A.use sunlight to darken their skin
B.try creams to prevent skin cancer
C.use products to lighten their skin
D.take health risks to become beautiful
解析:选C 词义猜测题。根据第二段的第一句"In the United States, many people use sunlight and nonnatural light to darken their skin."可推知,塞内加尔的一些女性正好和美国人相反,与"darken their skin"相反。
2.According to Adama Diagne, women shouldn't believe ________.
A.beauty is just a personal choice
B.a cream from carrots is healthier
C.it is beautiful to be black every day
D.a product can make you beautiful quickly
解析:选D 细节理解题。根据第四段的第一句"Shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results."可知,Adama Diagne不赞同人们用快速见效的美容产品。
3.We can infer that women in Senegal ________.
A.attract attention with shocking images
B.don't consider dark skin to be beautiful
C.find it hard to understand the true beauty
D.put beauty in their first place in their heads
解析:选B 推理判断题。根据第六段的"It is hard to understand why a woman says that dark skin is not beautiful."可推知,塞内加尔的女性并不认为黑皮肤是漂亮的。
4.What is Sall's attitude towards skinlightening products?
A.Unsupportive. B.Casual.
C.Reasonable. D.Positive.
解析:选A 推理判断题。根据第六段的"I used the most shocking images so that women would see the dangers."以及最后一段的内容可推知,Ms Sall对亮肤产品持不赞成态度。
B
Generally speaking, waiting rooms are always filled with a lot of impatient people.However, a project carried out by The Observer suggests that people regard these spaces as a place of refuge (避难), a window in their tightly scheduled lives.