C.firmly established

D.boosted

3.What coul we infe about standardized tests?

A.The test questions are more difficult than those in class tests.

B.They are free of personal preferences and prejudices.

C. The test questions are set by those who have little knoWledge about school teaching.

D. They test students' intelligence rather than their academic work.

4. If you give somebody "the benefit of doubt," you      .

A. think he must have commit a crime

B.tend to believe he is innocent

C.are absolutely sure that he did not commit a crime

D. make him suspicious of what you have done

5. Which of the following statemens is supported by the passage?

A. There is a link between beauty and goodness.

B.Good looks give as much boost to bad work as good work.

C. Younger students are evaluated more positively than older students.

D. Attractive females tend to receive lighter sentences for their wrongdoings.

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 All research to date on body image shows that women are much more critical of their appearance than men much less likely to admire what they see in the mirror. Up to 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their reflection, and more than half may see a distorted image.

Men looking in the mirror are more likely to be either pleased with what they see or indifferent. Research shows that men generally have a much more positive body-image than women — if anything, they may tend to over-estimate their attractiveness. Some men looking in the mirror may literally not see the flaws in their appearance.

Why are women so much more self-critical than men? Because women are judged on their appearance more than men, and standards of female beauty are considerably higher and more inflexible. Women are continually bombarded (责难) with images of the "ideal" face. And constant exposure to idealized images of female beauty on TV, magazines and billboards makes exceptional  good looks seem normal and anything short of perfection seem abnormal and ugly. It has been estimated that young women now see more images of outstandingly beautiful women in one day than  our mothers saw throughout their entire adolescence.