XX大学英语四级阅读练习题
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If it were only necessary to decidewhether to teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis or to findind thegifted few and take them as far as they can go, our task would be fairlysimple. The public school 36 ,however, has no suchchoice, for the job must be 37 on at the same time.Becau we depend so 38 uponscience and technology for our progress,we must produce 39 in many fields. Becau wc live in ademocratiation, who citizens make the policies for the nation, largenumbers of us must be educated to understand, tosupport, and when necessary,to 40 the work of experts. The public school musteducate both producars andurs of scientific rvices.
In education, there should be a goodbalance among the branches of knowledge that contribute to effectivethinkingand wi judgment. Such balance is 41 by too much emphasison any one field. This question ofbalance involves not only the relation of thenatural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts but also relative 42 "among the natur
al sciencestbemlves.
Similarly, wc must have a balance betweencurrent and 43 knowledge. The attention of the public is 44drawn to new possibilities inscientific fields and the discovery of new knowledge; the should not beallowed toturn our attention away from the sound,45 materials thatform the basis of cours for beginners.
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Beauty and Body Image in theMedia
青椒洋葱炒鸡蛋 A. Images of female bodies are everywhere. Women—and their bodyparts--ll everything from food to cars.Popular film and television actressare being younger, talle
r and thinner. Some have even been known tofaint onthe t from lack of food. Women's magazines are full &articles urging thatif they can just lo tholast twentypounds, they'll have it all—the perfect marriage, loving children, great x,and a rewarding career 6米
B. Why arc standards of beauty being impod on women, the majorityofwhom are naturally larger and moremature than any of the models? The roots,some analysts say, are economic. By prenting an ideal difficult toachieve andmaintain, the cosmetic and diet product industries arc assured of growth andprofits. And it's noaident that youth is increasingly promoted, along withthinness, as an esntial criterion of beauty. If not allwomen need to loweight, for sure they're all aging, says the Quebec Action Network for Women'sHealth inits xx report. And, aording to the industry, age is a disasterthat needs to be dealt with.
C. The stakes are huge. On the one hand, women who are incure about their bodies arc more likely tobuybeauty products, new clothes, and diet aids. It is estimated that the dietindustry alone is worth anywherebetween 40 to 100 billion (U.S.. a year lling tempo
rary weight loss (90% to 95% of dieters regainthe lostweight.. On the other hand, rearch indicatesthat exposure to images of thin, young, air-brushed femalebodies is linked todepression, loss of lf-esteem and the development of unhealthy eating habitsin womenand girls.
D. The American rearch group Anorexia Nervosa & Related EatingDisorders, Inc. says that one out of everyfour college-aged women usunhealthy methods of weight control--including fasting, skippingmeals,excessive exerci, laxative (泻药. abu, andlf-induced vomiting. The pressure to be thin is also affectingyoung girls:the Canadian Women's Health Network warns that weight control measures are nowbeing takenby girls as young as 5 and 6. American statistics are similar.Several studies, such as one conducted by MarikaTiggemann and Levina Clark inxx titled "Appearance Culture in 9- to 12-Year-Old Girls: Media andPeerInfluences on Body Dissatisfaction," indicate that nearly half of allpreadolescent girls wish to be thinner, andas a result have engaged in a dietor are aware of the concept of dieting. In xx, Teen magazine reported that35percent of girls 6 to 12 years old have been on at least one diet, and that 50to 70 p
ercent of normal weightgirls believe they are overweight. Overallrearch indicates that 90% of women are dissatisfied with theirappearance insome way. Media activist Jean Kilbourne concludes that, "Women are sold tothe diet industryby the magazines we read and the television programs we watch,almost all of which make us feel anxiousabout our weight."
E. Perhaps the most disturbing is the fact that media images of femalebeauty are unattainable for all but a verysmall number of women. Rearchersgenerating a puter model of a woman with Barbie-doll proportions,forexample, found that her back would be too weak to support the weight of herupper body, and her bodywould be too narrow to contain more than halfa liverand a few centimeters of bowel. A real woman built thatway would suffer fromchronic diarrhea ( 慢性腹泻. and eventually die frommalnutrition. Jill Barad,President of Mattel (which manufactures Barbie., estimated that 99% of girls aged 3 to 10 years old own atleast oneBarbie doll. Still, the number of real life women and girls who ek asimilarly underweight body ipidemic, and they can suffer equally devastatinghealth conquences. In xx it was estimated that up to450,000 Canadian wo
menwere affected by an eating disorder.
