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 this 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(吸引) to women — the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering is necessary and worthy 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 short and heavy, 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?
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2. When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents money?
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3.Does cosmetic surgery have much attraction to women according to the writer?
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4.What kind of people can get more job chances?
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5.What do you think of cosmetic surgery?
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Now students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. Their teachers worry about that. Is your English handwriting beautiful? If not, here are four steps that really work!
Use paper with lines
Using paper with lines can keep you writing straight instead of up or down when you write English words or sentences. Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size. Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And remember that those capital letters are written properly.
Slow down
If your writing is hard to read, try slowing down a little. For some kids, going a little slowly makes the handwriting clear. If you write too fast, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and even worse, you may make more mistakes.
Hold your pencil correctly
When you hold your pencil correctly, writing is much easier. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting not nice. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.
Draw more pictures
Drawing can improve your handwriting. You need to use the skills to control your pencil better when you are drawing pictures. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by yourself at home.
Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a world-famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs, of course!
Steps to Improve Your English 1. | ||
Reason | Students’ English handwriting gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel 2. . | |
Steps | Use paper with lines | It can help you 3. straight. Those lines help you to write in the 4. size. Make sure that you fill the lined space completely. Capital letters are written properly. |
Slow down | If some kids write a little slowly, their handwriting will be 5. You may make more 6. if you write too fast. | |
Hold your pencil 7. | Writing is much easier. Don’t press down too hard when writing. Try to 8. and don’t hold the pencil so hard. | |
Draw more pictures | It is believed that 9. can make the handwriting better. Keep practicing! | |
Handwriting is very 10. to every person. | ||
A girl complained to her father about her hard life. She didn't know what she had to do and wanted to give up. She felt tired of fighting and fighting. One problem had been finished but another came over.
Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He poured water into three pans and boiled(煮沸) them. After boiling, in the first pan was put some carrots, the second was put some eggs and the last was put with coffee.
The girl waited impatiently, confused(困惑) by what her father did. About 20 minutes later, her father took out the carrots and put them in a bowl. He took the eggs and put them in a bowl. After that the coffee was poured into a cup. “My sweet heart, what do you see?” he asked.
“Carrots, eggs and coffee.” she replied.
Her father told her to close her eyes and asked her to touch the carrots. She did so and felt that the carrots were soft. After that he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After peeling(剥开) them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. The last, the father let her smell the coffee. She asked, “What did you do this for, father?” He explained that each had the same unlucky experience — the boiling water, but each had a different result. The strong and hard carrots had become soft and weak. The fragile eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special, it could change water. “Who are you?” asked her father. “When bad luck knocks at your door, what is your decision? Are you carrots, eggs or coffee?”
1. The girl complained about her hard life because she didn't .
A. want to give up B. finish one problem
C. know what to do D. get tired of fighting
2.The girl's father took her to the kitchen to _ .
A. ask her how to boil eggs
B. show her how to make coffee
C. teach her how to be a cook
D. tell her how to face difficulties
3.After about twenty minutes，the carrots became .
A. soft B. hard C. salty D. sweet
4.The underlined word “fragile” in the passage means “ . ”
A. 美味的 B. 易碎的 C. 特别的 D. 可怜的
5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The girl's father liked to eat some kinds of food.
B. Bad luck always knocks at strong people's doors.
C. Boiled carrots, eggs and coffee had the same result.
D. People should make right decisions when in trouble.
Free Activities This Weekend | ||
An Open-air Craft (工艺) Market in Front of the City Hall Sunday from 8:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. Need to buy a present? Find bamboo toys, paper flowers, paper umbrellas, model cars and more! Food from around the world, too! | City Museum Travel Movies Meeting Room Sat.& Sun. at 2:30 P.M. Do you want to travel but don’t have enough money? See movies on Japan, Italy, America, England, Russia, and Australia. There are only 80 seats, so come early. | Winter Fashion Show Golden Shopping Center Sunday at 3:00 P.M. Men’s and women’s winter clothes. See 25 handsome and pretty models show the latest fashions. All clothing will be on sale after the show for under ￥100. |
Pop Concert at Yunhai Square Saturday from 9:00 P.M. to midnight Five groups of college students are going to play the guitar and sing pop songs. Bring your own food and drink. | Library Lecture (讲座) City Library Hall Saturday at 10:00 A.M. How to find the job that you really want! Two-hour lecture. Advice on choosing and getting the right job . Coke and sandwiches are sold. | |
1. There are activities that people can do indoors.
A. two B. three C. four D. five
2. People can taste food from different countries .
A. at Yunhai Square B. in the City Library Hall
C. in the City Museum D. in front of the City Hall
3.If someone wants to find a right job, he should .
