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  3. At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be【B1】______than

At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be【B1】______than

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问题     At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be【B1】______than their plain-Jane colleagues because people tend to project【B2】______traits【B3】______them, such as a sensitive heart and a cool head, they may also be at an【B4】______in job interviews. But research suggests otherwise.
    Brad Hanks at Georgia State University looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their resume, as is the【B5】______in much of Europe and Asia. The pair sent made-up applications to over 2,500 real-life【B6】______. For each job, they sent two very similar resume, one with a photo, one without. Subjects had previously been graded for their attractiveness. For men, the results were【B7】______expected. Hunks were more likely to be called for an interview if they included a photo. Ugly men were better off not including one. However, for women this was【B8】______. Attractive females were less likely to be offered an interview if they included a mugshot. When applying directly to a company(rather than through an agency)an attractive woman would need to send out 11 CVs on average【B9】______getting an interview; an【B10】______qualified plain one just seven.
    At first, Mr. Hanks considered【B11】______he calls the "dumb-blonde hypothesis"—that people【B12】______beautiful women to be stupid.【B13】______, the photos had also been rated on how【B14】______people thought each subject looked; there was no【B15】______between perceived intellect and beauty.
    So the cause of the discrimination must【B16】______elsewhere. Human resources departments tend to be【B17】______mostly by women. Indeed, in the Israeli study, 93% of those tasked with selecting whom to invite for an interview were female. The researchers’ unavoidable—and unpalatable—conclusion is that old-fashioned【B18】______led the women to discriminate【B19】______pretty candidates.
    So should attractive women simply attach photos that make them look dowdy? No. Better, says Mr. Ruffle, to discourage the practice of including a photo altogether. Companies might even consider the【B20】______model used in the Belgian public sector, where CVs do not even include the candidate’s name.
【B4】
选项 A、advantage
B、benefit
C、favor
D、edge
答案A
解析 本题主要考查对几个同义词词义的辨析。根据上下文的理解，可以判断空格处应该填一个词表示“优势”，句义是“长相漂亮的女性在工作面试中也占有优势”。[B]benefit表示“好处”。[C]favor表示“偏爱，喜爱”。[A]和[D]两个词都有“优势”之意，在这两个词中再做选择，需要根据前面的介词at来进行判断，be at an advantage是固定搭配，表示“某人或某物占有优势”，而edge一词表示“优势”时，往往是用在have an edge on／over sb．这样的句型中，因此根据搭配判断，本题的最佳答案为[A]。
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