I remember a time I went shopping on my first visit to Hongkong. Coming from cold and cloudy England

Passage 74【2020 •四川省达州市中考】
I remember a time I went shopping on my first visit to Hongkong. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I prepared for the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having many chances to enjoy the sun in the UK, my legs were very white. In the UK, this is not a fashionable look at all. Most women spend every sunny day out in the sun trying to get darker skin. The darker the skin is, the better the look is. I have tried to get darker but nothing works for me!
As I walked around one shop, two shop girls didn’t take their eyes off me the whole time, talking quietly to each other in Chinese. I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong. I complained(抱怨) about the shop girls being very rude and always looking at my legs. I was embarrassed that they were talking about my white skin. My friend laughed, “they weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs are. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin white and a lot of money is spent on them."
It just goes to show that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is always greener on other side. If the woman of the west and east thought the same way, western women wouldn’t spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the east wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.
39. The writer had white legs because __________.
A. She spent so much money on her legs
B. She lived in a cold and cloudy country
C. She wanted them to be white
D. She didn’t like dark skin
40. What does the underlined (划线的) word in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?
A. 时尚的 B. 和谐的 C. 好玩的 D. 有气质的
41. How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A. People are always happy with what they have.
B. The grass on both sides is green.
C. People in the west have the best skin.
D. People are always unhappy with what they have.
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了来自英国的作者在中国的商店买东西时经历的事情让她体会到东西方人对于肤色的不同审美。
39.B【解析】细节理解题。根据“Coming from cold and cloudy England…Not having many chances to enjoy the sun in the UK, my legs were very white”,可知是因为作者来自于寒冷、多云的英国,不经常晒太阳,故选B。
40.A【解析】词义猜测题。根据后文“Most women spend every sunny day out in the sun trying to get darker skin”说多数女性会想有更深的肤色,可推知此处表示肤色白是不时尚的,故选A。
41.D【解析】推理判断题。划线句字面意义为“外国的月亮比较圆”,再根据“It just goes to show that we are never happy with what we have”,可推知这句话的内涵为“人们总是不满意自己拥有的东西,总认为别人的更好”,故选D。
 
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