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宝山区初三英语第一学期期末质量抽查试卷 Venezuela（委内瑞拉）has produced many successful beauty queens, winning both Miss Universe（环球小姐）and Miss World five times. Many Venezuelan girls believe that they can gain confidence, poise（体态）, public speaking skills and better ways to prepare for the future in beauty pageants（选美比赛）. From a very young age, girls in this country grow up dreaming of becoming Miss Venezuela. In Venezuela, the term(称谓) “Miss” as in “Miss Universe” is an honored ___80____. These days, people in some countries consider beauty contests to be silly. They have tried to stop these contests, saying the contests treat women as objects（物品）and place too much importance ____81____ womens looks. Others even say that all the girls that go there are made in a lab and they are made to look less like themselves, and more like the “ideal”（完美形象）. But in Latin America, beauty contests are a source of pride. Are Venezuelan women really more beautiful than other women? “They are not really more beautiful here,” says Selena, who trains girls for the contest. “Its just that the girls here work harder and prepare more than anyone else.” The preparation takes many hours a day. The contestants（竞赛选手） stretch（伸展）their bodies and practice their walks down the runway. They work on their speeches and practice answering questions such as, “Whom do you admire most in the world?” They starve（挨饿）to ___82__ slim. They take classes to learn how to style their ____83____ and apply make-up（化妆品）. It isnt easy. One Miss Universe winner immediately put on 20 pounds after the contest. She said the only thing she wanted to do after the contest was to eat. The cost is ___84____as well. Fortunately the television station that holds the contest pays the costs. Yet most of the contestants say its worth the effort. A former Miss Universe is now mayor（市长）of a large city. Although she had no political experience before ___85____, she has been asked to run for higher political office. Winners have an advantage they could