题目内容
A nobleman (贵族) and a businessman once met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both ordered soup. When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful, but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes, The businessman asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit (承认) that he had burned his mouth and answered, “Sir, I once had a brother who committed a great crime, for which he was hanged(绞刑)I was thinking of his death, and that made me weep.” The businessman believed this story and began to eat his soup. He too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. The nobleman noticed it and asked the businessman, “Sir, why do you weep?” The businessman, who now saw that the nobleman had cheated him, answered, “____________”
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1.The underlined words “ashamed” in the passage most probably means ____.
A. being sad B. crying C. nodding
2.This story teaches us ______.
A. not to believe everything you hear
B. not to eat soup that is too hot
C. to cry when we burn our mouth
3.The nobleman did not tell the truth because he ______.
A. was a nobleman B. felt ashamed C. was in a restaurant
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The nobleman had no brother who was hanged
B. The nobleman had never eaten soup
C. The nobleman knew the soup was too hot
5.“ _______” can be the missing sentence in the passage.
A. Sir, I am weeping because you were not hanged together with your brother.
B. Sir, I am weeping because I burned my mouth.
C. Sir, I am weeping because I had the same brother like you, too.
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What do you think being beauty really means? All answers to that question are correct, because there are no right or wrong replies. Despite(不管) what society tries to make us believe, there is no “ideal” beauty. There are exact standards—hair colour, or eye colour—that make someone beautiful. Think about it: did you consider someone to be really beautiful, but your friend didn’t see it? That’s because what’s attractive to one person isn’t necessarily going to be attractive to another. So how can we believe that there’s a standard for beauty? It makes no sense.
Weight-loss companies and clothing industries seem to have made it their goal to get us believe that we are not enough and that we need all kinds of things to be prettier. It’s not true! Companies sell us this ideas for their products to make money. I’m not saying that buying beauty products is bad, but what would be bad is using them because you feel like you have to look a certain way in order to be “beautiful”.
Remember, the people wear tons of make-up and are photoshopped in order to look perfect. When you see a girl who society considers as a “great body”, you have to remember that people have different body types and everyone’s body is different. We’re all beautiful, whether we’re slim, thickset or anywhere in between. If you want to lose weight, go ahead, but do it in a healthy way and do it for the right reason—not because you want to fit in. Being comfortable with yourself is really important, and being with others who accept you as you are and don’t ask you to change to look a specific(特定的) way is important too.
Beauty standards | |
What being beautiful means | ●It’s not 1. to give an answer to the question. ●One’s beauty cannot be decided by exact standards. ●People have 2. ideas about beauty. |
Social factors | ●Weight-loss companies and clothing industries 3. our ideas about beauty for the sales of their products. ●It’s bad to use products in order to fit in with a certain standard. |
4. | ●People have different body types and each of us has our own beauty. ●It’s OK to lose weight but remember to do it 5.. ●It’s important for you to accept the way you are and spend time with people who don’t ask you to change the way you look. |