阅读理解 You must be very careful when a woman asks you how she looks because you will never come up with a right answer. The problem is that women generally do not think of their looks in the same way that men do. Most men form all opinions of how they look in seventh grade, and they stick to it for the rest of their lives. Most of them think of themselves as average-looking. But that does not bother them.
Women do not look at themselves this way. No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others, they think of their appearance as "not good enough". Why do women have such low self-esteem? There are many complex psychological and social reasons, but one reason might be that women grow up thinking they need to look like Barbie doll. This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to, although there is a multibillion-dollar beauty industry devoted to convincing women that they must try.
I' m not saying men are superior, but you are not going to get a group of middle-aged men who apply cosmetics (化妆品) to themselves in the hope of looking more like Brad Pitt. Men would realize that this task is pointless and meaningless. Of course many women will argue that men, being shallow, want them to look that way. As I see, hey, just because we' re idiots, that doesn' t mean you have to be.
So if you are a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you can' t say she looks bad. But you also can' t say she looks great, because she’ll think you' re lying. Also, she suspects that you're not qualified to judge anybody's appearance. This is because you have shaving cream in your hair.

单选题 1.Which of the following statements is true?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】根据第二段第二、三句“No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others，they think of their appearance as‘not good enough’，Why do women have such low self-esteem?”可知，不管自己对别人有多大的吸引力，女性总是觉得自己的外貌“不够好”，她们的自尊心不强，所以选项C(女性对自己的外貌不自信)正确。

单选题 2.Why does the problem of appearance never make men worried?

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】根据第一段最后两句“Most of them think of themselves as average-looking．But that does not bother them．”可知，大多数男性认为自己相貌普通，但是他们并不为此困扰。由此可推知，男性不担心自己容貌的原因是他们认为相貌普通就很好，不需要再去刻意追求。故选D。

单选题 3.Which of the following might not be the reason for women to apply cosmetics to themselves?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】根据第二段第二、三句“No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others，they think of their appearance as‘not good enough’．Why do women have such low self-esteem?”和第三段倒数第二句“Of course many women will argue that men，being shallow，want them to look that way．”可知，选项A、C、D正确。根据第三段第一句“I’m not saying men are superior…in the hope of looking more like Brad Pitt．”可推知，女性使用化妆品是为了使自己看起来更像电影明星，并没有说因为她们疯狂地追星所以才使用化妆品。故选B。

单选题 4.What is men's proper reaction when a woman asks how she looks, according to this passage?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】根据最后一段前两句“So if you are a man…you can’t say she looks bad．But you also can’t say she looks great…”可知，当一位女士问你(假如你是一位男士)她长得怎么样时，你不能说她长得很丑，你也不能说她长得很漂亮，因为她会觉得你在撒谎。由此可推知，正确的做法是对她的相貌做出适度的评价。故选A。