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资料题:

The phrase"pretty is as pretty does" (par1) most probably means()。

发布时间:2020-12-12

A.beauty is hard to find

B.beautiful people often work hard

C.beauty is of limited usefulness

D.beauty suggests good qualities suchas intelligence and kindness

参考资料

We say that physical beauty is skin deep and that “pretty is as pretty does".But we don't always act that way.What pretty does is often seen in a forgiving light, while we are quick to leap to judgment of the unbeautiful, imagining, for instance, that fat people are lazy or greedy.We know that the link between beauty and goodness is spurious (欺骗的), but our actions are not always guided by conscious reason.We expect attractive people to be better at everything from piloting a plane to making love.We guess that their marriages are happier end their jobs am better and that they are mentally healthy and stable.For practically any positive quality, people will assume that good-looking people have more of it, do it better and enjoy it more.The expectations start in childhood.Teachers in 400 classrooms in the American state of Missouri were given a report card of a fifth-grade student, including grades, evaluation of attitude, work habits, and attendance.The only variant was the attached photograph of the child-an attractive or unattractive boy or girl.Despite the wealth of information about behaviour and performance, looks swayed opinions.The teachers expected the good-looking children to be more intelligent and more sociable and popular.In fact, good-looking students often do get better class grades, even though they do no better in standardized tests.People presume that attractive people of both sexes are more intelligent.Several different studies have found that the better-looking a painter or writer or student is, the more positively his or her work is evaluated.Looks help most when the work is not of high quality, but they can even give an extra boost to good work.Social psychologists call this a halo(光环)effect.Karen Dion, a pioneer researcher on attractiveness, asked adults to consider hypothetical seven year old s who misbehaved.When a good-looking child was depicted doing these things, adults gave it the benefit of the doubt and presumed it was having a bad day or was the victim of circumstance.The unattractive children were more likely to be eyed suspiciously 88 possible future juvenile delinquents.Good-looking adults are more likely to get away with anything from shoplifting to cheating in exams to committing serious crimes.They are leas likely to get reported (they aren't being eyed suspiciously), and if they are reported, they are less likely to get accused or penalized.Law enforcement officials, juries and judges don't just judge the current circumstances and the person's past behaviour, they take a look and think: could she have done that? This effect is particularly strong for attractive females. 

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    The word"swayed" (par5.) is closest in meaning to()。

    A.influenced

    B.weakened

    C.firmly established

    D.boosted

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  • 2What could we infer about standardized tests(  )?

    A.The test questions are more difficult than those in class tests

    B.They are free of personal preferences and prejudices

    C.The test questions are set by those who have little knowledge about school teaching

    D.They test students' intelligence rather than their academic work

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  • 3If you give somebody"the benefit of doubt," you(  )。

    A.think he must have committed a crime

    B.end to believe he is innocent

    C.are absolutely sure that he did not commit a crime

    D.make him suspicious of what you have done

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  • 4Which of the following statements is supported by the passage(  )?

    A.There is a link between beauty and goodness

    B.Good looks give $ much boast to bad work as good work

    C.Younger students are evaluated more positively than alder students

    D.Attractive females tend to receive lighter sentences for their wrongdoings

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