Millions of women use cosmetics, often called “make-up”. The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling them cheaply.

The word “cosmetics” refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.

Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different. They have the shapes of their noses and eyes changed.

The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any other make-up will often put on a little lipstick.

Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. The mixture is then allowed to get hard and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.

Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand years ago, who made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.

The Romans also used cosmetics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes. They also used a kind of lipstick.

In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were often very dirty because they did not wash very often or change their clothes.

 

 

 

 

Title: Cosmetics

Definition

Anything that people put on their(1) ?▲ to make them look better

Main users

(2) ?▲

Main (3)?▲

Lipstick, face powder and cream, and eye make-up

Most popular product

Lipstick

Producing(4) ?▲

Mix together different oils and colors. The mixture gets hard and is cut into the(5) ?▲ of a small pencil .

General(6) ?▲

(7) ?▲

The use of cosmetics

India

Cosmetics was first used here.

(8) ?▲

Cosmetics got widely used.

Rome

The skin and eyes were(9) ?▲ with cosmetics

England

Rich women had baths in milk; used a lot of sweet-smelling (10) ?▲  .

 

At a meeting, a well-known speaker lifted up a bill of 20 dollars before starting his speech.

Facing 200 people, he asked, “Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” A great many hands were put up. Then he continued to say, “I intended to give it to any one of you, but allow me to do a thing before giving it to you.” Suddenly he crumpled (揉)it into a round mass. Then he asked, “Who wants it? ” Still some hands were lifted up.

He asked again, “Well, how could it be if I do it like this?” he threw the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up, the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.

“Who still wants it?” Still a few people put up their hands.

“My dear friends, you have had a meaningful class. No matter how I treated this bill, you still want it, because it is worth 20 dollars. On your life road, you may be knocked down(击垮) or even broken into pieces by your determination or unfavorable situations. We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value(价值) in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”

1. How many times did the speaker ask the people whether they wanted the bill?

A. Once   B. Twice     C. Three times     D. Four times

2. The underlined word “wrinkled” in the third paragraph probably means ________.

A. broken       B. having small lines or folds in it  

C. flat        D. having holes on it

3. The speaker did this test in order to _____________.

A. tell the audience that one should never lose one’s own value

B. tell the audience that God values money most

C. test if some of the audience were extremely interested in money

D. play a trick on the audience

4. What would the speaker probably talk about next?

A. How money can make people crazy. 

B. How to avoid being knocked down in one’s life.

C. How to keep one’s value of life.  D. How to give a meaningful class

 

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