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[单项选择]Weight(体重)is one of the taboo subjects. In America, it is OK, or even good, to be thin but it is an embarrassment(尴尬) to be overweight. In fact, the thinner you are, the more beautiful you are thought to be. You’ll find that most models(模特) are nothing more than skin and bones. A woman who is thin is easy to become popular. Of course, there are lots of people do their best to be thin. They may use all kinds of ways, such as doing exercise, or dieting(节食). But, sometimes, dieting may bring about some healthy problems.Dieting may become bad for people’s health.
[A] Right. [B] Wrong. [C] Doesn’t say.
[单项选择]Weight (体重) is one of the taboo subjects. In America, it is OK, or even good, to be thin but it is an embarrassment (尴尬) to be overweight. In fact, the thinner you are, the more beautiful you are thought to be. You’ll find that most models (模特) are nothing more than skin and bones. A woman who is thin is easy to become popular. Of course, there are lots of people do their best to be thin. They may use all kinds of ways, such as doing exercise, or dieting (节食). But, sometimes, dieting may bring about some healthy problems.
Americans are very careful about their weight and most of the time they do not tell others how much they weigh... even if they are quite thin. Therefore, you’d better not ask about it. But if you really want to talk about this subject, it’s always safer to say, "Oh, it looks like you have lost weight. " However, if you would like to be honest and polite, I suggest that you should choose your words carefully, perhaps by saying, "Hey, you look great. Very healthy l
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t Say.
[单项选择]Weight(体重) is one of the taboo subjects. In America, it is OK, or even good, to be thin but it is an embarrassment(尴尬) to be overweight. In fact, the thinner you are, the more beautiful you are thought to be. You’ll find that most models(模特) are nothing more than skin and bones. A woman who is thin is easy to become popular. Of course, there are lots of people do their best to be thin. They may use all kinds of ways, such as doing exercise, or dieting(节食). But, sometimes, dieting may bring about some healthy problems.
Americans are very careful about their weight and most of the time they do not tell others how much they weigh.., even if they are quite thin. Therefore, you’d better not ask about it. But if you really want to talk about this subject, it’s always safer to say, "Oh, it looks like you have lost weight. " However, if you would like to be honest and polite, I suggest that you should choose your words carefully, perhaps by saying, "Hey, you look great. Very healthy looki
A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t Say.
[单项选择]Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age-in some cases as low as 55-is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses-as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them; yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that "elderly" and "needy" are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as
A. offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice
B. senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent life
C. giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly
D. senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount
