第十篇
The Ideal Husband
Science now might be able to explain women's fascination with Brad Pitt's face and George Clooney's eyes. Women seem to __ 1 potential mate by how masculine their features are, new research shows. Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges1 are seen as good short-term partners, 2 those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mates.
In the study by Daniel Kruger at the US's University of Michigan, 854 subjects viewed a series of 3 head shots that had been digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculine.traits2 They then __ 4 questions about how they expected the men in the photos to behave.
Most participants said that those with more masculine features were 5 to be risky, competitive, and more apt to fight, challenge bosses, cheat on spouses and put less effort into parenting. Those with more feminine 6 were seen as good parents and husbands, hard workers and emotionally supportive mates.
But, despite all the negative characteristics, when asked who they would choose for a short-term relationship, women selected the more masculine 7 men. Brad and George, both chiseled jaws and well-defined brows, then would be good for a 8 romance, not for something longer.
The study was published in the December issue of the US journal Personal Relationships.
Kruger said that from an evolutionary perspective, this 9 sense. The key is testosterone, the hormone responsible 10 the development of masculine facial features and other sexual characteristics. It has been found to affect the body's ability to fight disease: men with high levels of the hormone are typically 11 and healthy- traits women want to pass on to their children.
However, increased testosterone has also been linked to 12 and violence in relationships. So, these men 13 produce high quality offspring, but they don't always make great parents or faithful mates, Kruger says.
The scientific community3 have __ 14 skepticism toward physiognomy, which links facial characteristics to certain behavioral traits. But Kruger argues that the research is a valuable tool for understanding mating strategies. And, of course, for explaining why Tony Leung and Takeshi Kanesshiro have millions of female 15 . It might have to do with their genes. Or something to do with ours.
詞匯：
Masculine adj.男性的
feminine adj.女性的
Chiseled v.輪廓清晰的
testosterone n.睪丸激素
hormone n. 荷爾蒙
physiognomy n. 觀相術(shù)
注釋：
1. well-defined brow ridges 輪廓清晰的眉骨
2. digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculine traits 通過數(shù)字化使得男性特征變得更突出或更不顯眼一些。
3. The scientific community 學(xué)術(shù)界
練習(xí)：
1. A) make B) judge C) date D) meet
2. A) where B) when C) while D) which
3. A) female B) beautiful C) attractive, D) male
4. A) answered B) asked C) constructed D) built.
5. A) likely B) possible C) probable D) necessary
6. A) bodies B) hands C) arms D) faces
7. A) seeming B) appearing C) looking D) pretending
8. A) fast B) brief C) quick D) swift
9. A) makes B) causes C) does D) forms
10. A) of B) at C) for D) in
11. A) normal B) ordinary C) weak D) strong
12. A) cheat B) cheats C) cheated D) cheating
13. A) must B) might C) have to D) should
14. A) shown B) told C) stated D) said
15. A) spouses B) fans C) partners D) mates
答案與題解：
1. B 這四個(gè)詞的意思是：make:做；judge:判斷； date:約會(huì)；meet:見面。本文的主題是講女人找伴侶。從所在句子的表示方式的介詞短語 by how masculine their features are（根據(jù)他們男性特征的情況），選擇judge在語義上比較一致。
2. C 前后兩個(gè)小句表達(dá)的是一種對比，因此用while是對的。
3. D female: 女性的；beautiful:漂亮的；attractive: 吸引人的；male:男性的。該題問的是：854個(gè)調(diào)查對象看了一系列什么樣的頭部鏡頭？在第一題的題解中我們說到，本文的主題是講女人找伴侶，同時(shí)也說到女人是根據(jù)男性的特征來選擇配偶的。因此在這四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選male是對的。
