B

Piercings(穿洞)have moved up on the trend list in recent Tattoos(紋身)and body years. Around Western schools lots of teens are sporting new holes and flesh ink. Like all other subjects, we’ll surely be faced with such situation. To get a better view of what has happened in the West, let’s sit down and hear what they say.

Kerstin Otto from Washington:

The hotter it gets and the more layers of clothing disappear, the more tattoos and piercings appear on various places of the human body, I wouldn’t be caught dead with a snake tattooed on my ankle or with a piece of metal stuck in my belly button.

Tiara from Indiana:

I personally think body piercing is sickening. If there were supposed to be holes in your body, you would have been born with them. I do, however, think that ear piercing, is not wrong.  There is a difference between ear piercing and belly button piercing. Ear piercing is not nearly as dangerous. I would be sick if someone stuck a needle in my belly button.

Lee from Illinois:

Hi! I live in Illinois. I am 23. I have 12 tattoos and three piercings. I love my tattoos

and consider myself an art collector. You would be surprised at who has given me the thumbs-up on my art work. People on the street stop me to look at that on my leg. Most of them don’t know what it is. They just think the work itself is great.

Nagib from Washington:

I wanted an earring. My friends had them and it looked like a cool thing. I wanted to get a nose ring, but my mum wouldn’t let me. Now I’m glad I didn’t get it. I just wanted a little stud, but I wouldn’t have looked good with it.

Jackson from Ohio:

I don’t think it’s wrong, but when people do it all over the place like their face and everything —I think that’s ridiculous. People who get the big dragons that cover your whole body—I don’t think that’s necessary. When I see naked chicks on guys, I think. “You have no respect for women.”

Brittney from New York:

You don’t want to do stuff to your body. You don t need to do that because you were made perfect. You don’t need to add piercings. If it will make you feel beautiful and you really feel like you need to do it for yourself, then okay. If it really makes a big difference impacting your self-esteem and how you are towards others, then do it. But otherwise, don’t mess with what you got. Maybe you should try something more substantial(充實的)to find beauty in yourself.

60. Who is wholeheartedly lost in tattoos and piercing?

A. Tiara            B. Kerstin            C. Nagib.            D. Lee.

61. Who doesn’t think tattoos and piercing are beautiful?

A. Jackson.           B. Brittney.            C. Tiara.            D. Nagib.

62. We can conclude that ________.

A. tattoos and piercing are a new kind of elegant art

B. all the teachers in the West are in favor of tattoos and piercing

C. everything is changeable with time going on

D. it is necessary to live with all different views of beauty

63. The best title for this passage is probably _________.

A. Body Art or Damage                    B. Damage to the Youth’s Body

C. Young People’s Different Curiosities       D. A Great Anxiety About Young People

60 D  61 C  62 D  63 A

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