2019年全国研究生考试英语三真题.doc

04全国硕士研究生考试英语模拟试题(1) SECTION LISTENING COMPREHENSION DIRECTIONS： THIS SECTION IS DESIGNED TO TEST YOUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND SPOKEN ENGLISH. YOU WILL HEAR A SELECTION OF RECORDED MATERIALS AND YOU MUST ANSWER THE QUESTI ONS THAT ACCOMPANY THEM. THERE ARE THREE PARTS IN THIS SECTION, PART A, PART B AND PART C. REMEMBER, WHILE YOU ARE DOING THE TEST, YOU SHOULD FIRST PUT DOWN YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR TEST BOOKLET. AT THE END OF THE LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION, YOU WILL HAVE 5 MINUTES TO TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS FROM YOUR TEST BOOKLET TO ANSWER SHEET 1. NOW LOOK AT PART A IN YOUR TEST BOOKLET. PART A DIRECTIONS： YOU WILL HEAR A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ROBERT GORDON AND THE RECEPTIONIST OF SAINTMARTINE HOTEL OF PARIS. LISTEN AND FILL IN THE TABLE WITH THE INFORMATION YOUVE HEARD FOR QUESTIONS 15. SOME OF THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU. WRITE ONLY L WORD OR NUMBER IN EACH NUMBERED BOX. YOU WILL HEAR THE RECORDING TWICE. YOU NOW HAVE 25 SECONDS TO READ THE TABLE BELOW.(5 POINTS) SAINT MARTINE HOTEL, PARIS, TEL: 452164 RESERVATION FORMNAMEMRS. GORDON, LINDA AND MAGGIETYPE OF ROOM1PRICE(FRANC)2DATE3NUMBER OF BEDS4FACILITIESSHOWER, TOILET, TV, VIDEOPRICE INCLUDESNEWSPAPER, BREAKFAST, SERVICEEXTRA CHARGE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16 (FRANC)5PART B DIRECTIONS： YOU WILL HEAR AN INTERVIEW WITH A VETERINARY DOCTOR OR VET (兽医). FOR QUESTIONS 610, COMPLETE THE SENTENCES OR ANSWER THE QUESTIONS WHILE YOU LISTEN. USE NOT MORE THAN 3 WORDS FOR EACH ANSWER. YOU WILL HEAR THE RECORDING TWICE. YOU NOW HAVE 25 SECONDS TO READ THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND SENTENCES.(5 POINTS) THE SPEAKER BECAME A VET AFTER HE TOOK A COURSE IN 6 WHO SOMETIMES GOT ON HIS NERVES? 7 PEOPLE DO NOT FEED ANIMALS PROPERLY BECAUSE THEY GIVE PETS 8 SOME PEOPLE WANT PETS BECAUSE THEY ARE LONELY, OR SIMPLY FOR DECORATION, OR JUST TO SHOW 9 HOW LONG HAS THE INTERVIEWEE BEEN A VET? 10 PART C DIRECTIONS： YOU WILL HEAR 3 TALKS. BEFORE LISTENING TO EACH ONE, YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO READ THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO IT. WHILE LISTENING, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OR COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BY CHOOSING A,B,C OR D. YOU WILL HEAR THE RECORDING ONLY ONCE.(10 POINTS) QUESTIONS 1113 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TALK ABOUT THE FAMOUS MAGICIAN HARRY HOUDINI. YOU NOW HAVE 15 SECONDS TO READ QUESTIONS 1113. 11. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE? AROBERT HOUDIN GAVE HIM THE NAME. BA MAGICIAN OFTEN USES MAGIC. CSOMEONE WILL SAW HIS WIFE IN TWO. DHOUDINI STUDIED KNOTS AND LOCKS. 12. AFTER HE WAS CHAINED UP IN A CHICAGO PRISON, HOUDINI ESCAPED BY AUSING A NEEDLELIKE TOOL. BUSING A WAXLIKE SUBSTANCE. CACTING AT GREAT SPEED. DSTEALING THE KEY FROM THE PASSAGE. 