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 trained 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 5 cm 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 pain 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（标准）. 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.
小题1:We can know from the passage that the author works as ________.
A．a professor
B．a model
C．a teacher
D．a reporter小题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-hunting
D．attract more admirers小题3:What was the author’s reaction towards the girl’s decision?
A．Excited.
B．Surprised.
C．Happy.
D．Angry.小题4:According to the passage, the author believes that ________.
A．everyone should pursue perfection, whatever the cost
B．it’s right for graduates to ask for others to help them out in hunting for jobs
C．media are to blame for misleading young people in their seeking for surgery
D．it is one’s appearance instead of skills that really matters in one’s career小题5: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 always wears shoes with thick soles to hide the fact.
D．He just accepts it as it is.
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
题目分析：文章介绍了现在一种社会现象——学生毕业后希望通过外科手术改变形象，从而在工作的时候有优势，作者对此现象进行分析，也给出自己的观点。
小题1:推理题：根据第一段中“Recently I spoke to some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated”可知作者是位老师。故选C。
小题2:细节题：根据第四段第一句“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”可知现在的学生希望通过外科手术在找工作的时候可以有优势。故选C。
小题3:细节题：根据第四段第一句“At that point, I was shocked.”那一刻，我被震惊了。故选B。
小题4:推理题：从文章的最后一段可知媒体误导学生做外科手术。故选C。
小题5:细节题：从第四段中“ 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!”可知作者接受自己个子矮的事实。故选D。