题文
A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One' s physical assets and liabilities don' t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best.Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not- so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, the physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their parents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted.
Un-American, you say, unfair and extremely unbelievable? once again, the scientists have caught us mouthing pieties (虔诚) while acting just the contrary. Their typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group--college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual' s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average-looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted.
Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappho, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good.
In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: In terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. on another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire (追求) to managerial positions do not get on as well as who may be less attractive.
小题1: In "Beauty is only skin-deep", "skin-deep" can be replaced by______.A．decoratingB．superficialC．expressiveD．demanding小题2: "One's physical assets and liabilities don' t count all that much in a managerial career."(paral) can be interpretated as______.A．whether or not one looks good or bad, it doesn' t affect much one' s managerial careerB．in one' s managerial career, he may deal with cases like assets and liabilitiesC．in one' s managerial career, he may rarely deal with cases like assets and liabilitiesD．whether or not one looks good or bad, it may affect much one' s managerial career小题3: The result of research carried out by social scientists show that______.A．people do not realize the importance of looking one' s bestB．women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid wellC．good -looking women aspire to managerial positionsD．attractive people generally have an advantage over those who are not小题4: "Good looks cut both ways for women" (Para.5) means that______.A．attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public jobB．good-looking women always get the best of everythingC．being attractive is not always an advantage for womenD．attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions小题5: It can be inferred from the passage that in the business world______.A．handsome men are not affected as much by their looks as attractive women areB．physically attractive women who are in the public eye usually do quite wellC．physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite wellD．good looks are important for women as they are for men 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A
解析
小题1:词汇题。skin-deep是“肤浅的，表面的”意思，与superficial意思相近。
小题2:。理解题。主要是考察对“physical assets and liabilities”的理解，意为“长相的优劣”，整句的意思为“长相的优劣对于一个人的事业影响不太大”
小题3: D。细节题。根据第四段“Almost invariably, the better looking... what is beautiful is good．”，可知D为正确答案。
小题4: C。归纳题。在文章第五段中，作者指出，妇女一方面可以借助美貌比较容易地找到工作，另一个方面因为人们一般会觉得美丽的妇女不如长相一般的妇女有能力而使美丽的妇女不容易得到经理之类的职位，不难看出“Good looks cut both ways for women”的意思与C中内容相符。
小题5: A。推理题。根据文章最后一段不难推理出正确答案是A。
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该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
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为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