13.WHERE DID HIS MOST ASTONISHING ESCAPE TAKE PLACE? AON LAND.BAT SEA. CIN CHICAGO CITY.DIN NEW YORK STATE. QUESTIONS 1416 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF RAINMAKING. YOU NOW HAVE 15 SECONDS TO READ QUESTIONS 1416. 14.IN ANCIENT TIMES, SOME RAINMAKERS CLAIMED TO BE ABLE TO BRING RAIN BY ABLOWING A HORN. BKILLING HUMAN BEINGS. CSINGING A HYMN. DDANCING AT MIDNIGHT. 15. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE OF THE MAN WHO WAS ALMOST HANGED? AHE HAD ASKED FOR A 1,000 DOLLARS. BHE HAD BURNED CHEMICALS. CHE HAD BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH A FLOOD. DHE HAD KILLED SEVERAL PEOPLE. 16. THE PRACTICE OF RAINMAKING BECAME SCIENTIFIC AAT GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY. BWHEN VINCENT J. SCHAEFER CAME TO NEW YORK. CBY A STROKE OF GOOD LUCK. DBEFORE 1946. QUESTIONS 1720 ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING TALK ABOUT THE EARTHS MAGNETISM. YOU NOW HAVE 20 SECONDS TO READ QUESTIONS 1720. 17.HOW LONG AGO WAS THE EARTHS MAGNETISM TWICE WHAT IT IS TODAY? AAT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. B2,500 YEARS AGO. C33,000 YEARS AGO. DWHEN MODERN MAN FIRST APPEARED ON THE EARTH. 18. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE? AMAGNETIC POLES HAVE CHANGED POSITIONS MANY TIMES. BAN ITALIAN SCIENTIST DISCOVERED MAGNETISM. CTHE CHINESE KNEW ABOUT MAGNETISM IN THE 8TH CENTURY. DMAGNETIC FORCE IS STRONGER AT NORTH THAN AT SOUTH. 19. WHEN THERE IS A SUDDEN DECREASE IN MAGNETIC STRENGTH, PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO ALOSE HAIR.BLOSE THEIR DIRECTION. CCOMMIT SUICIDE.DDIE EARLY. 20. THE PASSAGE IS INTENDED TO SHOW THE RELATION BETWEEN ATHE POLES AND THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH. BSCIENCE AND NATURE. CMAGNETISM AND LIFE. DEAST AND WEST IN THE AREA OF SCIENCE. YOU NOW HAVE 5 MINUTES TO TRANSFER ALL YOUR ANSWERS FROM YOUR TEST BOOKLET TO ANSWER SHEET 1. SECTIONUSE OF ENGLISH DIRECTIONS： FOR EACH NUMBERED BLANK IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE,THERE ARE FOUR CHOICES MARKED A,B,C AND D.CHOOSE THE BEST ONE AND MARK YOUR ANSWER ON ANSWER SHEET 1 BY BLACKENING THE CORRESPONDING LETTER IN THE BRACKETS WITH A PENCIL. (10 POINTS) DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY IS STILL NEW ENOUGH THAT MOST OF US HAVE YET TO FORM AN OPINION ABOUT IT,21DEVELOP A POINT OF VIEW. BUT THIS HASNT STOPPED MANY FILM AND COMPUTER FANS FROM AGREEING 22 THE EARLY CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT DIGITAL CAMERAS-THEYRE NEAT 23 FOR YOUR PC, BUT THEYRE NOT SUITABLE FOR EVERYDAY PICTURETAKING. THE FANS ARE WRONG.MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, DIGITAL CAMERAS ARE RADICALLY 24 WHAT PHOTOGRAPHY MEANS AND WHAT IT CAN BE. THE VENERABLE MEDIUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY 25 WE KNOW IT IS BEGINNING TO SEEM OUT OF 26 WITH THE WAY WE LIVE. IN OUR COMPUTER AND CAMCORDER 27, SAVING PICTURES AS DIGITAL 28 AND WATCHING THEM ON TV IS NO LESS PRACTICAL-AND IN MANY WAYS MORE 29 THAN FUMBLING WITH ROLLS OF FILM THAT MUST BE SENT OFF TO BE 30. PAPER IS ALSO TERRIBLY 31. PICTURES THAT ARE