A handsome man can earn a fifth more than an ...

A handsome man can earn a fifth more than an average-looking colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown.

The study by senior economists（经济学家）found that being good-looking meant male workers could earn 22 percent more than average-looking colleagues. Researchers said good looks did not give women a similar advantage.

Andrew Leigh, a former economics professor at the Australian National University who co-authored the report, said: “Beauty can be a double-edged sword for women.”

“Some people still believe good looks and intelligence are incompatible(矛盾的) in women, so a good-looking women can’t be that productive, but it doesn’t affect men’s pay.”

He said that although he believed good-looking women may also earn more, the research did not support his theory.

The research found that handsome men in all jobs, from manual labour（手工劳动）to highly-paid professional careers, can earn 22 percent more than their colleagues doing the same work.

Men with below-average looks face a battle in the office, with ugliness reducing a man’s earnings by 26 percent compared to an average-looking worker.

Former male model, Caitlan Mitchell, 28, who has a first class degree in history from Edinburgh University and now works for a cosmetics company, told the Sunday Times:’ It gives you confidence, and I suspect people tend to warm to you more quickly.”

The study, named Unpacking the Beauty Premium, was the largest exercise of its kind and repeated a survey from 1984 to see if the beauty premium（美貌溢价) had changed.

Leigh said the research showed people in the workplace were “lookist(以貌取人的)”and he hoped the findings would encourage employers to remove their prejudice.

1.What has the research found?

A. Male workers pay more attention to their appearance.

B. Handsome men have an advantage in their jobs.

C. Appearance plays an important role at work.

D. The more beautiful a female is, the lower their intelligence is.

2.What is Andrew Leigh’s opinion?

A. Beauty is a double-edged sword for workers.

B. Gook-looking females are likely to earn more.

C. Employers have prejudice in employing workers.

D. More attention is paid to appearance now than before.

3.We can learn from the text that men who are below average in appearance ________.

A. earn 26%less than handsome men

B. earn 22% less than average-looking men

C. earn as much as average-looking men

D. earn 26% less than average-looking men

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A. Employees should pay more attention to their appearance.

B. Males and females should be treated equally in interviews.

C. Good-looking men tend to earn more.

D. Beautiful female interviewees aren’t popular in interviews.

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短语填空

1.I can convince you that he's even more handsome________ (本人)than in his pictures.

2.Twenty years ago, his father was very rich and was________(拥有)a farm.

3.It is illegal for a public official to ask people for gifts or money____ (交换)favors to them.

4.The young lady________(发出) a cry of surprise when she saw something strange moving in the dark.

5.We've made our plans, and now we must ________ them　 ________.(付诸行动)

6.It still remains a mystery why some people ________(习惯于)　 certain flower fragrance while others are not.

7.Unfortunately, George cannot be with us today so I am pleased to accept this award________ (代表)him.

8.The food is not very good in this restaurant，but we shall just have to ________ (容忍,忍受)it.

9.He wants very much to go to college，but he　 ________ (担心)not passing the entrance examination.

10.I've ________(订阅) an electronic magazine via e­mail and it will be sent to my e­mail box every week.

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“No man is an island” is a well-known line from John Donne’s Devotion. It was written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. No one can live a completely lonely life. Without other people, life will become empty and sad. We all need to have friends.

For some of us, although making friends is not difficult, feeling shy, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.

There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, written in 1936, is the most famous. This “how to” book about getting along with other people became a best seller. It was later put into 28 languages.

Dale Carnegie’s advice seems to be simple, but can his advice help you? Do you need to change the way you act? Here is the list of advice from his book:

Be friendly and polite.

Always greet with a smile. Begin with “Excuse me” or “Would you please” when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say “Thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.

Go out of your way to be nice.

Find some time to do special things for other people. Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.

Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person’s ears is the sound of his or her own name.

Be open-minded.

Try to understand other people’s ways and ideas and learn something from them.

Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

1.The underlined sentence “No one can live a completely lonely life.” means “_____”.

A．No one can live a hard life.                B．No one can live without difficulty.

C．No one can live alone.                    D．No one can live on an island.

2.The best title for the passage should be _______________.

A．How to Make Friends                    B．A Famous Book

C．Friendship First                         D．John Donne and Dale Carnegie

3.Some of us find it not easy to make friends because _____________.

A．we are afraid of making bad friends

B．we are shy to take the first action

C．we feel sure that we already have enough friends

D．we feel worried that we won’t be able to keep our friends

4.We can learn from the passage that ________________.

A．John Donne learned something from Dale Carnegie

B．Friends are always friends

C．Few people bought Carnegie’s book

D．The writer of this passage agrees with John Donne and Dale Carnegie

5.Which of the following is not talked about in Carnegie’s book?

A．Say “Excuse me” before you ask.

B．Don’t visit your neighbors too often.

C．Think more about others.

D．People enjoy hearing their own names.

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He is more handsome _____than in his photographs.

A. in the flesh        B. flesh and blood    C. in person    D. in flesh

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How cool can libraries be in an era(时代) of iPods and Kindles? More than you think. Only if you now where to go.

Central Library: Seattle, Washington, United States

The Central Library in Seattle is modern and fashionable and has tourists from around the world paying visits and taking tours. It was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and American designer Joshua Ramus. Tours began in 2006, two years after its opening.The library holds various art exhibitions, book signings and other events, while visitors can stop by the chocolate cart for a coffee and scan through the gift shop anytime.

