每日一練，專升本英語閱讀理解練習(xí)(5.31)

? ? ? ?You must be very careful when a woman asks you how she looks because you will never come up with a right answer. The problem is that women generally do not think of their looks in the same way that men do. Most men form all opinion of how they look in seventh grade, and they stick to it for the rest of their lives. Most of them think of themselves as average-looking. But that does not bother them.

　　Women do not look at themselves this way. No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others, they think about their appearance as “not good enough”. Why do women have such low self-esteem? There are many complex psychological and societal reasons, but one reason might be that women grow up thinking they need to look like Barbie doll. This is a difficult appearance standard to live up to, although there is a multibillion-dollar beauty industry devoted to convincing women that they must try.

　　I'm not saying men are superior, but you are not going to get a group of middle-aged men who apply cosmetics(化妝品) to themselves in the hope of looking more like Brad Pitt. Men would realize that this task was pointless and meaningless. Of course many women will argue that men, being shallow, want them to look that way. As I see, hey, just because we're idiots, that doesn't mean you have to be.

　　So if you are a man, and a woman asks you how she looks, you can't say she looks bad. But you also can't say she looks great, because she'll think you're lying. Also, she suspects that you're not qualified to judge anybody's appearance. This is because you have shaving cream in your hair.

　　問題：

　　1.Which of the following statements is true?

　　A.All women accept men's praises for their looks.

　　B.It is impossible for women to become beautiful.

　　C.Women are less confident about their appearance.

　　D.Most men think they are handsome and never worry about their looks.

　　【參考答案】C

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　　【精析】C 根據(jù)文章第二段第二、三句“No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others, they think about their appearance as ‘not good enough’. Why do women have such low self-esteem?”可知，不管自己對(duì)別人有多大的吸引力，女士總是覺得自己的外貌“不夠好”，她們自尊心很弱，所以選項(xiàng)C(女人們對(duì)自己的外貌不自信)是正確的。

　　2. Why does the problem of appearance never make men worried?

　　A.Because they believe they are handsome.

　　B.Because women never care about men's appearance.

　　C.Because they don't care about beauty.

　　D.Because being average-looking is fine for men.

　　【參考答案】D

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　　【精析】D 根據(jù)文章第一段最后兩句可知，大多數(shù)男人認(rèn)為自己是中等容貌，但是他們并不以此為意。由此可推知，男士不擔(dān)心他們?nèi)菝驳脑蚴撬麄冋J(rèn)為中等容貌就很好，不需要再去刻意追求。故選D。

　　3. Which of the following might not be the reason for women to apply cosmetics to themselves?

　　A.They are not satisfied with their looks.

　　B.They are crazy to follow film stars.

　　C.They believe that men want them to do so.

　　D.They have low self-esteem in their appearance.

　　【參考答案】B

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　　【精析】B 根據(jù)文章第二段第二、三句和第三段倒數(shù)第二句可知，選項(xiàng)A、C、D是正確的。根據(jù)第三段第一句可知，女士使用化妝品是為了使自己看起來更像電影明星，但并沒有說因?yàn)樗齻儻偪竦刈沸撬圆攀褂没瘖y品。故選B。

　　4. What is men's proper reaction when a woman asks how she looks, according to this passage?

　　A.To make a moderate comment on her looks.B.To keep silent or change a topic.C.To tell the woman that she is ugly.D.To tell the truth.

　　【參考答案】A

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　　【精析】A 根據(jù)文章最后一段前兩句可知，當(dāng)一位女士問你(假如你是一位男士)她長(zhǎng)得怎么樣時(shí)，你不能說她長(zhǎng)得很丑，你也不能說她長(zhǎng)得很漂亮，因?yàn)榇藭r(shí)她會(huì)覺得你在撒謊。由此可推知，正確的做法是對(duì)她的容貌做適度的評(píng)價(jià)。故選A。

　　5.What would men think of their own use of cosmetics?

　　A.It is useless.

　　B.It is necessary.

　　C.It is good.

　　D.It is unacceptable.

　　【參考答案】A

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　　【精析】A 根據(jù)文章第三段第一、二句“…men who apply cosmetics to themselves in the hope of looking more like Brad Pitt. Men would realize that this task was pointless and meaningless.”可知，男士認(rèn)為他們使用化妝品是無用且沒有任何意義的。故選A。