50.
By what means did Japan
grab its large market share by the 1970s and the 1980s?
A.
Its advertising was most successful.
B.
Its products were cheaper in price and better in quality.
C.
The US hardware industry was lagging behind. (来源:EnglishCN英语问答中心[e问e答])
D.
Japan
hired a lot of Indian software specialists.
51(来源:EnglishCN英语问答中心[e问e答])50. What is the writer
worrying about?
A.
Many US software specialists
are working for Japan.
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B.
The quality problem has become a worldwide problem.
C.
India and Japan are joining
hands to compete with the US.
D.
The US will no longer be the first software player in the world.

D
If you
exhibit positive characteristics such as honesty and helpfulness, the chances
are that you will be thought as a good-looking person, for a new study has
found that the perception(认知)of physical attractiveness
is influenced by a person’s personality.
The
study, led by Gary W. Lewandowski, has found that people who exhibit negative
characteristics, such as unfairness and rudeness, appear to be less physically
attractive to observers.In the study, the
participants viewed photographs of opposite-sex individuals and rated(评分)them for
attractiveness before and after being provided with information about their
personalities.
After
personality information was received, participants also rated the probability
of each individual’s becoming a friend and a dating partner.Information on
personality was found to significantly change the probability, showing that
cognitive(认知的)processes modify(修改)judgments of attractiveness.
“Thinking
a person as having a desirable personality makes the person more suitable in
general as a close relationship partner of any kind,” said Lewandowski.
The
findings show that a positive personality leads to greater expectation of
becoming friends, which leads to greater expectation of becoming romantic
partners and, finally, to being viewed as more physically attractive.The findings
remained consistent regardless of how “attractive” the individual was formerly
thought to be or of the participants’ current relationship status.
“This
research provides a positive outcome by reminding people that personality goes
a long way toward determining your attractiveness; it can even change people’s
impressions of how good looking you are,” said Lewandowski.