One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it re-grows, you can get at least 5 cm taller!”

　　At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦) just to be a few centimeters taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!

　　It seems to me that there is a trend toward wanting “perfection”, and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

　　No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost.

　　In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his chosen career.

　　53. We can know from the passage that the author works as ________.

　　A. a doctor

　　B. a model

　　C. a teacher

　　D. a reporter

　　54. Many graduates today turn to cosmetic surgery to ________.

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