- 阅读理解A
题干：Beautyhasalwaysbeenregardedassomethingpraiseworthy.Almosteveryonethinksattractivepeoplearehappierandhealthier,havebettermarriagesandhavemorerespectableoccupations.Personalconsultantsgivethembetteradviceforfindingjobs.Evenjudgesaresofteronattractivedefendants(被告).Butintheexecutivecircle,beautycanbecomealiability.Whileattractivenessisapositivefactorforamanonhiswayuptheexecutiveladder,itisharmfultoawoman.Handsomemaleexecutiveswereperceivedashavingmoreintegritythanplainermen;effortandabilitywerethoughttoaccountfortheirsuccess.Attractivefemaleexecutiveswereconsideredtohavelessintegritythanunattractiveones;theirsuccesswasattributednottoabilitybuttofactorssuchasluck.Allunattractivewomenexecutiveswerethoughttohavemoreintegrityandtobemorecapablethantheattractivefemaleexecutives.Interestingly,though,theriseoftheunattractiveovernightsuccesseswasattributedmoretopersonalrelationshipsandlesstoabilitythanwasthatofattractiveovernightsuccesses.Whyareattractivewomennotthoughttobeable?Anattractivewomanisperceivedtobemorefeminine(女性的)andanattractivemanmoremasculine(男性的)thanthelessattractiveones.Thus,anattractivewomanhasanadvantageintraditionallyfemalejobs,butanattractivewomaninatraditionallymasculinepositionappearstolackthe“masculine”qualitiesrequired.Thisistrueeveninpolitics.“Whentheonlyclueishowheorshelooks,peopletreatmenandwomendifferently,”saysAnnBowman,whorecentlypublishedastudyontheeffectsofattractivenessonpoliticalcandidates.Sheasked125undergraduatestoranktwogroupsofphotographs,oneofmenandoneofwomen,inorderofattractiveness.Thestudentsweretoldthephotographswereofcandidatesforpoliticaloffices.Theywereaskedtorankthemagain,intheordertheywouldvoteforthem.Theresultsshowedthatattractivemalesutterlydefeatedunattractivemen,butthewomenwhohadbeenrankedmostattractiveinvariablyreceivedthefewestvotes.
题目： The author writes this passage to（）. - A 、discuss the negative aspects of being attractive
- B 、give advice to job-seekers who are attractive
- C 、demand equal rights for women
- D 、emphasize the importance of appearance
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参考答案【正确答案：A】
主旨题。本题看似简单，实则有一个很强的陷阱，选项C往往会成为某些同学倾向的选择，因为似乎水到渠成，当我们为有魅力的女性觉得委屈，再加之上题也指出了大家对美貌是持有偏见的，那么自然应该呼吁公平对待了。但是题目是要求大家对于全文的主要内容进行总结概括，也就是我们说的主旨题，而不是基于原文内容给看法，所以大家一定要注意避免自己的思维在这里影响对题目的客观理解，作者通篇只是在客观描述这种容貌差异给某些现代职业女性带来的困扰，并未提及打算怎么办，更没有呼吁要平等（虽然应该），所以选项A才符合题意。
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