Question

【題目】Nowadays people are making themselves beautiful in Korean ways.

“Thank goodness you have double eyelids(雙眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a 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(整形診所) 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 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 workplaces. People with good appearance can have more chance. 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?

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【2】When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents’ money?

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【3】Why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery?

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【4】What kind of people can get more job chances in the passage?

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【5】What do many South Koreans believe?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Only 25%

【2】This summer.

【3】In order to be beautiful.

【4】People with good appearance.

【5】Physical beauty equals happiness.

【解析】

【1】根據(jù)文章第一段Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.可知在韓國只有百分之二十五的人有雙眼皮，故回答Only 25%

【2】根據(jù)文中I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents’ money until this summer.可知之前并不明白別人說為父母省很多錢的真正意思，直到今年夏天，故回答This summer.

【3】根據(jù)文中Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women—the promise of beauty.可知整形手術(shù)對女人有強(qiáng)烈吸引力的原因是，承諾可以變美，故回答In order to be beautiful.

【4】根據(jù)文中Appearance is starting to be more important in workplaces. People with good appearance can have more chance.可知有著漂亮外表的人在工作中可以得到更多的機(jī)會，故回答People with good appearance.

【5】根據(jù)文章最后一句In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.

可知很多韓國人認(rèn)為漂亮的外表就等同于幸�？鞓�。故回答Physical beauty equals happiness.