Passage 2 Kjerstin Gruys, a 29-year-oldPhD student in sociology, has mastered the art of avoiding her own reflection.For months, her daily schedule began with the typical teeth brushing, but acurtain covered the bathroom mirror. She inserted her contact lenses andapplied her makeup by touch, not sight. Driving to work required glances in therear- and side-view mirrors, but Gruys avoided peeking at her own image. It was part of a uniqueexperiment that Gruys hopes will help boost her own self-esteem andinspireothers to stop focusing on external perfection. In her blog "Mirror,Mirror Off the Wall", she documents her year-long effort to livemirror-free. The project had its roots in Gruys' struggles withbody image and her experience overcoming an eating disorder. In high school,Gruys said, she had insecurities about her appearance and suffered from anorexia . Gruys launched her no-mirrorsproject in March 2010 while planning her wedding to then fiancé Michael Ackermann.Wedding dress shopping was not the pleasure-filled experience that she hadexpected. But instead, Gruys says dress shopping was a source of stress. "I saw myself in the mirror and was beingcritical," she says. "I thought, well, maybe I should lose a littleweight before the wedding, always a bad thing to focus on when you have ahistory of an eating disorder." Then Gruys read a passage in the book Birth of Venus,describing an order of nuns in Renaissance Italy who had severe restrictionsagainst vanity. "They didn't have mirrors in their lives. They wereforbidden to look at each other when undressing. They were actually forbiddento look at themselves while they undressed." For the first time in her life, Gruys said she wastempted to follow suit ( 跟着做). In the beginning of her mirror-free lifestyle, Gruysadmits there were a few maintenance mishaps. "The first month of the project ... when I waswalking out the door, it was maybe a 50-50 shot that I had mascara ( 睫毛膏) on my nose." But quickly, she learned to adapt. Gruys says shetrained herself to avoid eye contact with her own image in windows and otherreflective surfaces, and trusted friends to tell her what looks good instead ofrelying on the mirror in dressing rooms. And she put complete faith in her hairstylist. To the surprise of many, Gruys says the wedding day isactually one of the easiest days to navigate a mirror-free life. "I'mgetting my focus back to thinking about the real meaning of the day, whichisn't how I look but marrying the love of my life," she said. 1. Why did Gruyslaunch her no-mirrors project? A. Because she thought mirrors should beblamed for people's overemphasis on external perfection. B. Because she was so ugly that she dared notsee herself in the mirror. C. Because she wanted to be more confidentand encourage others to value internal perfection. D. Because she believed it was a good way oflosing weight. 2. What is theprobable meaning of the underlined word "anorexia" in Paragraph 3? A. A disease that causes an eatingdisorder. B. A disease that causes inability to sleep. C. A disease that causes loss of memory. D. A disease that causes mentaldisorder. 3. We learn fromthe passage that ______________. A. wedding dress shopping was an excitingexperience for Gruys B. Gruys had thought wedding dress shoppingwould be a pleasant experience C. she had launched the no-mirrors projectbefore the wedding dress shopping D. she was satisfied with her own image inthe wedding dress 4. When Gruyscarried out her no-mirrors project, ______________. A. she didn't have any trouble living hermirror-free life B. some friends helped her with her life C. it's impossible for her to avoid seeingher own image in windows D. she didn't have her hair cut after shelaunched the project 5. What does thestory of Gruys mainly tell us? A. A life without mirrors is better than the one withmirrors. B. The habit of looking in the mirror results in aneating disorder. C. The nuns in Renaissance Italy lived a moremeaningful life than the people do today. D. You will losethe most valuable things if you only focus on external beauty.