The Ideal Husband

Science now might beable to explain women'S fascination with Brad Pitt'S face and George Clooney's

eyes. Women seemto__________(51)potential mate by how masculine their features are,new research

shows. Men withsquare jaws and well-defined brow ridges（轮廓清晰的眉骨）are seen as good short-term

partners,_______(52)thosewith more feminine traits such as a rounder face and fuller lips are per-

ceived as betterlong-term mates.

In the study byDaniel Kruger at the US's University of Michigan,854 subjects viewed a series of

___________( 53 )head shots that had been digitally changed to exaggerate or minimize masculinetraits（男性

特征）.Theythen_________(54)questions about how they expected the men in the photos tobehave.

Most participantssaid that those with more masculine features were__________(55)to be risky,com-

petitive,and moreapt to fight,challenge bosses,cheat on spouses and put less effort intoparenting. Those

with morefeminine___________(56)were seen as good parents and husbands,hard workers andemotionally

supportive mates.

But,despite all thenegative characteristics,when asked who they would choose for a short-termrela-

tionship,womenselected the more masculine_________(57)men.Brad and George,both chiseled jaws

and well-definedbrows,then would be good fora_________(58)romance,not for something longer.

The study waspublished in the Deqember issue of the US journal PersonalRelationships.Kruger said

that from anevolutiona叮perspective,this_________(59)sense.Thekey 15 testosterone（睾丸激素）,the

hormone（荷尔蒙）responsible________(60)thedevelopment of masculine facial features and other

sexualcharacteristics.It has been found to affect the body's ability to fight diseasE.menwith high levels of

the hormone aretypically_______(61)and healthy traits women want to pass on to their children.

However,increasedtestosterone has also been linked to________(62)and violence in relationships.

50,thesemen_______(63)produce high quality offspring,but they don't always make greatparents or

faithfulmates,Kruger says.

The scientificcommunity（学术界）have__________(64)skepticismtoward physiognomy（观相术）,

which links facialcharacteristics to certain behavioral traits.But Krugera卿es that the research 15 a valua-

ble tool for understandingmating strategies.And,of course,for explaining why Tony Leung and Takeshi

Kanesshiro havemillions of female_________(65).It might have to do with their genes.Orsomething to

do with ours._________(65)

A.spouses

B.fans

C.partners

D.mates