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　　All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men, much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection(映象) and more than half may see a distorted(扭曲的) image. Men looking in the mirror are likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent(淡漠). Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women, if anything they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness. Some men looking into the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.

　　Why are so much more self-critical than men? Because women are judged on their appearance more then men, and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more flexible. Women are continually bombarded with images of the “ideal” face. And constant exposure to idealized(理想化) images of female beauty on TV , magazines and billboards makes exceptional good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal(不正常的) and ugly. It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence(青春期).

　　Also, most women are trying to achieve the impossible. Standards of female beauty have in fact become progressively more unrealistic during the last century. In 1917, the physically perfect woman was about 5ft4 in height. Even 25 years ago, top models and beauty queens weighed only 8% less than the average woman, now they weigh 23% less .The current media(媒介) ideal for women is achievable by less than 5% of the female population and that's just in terms of weight and size. If you want the ideal shape , face , etc, it's probably like 1% .

1．The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

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A．explain a phenomenon(现象)

B．compare two facts

C．make a suggestion

D．strengthen a current they

2．The difference between men and women when they look into the mirror is that ________.

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A．women stay longer then men before the mirror

B．women feel more comfortable about their appearance than men

C．women, more than men, come away from the mirror feeling unsatisfied

D．women's looks before the mirror appear more distorted than men's

3．The underlined part “bombarded with ”( in Para. 3 ) could be beat replaced by ________.

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A．doubtful of

B．very proud of

C．affected by

D．refused

4．Which of the following can be inferred about the physically perfect woman in 1917?

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A．She was rat very much different from the average woman.

B．She was hardly achievable by the female population.

C．She looked into the mirror more then women today.

D．She was regarded as perfect only in terms of her face.

Answer 1

答案：A;C;C;A
解析：

1．A　导解：归纳判断题．全文讲述男女对自己的容貌、魅力的不同观点与评价，并从社会、媒体等方面做解释． 　　2．C　导解：细节题．第一段说8/10的女性面对镜子时感到不满，第二段说男士照镜子时很淡漠，下一段具体分析造成这种差异的原因． 　　3．C　导解：词义判断题．从上下文看，女性不断受到各种媒体“完美脸蛋”的影响，以致于对自己过于挑剔． 　　4．A　导解：细节题．最后一段说当时顶尖名模身高5尺4，比一般人体重少8%，现在少3%；现在女性中的完美者是百里挑一，而以前她们与一般女性差别不大．