4. A answer: 回答； ask: 問；construct: 構(gòu)造；build: 建造。 該提問的是：這854個(gè)調(diào)查對象看完一些列的男性的頭部鏡頭后還要做什么？顯然，應(yīng)該是回答問題而不是提問題。因此選answered 是對的。
5. A likely: 可能的；possible:可能的；probable:可能的； necessary: 必然的。合適的選項(xiàng)是likely。其它的選項(xiàng)填入后生成的都是錯(cuò)誤的句子。
6. D body: 軀體； hand: 手；arm:手臂； face:臉。由于調(diào)查對象看的是男士的頭部，因此選face是對的。
7. C seem:好像；appear:出現(xiàn)；look:看上去；pretend: 假裝。我們可以說： These men look very masculine.這些男人看上去非常男性。也可以說these masculine looking men。因此用looking 是對的。
8. B fast:快；brief:短暫；quick:快；swift: 快。這里有三個(gè)表示“快”的英文詞，肯定不是合適的選項(xiàng)。另外，緊隨其后的短語是重復(fù)，其中有l(wèi)onger(更長一點(diǎn))這個(gè)詞，這就提醒我們應(yīng)該用brief這個(gè)詞。
9. A make:制造； cause:使得；do:干； form: 形成。make senses 是“說得通的意思，是固定的用法?！?BR> 10. C 這四個(gè)都是介詞。responsible 后面跟for。
11. D normal:正常的； ordinary:普通的；weak:弱；strong:強(qiáng)。And是個(gè)并立詞。主意并立詞要求所銜接的詞、詞組或句子在語義上能匹配。可以看出"strong and healthy"是匹配的，但是"weak and healthy" 就不匹配。
12. D 這事同一個(gè)詞表現(xiàn)出的不同形態(tài)變化。Link后面的to 是介詞to 而不是不定式to, 因此須用cheating。
13. B must:必須；might:可能；have to: 必須； should: 應(yīng)該。女人根據(jù)男人的特征選擇伴侶這只是一個(gè)因素，因此下結(jié)論應(yīng)該留有余地，用 might是比較合適的。
14. A show:顯出； tell: 告訴； state: 陳述； say: 說。除 shown 之外, told、stated 或said 填入后生成的句子都是錯(cuò)的。
15. B spouse:配偶； fan:狂熱仰慕者；partner:配偶； mate:伴侶。我們的世界知識告訴我們，任何人都不可能有數(shù)百萬的配偶，所以只有fans是合適的選擇。
The Ideal Husband
Science now might be able to explain women's fascination with Brad Pitt's face and George Clooney's eyes. Women seem to __ 1 potential mate by how masculine their features are, new research shows. Men with square jaws and well-defined brow ridges1 are seen as good short-term partners, 2 those with more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are perceived as better long-term mates.
In the study by Daniel Kruger at the US's University of Michigan, 854 subjects viewed a series of 3 head shots that had been digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculine.traits2 They then __ 4 questions about how they expected the men in the photos to behave.
Most participants said that those with more masculine features were 5 to be risky, competitive, and more apt to fight, challenge bosses, cheat on spouses and put less effort into parenting. Those with more feminine 6 were seen as good parents and husbands, hard workers and emotionally supportive mates.
But, despite all the negative characteristics, when asked who they would choose for a short-term relationship, women selected the more masculine 7 men. Brad and George, both chiseled jaws and well-defined brows, then would be good for a 8 romance, not for something longer.
The study was published in the December issue of the US journal Personal Relationships.
Kruger said that from an evolutionary perspective, this 9 sense. The key is testosterone, the hormone responsible 10 the development of masculine facial features and other sexual characteristics. It has been found to affect the body's ability to fight disease: men with high levels of the hormone are typically 11 and healthy- traits women want to pass on to their children.
However, increased testosterone has also been linked to 12 and violence in relationships. So, these men 13 produce high quality offspring, but they don't always make great parents or faithful mates, Kruger says.
The scientific community3 have __ 14 skepticism toward physiognomy, which links facial characteristics to certain behavioral traits. But Kruger argues that the research is a valuable tool for understanding mating strategies. And, of course, for explaining why Tony Leung and Takeshi Kanesshiro have millions of female 15 . It might have to do with their genes. Or something to do with ours.
