2014届高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题：33（及答案）.docVIP

2014高考英语阅读理解基础练习精品题（33）及答案 阅读理解 It s an endless cultural lesson that s been craved into our heads since we were children, watching cartoons such as The Flintstones（摩登原始人） and playing with Barbie dolls: If you are a woman, you should be extremely thin; if you are a man, you should be big and strong． And while weve grown accustomed to research finding that such stereotypes （固有观点） play a part in the workplace —obese women, for example, have a harder time climbing up the career stairway —a recent study has found that a worker s body size can have a big effect on the size of his or her pay envelope． The study found that obese people were identified as undisciplined, dishonest and less likely to do creative work． On the contrary, the researchers point out that employers and fellow employees associate values of self-discipline, hard work and confidence with thin people． Experts say it s just another sign that as a society, weve fixed into our heads the unrealistic, media-driven physical ideals that show up in the workplace —and therefore the wallet． The researchers say that employers don t purposely think of these things when they re evaluating a person．Much of the problem is the result of unconscious decisions based on deep-rooted social stereotypes． It s no secret that the mass media have much to do with what decides the image our society finds pleasing and acceptable． TV shows such as Mad Men and NCIS present powerful men with a very cool look．Cougar Town on the other hand, celebrates skinny career woman Jules Cobb, a successful businessman who claims she s never eaten real ice cream because she s so concerned about her weight． The researchers suggest that employers look at their assumptions about employees weight, because they may be rooted in discrimination． An employment lawyer, Marshall Tanick, will be leading a conference this spring on how weight and attractiveness relate to unfair treatment, especially salaries in the workplace． Nationally, there have b