[单项选择]It’s impossible to talk about the role of beauty in the workplace without bringing up the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana. At 33,the Oueens,N. Y. morn is suing Citibank, claiming that, in peep-toe stilettos (鱼嘴高跟鞋) and fitted turtleneck sweaters, she was fired for simply being "too hot". Now it’s come to our attention, in the weeks since Lorenzana’s story hit newsstands,that perhaps the woman is a little bit media-obsessed. But whatever you think of her, the fact is that Lorenzana is onto something--and it’s far bigger than one plastic-surgery-mad banker fired from a desk job.
Economists have long recognized what’s been called the "beauty premium"--the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in most aspects of their lives. We know that handsome men earn 5 percent more than their least-attractive counterparts; that pretty people get more attention; that even babies stare longer at good-looking faces.
But however hard men have it at work--their beaut
A. director of security
B. hardware salesperson
C. manager of research
D. receptionist

[单项选择]It’s impossible to talk about the role of beauty in the workplace without bringing up the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana. At 33,the Oueens,N. Y. morn is suing Citibank, claiming that, in peep-toe stilettos (鱼嘴高跟鞋) and fitted turtleneck sweaters, she was fired for simply being "too hot". Now it’s come to our attention, in the weeks since Lorenzana’s story hit newsstands,that perhaps the woman is a little bit media-obsessed. But whatever you think of her, the fact is that Lorenzana is onto something--and it’s far bigger than one plastic-surgery-mad banker fired from a desk job.
Economists have long recognized what’s been called the "beauty premium"--the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in most aspects of their lives. We know that handsome men earn 5 percent more than their least-attractive counterparts; that pretty people get more attention; that even babies stare longer at good-looking faces.
But however hard men have it at work--their beaut
A. She was suing Citibank.
B. She was fired for being "too hot".
C. Her story hit the newsstands.
D. Her story reflected a social problem.

[填空题]It is not easy to talk about the role of the mass media in this overwhelmingly significant phase in European history. History and news become (35) , and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and (36) . Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and (37) -and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the (38) events in Europe. The Europe that is now forming cannot be anything other than its peoples, their cultures and national (39) . With this in mind we can begin to (40) the European television scene. In Europe, as elsewhere multi-media groups have been (41) successful groups which bring together television, radio, newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in (42) to one another.
Clearly, (43) .This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in a fac