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. Button first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th 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 right 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 manufacture to offer women’s shirts that buttoned 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. It would be weird for them to button from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts.

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

A. It has been followed by the industry  for over 400 years.

B. It is different for men’s clothing and women’s.

C. It works better with men than with women.

D. It fails to consider right-handed people.

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

A. They tended to wear clothes without buttons.

B. They were interested in the historical matters.

C. They were mostly dressed by servants.

D. They drew their swords from the left.

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

   A. adopting men’s style is improper for women

   B. manufacturers should follow standards

   C. modern women dress themselves

D. customs are hard to change

4. The passage is mainly developed by        .

A. analyzing cause

   B. making comparisons

   C. examining differences

D. following the time order

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

   该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，在该行右边的横线上写出该加的词。

   该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

   One day, I was cooking in the kitchen as the                               1. _______

telephone rings. I went to answer it immediately.                           2. _______

She was my close friend, Lisa. When we were talking            3. _______

on a phone, the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the                       4._______

kitchen. The room full of smoke and the beef was badly                  5.______

burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the             6. _______

windows, and then went out of the house. In my                             7._______

surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. I                      8.______

was rather worried and told about the firemen that it         9.______

was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke.     10.______

1.The price of vegetables v______________ from season to season.

2. Chunxi Street is the c _______________ center of Chengdu.

3. The c ______________ between different ethnic groups caused a series of wars.

4.It suddenly o ______________ to me that I might have been taken in by him.

5. Many countries highly v ______________ China’s role in keeping world peace.

6. Zhang Wuben exaggerated the quantity of ______________ (营养物质) contained in

   beans and garlic, causing their price to rise rapidly.

7.. Having lost a leg in the car accident, the girl remained ______________ (乐观的)  

   and tried to cheer up other patients in her room.

8. The CEO of the company has announced his ______________ (打算，意图) to retire.

9. Zhen He was the first Chinese to make a ______________ (航海，航行) around the 

   world.

10. His ______________ (鼓舞人心的) speech gave encouragement to all the audience

present.

请根据以下图表和提示，用英语写一篇关于我国居民手机拥有量变化的报告，并阐述手机给人们生活所带来的利与弊。

As can be seen from the chart, great changes have been taking place in the ownership of mobile phones in China._________________________________________

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As is known to all, _______ strong and powerful China will certainly benefit _____ whole world.

A. a; a         B. the; a   C. the; the        D. a; the

You have to be a fairly good speaker to ________ listeners’ interest for over an hour.

A. catch        B. hold           C. improve        D. attract

--- Mom, I still want to watch the football match tonight.

--- The final exams are approaching. _____ you watch the football World Cup every night?

A. Must         B. Can           C. May          D. Need

--- Why is Jack always playing?

   --- He has no ________ of time.

A. feeling       B. opinion        C. effect         D. sense

But for the fact that the firefighters _____ at the spot in time, more people ______ their lives in the fire.

    A. arrived; died                B. had arrived; would lose

C. arrived; would have lost       D. has arrived; could have lost

The house rent is increasing sharply nowadays. I’ve got about half the space I had five years ago but I am paying _______ now.

A. as five times much             B. as much five times

C. much as five times             D. five times as much