If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame.Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that the has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste.Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn.Women who can not afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering(改变) the dresses they have.Skirls are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that the fashion industry contribulea anything really important to society.
Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability.They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right.There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high —heeled shoes.
When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious.Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonder, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers.Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.
【小题1】Designers and big stores always make money _____.

A.by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing
B.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry
C.because they are able to predict new fashions for the coming season
D.because they attach great importance to quality of women’s clothing
【小题2】To the writer, the fact that woman alter their old fashioned dresses is seen as       .
A.a waste of moneyB.an expression of taste
C.a waste of timeD.an expression of creativity
【小题3】According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society
B.The constant changes in women’s clothing reflect their strength of characters
C.Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women
D.New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women
【小题4】By saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious”, the writer means that       .
A.women are better able to put up with discomfort
B.men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion
C.men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
D.women’s inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at

The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “     station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a    at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.

  “OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.

  Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.

  “What a dirty     !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”

  They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly     to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.

  When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last. Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman who had      them, but failed.

  It is really     that a prediction should agree with the fact so     .

1.A. Weather    B. Railway C. Fire       D. Police

2.A. bus    B. truck     C. taxi        D. train     

3.A. turned        B. took      C. set         D. walked

4.A. call     B. signal    C. trick      D. arrangement        

5.A. reward       B. praise   C. thanks   D. punishment 

6.A. turning       B. running          C. starting D. passing

7.A. continued  B. refused          C. began   D. stopped        

8.A. saved          B. dead     C. awake   D. alive     

9.A. find    B. attack    C. award   D. thank   

10.A. laughed   B. visited   C. repeated       D. telephoned 

11.A. exciting    B. pleasing         C. surprising      D. interesting   

12.A. equally     B. truly              C. exactly               D. carefully      

 

I was shopping at my local supermarket, as I normally have for years. One particular day, I had done about 2 weeks worth of shopping and  31  toward the register to pay for what I bought. After the cashier had scanned my items and I had bagged them up, she stated that the  32  was $150.

I   33  into my back right pocket to take the money to pay and noticed that there was no money there.  I started to get  34 .  I knew my purse was in the car and I was sure I had put the  35  in my back right pocket. I looked at the cashier with wet eyes and a  36 look not knowing what to do.  There were people behind me on the line. She told me to speak with the courtesy counter (爱心柜台).  I  37  and said, “Really? It's  38 , no one would hand that in!”  But she  39  me to. “You never know…” she said.

I decided that there was no  40  in checking so I walked up to a woman behind the counter and said “I have to ask, did anyone  41  cash by any chance?” She asked “How much?” My face then  42 .  “$200 in the form of one hundred dollar bills.” I replied.  She said, “ 43 , yes, someone did!” I was so  44 ! “Who? I want to thank her.”  She pointed to a young girl about 10 years old and said, “She did.”

I walked over to the mom and hugged her. She said, “It wasn't me, it was my    45 ” .  I said “I know, I wanted to thank you both,  46  she found it ... it's because of you that I got this back.” I was so happy. I was almost in tears. 

The next day at work, a person in another department  47  me tickets to the circus.  He handed me 5 tickets. Almost  48  that young girl’s face popped (突然出现) in my head.  After work I went back to the supermarket and stopped at the courtesy counter and asked if she had any idea who that woman was. She smiled and said, “Yes, She is a friend of mine”.  Then I asked her to do me a favor and pass along these 5 tickets to her.

She told me that the family of the little girl who found my money were not rich so they would really  49  this.  She also said that they had 3 children, so five was the   50  number of tickets!  

