首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, h
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, h
admin
2012-11-30
72
问题
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriage 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 executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.
Handsome male executive were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability we thought to account for their success.
Attractive female executive 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 executive 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 was that of attractive overnight successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine and an attractive man more masculine 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.
The word "liability" (Line 4, Para. i) most probably means"
选项
A、misfortune
B、disadvantage
C、instability
D、burden
答案
C
解析
语义理解题。从第一段中可知,人们通常认为美貌是有利的因素,接着文章用了“but”,表示事实情况应该是相反的。加上第六段中出现了“advantage”,说明美貌的女性在从事女性传统职业时是有优势的,因此C符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/2gb7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Thelocalcitizensbecame______ofLordWilliamswhoboughtseveralrealestatesinScotlandscenicspots.
Atthepartywefoundthatshygirl______hermotherallthetime.
Ifapersontalksabouthisweakpoints,hislistenerisexpectedtosaysomethinginthewayof_______.
Icouldnotdefineor______thedissatisfactionIfelt.
_______,youshouldwearyoursneakersfortomorrow’soutingasitisalittlelonger.
Intheearly1990svariousmeasureswere______toencouragesavings,stimulateinvestmentandmotivateworkereffort.
Graduatestravellingaboutthecountry_______workadduptothreemillion.
Theylikedto______aroundtheblazedfirewhenitisbitterlycoldinthehouse.
A、MIT.B、ReedCollege.C、Harvard.D、Yale.A①选项都是学校名,应该一一记录听到的相关信息:A旁边记下first(或者数字1),D2,c4,然后仔细听问题。②排名第一和最后的往往是答案。
A、Hecouldn’tsellthecookies.B、Hewasabadmanager.C、Hewasnotagoodsalesman.D、Hewassuedforlibel.B短文谈到,Amos的饼干生意不错
随机试题
空肠弯曲菌分离培养时,正确的是
A.等容收缩期B.等容舒张期C.快速射血期D.快速充盈期E.减慢充盈期
根据FIDIC施工合同条件,下列关于工程进度款的表述中,正确的是()。
1.背景某干线机场建设单位采用邀请招标方式进行机场建设的招标,该单位同时向具有施工能力的甲和乙两家施工单位发出招标邀请。招标文件发出日期为2006年7月9日,投标截止日期定为2006年7月20日,招标文件发出后,建设单位发现工程量清单有误,于7月15日将
一般情形下,不允许享有优先认股权的股东将该权利转让给他人。( )
2016年6月13日,经李克强总理签批,国务院印发《关于加强困境儿童保障工作的意见》(以下简称意见)。关于《意见》相关内容,下列说法错误的是:
(2022年江苏)中共中央、国务院《关于全面推进乡村振兴加快农业农村现代化的意见》明确提出,对摆脱贫困的县从脱贫之日起设立一定的过渡期,以确保巩固拓展脱贫攻坚成果同乡村振兴的有效衔接。下列属于过渡期的具体政策措施的是()。
Thespeaker,MsTurnerisfromEstablishedfirmsemployapplicantsoutsidethecompanyinorderto
•Inmostlinesofthefollowingtext,thereisoneunnecessaryword.Itiseithergrammaticallyincorrectordoesnotfitinwit
Theconditionofscholarshipdevotedtothehistoryofwomeninphotographyisconfounding.Recentyearshavewitnessedthepost
最新回复
(
0
)