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.How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?
_____________________________________________________________________When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents money?
_____________________________________________________________________Does cosmetic surgery have much attraction to women according to the writer?
_____________________________________________________________________What kind of people can get more job chances?
_____________________________________________________________________What do you think of cosmetic surgery?
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There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK. Children of 7 to 18 can go to boarding schools.
In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools also have music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres for their students.
There are some rules for the students at boarding schools to obey. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off.
Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.
In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen.
从A, B, C, D中选择正确的选项作为文章第2-5段的小标题，并填入76-76四个空格中。
| A．What to eat | B．What to wear | C．What to learn | D．What to obey |
Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Boarding schools in the UK |
| B．How to study in the UK |
| C．Students work hard in the UK |
| D．The history of boarding schools in the UK |
I used to be very close to my father when I was a child. He gave me almost everything I wanted. Whenever I quarreled with my mother, I would turn to my father for comfort. He was everything to me.
Time flies like a bird. As I got older, I became silent and found it hard to start a conversation with my father. The gap(代沟) between us began to grow. He had done so much for me but I always took it for granted（理所当然）.
Last time our school gave us two days off, and daddy gave me a ride home on his motorbike. I was tired and fell asleep on his back. Later my mother said he was very happy because it had been a long time since we got close last. Suddenly I felt a little shamed. I realized that I had paid no attention to him a lot during the last few years.
The next day I stayed in bed and when daddy tried to wake me up to have breakfast, I pretended(假装) that I couldn’t hear him. At last he brought a bowl of noodles to my bed, and said, “Come on, dear, have your breakfast and then continue your dream.” I got so angry with him for troubling my sleep that I shouted, “__________.”
As I said this, I sat up quickly, and the bowl of noodles broke on the floor. Hearing the noise, mum came in and shouted at me, “What do you think your father is? Who else treats you as well as he does?”
I was shocked and didn’t know what to say. Finally I rushed with tears all over my face. I went to the pool where I used to go fishing with daddy. A few minutes later, I heard the sound of daddy’s motorbike. He was looking for me worriedly, but he didn’t notice me as I was sitting behind a tall brush.
I didn’t return home until 10 a.m.. The moment my parents saw me, they rushed to me. Mum hugged me tightly and daddy looked at me with worry in his eyes. “Are you hungry, dear?” he said at last. Before I could say anything, he had gone off on his motorbike to buy food for me.When the writer grew older, he found it for him to have a talk with his father.
| A．good | B．pleasant | C．a problem | D．fantastic |
The sentence in this passage “He was everything to me” means ________.
| A．My father gave me everything |
| B．My father would give me whatever I wanted |
| C．When my father was angry, he wouldn’t give me anything |
| D．I used to depend on him in everything in my life |
Which of the following can be put in the blank(空白处) in Paragraph 4?
| A．Stay with me. | B．Take me out. | C．Leave me alone. | D．Pick me up. |
The best title for this passage is _________.
| A．The gap between the Father and the Son | B．Father’s Love |
| C．How to get on with Father | D．I Love Father |
Escaping (逃) from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save a life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, for example, you can use stairways, roofs and fire escapes, but no lifts.
From the lower floors of buildings, to escape through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by a window with the least chance of serious injury(伤害).
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average (平均) person, hanging from the window by the fingertips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground--about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful while you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, before opening the window. Otherwise, smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low next to the window to be sure you get fresh air.
On the second or third floor, the best windows to escape from are those which open onto a roof (屋顶) . From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. You can try to escape a fire except _____.
| A．fire escapes | B．lifts | C．roofs | D．stairways |
According to the passage, windows are ________.
| A．of no use when a fire breaks out |
| B．useful in putting out a fire |
| C．the only way of escaping a fire |
| D．one of the possible ways of escaping a fire |
The underlined sentence in the third paragraph means _________.
| A．it is safer to jump out of the second floor window. |
| B．it is safer to stay in the room. |
| C．the second floor window is too high to jump out of. |
| D．it is the only way to drop out of the window. |
The writer thinks that ________.
| A．to keep your head high will help you to escape a fire |
| B．it is necessary to keep the door open |
| C．fresh air can’t reach the second floor window |
| D．breathing in smoke might be bad |
Happy Farm is an online game. It is very popular among people in China. The game offers you a piece of empty land and some seeds (种子) at first. You are like the farmer. If your land is small, you can spend some money to make it big. And you must harvest your things on the farm on time, or some other farmers will steal your fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and so on. Of course, you can steal theirs. If you want to make money, you must sell your things out.
Some Chinese websites have offered this game to its users. So far, it is said that about 16 million Chinese people are playing this game. Some people were so crazy (疯狂的) that they even get up in the midnight to harvest their crops and steal others’.
Happy Farm brings happiness to people. It is really a fascinating game. But it also brings many problems. It is reported that a baby died in a hospital just because the doctor didn’t give him timely treatment. Do you know what the doctor was doing? He was playing Happy Farm! There are many stories like this. According to this passage, what is very popular in China?
| A．The farmer | B．Happy Farm | C．The Chinese website | D．The Doctor |
Which is the right order to play the game Happy Farm?
a. Plant some crops. b. Harvest your crops on time.
c. Sell your things out. d. Get land and some seeds.
| A．d-b-c-a | B．a-d-c-b | C．d-a-b-c | D．c-d-a-b |
Many people are so involved in the game Happy Farm that they get up in the midnight _____.
| A．to harvest and steal crops | B．to chat with others |
| C．to sell their things out | D．to read news about this game |
What does the writer think of this game?
| A．It is not interesting at all. |
| B．People shouldn’t be crazy about it. |
| C．People must get up early to steal crops. |
| D．People may play it when they are at work. |
①A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometres from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
②The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
③Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.
| A．travel around China |
| B．visit some schools |
| C．teach poor children |
| D．get some money and help poor children go back to school |
The second piece of news tells us ______.
| A．Korea held this contest |
| B．the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia |
| C．the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship |
| D．the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years |
Which of the paragraphs is about film stars？ ______
| A．The 1st | B．The 2nd | C．The 3rd | D．The 3rd and the 1st |