B. you start reading one of the books
C. it is raining outside
D you have to make sure you don’t buy a dull book as a present
49. In a good bookshop ________.
A. nobody takes any notice of you
B. the assistant greets you in a friendly way
C. your heart is contented
D. you feel that you are in a music shop
50. It is very easy to enter a bookshop and buy ________.
A. a book on ancient coins
B. a best-selling novel on brass-rubbing
C. a book that only vaguely interests you
D. a book, that unexpectedly interests you
51 . The text-book the medical student was interested in was tucked away in a corner ________.
A. to prevent anyone from buying it
B. because the medical student might take it away
C. in case the medial student was tempted to buy it
D. because it was a rare and expensive book
Passage 5
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. AI-most everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable occupations. Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants (被告)
But in the executive circle, beauty can become a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to woman.
Handsome male executives were perceived as having more integrity than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to account for their success .
Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones; their success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than was that of attractive overnight successes Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman is perceived to be more feminine(女性的)and an attractive man more masculine(男性的) than the less attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally masculine position appears to lack the "masculine" qualities required .
This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks’ people treat men and women differently, "says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness’ The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men, but the women who had been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.
52. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _______.
A. reinforces the feminine qualities required |