詞匯：
Masculine adj.男性的
feminine adj.女性的
Chiseled v.輪廓清晰的
testosterone n.睪丸激素
hormone n. 荷爾蒙
physiognomy n. 觀相術(shù)
注釋：
1. well-defined brow ridges 輪廓清晰的眉骨
2. digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculine traits 通過數(shù)字化使得男性特征變得更突出或更不顯眼一些。
3. The scientific community 學(xué)術(shù)界
練習(xí)：
1. A) make B) judge C) date D) meet
2. A) where B) when C) while D) which
3. A) female B) beautiful C) attractive, D) male
4. A) answered B) asked C) constructed D) built.
5. A) likely B) possible C) probable D) necessary
6. A) bodies B) hands C) arms D) faces
7. A) seeming B) appearing C) looking D) pretending
8. A) fast B) brief C) quick D) swift
9. A) makes B) causes C) does D) forms
10. A) of B) at C) for D) in
11. A) normal B) ordinary C) weak D) strong
12. A) cheat B) cheats C) cheated D) cheating
13. A) must B) might C) have to D) should
14. A) shown B) told C) stated D) said
15. A) spouses B) fans C) partners D) mates
答案與題解：
1. B 這四個(gè)詞的意思是：make:做；judge:判斷； date:約會(huì)；meet:見面。本文的主題是講女人找伴侶。從所在句子的表示方式的介詞短語 by how masculine their features are（根據(jù)他們男性特征的情況），選擇judge在語義上比較一致。
2. C 前后兩個(gè)小句表達(dá)的是一種對比，因此用while是對的。
3. D female: 女性的；beautiful:漂亮的；attractive: 吸引人的；male:男性的。該題問的是：854個(gè)調(diào)查對象看了一系列什么樣的頭部鏡頭？在第一題的題解中我們說到，本文的主題是講女人找伴侶，同時(shí)也說到女人是根據(jù)男性的特征來選擇配偶的。因此在這四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選male是對的。
4. A answer: 回答； ask: 問；construct: 構(gòu)造；build: 建造。 該提問的是：這854個(gè)調(diào)查對象看完一些列的男性的頭部鏡頭后還要做什么？顯然，應(yīng)該是回答問題而不是提問題。因此選answered 是對的。
5. A likely: 可能的；possible:可能的；probable:可能的； necessary: 必然的。合適的選項(xiàng)是likely。其它的選項(xiàng)填入后生成的都是錯(cuò)誤的句子。
6. D body: 軀體； hand: 手；arm:手臂； face:臉。由于調(diào)查對象看的是男士的頭部，因此選face是對的。
7. C seem:好像；appear:出現(xiàn)；look:看上去；pretend: 假裝。我們可以說： These men look very masculine.這些男人看上去非常男性。也可以說these masculine looking men。因此用looking 是對的。
8. B fast:快；brief:短暫；quick:快；swift: 快。這里有三個(gè)表示“快”的英文詞，肯定不是合適的選項(xiàng)。另外，緊隨其后的短語是重復(fù)，其中有l(wèi)onger(更長一點(diǎn))這個(gè)詞，這就提醒我們應(yīng)該用brief這個(gè)詞。
9. A make:制造； cause:使得；do:干； form: 形成。make senses 是“說得通的意思，是固定的用法?！?BR> 10. C 這四個(gè)都是介詞。responsible 后面跟for。
11. D normal:正常的； ordinary:普通的；weak:弱；strong:強(qiáng)。And是個(gè)并立詞。主意并立詞要求所銜接的詞、詞組或句子在語義上能匹配。可以看出"strong and healthy"是匹配的，但是"weak and healthy" 就不匹配。
12. D 這事同一個(gè)詞表現(xiàn)出的不同形態(tài)變化。Link后面的to 是介詞to 而不是不定式to, 因此須用cheating。
13. B must:必須；might:可能；have to: 必須； should: 應(yīng)該。女人根據(jù)男人的特征選擇伴侶這只是一個(gè)因素，因此下結(jié)論應(yīng)該留有余地，用 might是比較合適的。
14. A show:顯出； tell: 告訴； state: 陳述； say: 說。除 shown 之外, told、stated 或said 填入后生成的句子都是錯(cuò)的。
15. B spouse:配偶； fan:狂熱仰慕者；partner:配偶； mate:伴侶。我們的世界知識告訴我們，任何人都不可能有數(shù)百萬的配偶，所以只有fans是合適的選擇。