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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 Salppho, 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 to managerial positions do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive.

1.According to the passage, people often wrongly believe that in pursuing a career as manager _______.

A.a person's property or debts do not matter much

B.a person's outward appearance is not a critical qualification

C.women should always dress fashionably

D.women should not only be attractive but also high-minded

2.The result of research carried out by social scientists show that _______.

A.people do not realize the importance of looking one's best

B.women in pursuit of managerial jobs are not likely to be paid well

C.good-looking women aspire to managerial positions

D.attractive people generally have an advantage over those who are not

3.Experiments by scientists have shown that when people evaluate individuals on certain attributes________.

A.they observe the principle that beauty is only skin-deep

B.they do not usually act according to the views they support

C.they give ordinary-looking persons the lowest ratings

D.they tend to base their judgment on the individual's accomplishments

4."Good looks cut both ways for women" (Line 1, Para. 5) means that _______.

A.attractive women have tremendous potential impact on public jobs

B.good-looking women always get the best of everything

C.being attractive is not always an advantage for women

D.attractive women do not do as well as unattractive women in managerial positions

5.It can inferred from the passage that in the business world _______.

A.handsome men are not affected as much by their looks as attractive women are

B.physically attractive women who are in the public eye usually do quite well

C.physically attractive men and women who are in the public eye usually get along quite well

D.good looks are important for women as they are for men

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1.【答案】B。

【解析】作者在文章一开始就明确提出其观点：人们往往有一种误解——外貌对一个人担任管理职务没什么重要影响。接着在第二段用social scientists的实验表明：Looks do matter，more than most of us realize. B项正是此意。

2.【答案】D。

【解析】作者在第二段就给出了结论，第三、第四段用具体的实验情况说明这一结论的得出过程。D项就是这个结论。

3.【答案】B。

【解析】A项是social scientists要用实验来反驳的，与实验结果相反，故排除。C、D两项与事实（实验结果）恰好相反。根据文章可知，许多美国人认为外貌并不重要（第一段的内容），以貌取人是不公正、不可靠的、非美国式的做法，但social scientists的实验结果却表明：他们言行并不一致（第三段开头两句）。B项正是此意。

4.【答案】C。

【解析】回答依据为紧随该句的professor的explanation。

5.【答案】A。

【解析】回答依据与上题同。