1.                A.showed        B.retired         C.hesitated D.headed

 

2.                A.percentage      B.product         C.total D.luggage

 

3.                A.reached        B.searched        C.checked  D.looked

 

4.                A.particular       B.curious         C.nervous  D.serious

 

5.                A.card           B.money         C.purse    D.goods

 

6.                A.shocked        B.moved         C.inspired  D.confused

 

7.                A.laughed        B.screamed       C.shouted  D.blamed

 

8.                A.reality          B.evidence        C.cash D.truth

 

9.                A.forced         B.encouraged     C.discouraged   D.promised

 

10.               A.doubt          B.need          C.expense   D.harm

 

11.               A.work out       B.hand in         C.send for   D.take away

 

12.               A.broke up       B.burst out       C.send off   D.lit up

 

13.               A.Eventually       B.Actually        C.Finally D.Unfortunately

 

14.               A.interested      B.worried        C.surprised  D.absorbed

 

15.               A.daughter       B.husband        C.mother    D.friend

 

16.               A.because        B.although        C.however  D.besides

 

17.               A.lent           B.borrowed       C.produced  D.offered

 

18.               A.simply         B.constantly       C.immediately    D.previously

 

19.               A.reject          B.buy            C.ignore D.appreciate

 

20.               A.unique         B.perfect         C.official    D.typical

 

 

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

As the hot tears rolled down her cheeks, I knew I had asked the wrong question. The ___21___reverberated(回荡)in my mind: Widowed or divorced? I looked into the lady’s __22___, now dampened (使潮湿)with the __23___ tears my words had caused.

    “ Well, you could call me widowed,” she replied. “ My husband ___24___ five months ago .”

    “ I am so ____25___ ,” I mumbled. “ I need it to fill out your credit application.”

    “Don’t worry about it, honey,” she ____26___. “if I never thought about it, I would not ___27____ the love and the memories we shared. Even after 50 years of ___28____ ,each passing moment would bring a deeper meaning to the word love. Now, trust me, I know how ____29___ that sounds. We had our share of challenging times, but in the end ____30___ of that mattered.”

Unsure of what to say, I laughed ___31___ . I picked up the phone to relay her information. After finally completing the credit application, I ____32____ to find myself riveted(固定) to the lady’s face again.

Her eyes began to sparkle ___33___ she continued in a heart-to-heart way. I couldn’t believe someone could open up to a perfect stranger, but it was not my place to ___34____ . I enjoyed listening to her just as much as she ___35___ having somebody to talk to.

“ Have you ever been ____ 36___?” she  asked.

I couldn’t help but ___37____. “Ah, no.” I replied. “I’m only 16.”

“Sixteen?” she murmured. “That’s a great age, an age of ____38____. There’s so much worth learning.”

She then spoke in a whipser, “Never take anyone for granted. If you are in ____39___ with someone, let it known. Otherwise, life may pass you by. Don’t spend your life angry . The ridiculous arguments which you think are important won’t even be remembered in a short time.”

Then, she hugged me and thanked me for letting her talk. As she turned to walk away, I could see that tears still hung in her eyes, but the smile that lit her face was amazing. After that,    I have never seen that woman again, but her words of inspiration still live in me. At that time, the words were only little bits of advice. Now, ___40___, they are the words which I try to live by, words that will always remind me of my special friend.

 

1. A. tunes          B.whistles              C. songs            D. words

2. A. eyes           B. hands               C. ears             D. arms

3. A. grateful        B. miserable            C. happy           D. sweet

4. A. failed          B. worked              C. died            D. retired

5. A. sorry           B. lucky               C. anxious         D. gloomy

6.A. encouraged      B. explained           C. persuaded        D. comforted

7. A. understand      B. remember           C. experience       D. enjoy

8. A. teaching        B. struggle             C. marriage         D. life

9.A. foolish         B. terrible              C. mysterious       D.wonderful

10. A. few            B. all                 C. some            D. none

11. A. loudly          B. nervously           C. bravely          D. bitterly

12. A. attempted       B. began              C. turned           D. went

13. A. as             B. because             C. before           D. until

14. A. comment       B. surprise             C. doubt            D. criticize

15. A. avoided        B. appreciated          C. imagined          D. considered

16. A. blamed        B. interviewed          C. married           D. employed

17.A. laugh          B. sigh                C. cry              D. complain

18. A. success        B. wonder              C.failure            D. lessons

19. A. peace          B. love                C. agreement        D. harmony

20.A.but            B. so                  C. however          D.although

 

 

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