As a kid, Kacey Long would dream of becoming a professional woman. While studying human resources management successfully at university, Long decided to change her look. So, at 19, she decided to get her breasts enlarged, “I was all about doing anything I could to improve myself,” she says.
With that decision, Long joined thousands of young patients who are surgically altering their appearance each year. Teenagers even younger than Long are having breasts enlarged, noses and ears reshaped and skin changed.
In 2003, almost 336,000 American teens 18 or younger had some kind of cosmetic（美容）surgery or procedure, a 50% increase over 2002.
Patient-safety advisers believe that many of the teens having surgery are unnecessarily putting themselves at risk of injury or even death. Teens are at the greatest risk of making a decision they will regret as Long did. Long had her breasts enlarged to size D, felt sick and weak within months after the $4,500—cost plastic surgery, and had her breast fillings removed two years later. She is still suffering from the long, painful recoveries. “I wish I had never done it,” says Long. She is just one of those thousands who are actually risking their future beauty by going under the knife when they are still growing.
1. Which of the following is true about Kacey Long?
2. When Long decided to have her breasts enlarged, she ( ).
3. The number of the American teens having cosmetic surgery ( ).
4. When Long says “I wish I had never done it”, she expresses her ( ).
5. The author of the passage uses Long’s case to ( ).
问题1选项
A.She had a successful breast surgery.
B.She had a regretful breast surgery.
C.She studied cosmetic surgery at university.
D.She had become a professional woman.
问题2选项
A.knew what risking she was taking
B.was actually risking her future beauty
C.had tried several times to change her look
D.knew all about the effect of breast surgery
问题3选项
A.had an increasing of 224,000 in the year 2003
B.was about 224,000 in 2002 but doubled in 2003
C.amounted to approximately 224,000 in 2002
D.amounted to approximately 168,000 in 2002
问题4选项
A.regretfulness for her decision to have the breast surgery
B.regretfulness for having paid $4,500 for the surgery
C.satisfaction with the removal of the breast fillings
D.satisfaction with her good shape after the surgery
问题5选项
A.stop the American teenagers from having painful surgery
B.call our attention to the American teenagers’ health
C.express sympathy towards the American teenagers
D.inform the teenagers of the danger of the cosmetic surgery
第1题:B
第2题:B
第3题:C
第4题:A
第5题:D
第1题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following is true about Kacey Long? 关于凯西·朗，下列哪项是正确的？
A. She had a successful breast surgery. A. 她做了一次成功的胸部手术。
B. She had a regretful breast surgery. B. 她做了一个让她后悔的胸部手术。
C. She studied cosmetic surgery at university. C. 她在大学里学的是整形外科。
D. She had become a professional woman. D. 她已经成为一名职业女性。
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章尾段倒数第二句“I wish I had never done it,” says Long.（“我希望我从来没有做过这件事，”朗说）可知B选项“她做了一个让她后悔的胸部手术”正确。
【干扰项排除】A选项“她做了一次成功的胸部手术”与文章内容不符，属于曲解原文；
C选项“她在大学里学的是整形外科”与文章首段中“她在大学成功地学习人力资源管理”表述不符，属于曲解原文；
D选项“她已经成为一名职业女性”，根据文章首句可知成为一名职业女性是她的梦想，而不是现实，属于曲解原文。
