It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers (生产商)follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征)of clothes．What seems strange，however，is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men．Take a look at the way your clothes button．Men’s clothes tend to button from the right, and women’s from the left．Considering most of the world’s population—men and women — are right-handed，the men’s standard would appear to make more sense for women．So why do women’s clothes button from the left?

History really seems to matter here．Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the l7th century，when rich women were dressed by servants．For the mostly right-handed servants，having women’s shirts button from the left would be easier．On the other hand，having men’s shirts button from the fight made sense，too．Most men dressed themselves，and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt．

Today women are seldom dressed by servants，but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them．Is it interesting? Actually，a standard，once set，resists change．At a time when all women’s shirts buttoned from the left，it would have been risky for any single manufacturer to offer women’s shirts that buttoned from the right．After all，women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch．Besides，some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the fight，since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts．

1.What is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?

2.What do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?

3.Women’s clothes still button from the left today because _______.

4. The passage is mainly developed by ________．

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释.在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空只写一词)

1. The factory _________ (授予) a prize to me for my hard work.

2. All the children listened to his ________ (冒险) with eager attention.

3. Everyone should _______(遵守)the rules of our school.

4. A red light is a _________ (信号) of danger.

5.Can you tell the _________ (相似之处) and the differences as well.

6.They are afraid they can’t finish the task on time because the ___(最后期限) is drawing near.

7. The book includes most _______ (事件) of the year 2003.

8. You can get championship only if you beat the other ______ (竞争者).

9. They began a __________ (一系列)of experiments.

10. Your suggestion sounds very ________ (吸引人的)

 书面表达（满分30分）

假设你是李明，是某校高三学生。最近你校开展了“如何走出困境”（How to walk out of the trouble?）的调查活动，调查结果见下表。现在请你用英语给报社编辑写一封信，客观的反映调查结果以及你的看法。

注意：

1. 文章开头部分已经写好，不计入总词数。

2. 词数100左右

七彩教育网 editor,

I am a student of senior 3. I am writing to tell you the survey we’ve had about “How to walk

out of the trouble?” in our school.

Yours,

Li Ming

英语知识运用（共两节, 满分55分）

1.beast    

2.frost    

3.sense  

4.packet 

5.tough  

Mum        my suggestion while Dad spoke      my idea.

       the green valley, we thought we had reached the         land.

Sometimes we just believe what we see,      the reality may be different.

They were pretty poor but most of their friends were even          .

--- What do you think of teaching, Bob?

--- I find it       and challenging. It is a job        you are doing something serious but interesting.

--- The floor is dirty. Can anyone clean it?

---         . I do it all the time.