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题干：Ifyouareanythinglikeme,youleftthetheaterafterSexandtheCity2andthought,thereoughttobealawagainstalooks-basedcultureinwhichtheonlywayfor40-year-oldactressestobecompensatedlike40-year-oldactorsistohavethemlookanddressliketheteenagedaughtersof40-year-oldactors.MeetDeborahRhode,aStanfordlawprofessorwhoproposesalegalregimeinwhichdiscriminationonthebasisoflooksisasseriousasdiscriminationbasedongenderorrace.Inaprovocativenewbook,theBeautyBias,RhodelaysoutthecaseforanAmericainwhichappearancediscriminationisnolongerallowed.ThatmeansHooterscan’tfireitsserversforbeingtooheavy,asallegedlyhappenedlastmonthtoawaitressinMichiganwhosaysshereceivednothingbutexcellentreviewsbutweighed132pounds.RhodeisathermostpersuasivewhenarguingthatinAmerica,discriminationagainstunattractivewomenandshortmenisasperniciousandwidespreadasbiasbasedonrace,sex,age,ethnicity,religion,anddisability.Rhodecitesresearchtoproveherpoint:11percentofsurveyedcouplessaytheywouldabortafetuspredisposedtowardobesity.Collegestudentstellsurveyorsthey’dratherhaveaspousewhoisanembezzler,druguser,orashoplifterthanonewhoisobese.ThelessattractiveyouareinAmerica,themorelikelyyouaretoreceivealongerprisonsentence,alowerdamageaward,alowersalary,andpoorerperformancereviews.Youarelesslikelytobemarriedandmorelikelytobepoor.Andallofthisiscompoundedbyavirtuallyunregulatedbeautyanddietindustryandsoaringratesofelectivecosmeticsurgery.RhoderemindsushowHillaryClintonandSoniaSotomayorweresavagedbythemediafortheirlooks,andsaysit’snosurprisethatSarahPalinpaidhermakeupartistmorethananymemberofherstaffinherrunforthevicepresidency.TheproblemwithmakingappearancediscriminationillegalisthatAmericansjustreally,reallylikehotgirls.Andsolongasbeingahotgirlisdeemedabonafideoccupationalqualification,therewillbecocktailwaitressesfiredforgainingthreepounds.It’snotjustAmericanmenwholikethingsthisway.Inthemosttroublingchapterinherbook,Rhodeexploresthefeministmovement’scomplicatedrelationshiptoeternalyouth.Thetruthisthatwomenfeelgoodaboutcompetinginbeautypageants.Theylovesix-inchheels.Theyfeelbeautifulaftercosmeticsurgery.Youcan’tsucceedinpubliclifeifyoulookoldinAmerica.Toputitanotherway,appearancebiasisamassivesocietalproblemwithtangibleeconomiccoststhatmostofus—perhapsespeciallywomen—perpetuateeachtimewebuyadietpillorsneeratfatwomen.Thisdoesn’tmeanweshouldn’tworktowarderadicatingdiscriminationbasedonappearance.Butitmaymeanrecognizingthatthelawwon’tstopusfromdiscriminatingagainsttheoverweight,theaging,andtheimperfect,solongasit’sthequalityweallhatemostinourselves.
题目：We can conclude from the passage that（）. - A 、all the Americans need to be good-looking for their careers’ sake
- B 、film directors should start using ordinary-looking middle-aged actresses to help change the beauty bias
- C 、American people need to change their attitudes toward the appearance of themselves to change the beauty bias
- D 、if people really hate themselves for being fat or ugly, they will be against a law stopping appearance discrimination
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
最后一段中最后一句是解题的关键，相貌歧视问题的根源在于：只要超重、年老和不完美依然是我们身上最痛恨的缺陷，法律就无法阻止我们对这些缺陷的歧视。换言之，只有我们对自己的相貌改变态度，才能改变美貌歧视，这一表达与C吻合。
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