Is the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left??
The photograph on the right was changed using a new "beauty making" computer program, which uses a mathematical formula involving 234 measurements of distances between facial features to get a theoretically more attractive version, while keeping the basic appearance of the face unchanged. Unlike changes done in fashion magazine photos, wrinkles were not smoothed and hair color was not changed.?
The program is the latest attempt to combine beauty and science, a subject that has drawn increasing academic interest in the last decade.?
Studies have shown there is surprising agreement among people of different cultures about what makes a face attractive. Most important is symmetry (匀称), along with youthfulness, skin smoothness and vivid eyes and hair color. Yet, like the many other scientific or mathematical attempts to define beauty, this software program raises complex and difficult questions about the understanding of beauty.?
"How can they prove something is more or less beautiful?" said Lois Banner, a history professor at Chicago University, who studies changing beauty standards. "There can never be a single standard of beauty because so much of it is culturally influenced."?
After viewing "before" and "after" photographs of different people, Banner said the original faces were more attractive. "Irregular beauty is the real beauty," said Banner, adding that attempts to measure beauty are driven by the media’s efforts to define beauty and who is beautiful.?
Martina Eckstut, the woman whose photo was beautified for this article, said she was struck by how different she looked. "I think the “after” picture looks great, but it doesn’t really look like me at all." She added, "I would like to keep my original face."?
For centuries people have tried to define a universal ideal of beauty. "The first reaction we have to faces will be based on face symmetry." said Alexander Nehamas, a professor who has written about beauty. "But in real life we don’t just see a face. We see faces as people express their emotions and ideas, and all those aspects of the face are essential to our deciding whether a face or a person is beautiful."?
1. How does the program work to beautify a face??
A. It changes the distances between facial features.?
B. It smoothes the skin and softens the color of the hair.?
C. It digitally repairs some obvious facial faults.?
D. It replaces the original face with a similar one. ?
2. Banner believes that .?
A. there is no such thing as beauty?
B. efforts to develop a beauty measure should be encouraged?
C. the media is to blame for the failure to agree on beauty standards?
D. it is impossible to show that one thing is more beautiful than another ?
3. When seeing the "after" picture, Martina Eckstut was .
A. pleasantly surprised but thought she could look even better?
B. eager to get her face changed although it didn’t look like her at all?
C. amazed by the attractiveness but preferred not to have a different face?
D. confused by how different she looked and had no idea what to do
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE??
A. Beauty is mainly based on face symmetry.?
B. There is no single standard or definition of beauty.?
C. The program is likely to encourage people to change their appearance.?
D. Mathematics should be used to help us create beauty. ?
5. The purpose of the passage is to .?
A. oppose the attempts to create artificial beauty?
B. introduce a beauty program and a discussion about beauty?
C. discuss what makes a person beautiful?
D. show how a beauty engine can beautify a person
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Tess still stood hesitating like a swimmer about to make his dive, hardly knowing whether to return or move forward, when a figure came out from the dark door of the tent. It was a tall young man, smoking.
He had an almost black face, though red and smooth. His moustache was black with curled points, though he could not be more than twenty, three or four. There was an unusual force in his face, and in his daring rolling eyes.
"Well, my beauty, what can I do for you?" said he, coming forward. And seeing that she was quite at a loss: "Never mind me. I am Mr. d'Urberville. Have you come to see me or my mother?"
This differed greatly from what Tess had expected. She had dreamed of an aged and dignified face. She tried to keep calm and answered, "I came to see your mother, sir."
"I am afraid you cannot see her—she is ill in bed," replied the representative of the house; for this was Mr.Alee, the only son of the noble family."What is the business you wish to see her about?"
"It isn't business—it is— I can hardly say what!"
"Pleasure?"
"Oh no. Why, sir, if I tell you, it will seem—"
Tess's sense of a certain ridicule was now so strong that, despite her general discomfort at being here, her rosy lips curved(弯曲) towards a smile, much to the attraction of the young man.
"It is so foolish," she stammered(急急巴巴地说); "I fear I can't tell you!"
"Never mind; I like foolish things. Try again, my dear," said he kindly.
"Mother asked me to come," Tess continued; 'and, indeed, I was in the mind to do so myself. But I did not think it would be like this.I came, sir,to tell you that we are of the same family as you."
