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I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
“But she will get dark,” they said.
“That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (肤色) is beautiful.”
They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (晒黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
What in the world is going on?
The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (标准) of beauty.
In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妆容). The tradition survives to this day.
So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define（给…下定义）their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!
小题1:The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.

A．they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit

B．the writer’s daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun

C．it is dangerous for a girl to be out on a lake alone

D．with the powerful sunlight the writer’s daughter would have got a suntan

小题2: According to the article, which kind of woman meets the American standard of beauty?

A．Women with blond hair.	B．Women w ith a slim figure.
C．Women with tanned skin.	D．Women with pale skin.

小题3: In the US a winter tan usually means the person _____.

A．is hard-working	B．doesn’t have to work
C．has a lot of money and spare time	D．is from a very poor family

小题4:The writer ______ the tanning booth started up in China.

A．is not interested in	B．doesn’t understand
C．doesn’t like	D．has mixed feelings about

A U.S man found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean last week. He said on Friday he would 1 them to a church instead of selling them on eBay following protests from religious people.
The letters , sent to a late Baptist clergyman (牧师), were 2put in a sealed plastic shopping bag near a 3in Atlantic, New Jersey.
Bill Lacovara, an insurance adjuster from Ventnor, New Jersey, said he got the bag while on a fishing trip last week.
The letters were 4 to the clergyman, who died in 2004. Someone cleaning his house may have 5 the bag, which Lacovara found about 100 miles (160km) from Cooper’s house.
They include one from a teenage girl asking God to 6 her for her wrongdoing, one from a prisoner who said he was 7 and someone had set a trap for him, and 8 from a man who wanted God’s help winning the lottery, according to media reports.
Lavovara said he could have 9 them on eBay for up to $15,000(7,889 pounds) according to his prediction of the compete price and would have given the money to charity. But he has changed his mind because he said the move caused 10 to some religious people.
“They said they were 11 in me, and I didn’t want to do something that’s going to create 12 results.” he told Reuters.
Some 13 him to burn the letters, throw them back in the ocean or give them to a church, Lacovara said.
Lacovara said about a dozen clergymen have offered to take the letters, and he is evaluating the 14 to make sure the letters don’t fall into the 15 hands.
1. A. donate B. show C. sell D. owe
2. A. hurriedly B. privately C. mysteriously D. occasionally
3. A. river B. lake C. hill D. beach
4. A. taken B. offered C. addressed D. given
5. A. collected B. thrown C. opened D. destroyed
6. A. forgive B. punish C. adjust D. charge
7. A. friendly B. correct C. innocent D. energetic
8. A. others B. another C. the other D. one
9. A. auctioned B. bought C. donated D. discounted
10. A. damage B. offence C. injury D. worry
11. A. absorbed B. involved C. interested D. disappointed
12. A. final B. direct C. same D. bad
13. A. forced B. urged C. questioned D. pleased
14. A. requests B. orders C. commands D. invitations
15. A. wrong B. poor C. tight D. firm

Imagine a mass of floating waste is two times the size of the state of Texas. Texas has a land area of more than 678 000 square kilometers. So it might be difficult to imagine anything twice as big.
All together, this mass of waste flowing in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch. It weighs about 3 500 000 tons. The waste includes bags，bottles and containers—plastic products of all kinds.
The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about l 600 kilometers west of California. The western part is west of the Hawaiian Islands and east of Japan. The area has been described as a kind of oceanic desert，with light winds and slow moving water currents. The water moves so slow that garbage from all over the world collects there.
In recent years，there have been growing concerns about the floating garbage and its effect on sea creatures and human health. Scientists say thousands of animals get trapped in the floating waste，resulting in death or injury. Even more die from a lack of food or water after swallowing pieces of plastic. The trash can also make animals feel full，lessening their desire to eat or drink.
The floating garbage also can have harmful effects on people. There is an increased threat of infection of disease from polluted waste，and from eating fish that swallowed waste. Divers can also get trapped in the plastic.
Its existence first gained public attention in l997. That was when racing boat captain and oceanographer Charles Moore and his crew sailed into the garbage while returning from a racing event. Five years earlier，another oceanographer learned of the trash after a shipment of rubber duckies got lost at sea. Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.
In August，2009，a team from the University of California，San Diego became the latest group to travel to it. They were shocked by the amount of waste they saw. They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch’s effect on ocean environment.
小题1: How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage?

A．By giving an example.

B．By listing the facts.

C．By telling a story.

D．By giving a comparison.

小题2:What do we know about the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

A．It is made up of various kinds of plastic products.

B．It is a solid mass of floating waste materials.

C．It lies l60 000 kilometers east of California.

D．It is described as a kind of oceanic desert.

小题3:Why do people pay attention to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?

A．Because it may prevent the flow of ocean water.

B．Because the polluted plastic articles will move up the food chain.

C．Because it may be from an island in the pacific.

D．Because ships may be trapped in the floating waste.

小题4: The purpose of writing this passage is to____________.

A．warn people of the danger to travel in the pacific

B．analyze what caused the waste patch in the pacific

C．give advice on how to recycle waste in the ocean

D．introduce the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch