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Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they wo

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问题     Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer’s background, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.
    Since clothes are such an important source of social information, we can use them to manipulate people’s impression of us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle-class man or woman may be alienated by a young adult who is dressed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the person’s education, background, or interests.
    People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes mean. Adolescent girls can easily agree on the lifestyles of girls who wear certain outfits, including the number of boyfriends they likely have had and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered to be more convincing, honest, and competent when they are dressed conservatively. And college students who view themselves as taking an active role in their interpersonal relationships say they are concerned about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. Moreover, many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we acted. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain confidence when you anticipated a stressful situation, such as a job interview or a court appearance.
    In the workplace, men have long had well-defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of "masculine" and "feminine" attributes they should convey by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing alternatives to women has also been greater than that available for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorably for managerial positions when the women display less "feminine" grooming—shorter hair, moderate use of make-up, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed, "An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer interview, but she won’t get a job."
By saying that "it has been otherwise for women", the author means that
选项 A、women couldn’t achieve success as easily as men.
B、women don’t have a well-defined dress code.
C、women have to merge "masculine" attributes into clothing.
D、women enjoy more freedom in the choice of clothing.
答案B
解析 根据题干中双引号里的内容定位到最后一段第2句。考点中的otherwise表明女性和男性的情况相反，至于在哪方面相反，只要将该段第1句和第3句的内容作对照就可以知道了。第1句表明男性有明确的穿衣模式，第3句中的uncertain表明女性没有，因此该穿什么很难确定，由此可见，B正确。
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