"Ho! Poor relations?"
"Yes."
'Stokes?'
"No; d'Urbervilles."
"Ay, ay; I mean d'Urbervilles."
"Our names are wom away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are d'Urbervilles. The local scholars hold the view that we are,and we have an old seal(印章) and a silver spoon marked with the same castle as yours. So mother said we ought to make ourselves known to you, as we've lost our horse by a bad accident; we can hardly make a living."
"Very kind of your mother, I'm sure.' Alec looked at Tess as he spoke, in a way that made her uneasy. 'And so, my pretty girl, you've come on a friendly visit to us, as relations?"
"I suppose I have," looking less confident and uncomfortable again.
"Well-there's no harm in it. Where do you live? What are you?"
—Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas Hardy
61. How does Tess feel in the whole course of the meeting with Alec?
A. Excited and hopeful. B. Nervous and uncomfortable.
C. Surprised but comfortable. D. Pleased but embarrassed.
62. In the eyes of Tess, Alec is _______________.
A. forceful and daring B. unfriendly and talkative
C. a gentle and reliable man D. older than she had expected
63. Why does Tess pay the visit to the d'Urbervilles?
A. To see Alec himself.
B. To see Alec's mother.
C. To confirm that they are of the same family.
D. To make known their relationship and seek help.
64. Alec appears quite friendly to Tess mainly because __________.
A. Tess is his distant relation B. Tess looks polite to him
C. Tess is a pretty girl D. Tess looks ridiculous
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John stood up and studied the crowd of people who making their way through the station. He looked for the girl whose heart he knew ,but whose face he 1 ,the girl with a (an) _2 . The story had begun twelve months before in a 3 . Taking a book off a shelf he found himself 4 by the notes penciled in the margin (空白处 ,白边) . The soft handwriting 5 a thoughtful soul and insightful mind. In the front of the book, he discovered the 6 owner's name , Rosanna. During the next year the two grew to know each other through the 7 . Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart. The day finally came for their first 8 7 :00 pm at the station. A beautiful young girl in a green suit was coming toward him,whose 9 was( were) tall and slim. John started to walk towards her with delight, entirely forgetting to 10 that she was not wearing a rose. He 11 made one step closer to her, and then saw Rosanna,a short and fat woman well past 40 , with a rose on her coat was standing almost directly 12 the girl. The girl in the green suit quickly walked away. John felt 13 he was split (撇开) in two, and there she stood. His fingers gripped the wom leather copy of the 14 that was to identify him to her. He knew this would not be 15 . something perhaps even better than love. John felt choked by the bittemess of his 16 . "I'm John, and you must be Rosanna. I am so glad you could meet me,may I take you to 17 ?" The woman's face broadened into a big smile. "I don't know what this is about, son, " she answered, " but the young lady in the green suit who just 18 begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said 19 you were to ask me out to dinner,l should tell you that she is waiting for you in the big 20 across the street. She said it was some kind of test ! " | |||
( )1. A. hadn't ( )2. A. rose ( )3. A. restaurant ( )4. A. absorbed ( )5 . A. reacted ( )6. A. previous ( )7. A. phone ( )8. A. dining ( )9. A. legs ( )10. A. observe ( )11 .A.carefully ( )12. A. behind ( )13. A. as long as ( )14. A. newspaper ( )15. A. a meeting ( )16. A. excitement ( )17. A. a walk ( )18. A. went by ( )19. A. when ( )20. A. market |
B. haven't B. flower B. meeting room B. surrounded B. reflected B. nice B. telegram B. meeting B. face B. conclude B.eagerly B. past B. even though B. book B. happiness B. sorrow B. your home B. followed me B. if B. restaurant |
C. couldn't C. book C. library C. interested C. responded C. thoughtful C. book C. walking C. figure C. notice C. luckily C. beside C. no matter how C. magazine C. love C. disappointment C. a party C. came here C. unless C. building |
D. didn't D. notes D. station D. burdened D. repeated D. beautiful D. mail D. talking D. hair D. say D.easily D. before D. as though D. note D. a dinner D. unwillingness D. dinner D. went in the restaurant D. since D. library |
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