1、.阅读理解Is beauty something always positive? Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs.Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs.Even judges are softer on attractive defendants.But in the executive(主管的) circ
2、le, beauty can become a disadvantage.While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.Attractive fem
3、ale executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives.Why are attractive w
4、omen not thought to be able? An attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the manly qualities required.This is true even in politics, “When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women
5、 differently, ” says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates(候选人)She asked 125 college 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 candi
6、dates for political offices.They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.本文主要讨论漂亮的女性在行政管理和政治领域的劣势。1In tradit
7、ionally female jobs, attractiveness _.Amakes women look more honest and capableBstrengthens the manly qualities required Coften enables women to succeed quicklyDis of no importance to women答案：C解析：推理判断题。根据第三段中的“An attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs”可推断出，在传统的女性工作中，漂亮可以使女性能够
8、很快成功。选C。2Bowmans experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _.Aturns out to be a disadvantage to menBhas as little effect on men as on womenCaffects men and women alikeDis more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women 答案：D解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“the women who had ranked most attra
9、ctive unchangeably received the fewest votes.”可推断出，Bowman的实验表明，当涉及政治时，漂亮对女性而言是一种劣势而不是优势。故选D。3According to the passage, peoples views on beauty are often _.ApracticalBonesided Cold fashioned Dsupportive答案：B解析：推理判断题。结合全文可知，美对于某些人来说是优势，但也可能是劣势，由此可推断人们对美的看法通常是片面的。故选B。4The passage is mainly about _.Athe
10、advantages of being attractiveBthe disadvantages of being attractiveCequal rights for womenDthe importance of appearance答案：B解析：主旨大意题。结合全文可知，本文主要讨论漂亮的女性在行政管理和政治领域的劣势。故选B。.七选五Any car accident is frightening, but an accident in which your vehicle is thrown into the water, with you trapped inside，is abs
11、olutely terrifying._1_ However，most deaths result from panic, without a plan or understanding what is happening to the car in the water.By adopting a brace (支撑) position, acting decisively and getting out fast, you can save yourself from a sinking vehicle.Brace yourself for impact (撞击力)As soon as yo
12、ure aware that youre going off the road and into a body of water, adopt a brace position.The impact could set off the airbag system in your vehicle, so you should place both hands on the steering wheel in the “ten and two” position.Undo your seatbelt._2_Untie the children，starting with the oldest fi
13、rst.Forget the cell phone call.Your car isnt going to wait for you to make the call._3_Leave the door alone at this stage and concentrate on the window.A cars electrical system should work for up to three minutes in water, so try the method of opening it electronically first.Many people dont think a
14、bout the window as an escape option either because of panic or misinformation about doors and sinking.Break the window.If you arent able to open the window，or it only opens halfway，youll need to break it with an object or your foot.It may feel counterintuitive (有悖常理的) to let water into the car._4_Es
15、cape when the car has equalized.If it has reached the dramatic stage where the car cabin has been filled with water and it has become balanced, you must move quickly and effectively to ensure your survival._5_While there is still air in the car，take slow，deep breaths and focus on what youre doing.AO
16、pen the window as soon as you hit the water.BSurviving a sinking car is not as difficult as you think.CIt takes 60 to 120 seconds for a car to fill up with water usually.DSuch accidents are particularly dangerous to the risk of drowning.EIn conclusion，if you know what to do in the water, you will be safe.FThis is the first thing to attend to, yet it often gets forgotten in the panic.GBut the sooner the window is open, the sooner you can escape directly through it.答案15DFAGC
