3.解析：从第五段第一句话所举的例子可判断出模特有时并不被人看好。　

答案：C

2.解析：从第三段倒数第三句话no model will get very far without a clever agent.可知:经纪人是模特成功的重要条件。　

答案：D

1.解析：从第四段第四句话Intelligence，qualifications and personal characteristics count for little against good looks and tight figures.可知:智慧、能力、个性不如良好的外表和身段重要。　

答案：A

Ⅰ.

The passage tells us that modeling is a changeable world with great rewards for a tiny minority but not for the majority and it is not so good a job as it appears.　

Ⅱ.　

15.解析:参见14解析。　

答案：B

14.解析:根据句意可知：虽然福特开始失败了，但他没有气馁，坚持不懈，终于成功。故选D项。　

答案：D

13.解析:be convinced of “坚信、深信”，固定搭配 。　

答案：B

12.解析:根据下文的“the worthlessness of the idea”可知。　

答案：C

11.解析:参见10解析，知爱迪生劝阻福特造汽车的想法；另“Convinced ?13　 the worthlessness of the idea”也可帮助确定答案。所以选A项。

答案：A

10.解析:此例讲述了爱迪生认为福特想制造汽车的想法是不可能的，Even表递进，承上启下，故选B项。　

答案：B