机电仔细阅读课瞒习题
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Directions: There are 2 passages in this section Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and choose which option is the suitable ans^ver.
Passage 1
She is widely seen as proof that good looks can last forever. But, at nearly 500 years of age, time is catching up with the Mona Lisa.
The health of the famous picture, painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1505, is gening worse by the year, according to the Louvre Museum(卢浮言博物馆)where it is housed.
“The thin; wooden panel on which the Mona Lisa is painted in oil has changed shape since experts checked it two years ago," the museum said. Visitors have noticed the changes but r
epairing the world's most famous painting is not easy. Experts are not sure about the materials the Italian artist used and their present chemical state.
Nearly six million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. "It is very interesting that when yen're not looking at her; she seems to be smiling, and then you look at her and she stops," said Professor Margaret Livingstone of Harvard University. "It's because direct vision(视觉)is excellent at picking up detail, but less suited to looking at shadows. Da Vinci painted the smile in shadows.”
Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always carried it with him; until it was eventually sold to France's King Francis I in 1519.
During World War II, French hid the painting in small towns to keep it out of the hands of German forces.
Like many old ladies, the Mona Lisa has some interesting stories to tell.
1. In the first paragraph, "catching up with" mears    .
A) coming up from behind
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B) having effect on
C) making up for
D) gening along with
2. It is difficult to repair this painting due to its    .
A) painting materials    B) wooden panel
C) long history    D) good name
3. Mona Lisa is smiling when you look    .
A) at her
B) from the comers of your eyes
C) into the shadow
D) for details
4. Para. 4 is mainly about    .
A) the history of the Mona Lisa
B) the condition of the Mona Lisa
C) the secret of Mona Lisa' s smile
D) the secret of Mona Lisa's beauty
5. During World War II the famous painting was in    .
A) Italy    B) France C) Britain    D) Germany
Passage 2
You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories: models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger, and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks ju
st seconds after they step off the runway.
Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy for decades, and two researchers say a model's body mass should be a workplace health and safety issue. In an editorial released Monday in the American Journal of Public Health, Katherine Record and Bryn Austin made their case for government regulation of the fashion industry.
The average international runway model has a body mass index (B\‘H) under 16-low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization,s standard. And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves, but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence. "Especially girls and tens", says Record. "Seventy percent of girls aged 10 to IS report that they define perfect body image based on what they see in magazines." That's especially worrying, she says, given that anorexia(厌食症Results in more deaths than does any other mental illness, according to the National Institute ofMertal Health.
It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in
coal miners. Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable to eating disorders resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.
Record's suggestion is to prohibit agents from hiring models with a B\H below 18.
In April, France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight. Agents and fashion houses who hire models with B\H under 18 could pay $82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail. Regulating the fashion industry in the Uni:ed States won't be easy. Record says.
But with the new rules in France, U.S. support could make a difference. "A designer can't survive without participating in Paris Fashion Week”, she says, adding, "Our argument is that the same would be true of New York Fashion Week."
6. What do Record and Austin say about fashion models' body mass?
A) It has caused needless controversy.
B) It is focus of the modeling business.
C) It is but a matter of personal taste.
D) It affects models' health and safety.
7. What are Record and Austin advocating in the Monday editorial?

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