单项选择题

Passage2 Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Mostpeopleclaimthatweshouldjudgeothersonthebasisofhowtheyact,nothowtheylook.However,therealityisquiteopposite.Appearanceisespeciallyimportantintheearlystagesofarelationship. Theinfluenceofphysicalattractivenessbeginsearlyinlife.Infantsasyoungassixmonthspreferimagesofattractivefacestolessappealingones.Fromagefiveon,overweightboysareviewedbypeersaslessattractive;tall,thinonesarejudgedasuncommunicativeandnervous;andmuscularandathleticyoungstersareseenasoutgoing,active,andpopular.Thesameprinciplecontinuesintoadultlife.Handsomemenandbeautifulwomenareseenasmoresensitive,kind,interesting,strong,calm,modest,sociable,outgoing,andexcitingthantheirlessattractivecounterparts.Adultsaremorelikelytointeractwithstrangerswhotheyviewasattractive.Seniorcitizensalsorategood-lookingpeopleasmoredesirablethanthosewhoarelessattractive. Althoughwemightassumethatattractivepeopleareradicallydifferentfromthosewhoarelessattractive,thetruthisthatweviewthefamiliarasbeautiful.LangloisandRoggmanpresentedstudentswithtwotypesofphotos:somewereimagesofpeoplefromNorthEuropean,Asian,andLatinobackgrounds,whileotherswerecomputer-generatedimagesthatcombinedthecharacteristicsofseveralindividuals.Surprisingly,thestudentsconsistentlypreferredthecompositephotosofbothmenandwomen.Whenthefeaturesofeightormoreindividualswerecombinedintooneimage,thestudentsratedthepictureasmoreattractivethanthefeaturesofasinglepersonorofasmallercombinationofpeople.Thus,weseemtobedrawntopeoplewhorepresentthemostattractivequalitiesofourselvesandthosepeoplearen’tdifferentfromtherestofus. Evenifyourappearanceisn’tbeautifulbysocialstandards,considertheseencouragingfacts:first,ordinary-lookingpeoplewithpleasingpersonalitiesarelikelytobejudgedasbeingattractive;second,physicalfactorsbecomelessimportantasarelationshipprogress.AsHamachekputsit,“Attractivefeaturesmayopendoors,butapparently,ittakesmorethanphysicalbeautytokeepthemopen.”

“Thesameprinciple”(Para.2)referstotheprinciplethat______.

A.children are more attractive than adults
B.attractive people are perceived as desirable
C.the early stages of a relationship are important
D.the influence of appearance begins early in life