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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

   71   But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts, according to a study.

As parents tend to pass on genes that determine looks, this could result in handsome men becoming rather thin on the ground.    72   For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.  

Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, analysed data from a survey of 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1958 and tracked them throughout their lives.    73     When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.

Those rated as attractive were equally likely to have a son or daughter as their first child – but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son.    74  

Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features.   75   So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples blessed with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.

A．Women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have more children than plain ones.

B．Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find.

C．Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man.

D．At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated by their teachers.

E. Put another way, the beautiful women were more likely to have daughters.

F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow in their fascinating footsteps.

G. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 B

 F

 D

 E

 C

【解析】

試題分析：

 由后面的句子because beautiful women are more likely to have daughters than their plainer counterparts可以知道單身女孩總是抱怨找不到帥氣的男人，所以選B

 由后面的句子Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling agency as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.可以知道解釋為什么模特的女兒跟隨模特的迷人腳步，所以選F

 由后面的句子When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender of any children they had.可以知道前面是在他7歲時，所以選D

 由前面的句子but the unattractive sorts were more likely to have a son.可以知道漂亮的女人都想要個女孩，所以選E

 由前面的句子Dr Kanazawa believes that parents tend to produce children who benefit from their own features.可以知道美麗對于女人比男人更有利，所以選C

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點評：這是一篇漂亮的女人都希望要個女孩，所以男人很少有帥的，美麗對于女人更有利。在答題中，應(yīng)首先略讀一下短文，了解一下短文的大致意思，然后把幾個選項含義理解透，尤其注意意思相近，表達有交叉的選項之間的區(qū)別。然后再細讀短文，把答案填入合適位置。答題時可以把含義相近的幾個選項輪流填入同一處位置，反復(fù)閱讀，反復(fù)體會，找出最佳選項，對于實在沒有把握的小題可以留待最后完成。完成短文后，再認(rèn)真通讀一遍全文，看看上下語意是否通順，是否符合邏輯關(guān)系。