Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier，have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants(被告)．But in the executive circle，beauty can become a liability.
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 thought as having more integrity than plainer men；effort and ability were thought to account for their success.
Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones；their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly，though，the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able？An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine(有男子氣概的)than the less attractive ones. Thus，an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs，but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” 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. She asked 125 undergraduate 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 utterly defeated unattractive men，but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.
小題1:The underlined word “l(fā)iability”(in Para.1)most probably means “________”．
A．misfortuneB．instabilityC．disadvantageD．burden
小題2:In traditionally female jobs，attractiveness________.
A．reinforces(加強)the feminine qualities required
B．makes women look more honest and capable
C．is of primary importance to women
D．often enables women to succeed quickly
小題3:Bowman's experiment reveals that when it comes to politics，attractiveness________.
A．turns out to be an obstacle to men
B．a(chǎn)ffects men and women alike
C．has as little effect on men as on women
D．is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women
小題4:It can be inferred from the passage that people's views on beauty are often________.
A．practicalB．prejudicedC．old­fashionedD．pessimistic
小題5:The author writes this passage to________.
A．demand equal rights for women
B．emphasize the importance of appearance
C．discuss the negative aspects of being attractive
D．give advice to job­seekers who are attractive

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C
文章討論的是美麗，漂亮的消極一面。
小題1:C 猜測詞義題。根據(jù). Even judges are softer on attractive defendants(被告)．But in the executive circle，beauty can become a liability.中的But，表示轉(zhuǎn)折說明美麗有時候會成為缺點，尤其對女性。
小題2:A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第六段第2句話An attractive woman is thought to be more feminine可知A正確。
小題3:D 根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段最后兩行Thus，an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs，but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the “masculine” qualities required.以及倒數(shù)第二段第一行This is true even in politics.可知在政治方面，漂亮有時候會成為障礙，而不是優(yōu)勢。故D正確。
小題4:B 推理題。根據(jù)文章可知很多人對于漂亮的女性成功者持懷疑態(tài)度，認為她們可能能力不足，對于很帥的男性，則認為他們陽剛不足，所以都存在著偏見，故B正確。
小題5:C 主旨大意題。文章討論的是美麗，漂亮的消極一面。
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B．children enjoy their mothers’ voice and forget their worries
C．mothers are good at comforting their children, even on the phone
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B．most people think scholarships should go to the smartest students
C．most people have some misunderstanding about scholarships
D．most people deserve scholarships though not having applied for them
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C．The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.
D．The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text.
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C．will cause technique and money problems
D．has drawn Indonesia's government attention
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With birds, the main problem is climate-related damage to important areas at either end of the travels or at resting places along the way. About one-fifth of migrating birds are now in danger because of climate-related changes including rising sea levels, land loss and more violent storms, the report concludes.
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A．The effect of climate change on migrating animals.
B．How animals are adapting to changes in temperature.
C．The actions required to save migrating animals.
D．The need for government policies to prevent global warming.
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A．it may be too late to save some animals
B．it is time to start protecting the animals
C．there is not much time to solve the problem
D．it takes time to complete the actions
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B．Their food supply will gradually disappear.
C．Some will suffer from higher rates of cancer.
D．They will be in greater danger because of more violent storms.
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A．More storms will affect the ability of whales to find their feeding grounds.
B．20 percent of all birds are likely to die out because of land loss.
C．Migrating animals are likely to start adapting to the changes more quickly.
D．Warmer oceans will increase the competition between different kinds of dolphins.
小題5:What can be inferred (推斷) about turtles from the text?
A．They are the only animals besides humans that suffer from cancer.
B．They have traditionally lived longer than other ocean-based animals.
C．Those born nearer a hotter area are more likely to be female.
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