Question

Many young people these days adore the advertised magazine body and become too focused on attaining this image instead of worrying more about what lasts and even grows over time. But could you imagine being considered beautiful for years, and suddenly being ugly after moving to another continent? It is a sad reality that people don’t realize how vacillating the idea of beauty can be from one country to another.

    Think of the most typical American girl you know. Is she blonde haired with white skin and light eyes, and does she love shopping or sports? Now place this girl in the heart of Africa, a place where beauty is placed on what you can control. The Maasai tribe in Kenya focuses on how clean people are, and how stylish their piercings (穿孔) are. This tribe’s culture is to be a brave fighter, so they will cut their skin with patterns in it to show that they are strong. If you don’t look fierce, you are not beautiful.

Other countries like North Korea and South Korea have their own unique views on beauty. In an interview, a woman who has lived in both North and South Korea claims that beauty in North Korea is based more on your ability to be a good woman and wife. She says that women in North Korea are less concerned about fashion and beauty in the physical sense. She says they did have a time when big eyes were a big deal and everyone wanted to get double eyelid surgery. This is something extreme and could perhaps be influenced by Western culture. And the idea of getting surgery done to look more attractive is crazy.

1.What does the underlined word “vacillating” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Inconsistent.    B. Reasonable.    C. Unusual.    D. Similar.

2.The Maasai tribe in Kenya is mentioned to show that in their eyes _______.

A. getting dirty is stylish

B. looking fierce is beautiful

C. strong people cut their skin

D. American girls love shopping

3.According to the woman interviewed, women in North Korea now_______.

A. care a lot about their appearance

B. put the beauty of eyes in the first place

C. pay great attention to their ability

D. are crazy about double eyelid surgery

4.What does the text mainly tell us?

A. Inner beauty is of great importance.

B. Ideas of beauty vary among culture groups.

C. Different ways are needed to admire true beauty.

D. Fashion magazines easily influence young people.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.B

【解析】这是一篇社会生活类文章。文章以Kenya 的Maasai部落，North Korea等为例，说明了每个国家对于美的看法不一样。

1.词义猜测题。由第一段中的“But could you imagine being considered beautiful for years, and suddenly being ugly after moving to another continent? It is a sad reality that people don’t realize how vacillating the idea of beauty can be from one country to another”可知，在搬到另一个大洲之后，曾经被认为漂亮的你却突然被认为很丑，原因在于每个国家对于美的看法是不同的。这是一个令人难过的事实，很多人没有意识到这一点。由此可知，该画线单词意思应接近“不同”，故A选项切题。inconsistent不一致的，相排斥的；reasonable合情合理的；unusual不同寻常的；similar相似的。

2.细节理解题。由第二段中的“The Maasai tribe in Kenya…If you don’t look fierce, you are not beautiful”可知，在Maasai部落里，人们认为看起来不凶猛就不漂亮。故B项“看起来凶猛才是漂亮”正确。

3.推理判断题。由最后一段中的“a woman … claims that beauty in North Korea is based more on your ability to be a good woman and wife. She says that women in North Korea are less concerned about fashion and beauty in the physical sense”可知，在North Korea，女人们不太关注外表的美，她们的美更多的建立在作为一个好女人和好妻子的能力之上。故可推知，在North Korea更注重的是能力。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。第一段提出话题：每个国家对于美的看法不一样。下文以Kenya 的Maasai部落，North Korea等为例，证明了这个观点。故B项正确。