Question

    Body image—the way people feel about their looks—is a big problem  for many young people today. According to a study, more than half the teenage girls in the USA think they should be on a diet, and almost one in five teenage boys are _____ about their bodies and their weight.

But what's the cause? Many think it is the media(媒体). Turn on the TV and you'll _____ see beautiful models, handsome actors and fit sports stars. Open a magazine or a newspaper, look through the Internet, and it's usually the same.

Many young people feel pressure to _____ these “perfect” people. But for most, this is just not possible. In the USA, the average(平均的) woman is 163 cm tall and weighs 64 kilos, _____ the average model is 180 cm tall and weighs 53 kilos.

When people don't look the way many _____  people look, they may become less confident. Some stop eating properly in order to lose weight. Students can lose so much _____ that they start to stop taking part in classroom activities at school.

Body image problems don't _____ as we get older, either. In the UK, for example, women over 50 spend more money on make­up products than any other age group. Older men spend large amounts of money trying to _____ losing hair.

Is there a solution _____ the problem? A 2016 study in the UK suggested that body image lessons be provided in ______. Others believe that it's a problem which all of society needs to deal with. As Meaghan Ramsey says, “We need to judge(判断) people by what they do, not what they look like.”

1.A.confident B.sure C.worried D.happy

2.A.probably B.hardly C.never D.finally

3.A.look after B.look for C.look at D.look like

4.A.because B.although C.but D.or

5.A.kind B.strong C.young D.famous

6.A.attention B.progress C.confidence D.beauty

7.A.come B.continue C.disappear D.happen

8.A.enjoy B.avoid C.finish D.forget

9.A.to B.on C.at D.in

10.A.supermarkets B.streets C.parks D.schools

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

主旨大意:本文是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了引起人们外貌焦虑的原因,以及外貌焦虑给不同年龄层次的人所带来的一些影响,包括精神方面的和经济方面的影响。文章呼吁大家不要以貌取人,而应该根据他人所做的事情来评判一个人。