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題干：Ifyouareanythinglikeme,youleftthetheaterafterSexandtheCity2andthought,thereoughttobealawagainstalooks-basedcultureinwhichtheonlywayfor40-year-oldactressestobecompensatedlike40-year-oldactorsistohavethemlookanddressliketheteenagedaughtersof40-year-oldactors.MeetDeborahRhode,aStanfordlawprofessorwhoproposesalegalregimeinwhichdiscriminationonthebasisoflooksisasseriousasdiscriminationbasedongenderorrace.Inaprovocativenewbook,theBeautyBias,RhodelaysoutthecaseforanAmericainwhichappearancediscriminationisnolongerallowed.ThatmeansHooterscan’tfireitsserversforbeingtooheavy,asallegedlyhappenedlastmonthtoawaitressinMichiganwhosaysshereceivednothingbutexcellentreviewsbutweighed132pounds.RhodeisathermostpersuasivewhenarguingthatinAmerica,discriminationagainstunattractivewomenandshortmenisasperniciousandwidespreadasbiasbasedonrace,sex,age,ethnicity,religion,anddisability.Rhodecitesresearchtoproveherpoint:11percentofsurveyedcouplessaytheywouldabortafetuspredisposedtowardobesity.Collegestudentstellsurveyorsthey’dratherhaveaspousewhoisanembezzler,druguser,orashoplifterthanonewhoisobese.ThelessattractiveyouareinAmerica,themorelikelyyouaretoreceivealongerprisonsentence,alowerdamageaward,alowersalary,andpoorerperformancereviews.Youarelesslikelytobemarriedandmorelikelytobepoor.Andallofthisiscompoundedbyavirtuallyunregulatedbeautyanddietindustryandsoaringratesofelectivecosmeticsurgery.RhoderemindsushowHillaryClintonandSoniaSotomayorweresavagedbythemediafortheirlooks,andsaysit’snosurprisethatSarahPalinpaidhermakeupartistmorethananymemberofherstaffinherrunforthevicepresidency.TheproblemwithmakingappearancediscriminationillegalisthatAmericansjustreally,reallylikehotgirls.Andsolongasbeingahotgirlisdeemedabonafideoccupationalqualification,therewillbecocktailwaitressesfiredforgainingthreepounds.It’snotjustAmericanmenwholikethingsthisway.Inthemosttroublingchapterinherbook,Rhodeexploresthefeministmovement’scomplicatedrelationshiptoeternalyouth.Thetruthisthatwomenfeelgoodaboutcompetinginbeautypageants.Theylovesix-inchheels.Theyfeelbeautifulaftercosmeticsurgery.Youcan’tsucceedinpubliclifeifyoulookoldinAmerica.Toputitanotherway,appearancebiasisamassivesocietalproblemwithtangibleeconomiccoststhatmostofus—perhapsespeciallywomen—perpetuateeachtimewebuyadietpillorsneeratfatwomen.Thisdoesn’tmeanweshouldn’tworktowarderadicatingdiscriminationbasedonappearance.Butitmaymeanrecognizingthatthelawwon’tstopusfromdiscriminatingagainsttheoverweight,theaging,andtheimperfect,solongasit’sthequalityweallhatemostinourselves.
題目：We can conclude from the passage that（）. - A 、all the Americans need to be good-looking for their careers’ sake
- B 、film directors should start using ordinary-looking middle-aged actresses to help change the beauty bias
- C 、American people need to change their attitudes toward the appearance of themselves to change the beauty bias
- D 、if people really hate themselves for being fat or ugly, they will be against a law stopping appearance discrimination
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參考答案【正確答案：C】
最后一段中最后一句是解題的關鍵，相貌歧視問題的根源在于：只要超重、年老和不完美依然是我們身上最痛恨的缺陷，法律就無法阻止我們對這些缺陷的歧視。換言之，只有我們對自己的相貌改變態度，才能改變美貌歧視，這一表達與C吻合。
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