II. 克漏字 : (20%)
( A ) It is a little known fact that roughly one-third of what American professional women
earn goes towards their appearance. Many reasons have been 16 to account for why so
many of these seemingly empowered and sophisticated women remain so 17 with their
looks, the most often-cited one being that in the world of business, individual looks are an
increasingly influential factor. 18 obvious, nevertheless, is the nature of beauty itself—
what makes one person visually pleasing, but another 19 to the eye? Now, as the
aesthetic 20 of women spur on an ever more lucrative beauty industry, anthropologists
and cosmetic companies alike are striving for answers to this eternal question.
【題組】
16. (A) put forth (B) set about (C) carried out (D) glossed over