INCORRECTLY FRAMED,32, OR LIGHTED ARE NONETHELESS COMMITTED TO FILM AND ULTIMATELY PROCESSEDSINTOSPRINTS. THE DIGITAL MEDIUM CHANGES THE 33. STILL IMAGES THAT ARE 34 DIGITALLY CAN IMMEDIATELY BE SHOWN ON A COMPUTER 35, A TV SCREEN, OR A SMALL LIQUIDCRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD)BUILT RIGHTSINTOSTHE CAMERA. AND SINCE THE POINTS OF LIGHT THAT 36 AN IMAGE ARE SAVED AS A SERIES OF DIGITAL BITS IN ELECTRONIC MEMORY,37 BEING PERMANENTLY ETCHED ONTO FILM, THEY CAN BE ERASED, RETOUCHED, AND TRANSMITTED 38. WHATS IT LIKE TO 39 WITH ONE OF THESE DIGITAL CAMERAS? ITS A LITTLE LIKE A FIRST DATE-EXCITING, CONFUSING AND FRAUGHT WITH 40. 21.ARATHER THANBLET ALONECMUCH LESSDSO AS TO 22.AONBWITHCTODBY 23.AATTACHMENTSBAUXILIARIESCATTRIBUTESDCOUNTERPARTS 24.AREEXPLAININGBREARRANGINGCREEXPOSINGDREDEFINING 25.ATHOUGHBIFCASDUNLESS 26.ARATEBPACECSTEPDSPEED 27.AENVIRONMENTBCIVILIZATIONCCOMMUNITYDCULTURE 28.AFILESBDOCUMENTSCPROGRAMSDSOFTWARES 29.AAPPEALINGBFACILITATINGCENLIGHTENINGDENCOURAGING 30.ACONVERTEDBDEVELOPEDCEXPOSEDDEVOLVED 31.AUNFORGIVINGBUNPERCEIVINGCUNCONSIDERINGDUNSYMPATHIZING 32.AAIMEDBTARGETEDCFOCUSEDDPOINTED 33.AREGULATIONSBRULESCDISCIPLINESDPRINCIPLES 34.AGRIPPEDBSEIZEDCGRASPEDDCAPTURED 35.ADEMONSTRATORBEXHIBITORCMONITORDTRANSMITTER 36.ACONSTITUTEBILLUMINECPENETRATEDDISSOLVE 37.AIN CASEBRATHER THANCAS WELL ASDAS THOUGH 38.AONDIGITBONCABLECONLINEDONDATA 39.AFIREBMANEUVERCOPERATEDSHOOT 40.ACHANCESBPROBABILITIESCOPPORTUNITIESDPOSSIBILITIES SECTIONREADING COMPREHENSION PART A DIRECTIONS： EACH OF THE PASSAGES BELOW IS FOLLOWED BY SOME QUESTIONS. FOR EACH QUESTION THERE ARE FOUR ANSWERS MARKED A,B,C AND D. READ THE PASSAGES CAREFULLY AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER TO EACH OF THE QUESTIONS. THEN MARK YOUR ANSWER ON ANSWER SHEET 1 BY BLACKENING THE CORRESPONDING LETTER IN THE BRACKETS WITH A PENCIL. (40 POINTS) TEXT 1 AMONG BLOOMBERGS WEB PAGES ON APRIL 7TH APPEARED A STORY THAT LOOKED ORDINARY ENOUGH: PAIR GAIN, AN AMERICAN TELECOM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER, WAS TO BE BOUGHT BY AN ISRAELI COMPANY FOR ABOUT TWICE ITS MARKET VALUE. THE COMPANYS STOCK PRICE, PREDICTABLY, ROCKETED FROM S850 TO S1113. ALL FINE AND NORMAL-EXCEPT THAT THE STORY WASNT TRUE. SOMEBODY HAD COPIED BLOOMBERGS LOGO AND LAYOUT AND POSTED A BOGUS REPORT ON THE BLOOMBERG SITE. WHEN PAIR GAIN QUERIED THE REPORT, IT WAS TAKEN OFF, AND THE SHARE PRICE CRASHED AGAIN. BLOOMBERG IS NOW SUING UNNAMED PARTIES WHO POSTED THE PAGE. AS MORE AND MORE OF LIFE MOVES ON TO THE INTERNET, SO THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTINGUISHING FACT FROM FICTION ON IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE OF A WORRY. THIS PROBLEM SPRINGS FROM THE INTERNETS CENTRAL VIRTUE: LOW BARRIERS TO ENTRY. IN THE REAL WORLD, BEING A PUBLISHER COSTS A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS. SO REALWORLD PUBLISHERS HAVE A GREAT DEAL INVESTED IN THEIR REPUTATIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT THEY PRINT. ON THE INTERNET, BEING A PUBLISHER COSTS NEXT TO NOTHING. MANY INTERNET