globetrotter1998年1月大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案

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1998

年

1

月大学英语六 级

阅读理解真题及答案

1998

年

1

月大学英语六级阅读理解真题及答案

一、阅读理解

第

1

题：

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, or teachers or corporate

personnel

mangers-

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.

1.

According

to

the

passage,

people

often

wrongly

believe

that

in

pursuing

a

career

as

a

manager ________.

A) a person’s property or debts do not matter much

B) a person’s outward appearance is not a critical qual

ification

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 be 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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小题

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【正确答案】

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B

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