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英语翻译英文That title always had grandeur to it.“Miss America.”Ah,the simple,arrogant brilliance.It suggests a prom queen who wants to become the Statue of Liberty. Now she’s75and darned if she isn’t fresh as a Hard Copy headline.
When the Atlantic City pageant airs this Saturday in the the NBC network,some ambitious young woman—one of the50000who try out each year—will realize the gossamer dream that last year enveloped Heatber Whitestone, the first deaf Miss America.But in the months leading to that night,the pageant has been slapped with unemly controversy.A Miss Maryland runner-up charges that she was denied her state title becau of vote rigging.Other state runners-up are vexed becau a woman who had lost the Miss New Jery competition four times decamped to Delaware and won the title there.And throughout America the anguished debate roils on.Should the swimsuit competition be dropped?
Scandal is the coin of contemporary celebrity;it keeps the public interested. Funny how people have really cared about the pageant’s politics:in1945the naming of the first Jewish Miss
America,Bass Myers on;in1979the dumping of Bert Parks,the show’s emcee for 25years;in1984the dethroning of Vanessa Williams,the first winner of color,after xually provocative photos surfaced.Race,creed,age,all have clouded the show. But like the winner at the moment of coronation—brandishing a mile—wide smile as she sobs on the edge of both the runway and hysteria—the pageant proves that
智商高的狗狗排名pretty can be messy.It rves as a kitsch microcosm of a conflicted country.Miss America is America.
你可曾听见This year Americans can be a part of the pageant,and not just by guessing the winner and trashing the lors.In a plebiscite,the I-can’t-believe-its-a-beauty-pageant,pageant is letting viewers decide whether the swimsuit competition will be retained.Before every commercial during the first half of the three-hour show,two phone numbers will appear—one for yes votes, one for no.The tally will be up-dated throughout the program.Normally the swimsuit competition is the first event of the evening;this year it will be the last—unless it is eliminated which it won’t be.Straw polls indicate wide support, and42of the50contestants are for it.
Says Emily Orson,Miss Oregon,“The media can make you feel a lot more naked than a swimsuit.So if you can’t be comfortable competing in this,you won’t feel comfortable being Miss America.”
No question that the contestants must parade as objects—not x objects, exactly,since the bathing gear they are made to wear is about as revealing as a cassock,but surely as objects—for ogling,for censure,for pity.Lee Merewether, Miss America1955,recalls her agony in a one piece,“I was dying a thousand deaths.I’ve never had people stare at me like that,and with binoculars!“I’ll be thrilled if they can get rid of it”,says this year’s Miss Montana,Amanda Granule,“We shouldn’t have women in a veiled strip show.”Even Leonard Horn,who runs the Miss America Organization,says,“I personally cannot rationalize it.”
Eager to italicize the scholarship program that gives more than$24million a year to contestants,Horn es the swimsuit gment as a tacky relic of Miss America’s childhood.写雾的诗句
1.The Miss Maryland runner-up was denied her state title becau______
A.she didn’t get enough votes.
B.somebody was manipulating behind the scene.
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C.she was charged of some criminal deeds.
D.people held a controversial point of view of her.
2.The first ntence of Para.3indicates the public______
A.is casual about the pageant.
B.shows great concern over the outstanding people.
C.has nothing to do but gossip.
D.is interested in scandals that produce famous persons.
3.According to Para.3______
A.the pageant is also a political maneuver.
B.the pageant is cloly connected with race.weight&age.
C.pretty is not a blessing.
D.the contest for Miss America can reflect the conflicts existing in American society.
4.In the view of Miss Oregon,
A.the swimsuit competition is much more hideous than the media.
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B.we have reasons to retain this competition.
C.the media is sometimes less annoying than the swimsuit competition.
D.the media can reveal more of onelf than the swimsuit does.
5.It can be inferred from the text that the competition______
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A.will be banned.
B.will be held every five years.
C.will continue to exist.
D.becomes popular.
【答案与解析】
1.B在第二段第三句“一位马里兰州的美国小姐参赛者指责说就是因为选票作弊，而否定
她获州小姐称号。”A项她没有得到足够的选票，不确切。C项她被指控有犯罪行为。
D项人们对她持有争议性的看法。这两项文内没有提。
2.D第三段开始：“丑闻是当代名人的资本，它使人们保持兴趣。”A项公众对盛会无所谓。
B项公众对卓越的人们表示出极大的关注。C项公众无所事事就是闲聊。
3.D从第三段所举之例可以看出，选美比赛的政策向来都体现着时代性。故选项D正确。
4.D文章第五段提到Miss Oregon对泳装比赛的看法，那就是“The media can
make…Miss America”，即媒体会将你暴露无疑，比泳装更甚。这与选项D的说法一致。
5.C通篇文章介绍了选美比赛通过各种手段吸引了观众的注意，选项C相对D而言更稳妥
一些。
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