17．Beauty is only skin deep．This expression means that beauty is only a surface quality．And some beauty products can cause lasting damage that goes far below the surface of the skin．But people，especially women，will risk a lot for beauty．
In the United States，many people use sunlight or non-natural light to darken their skin．But in the African country of Senegal（塞内加尔），lots of women take health risks trying to do the opposite．
The World Health Organization says that 25percent of Senegalese women use skin-lightening products on a usual basis．These products can have chemicals which can burn the eyes and skin and possibly cause cancers．
A beauty supply shop in Dakar has many kinds of skin-lightening products．The shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results but bring more damage．She says that some women want to lighten their skin every day．But for her，she likes to be a shade of brown．
Women in Senegal say they lighten their skin for the same reasons women all over the world make changes to their appearance．They want to look beautiful，to find a husband，to stand out in a crowd or to simply look great for a special event．
This thinking troubles Senegalese filmmaker Khardiata Pouye Sall．So she made This Color That Bothers Me，a film about the subject of skin lightening．"I used the most shocking images so that women would see the dangers．It is hard to understand why a woman would tell herself that dark skin is not beautiful．"Ms．Sall says the government needs to better control the marketing and sale of skin lighteners．But she adds education is the best way to persuade people against using them．
55．The underlined part"the opposite"in Para.2refers to the fact thatD．
A．some women pay more attention to skin cancers
B．some women think the black skin beautiful
C．some women want to get lasting beauty
D．some women use products to lighten their skin
56、Which of the following does Adama Diagne probably agree with？B
A．Chemicals should not be used in beauty products．
B．The stronger the products are，the more damage they do．
C．Beauty products can really improve women's skin quality．
D．No effort could be too much for women to become beautiful．
57、Ms．Sall made the film This Color That Bothers Me toB．
A．show the true meaning of beauty
B．educate people on the dangers of beauty products
C．tell people how to use beauty products properly
D．explain how beauty products damage the skin．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了在美国许多人利用阳光和非自然光线使皮肤变黑，而在非洲塞加内尔的妇女不认为黑皮肤是美丽的，因此她们过度的使用美白产品使自己变白，然而这些美白产品会含有某些致癌的化学成分，Sall女士建议妇女们考虑自己的健康，不要使用这些产品．
解答 55．D 推理判断题，根据第二段In the United States，many people use sunlight and non-natural light to darken their skin．Health experts advise against what is called"tanning"because of its links to skin cancer．In the African country of Senegal（塞内加尔），some women take health risks trying to do just the opposite．可知在美国，许多人利用阳光和非自然光线使皮肤变暗，而在非洲国家塞内加尔，一些妇女冒着生命危险做着与之相反的事，由此推知这些妇女会使用一些产品来使她们的肤色变白，所以D选项是正确的．
56．B 细节理解题．根据第四段The shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results but bring more damage．店员Adama Diagne建议她的游客避开较强的产品，保证快速的结果却带来更大的伤害．故选B．
57．B 细节理解题．根据最后一段"I used the most shocking images so that women would see the dangers．我用最震撼的画面，让女人看到的危险，可知Ms．Sall 通过电影教育人们关于美容产品的危险．故选B．
点评 本文是一个社会文化类阅读理解，题目涉及多道细节理解题，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．
