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I once thought that outer beauty is the only factor to become a greatperson.When I was young,
I read many kinds of books, most of which described characters who are handsome or beautiful.So
I think that being beautiful is the only way to become a success.
As I grew up, the story of my best friend made me realize that outer beauty was not so important
to make a person successful.She was so beautiful a girl that every classmate liked to chat with her,
but she was very arrogant.In her opinion, she could get all she wanted because of her beauty, but all
of her friends left her one by one!Only then did she come to know the importance of the beauty in a
person's heart, which c hanged her attitude and she made friends again.
Turning on TV, we can see many advertisements, most of which seem to give us a feeling that
physical attractiveness is the most important thing.There_seems_to_be_a_boom_in_plastic_surgery.It
is surprising that more and more people, especially girls and women, try it like the first man－made
beauty in China, Hao Lulu.It is a common sense that attractive people can easily find work.Most good
looking guys usually get higher scores in the job interviews.But, what is real beauty? I want to say that
is inner beauty because those who have beauty in their soul are really beautiful persons.
As is known, the beauty judged with eyes is temporary, so we should concentrate on inner beauty.
And if we make the efforts to make our minds beautiful, we'll live a happier life.
1. Why did the author want to have a good appearance when she was young?
A. Because she wanted to be one of the characters in the book.
B. Because she wanted to get higher scores in the job interviews.
C. Because she wanted to follow her friend's example mentioned in the passage.
D. Because the successful characters in the books she read were attractive.
2. Why did the writer quote her friend's story?
A. To show how important outer bea
uty is.
B. To show how terrible to be a beautiful girl.
C. To prove that outer beauty is temporary, which is not the key factor to become a great person.
D. To show how beautiful her friend was.
3. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?
A. A large number of people pay attention to outer beauty.
B. Surgery is becoming more and more popular.
C. The price of doing plastic surgery is becoming lower and lower, making more
and more persons afford it.
D. The living standard has been improved over the past years.
4. Which of the following covers the passage best?
A. How do attractive persons become successful?
B. Plastic surgery is the best way to make a person become more beautiful and successful.
C. The key factor to find a good job is being attractive.
D. Inner beauty is the real beauty.
5. What do we know from the passage?
A. If you are too beautiful, all your friends will leave you out of envy.
B. If you have a good appearance, you must get higher scores in the job interviews.
C. Without the TV advertisements, there wouldn't have been a boom in plastic surgery.
D. Those who have good appearances should also develop the beauty in their hearts.
