首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
(77) Heredity(遗传) is not the only thing that influences our color. Where we live and how we live after we are born are important
(77) Heredity(遗传) is not the only thing that influences our color. Where we live and how we live after we are born are important
admin
2014-08-25
28
问题
(77)
Heredity(遗传) is not the only thing that influences our color
. Where we live and how we live after we are born are important too. For instance, our genes influence how fat or thin we are. But our weight depends mainly upon how much we eat and how much exercise we get. In the same way, our skin color depends to a large extent upon how much sunshine we get.
When summer arrives and light-colored people go to the beaches, some will tan darkly, some will tan lightly and few will not tan at all. Each one has inherited a different ability to tan, but the differences do not appear until the conditions are right. An outdoor man will soon become pale if he changes to an indoor job, while a desk clerk will take on tan after a short vacation in the sun.
Sometimes people decide that being tanned is better than being pale. Sometimes they decide the opposite.
Centuries ago, most of the people in Europe were peasants and they had to work in the fields all day. Noblemen, on the other hand, did not have to work. They stayed indoors and remained pale. You could always tell a nobleman from a peasant because a peasant had a tan. As a result, a skin so pale that the veins (血管) were showed was considered a mark of great beauty.
During the Industrial Revolution things changed. Farmers left their fields and went to work in factories, mines and mills. Working for long hours in dimly-lit factories and mines made their skins pale. (78)
Wealthy people, however, could afford to travel to sunny countries
. They had the leisure to lie around on the beaches and get tan. Having a tan became a sign of wealth.
In Western Europe and North America pale skin is no longer desirable. Instead of bleaching themselves white with lemon juice, many women spend their time under a sunlamp. The desire for a quick tan has led to the invention of pills and lotions(涂剂)that darken the skin artificially without exposure to sunlight. These pills and lotions can be bought by anyone at any drugstore. A rich man can spend hundreds of dollars on a vacation in the sunny West Indies and get his suntan there. But his lowest-paid clerk can have what looks like the same tan out of a bottle for a few cents.
Centuries ago in Europe, it was considered of great beauty to have______.
选项
A、pale skin
B、light-colored skin
C、dark-colored skin
D、a suntan
答案
A
解析
本题考查的也是考生对细节的把握,答案对应文章第四段最后一句。几百年前欧洲人以皮肤苍白为美。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/rTxO777K
0
成人本科学位英语
相关试题推荐
So,unlessthegovernmenthasagoodsystemofcontrol,orcaneducatethepeople,theforestslowlydisappear.
Peopletravelforalotofreasons.Sometouristsgotoseebattlefieldsorreligiousshrines.Othersarelookingforculture,o
I(got)totheairport,(onlyto)findthattheplane(had)left(fortenminutes).
Themostimportantenvironmentalinfluenceonfishiswatertemperature,forfishtendto______thetemperatureoftheirsurrou
Iremember______toPariswhenIwasaverysmallchild.
(76)Heredity(遗传)isnottheonlythingthatinfluencesourcolor.Whereweliveandhowweliveafterwearebornareimportan
MostpeoplehaveheardofShakespeareandprobablyknowsomethingoftheplaysthathewrote.
如果没有音乐,这世界将是一个死气沉沉的地方。
她使我想起了她的姐姐。
无论多忙,你都应该抽时间看望父母。
随机试题
根据以下情境材料,回答下列问题。某市公安局民警赵某下班后着警服和亲友相聚,其间饮酒数杯,并不听亲友劝阻执意驾车回家。赵某行至某商场地下停车场内将前来取车的钱某撞倒。110指挥中心接到报警后立即指派民警孙某和同事赶至事故现场处置。赵某在事故现场无
房劳过度耗伤
A.上腹部压痛B.腰部压痛C.脐周压痛D.右上腹压痛E.下腹部压痛
如图5-74所示,细长压杆两端在x-y、x-z平面内的约束条件相同,为提高稳定承载能力,对横截面积相等的同一种材料,合理的截面形式为()。
根据《关于清理和控制城市建设中脱离实际的宽马路、大广场建设的通知》的规定,下列关于加强对城市建设用地和城市建设资金管理的表述中,错误的是()。
概算指标的编制原则有( )。
根据票据法律制度规定,在下列情况中,汇票持票人可以行使追索权的是( )。
中国老年人口基数大,人口老龄化进程快,老年人慢性病患病率高。老龄事业面临的主要问题包括()。
判别下列级数的敛散性(包括绝对收敛或条件收敛):
A.differenttechniquesB.socialrelationshipsandcommunicationC.languageandinformationD.severalcausesworkingtogether
最新回复
(
0
)