PUBLISHERS, THEREFORE, HAVE LITTLE TO LOSE FROM PRINTING UNTRUTHS AND PLENTY TO GAIN IN NOTORIETY IF THE STORY THEY PUT OUT IS SENSATIONAL ENOUGH. WHATS MORE, FAKING THE REALWORLD NEWSPAPER, WHICH HAS TO BE BOTH MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED, WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE; FAKING AN INTERNET PAGE IS DEADLY EASY. NOT ALL THE EFFORTS OF THE LOWERING OF THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY ARE BAD. TRADITIONAL NEWS ORGANISATIONS CAN BE TOO CAUTIOUS AND TOO PROTECTIVE OF THEIR MORE POWERFUL SOURCES. MANY SCANDALS HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED FIRST BY OUTSIDERS WITH SCRAPPY NEWS SHEETS AND LITTLE TO LOSE BY WAY OF INFLUENTIAL CONTACTS. THE INTERNET IS A GOLDEN AGE FOR WHAT USED TO BE THE NEWSLETTER. THE DOWNSIDE IS THE EASE WITH WHICH ERROR SPREADS. RARELY, THOUGH, FALSEHOOD TAKES THE FORM OF INTERNATIONAL FRAUD, MORE OFTEN IT APPEARS AS MALICIOUS GOSSIP, SLOVENLY REPORTING AND CHINESE WHISPERS. LAST YEAR EVERYBODY ON THE INTERNET KNEW THAT TOMMY HILFIGER, A FASHION DESIGNER, HAD MADE RACIST COMMENTS ON THE OPERAH WINFREY SHOW. EXCEPT THAT HE DIDNT. PIERRE SALINGER, FORMER TELEVISION NEWSMAN, CLAIMED AT A NEWS CONFERENCE THAT TWA 800, A PASSENGER PLANE THAT CRASHEDSINTOSTHE ATLANTIC KILLING ALL ABOARD IN 1996, HAD BEEN DOWNED BY A MISSILE-ALL ON THE BASIS OF A WEB PAGE OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN. MARY SCHMICH OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE WROTE HER COLUMN ONE WEEK AS A SPOOF GRADUATION SPEECH. SOMEHOW THIS COLUMN BECAME TAGGED ON THE WEB, AS KURT VONNEGUTS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT MIT. CYBERSPACE CAN ALSO BE RISKY, FOR NOW, BECAUSE EVEN SOPHISTICATED PEOPLE CAN BE GULLIBLE ABOUT WHAT THEY READ THERE. THIS MAY BE BECAUSE OF A LAG BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND PERCEPTION. SMARTLY PRODUCED PAGES, AND THINGS ON SCREENS, IMPRESS US WITH AN AUTHORITY THAT SPRINGS FROM THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO PRODUCE THEM IN THE OLD PAPER MEDIUM. PERHAPS EVERYONE SHOULD BE MORE WORLDLY WISE ABOUT WHAT CAN TURN UP ON THE WEB. 41. THE BLOOMBERG INCIDENT IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS A CASE OF AMALICIOUS GOSSIP.BSLOVENLY REPORT. CCHINESE WHISPER.DINTERNATIONAL FRAUD. 42. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REALWORLD PUBLISHER AND AN INTERNET PUBLISHER IS THAT ATHE REALWORLD PUBLISHER ENJOYS LOW BARRIER ENTRY. BTHE INTERNET PUBLISHER IS NOTORIOUS FOR BEING UNTRUTHFUL. CTHE REALWORLD PUBLISHER IS TOO CAUTIOUS ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENT. DTHE INTERNET PUBLISHER ENJOYS EASY ACCESS AND LOW COSTS. 43. THE FALSEHOOD THAT WE OFTEN FIND ON THE INTERNET PROVES THAT ATHE INTERNET HAS NOTHING TO LOSE IF ERROR OCCURS. BTHE INTERNET PUBLISHER IS ONLY A NEWSLETTER PUBLISHER. CTHE INTERNET NEWS REPORT HAS NO POWERFUL SOURCES. DTHE INTERNET IS A TOTALLY UNRELIABLE NEWS MEDIA. 