单选题
At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be
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than their plain-Jane colleagues because people tend to project
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traits
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them, such as a sensitive heart and a cool head, they may also be at a/an
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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
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in much of Europe and Asia. The pair sent made-up applications to over 2,500 real-life
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. 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
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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
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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
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getting an interview; a/an
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qualified plain one just seven.
At first, Mr. Hanks considered
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he calls the "dumb-blonde hypothesis"—that people
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beautiful women to be stupid.
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, the photos had also been rated on how
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people thought each subject looked; there was no
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between perceived intellect and beauty.
So the cause of the discrimination must
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elsewhere. Human resources departments tend to be
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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
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led the women to discriminate
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pretty candidates.
So should attractive women simply attach photos that make them look dowdy? No. Better, says Mr. Hanks, to discourage the practice of including a photo altogether. Companies might even consider the
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model used in the Belgian public sector, where CVs do not even include the candidate"s name.
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词词义辨析
[解析] 根据空格后面的内容，such as a sensitive heart and a cool head(细腻的心灵和冷静的头脑)可以判断第二个空格处应该填一个比较正面的形容词。整句话的意思是说，因为人们常常将一些好的品质投射到美女身上，因此比起那些相貌平平的同事，美女晋升的机会更多。辨析之下，最佳答案应该选D。A答案不符合句义，B“特别的”并不一定代表“好的”，C“完美的”用在这里有夸大其词之嫌。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[考点] 动词和介词搭配
[解析] 本题主要考查动词和介词之间的搭配，project，作为动词的含义是“投射，映射”，“某人将……投射到某人身上”使用的固定搭配应该是project sth....on sb.，例如，Parents tend to project their own wishes on their children. 父母往往将他们自己的意愿投射于孩子们的身上。因此正确答案应该选D。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点] 介词与名词的搭配
[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、D两个选项都有“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，往往是用在这样的句型中：have an edge on/over sb.，因此根据搭配判断，本题的最佳答案为A。
【答案解析】[考点] 同义词辨析
[解析] 根据上下文的意思推测，这里空格处要填的词的含义应该是“职位空缺”。两个人分别将虚构的简历发给2500个实际生活中存在的空缺职位，每个人发两份简历，一个人的简历上附有照片，而另一份简历没有附照片。四个选项中，A和B都表示“地点，地方”；C表示“空地，空缺”；D表示“空间，间隔”。能够用来表示职位空缺的是C．vacancies。例句，We have vacancies for typists. 我们缺少打字员。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点] 词汇搭配
[解析] 空格所在的一句话和后面两句话的意思连接紧密。后面两句话说，“长相帅气的男人如果附上照片，得到的面试机会较大，而相反长相丑陋的男人最好不要在简历上附上照片”。这样的结果应该是在人们的意料之中。因此空格处应该选A，something is as expected表示“某件事情正如所料”。B、C、D选项中的几个介词可以和名词expectation搭配，但是不能和expected搭配。below expectation表示“低于预期”；beyond expectation表示“超过预期”；above expectation表示“高于预期”。
【答案解析】[考点] 语法知识
[解析] 空格处的这句话的谓语动词considered后接宾语，作宾语的是the "dumb-blonde hypothesis"。前面的成分...he calls只需要做一个插入语，正确答案应该选A，what he calls意思是“所谓的”，可当做固定搭配记忆。例句，He"s urging Congress to continue what he calls important foreign financial aid. 他正力劝国会继续他所说的重要的对外经济援助。
【答案解析】[考点] 同义词辨析+固定句式
[解析] 从上一段中我们可以得出结论：美女在简历上附照片得到的面试机会反而少的原因并不是因为人们将一个人的外貌和智力相挂钩，因此这一段一上来第一句话就起到了一个承上启下的作用，表达的意思是“(美女受到)歧视一定另有原因”。四个选项都和“放置，地点”有一定的关系。A．locate表示“某个物体坐落于，位于……位置”，作动词时往往用在被动语态中，sth. be located in...；B．rely往往和介词on搭配，基本不单独使用，表示“依靠，依赖”；C．lie是不及物动词，且是一个多义词，除了表示“撒谎”之外，还可表示“平躺，位于”，且往往可以与cause一词进行搭配，the cause/reason lies (in)...，表示“原因在于……”；D．lay作动词表示“放置”，及物动词。因此，本题的正确答案应该选C。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[考点] 动词词义辨析
[解析] 根据上下文推测，空格处这句话的意思是说“人力资源部门大部分职员是女性”。四个选项中A．staffed的原形一般作名词，表示“职员”，作动词时表示“配备员工”。例如，The school is staffed entirely by graduates. 这个学校的教职员全是大学毕业生。这个例句和我们空格处这句话非常相似。因此A为正确答案。B．occupied表示“占有，占领”，往往表示“某人占了某个地方或者某个职位”。例如，My sister occupies an important position in the Department of the Environment. 我姐姐在环境部担任要职。这样的句式往往不会反过来用被动语态，因此B用在这里不恰当。C．populated动词表示“构成人口”，常用被动语态。例如，The islands were gradually populated by settlers from Europe. 岛上逐渐迁入很多欧洲移民。C用在这里也不恰当，因为这个词往往表示某个比较大的领域里面的人口构成，用来指一个办公室里面的人员构成，不恰当。D．inhabited，动词，表示“居住于，(动物)栖居于”。例如，Only a few people inhabited the island. 只有少数人在这个岛上居住。
【答案解析】[考点] 动词与介词搭配
[解析] 本题考查动词discriminate和介词的搭配问题。discriminate表示“歧视”，可以和介词against搭配。例如，Under federal law, it is illegal to discriminate against minorities and women. 根据联邦法律，歧视少数人种和女性是违法的。正确答案应该选B。