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Do first impressions matter? A colleague thinks so. As each semester (学期) begins, he greets his students wearing a jacket and tie.

“You make only one first impression,” he says. So while the rest of the semester he teaches class in his usual, more casual clothes, during the first week he presents a different image.

Looking professional and trustworthy on the first day, he believes, will carry over through the rest of the semester, when he goes back to the work clothes until he meets new students.

His thought is that students will remember their first meet positively and more willingly give him the benefit of the doubt as the semester goes on because they have been prepared to respect him through that pleasing first impression.

The effect of first impressions is related to the halo effect (晕轮效应), by which the belief in positive qualities in one thing or part leads to the belief in similar qualities in related things or in the whole.

Here is an example: You meet a friendly person at a party and later are asked to get support from others for a worthy career. You contact that person because you think he or she will make a contribution. In reality, there is no inbuilt connection between being pleasant and being generous. Yet the halo effect leads you to believe that the two are related. Most conclude that if she was good in one kind(sociable), she will also be positive in another (generous).

First impressions matter, for good and bad. They are fine when you like someone on first meeting; they are not so fine when the first meeting is unpleasant. Good first impressions lead to social connection; bad first impressions lead to social prejudice (偏见).

1. How does the author’s colleague dress at the beginning of school year?
A.Formally.B.Comfortably.C.Casually.D.Poorly.
2. What does the underlined phrase “give him the benefit of the doubt” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.To charge him.B.To choose him.
C.To blame him.D.To believe him.
3. What can be known from paragraph 6?
A.A kind person is usually generous.
B.A good quality is not necessarily linked to another.
C.An easygoing person always goes together with good luck.
D.A professional image is helpful in getting support from others.
4. What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Love Me, Love My Dog
B.Students’ Pride and Prejudice
C.The Power of First Impressions
D.Dressing Well Matters for Teachers

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