44. THE LAG BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY AND PERCEPTION IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH PROBABLY MEANS THAT APAPER MEDIUM PUBLICATION IS FAR BEHIND INTERNET PUBLICATION. BSMARTLY PRODUCED PAGES APPEAL TO PEOPLES PERCEPTION. CTHE INTERNET PAGE SOMETIMES HAS A DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE. DPRINTING TECHNIQUES ACQUIRE AUTHORITY FROM NECESSARY SOURCES. 45. THE AUTHOR SEEMS TO BELIEVE THAT ONE SHOULD WHAT ONE READS IN INTERNET NEWS. A. REJECTB. WATCHC. ACCEPTD. APPRECIATE TEXT 2 THE MODERN CULT OF BEAUTY IS A SUCCESS IN SO FAR AS MORE WOMEN RETAIN THEIR YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE TO A GREATER AGE THAN IN THE PAST. OLD LADIES ARE ALREADY BECOMING RARE. IN A FEW YEARS, WE MAY WELL BELIEVE, THEY WILL BE EXTINCT. WHITE HAIR AND WRINKLES, A BENTBACK AND HOLLOW CHEEKS WILL COME TO BE REGARDED AS MEDIEVALLY OLDFASHIONED. THE CRONE OF THE FUTURE WILL BE GOLDEN, CURLY AND CHERRYLIPPED, AND SLENDER. THIS DESIRABLE CONSUMMATION WILL BE DUE IN PART TO SKIN FOODS AND INJECTIONS OF PARAFFINWAX, FACIAL SURGERY, MUDBATHS, AND PAINT, IN PART TO IMPROVED HEALTH, DUE IN ITS TURN TO A MORE RATIONAL MODE OF LIFE. UGLINESS IS ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE, BEAUTY OF HEALTH. IN SO FAR AS THE CAMPAIGN FOR BEAUTY IS ALSO A CAMPAIGN FOR MORE HEALTH, IT IS ADMIRABLE AND, UP TO A POINT, GENUINELY SUCCESSFUL. BEAUTY THAT IS MERELY THE ARTIFICIAL SHADOW OF THESE SYMPTOMS OF HEALTH IS INTRINSICALLY OF POORER QUALITY THAN THE GENUINE ARTICLE. STILL, IT IS A SUFFICIENTLY GOOD IMITATION TO BE SOMETIMES MISTAKABLE FOR THE REAL THING. THE APPARATUS FOR MIMICKING THE SYMPTOMS OF HEALTH IS NOW WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY MODERATELY PROSPEROUS PERSON; THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WAY IN WHICH REAL HEALTH CAN BE ACHIEVED IS GROWING, AND WILL IN TIME, NO DOUBT, BE UNIVERSALLY ACTED UPON. WHEN THAT HAPPY MOMENT COMES, WILL EVERY WOMAN BE BEAUTIFUL-AS BEAUTIFUL, AT ANY RATE, AS THE NATURAL SHAPE OF HER FEATURES, WITH OR WITHOUT SURGICAL AND CHEMICAL AID, PERMITS?THE ANSWER IS EMPHATICALLY: NO. FOR REAL BEAUTY IS AS MUCH AN AFFAIR OF THE INNER AS OF THE OUTER SELF. THE BEAUTY OF A PORCELAIN JAR IS A MATTER OF SHAPE, OF COLOUR, OF SURFACE TEXTURE. THE JAR MAY BE EMPTY OR TENANTED BY SPIDERS, FULL OF HONEY OR STINKING SLIME-IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ITS BEAUTY OR UGLINESS. BUT A WOMAN IS ALIVE, AND HER BEAUTY IS THEREFORE NOT SKIN DEEP. THE SURFACE OF THE HUMAN VESSEL IS AFFECTED BY THE NATURE OF ITS SPIRITUAL CONTENTS. I HAVE SEEN WOMEN WHO, BY THE STANDARDS OF A CONNOISSEUR OF PORCELAIN, WERE RAVISHINGLY LOVELY. THEIR SHAPE, THEIR COLOUR, THEIR SURFACE TEXTURE WERE PERFECT. AND YET THEY WERE NOT BEAUTIFUL. FOR THE LOVELY VASE WAS EITHER EMPTY OR FILLED WITH SOME CORRUPTION. SPIRITUAL EMPTINESS OR UGLINESS SHOWS THROUGH. AND CONVERSELY, THERE IS AN INTERIOR LIGHT THAT CAN TRANSFIGURE FORMS THAT THE PURE AESTHETICIAN WOULD REGARD AS IMPERFECT OR DOWNRIGHT UGLY. THERE ARE NUMEROUS FORMS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL UGLINESS. THERE IS AN UGLINESS OF STUPIDITY, FOR EXAMPLE, OF UNAWARENESS (DISTRESSINGLY COMMON AMONG PRETTY WOMEN). AN UGLINESS ALSO OF GREED, OF LASCIVIOUSNESS, OF AVARICE. ALL THE DEADLY SINS, INDEED, HAVE THEIR OWN PECULIAR NEGATION OF BEAUTY. ON THE PRETTY FACES OF THOSE ESPECIALLY WHO ARE TRYING TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS GOOD TIME, ONE SEES VERY OFTEN A KIND OF BORED SULLENNESS THAT RUIN ALL THEIR CHARM. I REMEMBER IN PARTICULAR TWO YOUNG AMERICAN GIRLS I ONCE MET IN NORTH AFRICA. FROM THE PORCELAIN SPECIALISTS POINT OF VIEW, THEY WERE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL. BUT A SULLEN BOREDOM WAS SO DEEPLY STAMPEDSINTOSTHEIR FRESH FACES, THEIR GAIT AND GESTURES EXPRESSED SO WEARY A LISTLESSNESS, THAT IT WAS UNBEARABLE TO LOOK AT THEM. THESE EXQUISITE CREATURES WERE POSITIVELY REPULSIVE. 46. BECAUSE OF SKIN FOODS, PARAFFINWAX, FACIAL SURGERY, MUDBATHS AND PAINT, AWRINKLES AND HOLLOW CHEEKS WILL NOT BE FOUND. BTHE DESIRABLE CONSUMMATION WILL BE ACHIEVED. CCURLY HAIR WILL LOOK MEDIEVALLY OLDFASHIONED. DTHE ELDERLY WOMEN WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO EXIST. 47. IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, BEAUTY IS TALKED ABOUT AS AAN ARTIFICIAL SHADOW OF A GENUINE ARTICLE. BAN APPARATUS FOR ACHIEVING GOOD HEALTH. CTHE POOR IMITATION OF TRUE INNER HEALTH. DTHE GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. 48.THE EXAMPLE OF THE PORCELAIN JAR ILLUSTRATE THE AIMPORTANCE OF SHAPE, COLOUR AND TEXTURE. BUGLINESS OF SPIDERS AND STINKING SLIME. CCONNECTION BETWEEN INNER AND OUTER SELF. DGAP BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND CONTENTS. 49. THE TWO AMERICAN GIRLS OFFER AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE AUTHOR CALLS AUNAWARENESS.BGREED.CDEADLY SINS.DSTUPIDITY. 50. THE AUTHOR PROBABLY WRITES THIS ARTICLE TO APRAISE BEAUTY CAMPAIGNS SUCCESS. BDEMONSTRATE THE IMPROVED LIVING STANDARDS. CSUGGEST THE IMPORTANCE OF INNER QUALITIES. DPREDICT THE FUTURE OF BEAUTY INDUSTRY. TEXT 3 THE MARVELOUS TELEPHONE AND TELEVISION NETWORK THAT HAS NOW ENMESHED THE WHOLE WORLD, MAKING ALL MEN NEIGHBOURS, CANNOT BE EXTENDEDSINTOSSPACE. IT WILL NEVER BE POSSIBLE TO CONVERSE WITH ANYONE ON ANOTHER PLANET. EVEN WITH TODAYS RADIO EQUIPMENT, THE MESSAGES WILL TAKE MINUTES-SOMETIMES HOURS-ON THEIR JOURNEY, BECAUSE RADIO AND LIGHT WAVES TRAVEL AT THE SAME LIMITED SPEED OF 186，000 MILES A SECOND. TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO A FRIEND ON MARS, BUT THE WORDS YOU HEAR WILL HAVE LEFT HIS MOUTH AT LEAST THREE MINUTES EARLIER, AND YOUR REPLY WILL TAKE A CORRESPONDING TIME TO REACH HIM. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, AN EXCHANGE OF VERBAL MESSAGES IS POSSIBLE-BUT NOT A CONVERSATION. TO A CULTURE WHICH HAS COME TO TAKE INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION FOR GRANTED, AS PART OF THE VERY STRUCTURE OF CIVILIZED LIFE, THIS TIME BARRIER MAY HAVE A PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT. IT WILL BE A PERPETUAL REMINDER OF UNIVERSAL LAWS AND LIMITATIONS AGAINST WHICH NOT ALL OUR TECHNOLOGY CAN EVER PREVAIL. FOR IT SEEMS AS CERTAIN AS ANYTHING CAN BE THAT