阅读理解 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, that 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 women who may be less attractive.
单选题 According to the passage, people often wrongly believe that in pursuing a career as manager _________.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问根据本文，人们常常错误地认为在申请管理职位的过程中会怎么样。根据文章第1段和第2段可知，“人们普遍都有一种误解：一个人的外貌在担任管理职务方面没有什么影响。但社会科学家已证明：外貌比我们所认为得都重要”，这一看法正与B项一致，因此，选B项。
单选题 The result of research carried out by social scientists show that _________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问社会科学家的调查结果显示了什么。根据文章第4段可知，“越漂亮的人排名越靠前，因此科学家的结论是：漂亮的就是好的”，这正与D项“有吸引力的人往往比没有吸引力的有优势”一致。
单选题 Experiments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certain attributes __________.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】辨认事实题。题目询问科学家的实验显示：当人们评论一个人的品质的时候会怎么样。根据文章第2段和第 3段可知，“尽管以貌取人是不公正、不可靠的，是非美国式的做法，但许多科学家的实验表明他们言行不一”，这正与B项一致，应选B项。
单选题 "Good looks cut both ways for women" ( Line 1, Para. 5 ) means that _________.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】词义推断题。题目询问"Good looks cut both ways for women”的意思。根据文章第5段可知，作者以一位教授的解释为例，阐明了这句话的意思。因此，我们知道，美貌带给女性的不都是好处，故应选C项。
单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that in the business world _________.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推断题。题目询问从文章中我们可得出在商业界会如何。根据文章最后一段：“In business，however, good looks cut both ways for women，and deeper than for men．…In terms of their careers，the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest．…be tremendous...”，这个观点正好与A项相一致。