is forhidden by well meaming members of green polucal movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that mes in a flood caused by climate change．If chmaic change proves to be xxxx, but cutting carbon canses realparn, we may well find that we have stopped a nose bleed by putting a tournquet(止血带)around our necks．
(1)
What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?
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A．
Weakness of human nature．
B．
Concern about climate change．
C．
Importance of practical thinking．
D．
Optimism about human progress．
(2)
How does Ridley look at shopping?
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A．
It encourages the creation of things．
B．
It results in shortage of goods．
C．
It demands more fossil fuels．
D．
It causes a poverry problem．
(3)
The candle and lamp example is used to show that _________．
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A．
oil lamps give off more light than candles
B．
shortening working time brings about a happier life．
C．
advanced technology helps to produce better candles．
D．
increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods．
(4)
What does the last sentence of the passage imply?
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A．
Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost．
B．
Overreaction to cliamate change may be dangerous．
C．
People’s health is closely related to climate change．
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