The dress is really fashionable and eye-catching, but it is          too big for me. 

     A. fairly                       B. rather                              C. quite                      D. pretty

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping   36  he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in   37 . He knows what he wants, and his goal is to find it and　38　it. All men  39 walk into a shop and ask the shop assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock(库存), the deal can be done and    40   is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat to everyone’s   41  .
For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn’t have what he wants. In that  42  , the salesman tries to sell something else—he    43 the nearest to the article required. A good salesman brings out such a substitute(替代品)   44  , and he may say, “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It   45   to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have   46   with this treatment, and the usual response is “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I shouldn’t be   47   my time and yours by trying it on.”
For a woman, buying clothes is always done in the   48  way. Her shopping is not often   49   on need. She has never fully decided what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always  50 to persuasion, willing to try on any number of things. Deep in her mind is the thought of finding something that   51   thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out for the unexpected  52 . Faced with a roomful dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another      53 selecting the dress she wants to try on. It is a tiresome process, but apparently a(n)   54   one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting    55  .

D

There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in the clothes that we choose to wear. The dress of an individual is a kind of "sign language" that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed. Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females, while men took pride in the fact they were completely lacking in clothes consciousness(意识).

This type of American culture is by degrees changing as man dress takes on greater variety and color. Even as early as 1995, a researcher in Michigan said that men attached rather high importance to the value of clothing in daily life. White－collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of ability, which could be used to impress or influence others, especially in the work situation. The white－collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothes made on his superiors(上司). Although blue－collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing, they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.

Since that time, of course, the patterns have changed; the typical office worker may now be wearing the blue shirt, and the laborer a white shirt, but the importance of dress has not become less.      Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various levels and in different social and economic status groups(阶层).

68．From the passage we know that______.

A．the Americans' values and lifestyles can't be shown clearly in their activity

B．the Americans' values and lifestyles are from the sign language

C．the clothes the Americans choose to wear have something to do with their values and lifestyles

D．the clothes the Americans choose to wear depend on a set of information

69．Traditionally, the Americans usually thought that______.

A．men should care much for clothes

B．women should concern greatly about what they wore but men shouldn't

C．both men and women must pay great attention to their clothes

D．neither men nor women didn't have to show interest in clothes

70．Blue－collar workers pay attention to their clothes because______.

A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their superiors

B．they know clearly that people will judge them on the basis of their clothing

C．they want to impress and influence others

D．they don't want to be laughed at

71．The passage mainly suggests that______.

A．the Americans pay great attention to the importance of clothes

B．now men in America have made more progress in clothes consciousness

C．now men in America care about clothes more than women do

D．the American culture is greatly changing         

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第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Our neighbour’s son was getting married in 2009 at an out-of-town church, and my husband and I were invited. We immediately rushed out to a    36   , and I bought a nice pink dress with a jacket. The dress was a little    37   , but I had a month to go before the June 30 wedding and I would     38    a few pounds.

June 29 came and, of course, I hadn’t lost a single pound; in fact I had    39    two. But I    40    a nice new girdle (紧身内衣) would cure everything. So on our way out of the city we     41    once again at the store. I ran in and told the clerk I needed a   42    large girdle. The clerk found the box with the     43    girdle marked “LG”, and asked if I would like to try it on. “Oh, no, a large will fit just right. I    44    try it on.”

The next morning was rather hot, one of those thirty-four degree days, I suppose, so I    45   to get dressed until about 45 minutes before time to go. I opened the box only to   46      a new girdle in a small size. Since it was too late to find another one and the dress wouldn’t     47    right without a girdle, a fight    48    in the hotel room between me and the girdle. Have you ever tried to    49    20 pounds of potatoes into a five-pound bag? That’s it. Finally my husband,      50    like crazy, got hold of each side and shook me down into it. At once I put on the pink dress, which didn’t    51    very well with my red face, and was ready to go.

Finally we got to the    52   . I heard one of the people say that they were having a High Mass (大弥撒). I turned to my husband and asked, “What is a High Mass?” He shrugged his     53   .

54   , I learned that this particular mass would last one hour, twenty-two minutes and eight and one half seconds - the priest (神父 ) was going to bless     55   except my girdle.

36. A. hotel        B. store        C. church             D. office

37. A. long        B. tight        C. little          D. perfect

38. A. put on         B. gain         C. lose          D. miss

39. A. won         B. received       C. gained        D. lost

40. A. think        B. suggested     C. demanded      D. figured

41. A. went         B. arrived     C. stopped        D. entered

42. A. size          B. length      C. width         D. depth

43. A. described     B. bought     C. sold          D. talked

44. A. can’t        B. needn’t     C. shouldn’t      D. mustn’t

45. A. wanted        B. expected      C. tried          D. waited

46. A. find          B. notice      C. search         D. look

47. A. work        B. use          C. fit           D. wear

48. A. broke down   B. broke out     C. broke up      D.broke away

49. A. pull          B . lay         C. push          D. shake

50. A. laughing        B. crying      C. shouting       D. smiling

51. A. do            B. go         C. work          D. look

52. A. town        B. store        C. church         D. hotel

53. A. shoulders     B. arms        C. head          D. hands

54. A. Happily       B. Generally     C.Luckily         D.Unfortunately

55. A. something    B. nothing     C. anything       D. everything

If Helen             her credit card, she could have bought the dress.

A．brought           B．should bring       C．had brought        D．were to bring