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At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than

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问题    At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of the breaks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be promoted than their plain-Jane colleagues. Because people tend to project positive traits onto them, such as sensitivity and poise, they may also be at an advantage in job interviews. The only downside to hotness is having to fend off ghastly male colleagues; or so many people think. But research by two Israelis suggests otherwise.
   Bradley Ruffle at Ben-Gurion University and Ze’ev Shtudiner at Ariel University Centre looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their curricula vitae, as is the norm in much of Europe and Asia. The pair sent fictional applications to over 2,500 real-life vacancies. For each job, they sent two very similar resumes, one with a photo, one without. Subjects had previously been graded for their attractiveness.
   For men, the results were as 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 reversed. 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 before getting an interview; an equally qualified plain one just seven.
   At first, Mr. Ruffle considered what he calls the "dumb-blonde hypothesis" that people assume beautiful women to be stupid. However, the photos had also been rated on how intelligent people thought each subject looked; there was no correlation between perceived intellect and beauty.
   So the cause of the discrimination must lie elsewhere. Human resources departments tend to be staffed 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 jealousy led the women to discriminate against 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 anonymous model used in the Belgian public sector, where CVs do not even include the candidate’s name.
   
The cause of the discrimination probably lies in______.
选项 A、women’s jealousy
B、unavoidable error
C、traditional beliefs
D、candidates’ ability
答案A
解析 细节题。根据题干关键词定位到第五段。第五段讲漂亮女性求职者容易受到歧视的原因。答案藏于第五段最后一句The researchers’unavoidable and unpalatable conclusion is that old-fashioned jealousy led the women to discriminate against pretty candidates．此句是一个典型的主系表结构，句式不复杂，但是个别词语难以理解。其中unavoidable and unpalatable conclusion意为“不可避免和令人不快的结论”，old-fashioned jealousy意为“亘古不变的妒忌心”，lead…to意为导致……，全句意为“所以调查者最终不免要得出一个令人不快的结论——正是亘古不变的妒忌心使得漂亮的女性求职者受歧视”。故正确答案为A项。
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