Question

A Chilean(智利) soap-opera star, a beauty from Ancient Pompeii and a freckled (雀斑的)boyish girl hardly make an average beauty show line-up.

The first world-wide digital beauty contest to the surprise of many online fans was won by a woman who is virtually(虛擬) real flesh and bones. “Virtual models are not the anti-real, they are a different representation of reality,” said Franz Cerami, the organiser of Miss Digital World (數(shù)字世界小姐).

Each of the contestants had to provide the charming photo of high degrees, with date of birth and body measurements.

Chilean Rodolfo Perez Ayala decided that no figure of his imagination could beat the beauty of his wife, Katty Kowaleczko, so he hired artist Flavio Parra to recreate her. Kowaleczko, who plays Paula Sandoval in the popular Latin American soap opera Tentacion, was transformed into Katty-ko and won the digital contest with more than 17,000 online votes.

“I’m so happy Katty-ko won. I think her strength is her similarity to a real woman-not too luxurious or exposed”, Kowaleczko, 40, told reporters. “Her beauty is in her simplicity.” Kowaleczko was not afraid of being replaced by her 3D clone in movies or theatres, but hoped she would become “a sort of ambassador(使者) of Chilean beauty”.

Cerami said Latin American interest in Miss Digital World had greatly increased since Katty-ko joined the contest, which attracted about 3600 entries from countries from Iran to Australia and even from the ancient Roman empire.

“Pompea” was the digital reconstruction of a young woman killed by the outbreak of Vesuvius in 79 AD. “She was a slave, but also a rich man’s lover. When her body was discovered, many jewels and a bangle(手鐲) with the writing ‘from the master to his servant girl’ were found” said Genny Tortora, a professor at the University of Salerno who led Pompea’s creative team.

Other contestants included Kaya, the most realistic model with digital freckles, pouty (噘起的) lips and upturned nose.

Now, Cerami’s dream is to manage a form of virtual beauties, introducing them for calendars, games, ads, and movies. One is even reported to be heading for Playboy’s front page.

8.The winner in the first Miss Digital World contest was ________.

A. a star who performed in some soap operas

B. a beauty who came from Chilean

C. a beauty who was from the ancient Roman empire

D. a made-up beauty based on a real woman.

9. Which group of the following are the names for the digital beauties mentioned in the passage?

A. Katty-ko, Pompea, Kaya.   B. Katty Kowaleczko, Pompea, Playboy.

C. Flavio Parra, Genny Tortora, Franz Cerami.

D. Rodolfo Perez Ayala, Pompea, Franz Cerami

10. The digital beauty “Pompea” was created by ________.

A. Genny Tortora   B. a group of people  C. by a young woman    D. a rich man

11. What the organiser of Miss Digital World wants to do next is ________.

A. sell pictures of beauties for calendars     B. hold another contest

C. put the digital beauties into practical use.  D. start an ads company

Answer 1

8-11  DABC

解析:

8. D 事實細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段“was won by a woman who is virtually real flesh and bones”可知：首屆“數(shù)字世界小姐” 最后的贏家是一位以真人為原型的虛擬美女。

9. A 事實歸納題。短文中提到的三位“數(shù)字美女”，根據(jù)第四段“以凱蒂·科瓦列茲為原型塑造的“凱蒂”在網上投票中以1.7萬票贏得此次數(shù)字小姐大賽的冠軍”一句，可知她的名字是“凱蒂”；倒數(shù)第三段和倒數(shù)第二段分別提到：“龐貝爾”是利用數(shù)字技術“復活”的一名公元79年在維蘇威火山爆發(fā)中死去的年輕女子；其他參賽者還包括最具現(xiàn)實主義風格的虛擬美女“凱亞”，由此可判斷出另外兩個名字是“龐貝爾”和“凱亞”。

10. B 推斷題。短文倒數(shù)第三段Genny Tortora, a professor at the University of Salerno who led Pompea’s creative team的意義是：熱尼·托爾托拉，薩勒諾大學的教授，他是“龐貝爾”設計小組的領導人。根據(jù)此句意義可推測“龐貝爾”是由集體成員創(chuàng)作的。

11. C 細節(jié)理解題。短文最后一段的意義是：賽拉米現(xiàn)在的夢想是成立一個虛擬美女公司，將她們“推銷”給掛歷、游戲、廣告和電影等產業(yè)。據(jù)報道，已經有一位美女登上了《花花公子》的頭版。由此可概括為practical use。