单选题
They give Action Man a certain ruggedness and bestow
instant testosterone (肾上腺激素) on movie heroes, and according to British
psychologists, facial scars can also make men more attractive to the opposite
sex. Men with mild facial scars were typically ranked as more appealing by women
who were looking for a brief relationship, though they were not considered
better as marriage material, a study found. In the same experiments, women with
facial scars were judged to be as attractive as those without, the researchers
said. The sexual allure of the facial scar has long puzzled
psychologists. Many believe they are seen by women as a sign of masculinity and
an exciting, risk-taking personality, though in Shakespeare's Ali's Well that
Ends Well, an old lord, Lafeu, takes a different view, commenting: "A scar nobly
got, or a noble scar, is a good livery(特殊的外貌) of honor."
Psychologists at the universities of Liverpool and Stirling decided to
investigate the effects of facial scars by asking ll5 women and 64 men to rate
the attractiveness of eight strangers of the opposite sex. Half were asked to
look at original face shots, while the other half viewed images that had been
digitally manipulated to add scars to their cheeks, jawbones(颌骨.) or foreheads.
While the scars made no difference to the perceived attractiveness of women,
scarred men ranked 5.7 percentage points higher in the appeal ratings than those
with undamaged skin. "A large scar is unlikely to make you more attractive, but
there are some scars that women do seem to find appealing. There's the whole
James Bond thing, where a person is attractive but probably not the best
marriage material," said Robert Burriss, a psychologist at Liverpool who led the
study. For each picture, volunteers were asked to guess whether
the scar was from a fight, an accident or illness. The men's scars were often
blamed on a violent encounter, while those on women were often attributed to
accidents. "When scarring is seen as the result of a violent encounter, it
signifies strength or bravery in a guy, or it could be due to an accident, and
so evidence of a risk-taking personality. Either way, it's another way of
assessing a man's masculinity,' Burriss said. Men without scars could be seen as
more caring and cautious, and so more suitable for a long term relationship, he
added.
单选题
According to the first paragraph, men with facial scars ______.
A. must had gone to the army
B. are not welcomed in the movies
C. are more attractive to the opposite sex
D. are more suitable for marriage
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的the first paragraph定位到原文首段第一句…facial scars can also make men more attractive to the opposite sex。
单选题
As to Lafeu in All's Well that Ends Well, facial scars most probably
means ______.
A. sexual attractiveness
B. high glory
C. serious dangerous
D. exciting personality
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的Lafeu和All's Well that Ends Well定位到原文第二段相关细节处。
单选题
We may infer from the third paragraph that ______.
A. digitally added scars have no sexual attractiveness
B. the bigger the scar, the more charm the person has
C. no women will marry to a man with facial scars
D. facial scars can not add any attractiveness to women
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的the third paragraph定位到原文第三段相关细节处。
单选题
If a man has a scar on face, ______.
A. it was mainly a result of accident
B. it often reflects a caring personality
C. many factors may contribute to it
D. no women will get married with him
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干中的man has a scar on face可以定位到原文第四段关于疤痕原因等的描述。