閱讀理解
     Millions of women use cosmetics, often called "make-up". The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest
in the world. Most large stores sell cosmetics, and there are always shops at airports selling them cheaply. The word "cosmetics "refers to anything that people put on their faces to make them look better. Lipstick,
face powder and cream, and eye make-up are the most popular. Although more women than men use
cosmetics, there are cosmetics for men as well as women.
     Some people even have cosmetic surgery to make their faces look different. They have the shape of
their noses and eyes changed.
     The most widely used cosmetic is probably lipstick, as many women who do not wear any other
make-up will often put on a little lipstick.
     Lipstick is made by mixing together different oils and colors. This mixture is then allowed to get hard
and is cut into the shape of a small pencil. When a woman presses the lipstick to her lips, the end of it
becomes soft, and some of it sticks to her lips, giving them extra color.
     Cosmetics were probably first used in India, but it was the Egyptians, six thousand years ago, who
made the most use of them. Rich Egyptian women painted their eyes green and black. They used a red
color to paint pretty designs on their fingernails, the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet.
Pictures of Cleopatra always show her wearing a lot of make-up.
     The Romans also used cosmetics. They liked to make their skin very white and to paint their eyes.
They also used a kind of lipstick.
     In England at one time, very rich women had baths in milk to make their skin beautiful. They also used
a lot of sweet-smelling powder to stop people smelling their bodies, which were often very dirty because
they did not wash very often or change their clothes.
     At one time, some cosmetics were not safe. They were bad for the skin and some of the lipsticks and
powders that people used were even poisonous. Nowadays, people in the cosmetics industry take great
care to make sure that everything they use is completely safe.

1. What does the word "Cosmetics" refer to ________.
A. lipstick            
B. make-up          
C. creams          
D. surgery

2. According to the passage people use cosmetics ________.
A. only at airports              
B. only to color their feet
C. to make themselves look better    
D. instead of surgery

3. From the passage we know that in earlier times ________.
A. cosmetics were never used in milk baths
B. cosmetics were never used on the eyes
C. cosmetics were never used on the skin
D. sometimes cosmetics were harmful to the skin

4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. In order to make their faces look different some people even have cosmetic surgery.
B. In England, women have baths in milk to make their skin beautiful.
C. Cosmetics were probably first used by the Egyptians six thousand years ago.
D. Not all cosmetics are safe so we should be careful to use them.
練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語 來源：英語教研室 題型：050

閱讀理解

When I opened my e-mail the other day, a blond woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile and blow a kiss. I guess that the e-mail she was reading to me came from my brother, and that a lot of it was about the trouble he was having getting the phone company to set up his high-speed Internet hookup. Still, it was pretty cool.

    Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets read to the recipient (接收者) by an attractive male or female form or by a devil or clown (小丑). The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www.facemail.com. And you can choose the face from an array (列表). If Facemail catches on—yes, I’d have to say that's still as if—it could change e-mail as we know it.

    Facemail is about to get a lot more interesting. In a few weeks you will be able to speak into a microphone in your computer and have your own voice read thee-mail you send. The company has signed a deal with Kodak so that sometimes next year you will be able to submit a photo and your own face will be the one reading your e-mail.

    The main thing Facemail has for it right now is that it's fun. That's no surprise, since the company's chief executive is Lucie Salhany, founder of UPN and former head of Fox Broadcasting. As its new capabilities kick in, Facemail could become a lot more popular. After all, what grandparent wouldn't prefer e-mail with the voice and picture of a grandchild instead of coldly impersonal text?

1．We can see from this passage the Rachel  ________.

    A. is a friend of the writer's brother

    B. is working at a computer company

    C. is an attractive woman hired to read e-mail for others

    D. is not a real person

2．How can you get Facemail if you are interested in it?

    A. You can get it at a very low price.

    B. You can send e-mail at www.facemail.com.

    C. You can get it through Internet for nothing.

    D. You can place an order at www.facemail.com.

3．Sometime next year, you will _________________.

    A. hear your own voice reading your e-mail

    B. see your own picture while reading your e-mail

    C. have your own face reading e-mail you send others

    D. hear your own e-mil read together with your picture

4．We can infer from the second paragraph that the writer ________.

    A. doesn't believe that the Facemail would become popular

    B. doubts whether Facemail will be hot soon

    C. is sure that Facemail will work wonders for e-mail

    D. believes that Facemail has a good market ahead of it

5．The writer believes that Facemail could become a lot more popular mainly because ________.

    A. it is convenient and fun

    B. more and more advanced technology will be used in it

    C. Lucie Salhany is in charge of it

    D. it can make communications by computer more personal

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：051

閱讀理解

When I opened my e-mail the other day, a blond woman named Rachel appeared on my computer screen. She greeted me by name and started talking with great enthusiasm. Every now and then she stopped to smile and blow a kiss. I guess that the e-mail she was reading to me came from my brother, and that a lot of it was about the trouble he was having getting the phone company to set up his high-speed Internet hookup. Still, it was pretty cool.

