Question

It may be one of Britain’s most successful exports – Miss World. This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad struggle for the crown.
Traditional values have long kept the Chinese, especially women, from displaying beauty. But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contest, although some men will still be shouting that the winner is no more beautiful than his wife or his former girl friend or even his mother in a sour tone. But such men are not shouting for the right reason. The question to be asked is : Why isn’t there a Mr. World Beauty Contest?
And a further question to be asked is: Does taking part in a beauty contest show a woman’s  courage, wisdom and liberation or rather the opposite – a forced choice and a revolting act made under conditions of long-term discrimination?
Organizers of such beauty contests claim that the contestants are judged on qualities other than just their physical appearance. But still no answer is given to why there isn’t a Mr. Beauty or a Mr. World Contest? Or at least, why isn’t that kind of contest popular? Why is it that only women’s “qualities” need to be recognized but not men’s?
Think about who is always standing beside a fancy car on show? Is it a boy or a girl? And this is how “qualities” are judged: if the girl looks good, there is little reason why the car beside her is not of high quality.
The beauty contests go on year after year, with winners enjoying fame which quickly disappears. While such events go on and on, what never changes is the routine practice that in every fancy car show, a girl stands beside a fancy car. What never changes is the need to hold a women’s conference every year to appeal for the promotion of respect for and improvement of women. What never changes is the fate of women as a class. So let’s put more time and resources into trying to change all this rather than holding beauty contests

1. 1.
   Miss World Beauty Contest in Britain has a history of ______
   1. A.
      120 years
   2. B.
      about half a century
   3. C.
      100 years
   4. D.
      about half a year
2. 2.
   Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?
   1. A.
      Miss World Beauty Contest first began in China
   2. B.
      Women were not allowed to show their beauty in China
   3. C.
      120 women took part in Beauty Contest last week
   4. D.
      Miss World was 54 years old
3. 3.
   According to the writer,        
   1. A.
      Chinese women are not allowed to display beauty
   2. B.
      the winner of Miss World is not as beautiful as his wife
   3. C.
      some men are not shouting for the right person
   4. D.
      people can accept a beauty contest in China now
4. 4.
   From the passage we can know the writer thinks that _____________
   1. A.
      contestants’ qualities are more important than their physical appearance
   2. B.
      a Mr. World Contest should be held instead of a Miss World Contest
   3. C.
      a boy should stand by a fancy car
   4. D.
      women’s social status is still low
5. 5.
   The best title for this passage is ____________
   1. A.
      What about a Mr. World Contest?
   2. B.
      History of Miss World Contest
   3. C.
      Quality or Appearance?
   4. D.
      A Boy Standing beside a Fancy Car

Answer 1

BBDDA
試題分析：文章從現在世界小姐在中國舉行，漸漸被人們接受，但是作者質疑的是這是婦女的地位提高了嗎？那為什么不舉行世界先生的選美呢？作者認為正是這種選美證明婦女的地位還是很低的。
1.細節題：從第一段的句子：This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad struggle for the crown.可知世界小姐選美比賽已經有半個世紀的歷史了。選B
2.細節題：從第二段的第一句話Traditional values have long kept the Chinese, especially women, from displaying beauty.可知過去中國的婦女是不允許展示美的，選 B
3.推理題：從第二段的句子：But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contest, 可人們對選美比賽的觀點改變了，就是接受選美比賽了，選D
4.推理題：從最后一段的句子：What never changes is the need to hold a women’s conference every year to appeal for the promotion of respect for and improvement of women.可知作者認為現在婦女的地位還是很低，選 D
5.主旨題：文章從現在世界小姐在中國舉行，漸漸被人們接受，但是作者質疑的是這是婦女的地位提高了嗎？那為什么不舉行世界先生的選美呢？由此證明婦女的地位還是很低的，所以選項A是正確答案。
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