Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they wo

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问题    Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good【C1】______about the wearer’s background, personality, status, mood, and【C2】______on life.
   People tend to agree on what certain types of clothes【C3】______. Newscasters, or the【C4】______who read the news on TV, are considered to be more【C5】______, honest, and competent when they are【C6】______conservatively. And college students who【C7】______themselves as taking an active role in their interpersonal relationships say they are【C8】______about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully.【C9】______, many of us can relate instances in【C10】______the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we acted. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain confidence when you anticipated a【C11】______situation, such as a job interview, or a court appearance.
   In the workplace, men have long had well-defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been【C12】______for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of "masculine" and "feminine"【C13】______they should convey by their professional clothing. The【C14】______of clothing alternatives to women has also been greater than that【C15】______for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more favorably for managerial【C16】______when the women display【C17】______"feminine grooming"— shorter hair, moderate use of make-up, and plain【C18】______clothing. As one male administrator confessed, "An【C19】______woman is definitely going to get a longer interview, 【C20】______she won’ t get a job."
【C3】

选项 A、infer
B、reveal
C、verify
D、mean

答案D

解析 本题考查动词辨析。根据下文列举的新闻广播员和大学生的着装以及本句句意“人们往往对某种服装 达成共识”可知,mean“表示……的意思”最为确切,故D.mean为正确答案。infer“推断,推论”往往与表示人的主语搭配使用;reveal“展现,揭示”,verify“证明”均不符合题意,故排除。
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