    Rachel was there thanks to a new technology called Facemail. Facemail lets you send e-mail that gets read to the recipient (接收者) by an attractive male or female form or by a devil or clown (小丑). The software, which is free, can be downloaded at www.facemail.com. And you can choose the face from an array (列表). If Facemail catches on—yes, I’d have to say that's still as if—it could change e-mail as we know it.

    Facemail is about to get a lot more interesting. In a few weeks you will be able to speak into a microphone in your computer and have your own voice read thee-mail you send. The company has signed a deal with Kodak so that sometimes next year you will be able to submit a photo and your own face will be the one reading your e-mail.

    The main thing Facemail has for it right now is that it's fun. That's no surprise, since the company's chief executive is Lucie Salhany, founder of UPN and former head of Fox Broadcasting. As its new capabilities kick in, Facemail could become a lot more popular. After all, what grandparent wouldn't prefer e-mail with the voice and picture of a grandchild instead of coldly impersonal text?

1．We can see from this passage the Rachel  ________.

    A. is a friend of the writer's brother

    B. is working at a computer company

    C. is an attractive woman hired to read e-mail for others

    D. is not a real person

2．How can you get Facemail if you are interested in it?

    A. You can get it at a very low price.

    B. You can send e-mail at www.facemail.com.

    C. You can get it through Internet for nothing.

    D. You can place an order at www.facemail.com.

3．Sometime next year, you will _________________.

    A. hear your own voice reading your e-mail

    B. see your own picture while reading your e-mail

    C. have your own face reading e-mail you send others

    D. hear your own e-mil read together with your picture

4．We can infer from the second paragraph that the writer ________.

    A. doesn't believe that the Facemail would become popular

    B. doubts whether Facemail will be hot soon

    C. is sure that Facemail will work wonders for e-mail

    D. believes that Facemail has a good market ahead of it

5．The writer believes that Facemail could become a lot more popular mainly because ________.

    A. it is convenient and fun

    B. more and more advanced technology will be used in it

    C. Lucie Salhany is in charge of it

    D. it can make communications by computer more personal

 

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

第三部分：閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分)

    閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C、D)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

Harvard University is on the both sides of the Charles River. The oldest institution of higher learning in the United States was founded in 1636. In 1638 it was named for John Harvard, its first founder. During the 1640s the college was enlarged although it was short of money. Meant to be an institution for the educatiou of Puritan ministers (清教牧師), it grew to be an institution of general education, and new and more subjects and policies (政策) were introduced. In the 18th century, particularly under John Leverett, the number of the students and campus equipment increased while the religious (宗教的) color decreased. In its early years, the college was largely supported by the English colony and the New England community as a whole, but support soon came in the form of gifts, and in 1823 the state money was received for the last time. Under Charles W. Eliot, the college became a great modem university. Its basic courses improved and enlarged, the graduate school was set up for those who finished their four-year undergraduate study, and the law and medical schools were reorganized. Eliot is also famous for his introduction of the elective system at Harvard. Besides Harvard College, the university includes schools of divinity (1816), law (1817), arts and science (1872), education (1920), engineering (1935), reorganization of Lawrence Science School of 1847, public administration (1935). Harvard also has schools of business administration (1908), medicine (1782), public health (1922), and dental health ( 1941 ). Radcliffe College for women is connected with Harvard; its students are taught by Harvard professors and receive diplomas given by Harvard. The university library, among the nation's finest houses over 8 mil- lion volumes, and the Fogg Museum of Art is one of the finest university museums in the world. Harvard is closely connected with a large number of research institutions as well.

