【題目】Italy is one country where beauty is prized more than any other virtue. That is, except in the small town of Piobbico, the self-declared World Capital of Ugly People. The road sign at the edge of the town even warns visitors that they are entering the ugly zone. People who consider themselves ugly have been gathering in Piobbico since the 1960s. That’s when Ugly Club president Telesforo Lacobelli established a dating agency for women who believed they were too ugly to attract husbands. Lacobelli believes that he is ugly himself because he has a short nose in a country where long or large noses have always been considered beautiful.

People from around the world travel to Piobbico to tell their sad stories of ugliness. During the annual Festival of the Ugly, which occurs on the first Sunday of every September, hundreds of people gather in Piobbico’s town square to elect the president of the Ugly Club. Lacobelli wins the election every year. The Ugly Club has over 20, 000 members. They carry ID cards that grade their ugliness from bearable to extreme. A prize is awarded to Ugly Club members who qualify as extremely ugly.

The Ugly Club president insists that ugliness is a virtue. Since beautiful people get a lot of attention for their beauty alone, they have to work hard to prove their other virtues. Ugly people, on the other hand, are genuine and do not have to prove anything to anybody, according to Lacobelli.

Lacobelli is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere. He believes that the uglier one is, the better life can be. Though the club enjoys making fun of beauty, especially beauty contests, Lacobelli has a serious side as well. He believes that too many people suffer from financial and emotional pressures because they don’t meet society’s standards of beauty. The fact that beautiful people are more successful in the workforce is a problem that Lacobelli has attempted to bring forward to the Italian public and government.

【1】Piobbico is rather special in that .

A. it is a very small town

B. it is home to ugly people

C. it receives no visitors

D. it is the capital of Italy

【2】Why is Lacobelli elected the president of the Ugly Club every year?

A. Because he is the ugliest person in the whole world.

B. Because his ugliness is always graded as bearable.

C. Because he is a spokesperson for ugly people everywhere.

D. Because he has won the members’ trust and admiration.

【3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Ugly people are most respected in Italy.

B. The Festival of the Ugly is held every two years.

C. Ugly people are unfairly treated in society.

D. The uglier one is, the better life he or she lives.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Ugly Capital of the World

B. The Ugliest Person of the World

C. Festival of the Ugly

D. Beauty Contests Should be Banned

【答案】

【小題1】B

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】A

【解析】

試題分析：皮奧比科（Piobbico）是意大利馬爾凱區(qū)的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)子，人口只有2000多人。到這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)去參觀的游客都會(huì)看到一個(gè)警示牌，提醒人們“即將進(jìn)入丑陋區(qū)，一不小心就會(huì)碰到世界上最丑陋的人”。這 個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)云集了不少丑陋的人，但他們并不難為情，而是覺得越丑陋越可愛，并自豪地聲稱這里是“世界丑人之都”。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段得知世界各地的人們到Piobbico旅游，可以看到這里的丑陋俱樂部。還有每年9月舉辦的選丑比賽。這一點(diǎn)使得Piobbico很特別。選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段The Ugly Club president insists that ugliness is a virtue. Since beautiful people get a lot of attention for their beauty alone, they have to work hard to prove their other virtues. Ugly people, on the other hand, are genuine and do not have to prove anything to anybody, according to Lacobelli.

得知Lacobelli.一直認(rèn)為丑陋的人們也有美德，應(yīng)該得到社會(huì)的認(rèn)可。所以他每年當(dāng)選丑陋俱樂部董事是因?yàn)樗A得了會(huì)員們的信任和欽佩。 選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The fact that beautiful people are more successful in the workforce is a problem that Lacobelli has attempted to bring forward to the Italian public and government. 得知在社會(huì)上工作領(lǐng)域中漂亮的人們更成功，而丑陋的人得到的是不公平待遇。選C。

【4】最佳標(biāo)題。根據(jù)Italy is one country where beauty is prized more than any other virtue. That is, except in the small town of Piobbico, the self-declared World Capital of Ugly People得知本文主要講述意大利的皮奧比科是“世界丑人之都”。.選A。

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