A friend of mine was sitting in the living room one day when his cat dragged in a little “gift” in its mouth—a dead animal of some sort. Taking a closer look, he was surprised to  36  it as the bunny(小兔子) that  37  Mary, the young daughter of the family next door. My friend felt  38  , believing his cat had killed Mary’s bunny.

My quick-thinking friend came up with a plan.  39   from the cat’s mouth the dead animal, which by now was a     40  mess, he put it in the kitchen sink. With a little warm water and some shampoo, he tried to  41  the dead bunny as best he could. Then he took a hair dryer and blowdried the bunny  42  it looked pretty good.

Finally, under the cover of darkness, he crept into the next-door garden and placed it  43  in the cage. He managed to make the bunny look very  44  there in his little box.

The next morning, my friend looked out of the window and noticed a crowd of people  45  around the rabbit hutch(笼). Everyone seemed to be talking and pointing. My friend  46  to go over and act like any normal  47  neighbor and find out what was going on.

When he got there, Mary’s mother said to my friend, “You won’t believe this! It’s a(n)   48  thing! Mary’s bunny  49  a few days ago, and we buried that little bunny right over there…”

Have you ever tried to cover up one wrongdoing with another? Covering up only makes matters  50  .

When we get caught doing something  51  , for example, we may  52  to cover it up with a lie. But just like Mary’s bunny, the result is  53  what we expected. We  54  looking foolish. We would have been better off admitting we were wrong and accepting the  55  . What do you think of it?

A. treat           B. catch             C. appreciate         D. recognize

A. looked for       B. got along            C. belonged to                D. resulted from

A. pleased           B. terrible         C. confused          D. excited

A. Looking        B. Removing         C. Preventing        D. Hearing

A. dirty                  B. lovely           C. gifted           D. strange

A. dress up             B. bring up              C. clean up           D. make up

A. whenever        B. though         C. before           D. until

A. carefully         B. strangely       C. espe cially         D. wonderfully

A. serious           B. accurate          C. balanced        D. natural

A. cheered             B. gathered           C. ran             D. looked

A. wished           B. decided        C. hesitated         D. meant

A. anxious          B. discouraged      C. wise              D. curious

A. strange           B. difficult        C. committed        D. annoying

A. passed away       B. ran away             C. set out                 D. went up

A. more              B. worse          C. better           D. faster

A. exciting          B. perfect          C. strange          D. wrong

A. refuse             B. attempt         C. promise         D. pretend

A. often              B. just              C. always                 D. never

A. get down        B. end up                C. go through          D. set out

A. consequences    B. opportunities     C. expectations         D. choices

Jack lay, quiet and unmoving, for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed(刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony had recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decided to get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.

       The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand-name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.

       The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images show tattoos—people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colorful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value.

       Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings-in other words, to show their individuality(个性). A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person’s life.

       As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group’s uniform, a sign of fashion, or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.

Jack has got tattoos in order to ________.

       A. show his great bravery      B. gain a special experience

       C. make himself more healthy      D. be different from others

According to the passage, media images are linked to ________.

       A. traditional lifestyle    B. social position

C. cultural background                            D. public interest

We can infer from the passage that ________.

       A. some people get tattoos out of pressure B. tattoo is related to religious belief

       C. getting tattoos costs a lot of money  D. most people with tattoos are artists

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