Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability.
Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.

Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required.

This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, " says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates (候选人). She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.

The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.



(1). (单选题) In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _____.


(本题1.0分)
A、 makes women look more honest and capable
B、 strengthens the feminine qualities required
C、 is of great importance to women
D、 often enables women to succeed quickly
学生答案： C
标准答案：B
解析：
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(2). (单选题) The author writes this passage to ______.(本题1.0分)
A、 give advice to job-seekers who are attractive
B、 discuss the disadvantages of being attractive
C、 demand equal rights for women
D、 state the importance of appearance
学生答案： B
标准答案：C
解析：
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(3). (单选题)
It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often _______________. (本题1.0分)

A、
practical
B、

supportive
C、

old-fashioned
D、

one-sided




学生答案： A
标准答案：D
解析：
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(4). (单选题) The word "liability" most probably means ______. (本题1.0分)
A、 disadvantage
B、 advantage
C、 misfortune
D、 trouble



学生答案： C
标准答案：A
解析：
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(5). (单选题) Bowman.s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _____ .(本题1.0分)
A、 turns out to be a disadvantage to men



B、 is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women



C、 affects men and women alike



D、 has as little effect on men as on women

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