Trinity College Library: D.ublin, Ireland

The Trinity College Library in Dublin is the oldest library in Ireland, founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I. It is the largest single library in the world, also known as the Long Room, which contains more than 200,000 of the library’s oldest books. The Long room houses one of the oldest harps (竖琴) in Ireland. Dating to the 15th century, the old harp is the model for the symbol foreland.

Geisel Library: University of California, San Diego, United States

At first glance, it looks like a spaceship. Architect William Pereira, who helped design actual space launch facilities at Cape Canaveral in Houston, Texas, designed the library in 1970. It has been featured in sci-fi films, short stories and novels. The library hosts “Dinner in the Library,” which invites readers for cocktails, and also a special speech from well-known authors.

Bishan Public Library: Singapore

Located in the heart of Bishan, the award-winning Bishan Community Library spans 4,000 square meters. It was designed to look like a tree house. The colorful pods (吊舱) that stick out of one side of the building represent books sticking from a bookshelf. Inside the library, these pods offer private spaces for reading. Its ceiling-high glass windows also make it fun to watch people walking and reading from inside the building.

1.If you want to enjoy a movie, you can go to ________.

A.Central Library B.Geisel Library

C.Bishan Public Library D.Trinity College Library

2.What makes Bishan Public Library different from the others?

A.It has very large glass windows. B.It has ever won a prize for its size.

C.Queen Elizabeth I founded the library. D.It is the largest single library in the world.

3.What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A.To encourage readers to visit these libraries.

B.To make an advertisement about these libraries.

C.To offer some information about these libraries.

D.To tell readers the importance of visiting libraries.

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While researchers have long shown that tall people earn more than their shorter counterparts, it's not only social discrimination that accounts for this inequality -- tall people are just smarter than their height-challenged peers, a new study finds.

"As early as age three -- before schooling has had a chance to play a role -- and throughout childhood, taller children perform   significantly better on cognitive tests," wrote Anne Case and Christina Paxson of Princeton University in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The findings were based primarily on two British studies that followed children born in 1958 and 1970, respectively, through adulthood and a U.S. study on height and occupational choice.

Other studies have pointed to low self-esteem, better health that accompanies greater height, and social discrimination as culprits(罪犯) for lower pay for shorter people.

But researchers Case and Paxson believe the height advantage in the job world is more than just a question of image.

"As adults, taller individuals are more likely to select into higher paying occupations that require more advanced verbal and numerical skills and greater intelligence, for which they earn handsome returns," they wrote.

For both men and women in the United States and the United Kingdom, a height advantage of four inches equated with a 10 percent increase in wages on average.

But the researchers said the differences in performance crop up long before the tall people enter the job force. Prenatal care(产前护理) and the time between birth and the age of 3 are critical periods for determining future cognitive ability and height.

"Prenatal care and prenatal nutrition are just incredibly important, even more so than we already knew," Case said in an interview.

Since the study's data only included populations in the United Kingdom and the United States, the findings could not be applied to other regions, Case said.

And how tall are the researchers?

They are both about 5 feet 8 inches tall, well above the average height of 5 feet 4 inches for American women.

1.What can be learnt from the study of Anne Case and Christina Paxson is that ______.

A. the reason for lower pay for shorter people is social discrimination

B. taller children perform significantly better on cognitive test

C. tall people earn more than shorter counterparts

D. prenatal care and prenatal nutrition are less important than we

already knew

2.Which period is the most important for determining future cognitive ability and height?

A. between age 3 and schooling

B. between birth and the age of 3

C. the whole childhood

D. between 1958 and 1970

3.The underlined phrase “crop up” in the Eighth Paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. get in         B. rise up         C. come up       D. stand up

4.The best title for this passage would be _______.

A. Tall people earn more than shorter counterparts

B. A study on height and occupational choice

C. The difference between tall people and short people

D. Taller people are smarter

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_____adult as he is , he can’t stand _____ more embarrassing situation than this one.

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_______adult as he is , he can’t stand _______ more embarrassing situation than this one.

A．An; the                   B．不填; a            C.  An; a                            D．不填; the

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He tried to _______ his son of the danger of spending more than he earned.

A. realize        B. tell         C. persuade       D. warn

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What Teenagers Can Do To Earn More Respect

As teenagers continue to grow and develop into young adults, the transition(过渡) into adulthood has begun. With so many physical and emotional changes going on, certain manners are often forgotten and other adult traits(特点) are not yet accepted as a way of life. 1.By doing the following things, you will earn more respect.

Contribute to the household(家庭)

At the very least, clean up after yourself. As a teenager, you are old enough to clean up after yourself. When you make a mess, clean it up. 2.. All chores(家务) that you do help to reduce the load of the person who did them before. Now that you're old enough and capable, why shouldn't you contribute to the household? 3..

Be responsible

4.. Whether they are basic things, like brushing your teeth or doing your homework, or more involved chores that contribute to the household, simply fulfill (履行) your responsibilities on time. When adults know that they can rely on you, their trust and respect for you will increase.

Solve more of your own problem without asking for help

Instead of taking the easy approach and asking for help, make an effort to solve your problems on your own first. The "easy way" is only easy for you, but it is an extra task for the person from whom you are seeking help. Seek help only after you have make an honest effort to solve your own problems. 5.. When you become a good problem solver, you increase your valve to the community.

A. Everyone has certain responsibilities.

B. By being aware of these manners and traits, you can manage them sooner.

C. The people doing the chores before will greatly appreciate the help.

D. This includes, but is not limited to, your dishes and your room.

E. It will make your life more pleasant.

F. Depending on the problem, 15 minutes of effort is usually a good guideline.

G. When speaking to a group, speak loud enough.

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