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【题目】Is beauty something always positive? 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 disadvantage.

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.

All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? 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 college 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 the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.

【1】In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________.

A. makes women look more honest and capable

B. strengthens the manly qualities required

C. often enables women to succeed quickly

D. is of no importance to women

【2】 Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _____.

A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men

B. has as little effect on men as on women

C. affects men and women alike

D. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women

【3】According to the passage, people’s views on beauty are often _____.

A. practical B. one – sided

C. old fashioned D. supportive

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【解析】

试题分析: 文章主要谈论的是漂亮可能是女性的一个不利条件。美向来被看做是值得称赞的事物。几乎每个人都认为漂亮的人更开心、更健康。但是在政界，美有可能会变成一个不利条件

【1】C 考查推断题。由文章第三段可知，人们觉得有魅力的女人比不那么有魅力的女人要更有女人特质。因此，在传统上女人所从事的工作中，有魅力的女人具有一定的优势。但在传统上男人所从事的工作中，有魅力的女人看起来缺乏所需的男性特质。由此可推出，在传统上女人所从事的工作中，魅力加强了所需的女人特质，故选C项。

【2】D考查推理判断题。由文章最后一段可知，有魅力的男性彻底击败了缺乏魅力的男性。而那些被认为最有魅力的女性常常得到最少的选票。由此可推出，在政界中，对于女性来说，魅力是一个障碍，而不是益处，故选D项。

【3】B考查推理判断题。A务实的，实用的；B支持的；C过时的；D片面的。根据第三段“An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine...but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required”和第四段“When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently”可知，漂亮的女性被认为不能胜任需要男性品质的职务，如果仅凭外貌来判断，人们常用不同的方法来对待男性和女性，说明人们对美的看法是片面的，故选B

考点 ：日常生活类阅读。