第2题:
【选项释义】
When Long decided to have her breasts enlarged, she ( ). 当朗决定隆胸时，她（ ）。
A. knew what risking she was taking A. 知道自己冒了多大的风险
B. was actually risking her future beauty B. 实际上是在拿她未来的美丽冒险
C. had tried several times to change her look C. 多次尝试改变她的外貌
D. knew all about the effect of breast surgery D. 知道胸部手术的所有影响
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据选项关键词future beauty定位文章尾段尾句She is just one of those thousands who are actually risking their future beauty by going under the knife when they are still growing.（她只是成千上万的人中的一个，他们冒着失去未来美丽的风险，在他们还在生长的时候接受手术），结合文章内容可知当朗19岁决定去隆胸的时候，她起初是为了让自己变得更好看，但最后的结果却让她十分后悔，因为这“实际上是在拿她未来的美丽冒险”，因此B选项正确。
【干扰项排除】A、C、D选项均未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
第3题:
【选项释义】
The number of the American teens having cosmetic surgery ( ). 美国青少年做整容手术的人数（ ）。
A. had an increasing of 224,000 in the year 2003 A. 在2003年增加了224,000人
B. was about 224,000 in 2002 but doubled in 2003 B. 在2002年大约是224,000人，但在2003年翻了一倍
C. amounted to approximately 224,000 in 2002 C. 在2002年达到了大约224,000人
D. amounted to approximately 168,000 in 2002 D. 在2002年达到了大约168,000人
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词American teens定位文章第三段In 2003, almost 336,000 American teens 18 or younger had some kind of cosmetic surgery or procedure, a 50% increase over 2002.（2003年，近336,000名18岁或以下的美国青少年进行了某种美容手术或程序，比2002年增加了50%），可推知2002年的人数应该是336,000除1.5等于224,000人，因此C选项“在2002年达到了大约224,000人”正确。
【干扰项排除】A选项“在2003年增加了224,000人”与“比2002年增加了50%”表述不符，应该是增加了112,000人，属于曲解原文；
B选项“在2002年大约是224,000人，但在2003年翻了一倍”，根据2003年人数为336,000人，可知并没有翻一倍，属于曲解原文；
D选项“在2002年达到了大约168,000人”，根据推算可知2002年的人数大约是224,000人，属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
When Long says “I wish I had never done it,” she expresses her ( ). 当朗说“我希望我从来没有做过这件事”时，她表达了她（ ）。
A. regretfulness for her decision to have the breast surgery A. 后悔她决定做胸部手术
B. regretfulness for having paid $4,500 for the surgery B. 后悔花了4500美元做手术
C. satisfaction with the removal of the breast fillings C. 对去除乳房填充物的满意
D. satisfaction with her good shape after the surgery D. 对她手术后的好身材感到满意
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章尾段对朗术后结果的描述：“几个月后她就感到恶心和虚弱，两年后她把乳房填充物移除了”，结合她自己的说法“我希望我从来没有做过这件事”可知朗对此是表示后悔的，因此A选项“后悔她决定做乳房手术”正确。
【干扰项排除】B选项“后悔花了4500美元做手术”，朗后悔的重点是做了隆胸手术而不是花了多少钱，属于曲解原文；
C选项“对去除乳房填充物的满意”，朗之所以去除乳房填充物是因为术后感到身体不舒服，并不是对此感到满意，属于曲解原文；
D选项“对她手术后的好身材感到满意”未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The author of the passage uses Long’s case to ( ). 这篇文章的作者用朗的例子是为了（ ）。
A. stop the American teenagers from having painful surgery A. 阻止美国青少年做痛苦的手术
B. call our attention to the American teenagers’ health B. 引起我们对美国青少年健康的关注
C. express sympathy towards the American teenagers C. 表达对美国青少年的同情
D. inform the teenagers of the danger of the cosmetic surgery D. 告知青少年整容手术的危险性
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据文章尾段首句Patient-safety advisers believe that many of the teens having surgery are unnecessarily putting themselves at risk of injury or even death.（患者安全顾问认为，许多接受手术的青少年不必要将自己置于受伤甚至死亡的危险之中），结合文章中朗对自己做了隆胸手术而感到后悔的这一事例来看，可推知作者是为了“告知青少年整容手术的危险性”，因此D选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“阻止美国青少年做痛苦的手术”，文章想要阻止的是青少年做危险的整容手术，而不是痛苦的手术，属于曲解原文；
B、C选项均未在文中体现，属于无中生有。
