A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One’s physical assets and liabilities don’t count all that much in a mana

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问题     A few common misconceptions. Beauty is only skin-deep. One’s physical assets and liabilities don’t count all that much in a managerial career. A woman should always try to look her best.
    Over the last 30 years, social scientists have conducted more than 1,000 studies of how we react to beautiful and not-so-beautiful people. The virtually unanimous conclusion: Looks do matter, more than most of us realize. The data suggest, for example, that physically attractive individuals are more likely to be treated well by their patents, sought out as friends, and pursued romantically. With the possible exception of women seeking managerial jobs, they are also more likely to be hired, paid well, and promoted.
    The scientists’ typical experiment works something like this. They give each member of a group—college students, perhaps, or teachers or corporate personnel managers a piece of paper relating an individual’s accomplishments. Attached to the paper is a photograph. While the papers all say exactly the same thing the pictures are different. Some show a strikingly attractive person, some an average looking character, and some an unusually unattractive human being. Group members are asked to rate the individual on certain attributes, anything from personal warmth to the likelihood that he or she will be promoted.
    Almost invariably, the better looking the person in the picture, the higher the person is rated. In the phrase, borrowed from Sappo, that the social scientists use to sum up the common perception, what is beautiful is good.
    In business, however, good looks cut both ways for women, and deeper than for men. A Utah State University professor, who is an authority on the subject, explains: in terms of their careers, the impact of physical attractiveness on males is only modest. But its potential impact on females can be tremendous, making it easier, for example, for the more attractive to get jobs where they are in the public eye. On another note, though, there is enough literature now for us to conclude that attractive women who aspire to managerial positions do not get on as well as women who may be less attractive.

选项 A、a person’s property or debts do not matter much.
B、a person’s outward appearance is not a critical qualification.
C、women should always dress fashionably.
D、women should not only be attractive but also high-minded.

答案B

解析 事实细节题。文章首段指出"人们的一些错误看法:美丽只是表面现象。一个人身体方面的优缺点在其管理生涯中不那么重要。女人应该总是尽力让自己看起来状态最佳"。这里提到的都是人们的错误观念,"一个人的外表并不重要"正是该段提到的错误观念,故是本题的正确选项。
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