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　　一、選擇題

　　1.The survey does not allow for the fact that some students are attending part-time.

　　A.explain B.deny C.consider D.recognize

　　2.British scientists have found how to diagnose the disease，which causes loss of memory and personality change.

　　A.control B.determine C.prevent D.treat(治療 cure)

　　3.Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to fabricate evidence against him.

　　A.fix up安排，修補 B.take up從事 C.pack up 打包，整理 D.make up 編造

　　4.So instead we spent the whole afternoon hanging around in the gorgeous autumn sun.

　　A.golden B.beautiful C.warm D.shining

　　5.I couldn’t work out why anyone would invent something so boring.

　　A.draw up B.bring about C.put forward D.figure out

　　6.You can easily find out the benefits of flexible working for both you and your employer.

　　A.loose 松的 B.effective 有效的 C.elastic 彈性的 D.resourceful 資源豐富，足智多謀

　　7.The State Department has issued a regulation abolishing the special privileges for government

　　officials.

　　A.grants B.rights C.advantages D.interests

　　8.Will Americans go for AT&T’s plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S.?

　　A.support B.adopt 采取，選擇 C.hinder 阻礙 D.attack 攻擊，批評attacked the idea

　　9.What lies in pieces around them represents，in effect， unique private exhibition open to a lucky few.

　　A.in short 簡而言之 B.in particular特別 C.in fact D.in turn輪流

　　10.The weekend event will be centred around Wye College in Ashford, Kent，but the outing to the docks should be the highlight.

　　A.climax 高潮，頂點 B.pleasure 快樂 C.expectation 期望 D.surprise

　　二、

　　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

　　B. makes women look more honest and capable

　　C. is of primary importance to women

　　D. often enables women to succeed quickly

　　53. Bowman’s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _______.

　　A. turns out to be an obstacle to men

　　B. affects men and women alike

　　C. has as little effect on men as on women

　　D. is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women

　　54. It can be inferred from the passage that people’s views on beauty are often _______.

　　A. practical B. prejudiced

　　C. old-fashioned D. radical

　　55. The author writes this passage to ________.

　　A. discuss the negative aspects of being attractive

　　B. give advice to job-seekers who are attractive

　　C. demand equal rights for women .

　　D emphasize the importance of appearance