A. listen to the lecture B. buy presents
C. bring food and drink D. go to the fashion show
4.Mr. Lee wants to take two sweaters for her wife after the fashion show, he needs to pay .
A. more than 200 yuan B. at least 300 yuan
C. less than 200 yuan D. nothing at all
5. If people want to get some information about some foreign countries, they can .
A. see the movies B. go to the pop concert
C. see the fashion show D.go to the library lecture
A small boy lived with his mother and grandmother in a big house. His father had died.
A bucket(桶) of water fell on the small boy’s left foot, and it began hurting a hot. His mother said, “I’m going to put something very hot on your foot tonight. That’s always very good. Tomorrow your foot won’t hurt any longer.”
In the evening, the small boy’s mother came to his bedroom. She had a hot poultice (膏状药) in a bowl. The small boy looked at it and said, “I don’t want that. I had one a month ago. Poultices hurt.”
His mother sat down on his bed and said, “You’re going to have this poultice on.” She pulled his sheets (床单）and blankets away, and put the poultice near his foot, but the boy pulled it away quickly, and poultice fell on the bed.
His mother was angry. She went down stairs and came back with his grandmother and a stick. She said to her son, “Your grandmother’s going to put the poultice on your foot, and I’m going to hold this stick. Now don’t be a stupid boy.”
She held the stick over the boy, and the grandmother took his foot and put the poultice near it. The boy said. “Stop, you…,” but his mother brought the stick nearer, and he did not say anything else. The grandmother brought the poultice near the foot again, and the boy stopped her again, but his mother was angry now and said, “I’m going to hit you.” The boy did not finish his words, and his grandmother put the poultice on his foot. He let it there for a few minutes and then took it off again.
The boy’s mother and grandmother put the sheets and blankets over him again and he said, “My left foot hurts, but you put the poultice on my right foot. I stopped you twice, but you didn’t listen to me.”
1. The small boy’s foot hurt because .
A. he fell off the bike
B. a bucket of water fell on his foot
C. he fell and hurt his foot
D. he was ill
2.The small came to his room twice in the evening.
A. boy’s mother B. girl’s father
C. boy’s grandmother D. girl’s grandmother
3. The small boy his mother.
A. agreed with B. didn’t stop
C. thanked D. didn’t agree with
4.The small boy took the poultice off because .
A. his foot didn’t hurt
B. he hated his mother and grandmother
C. his left foot hurt
D. his right foot hurt
5. The best title for this passage is .
A. Left or Right B. A Small Boy
C. A Small Boy’s Mother D. The Poultice
Online shopping is more and more popular. You can shop without your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your and your things will be sent to your house in several days.
Last November 11th, many online stores offered a big discount(折扣) and free delivery(邮递) . The biggest online shopping sites in China, taobao.com and tmall.com, sold worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also me a lot of time. And we often find more goods online to than in shopping malls.” said Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing. She late for a lot of cheap goods online.
Another big of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different places . “I like eating duck necks very much and Taobao makes it for me to buy them from shops in Wuhan.” said Zhang Xi, a girl in Yangzhou. While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted(吸引) by advertisements on the Internet and things they don’t need.
“Middle school students pay more attention to their studies. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert(专家). “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things they want. Some of the goods are for young students such as cigarettes(香烟) and wine(酒).”
1.A. leaving B. reaching C. returning D. arriving
2.A. head B. mouth C. mouse D. printer
3.A. price B. address C. job D. service
4.A. clothes B. things C. food D. shoes
5.A. takes B. spends C. needs D. saves
6.A. look for B. choose from C. pay for D. meet up
7.A. looked up B. got up C. stayed up D. stood up
8.A. advantage B. problem C. result D. example
9.A. easily B. finally C. carefully D. difficultly
10.A. important B. interesting C. possible D. impossible
11.A. certainly B. simply C. luckily D. especially
12.A. sell B. steal C. buy D. borrow
13.A. can B. should C. could D. would
14.A. places B. hobbies C. interests D. ages
15.A. good B. bad C. useful D. helpful
