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 family 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 last 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(受苦) is necessary and worthy(值得的)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 work places. People with good appearance can have more chances. 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?______________________________

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

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

4.What kind of people can get more job chances ?______________________________

5.What do many South Koreans believe? ______________________________________

Do you ever find it annoying to look for the TV remote (遥控器)? Are you ____ of changing shoes when playing different sports? Don't worry, Student at Claytom Middle School in the US ____ be able to help you.

Dylan Glick, _____ 8-grade student, thought of the idea of a "retractable (可缩回的) remote." The remote has a cord to connect with its resting place. When people click a button on the remote, the cord will ____ the remote back to its resting place.

"It is definitely something that I would use, and I'm sure my parents would too," said Glick. He said that sometimes at night when he wants to go to bed, he needs at last ten minutes to find the remote. So he ____ with the idea.

Allison Bicking, also a student in Grade Eight, had a similar idea. Bicking is a track(田径) and soccer player. She wears spiked shoes (钉鞋)when she practices _____. If she plays soccer after she runs, she has to change her shoes.

To save the trouble, she invented "speedy spike" ___ after three months' hard work. The spikes are retractable with a small button on _____ shoe. If you push the button, the spikes will come out or ____ into the shoe, making the shoes suit different kinds of sports. It seems that inventing something is not that difficult. So keep your eyes open. Maybe the next great inventor ____will make a difference to our life is you!

1.A. tired B. afraid C. full D. serious

2.A. must B. can C. might D. need

3.A. a B. an C. the D. /

4.A. give B. throw C. bring D. fly

5.A. came in B. came out C. came up D. came to

6.A. running B. to run C. to jump D. jumping

7.A. success B. successfully C. successful D. succeed

8.A. either B. each C. both D. neither

9.A. gone back B. goes back C. go back D. went back

10.A. what B. which C. where D. who

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