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B．They usually carry many things around with them.

C．They would rather tarvel around than stay at home.

D．They don't like to spend much money on traveling.

C)The fire. D)The torch.

A) the calls for reform. will help promote business ethics

B) businessmen with poor motives will gain the upper hand

C) business ethics courses should be taught in all business schools

D) reform. in business management contributes to economic growth

A) Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.

B) Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.

C) The distribution of wealth is uneven between the r5ich and the poor.

D) Health care and educational cost have somehow gone out of control.

A) can climb the corporate ladder fairly quickly

B) quit their jobs once they are familiar with their workmates

C) receive salaries that do not match their professional training

D) cherish unrealistic expectations about their future

A) upheld

B) resigned from

C) undertook

D) took over

A) cope with

B) settle down

C) intervene in

D) interfere with

A) Deliberate

B) Consistent

C) Primitive

D) Abnormal

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 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 ones. Thus, an 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 Ann Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates. She asked 125 undergraduates 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.

第26题：The word “liability” (Para. 1. Line 4) most probably means “________”.

A) misfortune

B) instability

C) disadvantage

D) burden