In the workplace，men have long had well-defined precedents and role models for achieving success. It has been otherwise for women．A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of “masculine” and “feminine” attributes they should convey by their professional clothing．The variety of clothing alternatives to women has also been greater than that available for men．Male administrators tend to judge women more favorably for managerial positions when the women display less ‘’feminine“ grooming-shorter hair．moderate use of make-up，and plain tailored clothing．As one male administrator confessed，”An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer interview，but she won‘t get a job“。
The word ”precedents“ in line 1 probably refers to
A early acts for men to follow as examples
B particular places for men to occupy especially because of their importance
C things that men should agree upon
D men’s belief that everything in the world has already been decided
本题要求应试者推测precedents的意思。这个题目比较难，需要构词法的知识并通过上下文的帮助，才能答对。从第一、第二句可以看出，precedents在意义上与role models是并列的。而且，它的前缀pre—有”先“”前“的意思，实际上它是precede（先行、领先）加后缀-ent构成的，意思是”先例，惯例“。所以只有选项A才是正确答案。
4．既理解个别句子的意义，也理解上下文之间的逻辑关系
阅读理解不能仅仅停留在句子水平上。有的应试者对一篇文章的一些个别句子好像是理解的，但由于不能理解它们与上下文中其他句子的逻辑关系，因而整篇文章讲的是什么则不能准确掌握。在阅读理解测试中，考核这一阅读技能的题目很多，而且题干的形式和措词没有固定形式，但从考核目标和内容来看，这一类题目往往要求应试者准确理解一些有关联的句子之间的种种逻辑关系（例如概括和举例说明、前因后果、行为动机、比较、条件或让步等）。例如：
（1）Which of the following may cause／lead to…according to the passage？
（2）Sb．is asked／advised to do sth. Because _____.
（3）The aim of…is／was _____.
（4）The best solution for…seems to be _____.
（5）…is specifically mentioned in paragraph…as an example of _____.
（6）The author argues that a teacher‘s chief concern should be _____.
（7）According to the passage／author．people differ in their opinions about _____.
（8）…encourages the use of sth. so that _____.
（9）According to the passage the ne ew device proved to be _____.
（10）Which of the following best characterizes the main feature of…？
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