Question

【题目】Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and have more respectable jobs. But in the executive(主管的) circle, 【1】________ can become a disadvantage.

While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is 【2】________(harm) to a woman. Handsome male executives are considered to have more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability usually lead 【3】________ their success. Attractive female executives are considered to have less honesty than unattractive 【4】________ ; people do not connect their success with ability 【5】________ with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives are thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. However, interestingly, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes 【6】________ (connect) more to personal relationships and less to ability.

Attractive women are not thought to be able. This is true even in politics. Anne Bowman, a writer, 【7】________ recently made a study, asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in the order of attractiveness. And then 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 【8】________them. The results showed that attractive males 【9】________(complete) defeated unattractive men, but the women 【10】________ (rank) most attractive by the students unchangeably received the fewest votes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】it

【2】harmful

【3】to

【4】ones

【5】but

【6】is connected

【7】who

【8】for

【9】completely

【10】ranked

【解析】

【1】考查代词。it代指前文的beauty。

【2】考查形容词。形容词作表语，故用harm的形容词形式。

【3】考查动词短语。lead to导致，通向。

【4】考查代词。ones代指前文的executives同样的人。

【5】考查连词。空前后是转折关系，故用but。

【6】考查被动语态。句子的主语是connect的动作承受者，故用被动语态。

【7】考查定语从句。先行词为writer，非限制性定语从句中缺少主语，故用who。

【8】考查动词短语。vote for为……投票。

【9】考查副词。空后的defeated为动词，应用副词修饰。

【10】考查过去分词。women是rank的动作承受者，故用过去分词。