河北省保定市高阳中学2013-2014学年高二下学期第十八次周练 英语试题
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Nowadays some people tend to think that they own beauty if they have good looks, but what is true beauty? Maybe you will get the true_21_ of beauty after you know about Ugly Betty.
Betty Suarez is not a traditional American22_. She has a（n）23_dress sense, thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces on her teeth. 24_ this hasn’t stopped her becoming one of Americans’ favorite 25_characters. So how did she manage to do it?
The answer is that charm can be more26_than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show called Ugly Betty. The show follows her life 27_as an assistant at a fashion magazine. She is 28_ being bullied (欺负) and laughed at by the people she works with. But Betty 29_to get ahead by working hard, being 30_and using her intelligence. The heart of the show is the slightly tired fairytale of 31_a girl goes from being an ugly duckling into being a beautiful swan.
32_ the show was predictable and the story was familiar, it has still been a massive success in the US. It has constantly 33_rating and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the US.
Many people feel able to 34_the character Betty. “I think you can see 35_Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, 36_it’s about the underdog (弱者),” says Ashley Jensen, 37_plays one of the characters in the show.
Another reason why Betty is so 38_is the fashionably challenged girl always brings laughter to the audience. Just as an old saying goes,”Virtue is fairer than beauty”, so don’t 39_judge whether a person is beautiful or not without a thorough understanding of him,40_ you’ll be in for a surprise.
21. A. definition B. reference C. interview D. comment
22. A. actress B. singer C. beauty D. girl
23. A. fashionable B. unfashionable C. fancy D. unique
24. A. But B. So C. And D. Then
25. A. Movie B. TV C. Cartoon D. Drama
26. A. abnormal B. appealing C. authentic D. apparent
