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. Besides from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts.
【小题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 woks better with men than with women. |
| D．It fails to consider right-handed people. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| A．analyzing cause |
| B．making comparisons |
| C．examining differences |
| D．following the time order |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】D
【小题4】A
解析试题分析：文章大意：本文由男女衣服的不同,分析产生这种不同的原因,并且告诉我们这种不同为什么延续到现在。
【小题1】细节理解题。由“What seems strange , however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men.”可知男女衣服的标准不一样令人惊奇。所以答案选B项。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据文中“Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hang would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.”可知，17世纪富有的男人自己穿衣服，从左边拔剑，判断选D项。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据“Actually, a standard , once set, resists change.”可知,习惯一旦养成,就很难改变是女式衣服的纽扣仍然在左边的原因。由此判断选D项。
【小题4】组织结构题。通观整篇文章可以看出,作在开始提到一个现象――男女衣服的标准相反,然后分析这种现象产生的历史原因,最后告诉我们现在这是这样的原因。由此判断选A项。
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The examples given paint a sad picture of what can happen if you win a big lottery jackpot, but fortunately, these examples don't tell the stories of all jackpot winners.
【小题1】What is the main idea of the first paragraph?
| A．Most lottery winners use up money quickly. |
| B．Most lottery winners don't really end up well. |
| C．Winning lottery means relationships destroyed. |
| D．Financial experts are against the lottery industry. |
| A．He was diagnosed with lung cancer. |
| B．He was unwilling to give away his money. |
| C．They had to observe the official rules. |
| D．They didn't want to disturb his peace. |
| A．giving examples | B．making comparisons |
| C．listing numbers | D．listing reasons |
| A．advice given by financial experts |
| B．happy stories of the lottery winners |
| C．conclusion drawn by the author |
| D．regulations about lottery winning |
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Jobs that are suited to telecommuting include writing, design work, computer programming and accounting. If a job is related to working with information, a telecommuter can probably do it.
【小题1】From the passage we can learn that John does his job .
| A．by telephone | B．through the Internet |
| C．in his office | D．away from home |
| A．work for several employers | B．enjoy a lot of traveling |
| C．get along well with other workers | D．work on your own schedule |
| A．their employers can save money |
| B．their employers will give them a higher pay |
| C．they can get more work experience |
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【小题1】What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?
| A．To show who the passage is written for |
| B．To gather people's opinions on childhood |
| C．To compare the childhood lives of two generations |
| D．To get people's attention and lead in the topic |
| A．Families are smaller today |
| B．Toys can be played by children alone at home |
| C．It's too dangerous to play outside |
| D．Parents worried too much about their children |
| A．Some games that young people play today aren't really good |
| B．Computer and video games have replaced the board games |
| C．Young people today shouldn't play electronic games |
| D．Board games are much more interesting than computer games |
| A．approving | B．objective | C．unconcerned | D．optimistic |
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【小题1】What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?
| A．How nurses have been looked down upon. |
| B．Why women have chosen many different jobs. |
| C．What has caused nurse shortage. |
| D．How teachers have influenced their students. |
| A．not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US |
| B．introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students |
| C．not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment |
| D．persuading the students not to be nurses |
| A．describe the unequal treatment of women in the US |
| B．warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem |
| C．tell us women’s free choices of jobs today |
| D．call on women to choose different kinds of jobs |
| A．high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses |
| B．women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countries |
| C．of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed |
| D．nursing used to be a popular job among women |
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【小题1】What inspired Sister Wanjala to start the orphan program?
| A．Her preference for kids. | B．Her own similar experience. |
| C．A sad story about an orphan. | D．Her successful charity work. |
| A．set up as many institutions as possible for orphans |
| B．start a program to offer orphans a foster family |
| C．provide school education for those orphans |
| D．raise more money for the homeless kids |
| A．She didn’t want orphans to live in an institution. |
| B．She preferred to put orphans into an institution. |
| C．She had no choice but to put orphans in institutions. |
| D．She sent orphans into an institution in the end. |
| A．Sister Wanjala finally adopted the little boy. |
| B．Sister Wanjala found foster homes for 8000 orphans. |
| C．Sister Wanjala was too busy to care for her own family. |
| D．Sister Wanjala was not alone in helping orphans. |
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Has it improved health?
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【小题1】When did the first law come out to ban smoking in public places?
| A．1987 | B．1998 | C．2004 | D．2006 |
| A．Jack often smokes in the office when he is alone. |
| B．A taxi driver is smoking with a lady in his car. |
| C．Tom smokes while thinking of his future at home. |
| D．Max smokes for relaxation during time-out in the stadium. |
| A．A restaurant owner. | B．A company manager. |
| C．A car owner. | D．A policy maker. |
| A．Most heart diseases have been proved to be linked to passive smoking. |
| B．A new law will soon come out with a total ban on smoking in vehicles |
| C．Cigarette-making factories will disappear soon. |
| D．Most of the school grounds are not smoke-free, as it is not banned in the law. |
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【小题1】The launch of Tiangong -- 1 __________．
| A．is appreciated by countries like the USA and Japan |
| B．will bring trouble to the western countries in space |
| C．is part of China’s plan to set up a station in space |
| D．will help China be a member of the Space Station |
| A．are competing against one another in space wars |
| B．feel anxious about China’s setting up a space station |
| C．are cooperating to compete against China in space |
| D．have warned the world of China’s final purpose |
| A．to tell people China’s will never be enemies of world peace |
| B．to compare him to the great European explorers like Columbus |
| C．to indicate that he is the pride of the Chinese people |
| D．to show that the Chinese people are as great as other peoples |
| A．China’s shooting down its satellite made the scenario become reality |
| B．some countries are trying to be ahead of the others in space exploration |
| C．China will be in control of the world if she starts space exploration |
| D．if a nation has a better technology in space，it will start a star war |
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【小题1】Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ________．
| A．they hope their children may easily find a job there |
| B．the kids may not be accepted by universities in their own countries |
| C．all foreign universities are better than the ones in their own countries |
| D．the kids want to improve their English and make foreign friends |
| A．without patents |
| B．living abroad alone |
| C．with university education |
| D．speaking no English |
| A．want to leave their own country |
| B．want them to go to university |
| C．return to their countries to work |
| D．want them to be independent |
| A．Parents want better education for their kids． |
| B．Parents feel lonely and miss their families． |
| C．Canadians and Americans begin to notice the “satellite kids” problem． |
| D．Kids in foreign countries alone are badly in need of care from family． |
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