下列说法不正确的一项是 A.周制:天子地方千里,出兵车万乘;诸侯地方百里,出兵车千乘。 B.后人常用“陶朱”作为富人的代称,陶朱就是范蠡,他帮助越王勾践灭吴。 C.敲扑是古代的刑具,长的叫“敲”,短的叫“扑”。 D.秦时,“山东”指崤山以东,即东方诸侯国。 答案:C 解析: 短的叫敲,长的叫扑。Recently I spoke to some of my
students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of
job prospects they thought they had.
Given that I teach students who
are training to be doctors, I was surprised to find that most thought that they
would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside
help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a
relative or family friend to help them out.
“Surgery(外科手术)”,
one replied.
I was pretty alarmed by that
response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go
under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job.
One girl told me that she was
considering surgery to increase her height. “They
break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap
between the two ends of the bone as it regrows, you can get at least 5cm taller!”
At that point, I was shocked. I
am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!
It seems to me that there is a
trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.
No one is born perfect, yet
magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people
as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and
cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea
that “perfection”
is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost.
In my opinion, skills, rather
than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen
career.
1.We can know from the passage that the author
works as ________.
A. a
doctor B. a
model C. a
teacher D. a reporter
2.Many graduates today turn to cosmetic
surgery to ________.
A. marry a better
man\woman B.
become a model
C. get an advantage over others
in job-hunt D. attract more admirers
3.According to the passage, the author
believes that ________.
A. everyone should purchase
perfection, whatever the cost
B. it’s
right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs
C. it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career
D. media are to blame for
misleading young people in their seeking for surgery
4.What does the author think of his height?
A. He hates to be called a short
man.
B. He tries to increase his
height through surgery.
C. He just accepts it as it is.
D. He always wears shoes with
thick soles to hide the fact.
5.The best title for the passage should be “________”.
A. Young Graduates Have Higher
Expectation
B. Young Graduates Look to
Surgery for Better Jobs
C. Young Graduates’ Opinion About Cosmetic Surgery
D.
Young Graduates Face a Different Situation in Job-hunt