Question

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

   71   But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study.

As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground.    72   For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.  

Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives.    73     When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.

Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child – but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son.    74  

Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features.   75   So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples blessed with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.

A．Women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have more children than plain ones.

B．Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find.

C．Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man.

D．At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated by their teachers.

E. Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters.

F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps.

G. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 B

 F

 D

 E

 C

【解析】

试题分析：

 由后面的句子because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts可以知道单身女孩总是抱怨找不到帅气的男人，所以选B

 由后面的句子Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.可以知道解释为什么模特的女儿跟随模特的迷人脚步，所以选F

 由后面的句子When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.可以知道前面是在他7岁时，所以选D

 由前面的句子but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son.可以知道漂亮的女人都想要个女孩，所以选E

 由前面的句子Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features.可以知道美丽对于女人比男人更有利，所以选C

考点：考查关于调查的说明文

点评：这是一篇漂亮的女人都希望要个女孩，所以男人很少有帅的，美丽对于女人更有利。在答题中，应首先略读一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，然后把几个选项含义理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表达有交叉的选项之间的区别。然后再细读短文，把答案填入合适位置。答题时可以把含义相近的几个选项轮流填入同一处位置，反复阅读，反复体会，找出最佳选项，对于实在没有把握的小题可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再认真通读一遍全文，看看上下语意是否通顺，是否符合逻辑关系。