56. Harvard University

   A. has a history of more than 450 years

   B. was enlarged in the middle of the 17th century 

   C. was first meant to be an institution for general education since its foundation

   D. was founded by John Leverett

 57. One of John Leverett's greatest contributions to Harvard University is most probably that

    A. he set up Harvard University

    B. he freed Harvard University from the support of the state

    C. he made Harvard a Puritan university

    D. he helped develop general education in Harvard University

 58. Which of the following statements might NOT be true about Charles W. Eliot?

    A. Under his leadership, Harvard University became a modern university.

    B. He introduced the elective system at Harvard University.

    C. He improved and enlarged Harvard University, making it a modern university.

D. He tried hard to reduce the religious colour of Harvard University.

59. Which of the following statements is true about Harvard University according to the passage?

   A. Harvard is a large and modern university with a long history.

   B. Harvard has the world's finest library with its 8 million of books.

   C. Harvard University has the nation's best art museum.

   D. Radcliffe College for men is one of the schools of Harvard University.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：福建省高考真題 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解。
     There are two main forms of teaching in Nottingham University: seminar (研討會(huì)) and lecture. They
are very different from the sort of teaching most often used in schools and colleges.
      In seminars you will be taught with discussion focusing on a text or topic set in advance in a friendly
and informal atmosphere. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to try out new ideas and to think
through difficulties with fellow- learners. Students develop friendships through groups, as well as learning
more about other people's ideas. You can also know your tutors as an individual rather than a face at the
end of the room.
     Lectures are the most formal. There may be over a hundred in the audience and the lecture Mil last about
fifty minutes. The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which
is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist develop a coherent
(有條理的) argument, and that it can show visual material to a wide audience.
     Your typical week's work will feel strange after school or college since there are fewer timetabled
teaching hours. Each week in the first year you may attend about six lectures and four to six seminars or
tutorials (輔導(dǎo)). For the rest of the time you are working on your own, doing the necessary reading in
preparation for tutorials or writing seminar papers. When writing an essay or carrying out project work,
you can often discuss with your tutor about the title and topic.
1. The purpose of the passage is ______.
A. to introduce two main forms of teaching
B. to persuade you to try out new ideas
C. to stress the importance of discussion
D. to make you believe that seminar is more helpful
2. One of the values of the lecture is _____.
A. to make friends through groups
B. to learn more about other people's ideas
C. to offer a chance to discuss with a specialist
D. to present to students information not found in books
3. Your typical week's work in the university will feel strange because ______.
A. you may have no project work after class
B. you may give lectures and seminars
C. you may have fewer timetabled teaching hours
D. you may write seminar papers with fellow-learners
4. We can learn from the passage that ______.
A. seminar is better than lecture
B. lecture is better than seminar
C. seminar is more formal than lecture
D. lecture is more formal than seminar

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：山西省月考題 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解。
     Environmentalists said our planet was doomed to die. Now one man says they are wrong.
    "Everyone knows the planet is in bad shape," thundered a magazine article last year. Species are being
driven to die out at record rates, and the rivers are so poisonous that fish are floating on the surface, dead.
    But there's a growing belief that what everyone takes for granted is wrong: things are actually getting
better. A new book is about to overturn our most basic assumptions about the world's environment. Rivers, seas, rain and the atmosphere are all getting cleaner. The total amount of forests in the world is not
declining. The Skeptical Environmentalist by Bjorn Lomborg, professor of statistics at the University of
Aarhus in Denmark, is an attack on the misleading claims of environmental groups, and the "bad news"
culture that makes people believe everything is getting worse.
    Now the attacks are increasingly coming from left-wing environmentalists such as Lomborg, a former
member of Greenpeace. The accusation is that, although the environment is improving, green groups-with
profits of hundreds of mil-lions of pounds a year - are using scare tactics(謀略)to gain donations. Lomborg's book doesn't deny global warming - probably the biggest environmental threat - but destroys almost
every other environmental claim with many official statistics.
    The Worldwatch Institute claims that "deforestation(沙漠化) has been accelerating over the last 30
years". But Lomborg says that is simply rubbish. Since the dawn of agriculture the world has lost about
20 per cent of its forest cover, but in recent decades the forest area's depleting has come to a stop.
According to UN figures, the area of forests has remained almost steady, at about 30 per cent of total
land area, since the 1940s. Forests in countries such as the US, the UK and Canada have actually been
expanding over the past 40 years. Despite all the warnings the Amazon rainforest has only shrunk by
about 15 per cent.
    Nor are all our species dying out. Some campaigners claim that 50 per cent of all species will have
died out within 50 years. But other studies show only 0.08 per cent of species are dying out each year.
Conservation efforts have been successful. Whales are no longer threatened and the bald eagle is off the
endangered list.
    Environmental groups claim that many of the improvements are the results of the success of their
campaigns. Stephen Tindale, director of Greenpeace UK, said, "There are important examples, such as
acid rain and ozone, where things aren't as bad as predicted, and that's because behavior has changed."
1. In his book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, what is Lomborg's main argument?
A. Our planet is in bad shape.
B. The world's environment is improving.
C. The total amount of forests in the world is not declining.
D. Conservation efforts have been successful.
2. What is Lomborg's main accusation of environmentalists?
A. They scared people into making donations.
B. They overturned our basic assumptions about the world's environment.
C. They changed their behavior toward the environment.
D. They only told people bad news about the environment.
3. The underlined word "depleting" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to "____".
A. reducing                
B. limiting  
C. expanding            
D. accelerating
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A. The total area of forests in the world has increased significantly.
B. The effects of global warming are not as bad as first expected.
C. It appears that the bald eagle will now survive.
D. In the last 50 years the number of whales has increased.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案