Swimming cycling, jogging, skiing, dancing, walking or any of dozens of other activities can help your
heart.    1   . Whether it is a structured exercise program or just part of your daily routine, all exercise adds up to having a healthier heart. Here are some tips for exercise success. 
      ☆Choose activities that are fun and add variety. Develop several activities that you can enjoy.    2  
      ☆Wear comfortable, properly fitted shoes and comfortable, loose-fitting clothing appropriate for the weather and the activity.
      ☆Find a convenient time and place to do activities.    3   . If you miss an exercise opportunity, work
activity into your day another way. 
      ☆Use music to keep yourself entertained.
      ☆   4   Decide what kind of support you need. Do you want them to remind you to exercise? Exercise with you regularly or occasionally? Be understanding when you get up early to exercise?Spend time with
the children while you exercise? Try not to ask you to change your exercise routine? Share your activity
time with others. Ask your family members, friends or co-workers for help.
     ☆Don't overdo it, especially at first. You can slowly increase the time and intensity (强度) of your
activities as you become more fit.    5  
     ☆Keep a record of your activities. Reward yourself at times. Nothing will inspire you more than
success!
A.Try to make it a habit, but be flexible.
B.They all cause you to feel warm and breathe heavily without being out of breath.
C.Be an active role model for your children.
D.That way, exercise will never seem boring.
E.If you are overweight or have a high risk of heart disease, see your doctor for medical advice before
exercising.
F.Surround yourself with supportive people.
G.Gradually, work up to exercising on most days of the week for 30-60 minutes.

     If women are mercilessly exploited(剥削) 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.
     Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend
large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot
afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned
dresses. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
     No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion
designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). 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 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 wonders, 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(稳定耐用)? That is for you to decide.

1. Designers and big stores always make money_________.

A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry
B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions
C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing
D. because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

2. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as ___________.

A. a waste of money            
B. a waste of time
C. an expression of taste        
D. an expression of love beauty

3. New fashions in clothing are created for ___________.

A. the commercial exploitation of women
B. the women's strength of character
C. basic qualities of inconstancy and instability
D. an important contribution to society

4. By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Line One to Line Two, Paragraph Four), the
writer means that ___________.

A. women's inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at
B. women are better able to put up with discomfort
C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

     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
righthanded,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 17th
entury, when rich women were dressed by servants.For the mostly righthanded 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 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 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 righthanded 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 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 causes
B．making comparisons
C．examining differences
D．following the time order

     Working as a manager in the head office of a bank, as I do, clothes can be a nightmare. In
New York, where I worked for a time last summer, you have to brave the burning heat every
time you dare to go outside, yet freeze once you arrive in a meeting with the air-conditioner
turned up. I struggled to know what to wear. The problem was worsened by the office dress
code for the months of July and August, which was "dress-down".
     The dress-down phenomenon seems to have begun in places where staff work through the
terrible heat of summer while their families take shelter at the coast or in the hills. Dress-down,
limited to Friday, allows staff to head straight for their out-of-town places on Friday evenings
without going home to change. But in New York it has now become a week-round state of
affairs. This move may have been born out of consideration; to allow people on Wall Street to
travel to work in the heat in something more comfortable than a suit, but the effect is less kind.
     For me, dress-down is bad for two reasons. The first is that it actually requires a whole new
wardrobe. For my male colleagues in the US, it seemed to mean a switch from one uniform to
another. I basically only own two types of clothes; suits for working in and truly casual clothes
for relaxing weekends in the countryside.
     Returning to London, I was therefore rather embarrassed to discover that my employers had
started summer dress-down. Here too, though its relevance to the climate is far from immediately
apparent. At first, I tried to sidestep it by simply turning up in my suit as usual, but my staff
complained that they then felt pressured into doing the same. So, I found myself having to buy "
smart casual" clothes specifically to wear to work; a ridiculous expense.
      Even more annoying is the fact that I'm still required to have a suit hanging up in my office in
case I'm suddenly called to a meeting on our conference floor, where dress-down is banned for
fear that a client should witness it. One of my colleagues started to accumulate more and more
very smart suits in her office, explaining that she was having her flat renovated and that in-office
wardrobe was a necessity as she was staying at a different friend's place each night. We weren't
convinced.
     For the other great inconvenience of dress-down for the staff is that it makes it easier than
ever to spot when colleagues are going to job interviews. For the rest of the year, it is easy enough
to arrange these during the working week, but in the summer when dress-down rules, it's a dead
giveaway to arrive in overly smart clothes and then go out for a "dental appointment". I would
normally applaud this state of affairs, as an important part of my time is spent trying to prevent
valued employees from moving elsewhere, and any clues about their intentions are helpful and
allow me to nip things in the bud(消灭于萌芽中).
      However, the clothes hanging in my office are now finding a second use. I have suddenly
become the target for several "headhunters", people employed by other companies to try and
attract employees away with offers of better pay and conditions. The only problem with this is
that I have just the one suit at the office. As a series of interviews with one future employer
progresses, I'm having to bring in additional clothes. I can hardly present myself as a highly-paid
investment banker, requiring a vast salary, if they only ever see me in one suit. At this rate, I shall
have to tell my staff that I, too, have decided to have my flat done up.

1. According to the writer, "dress-down" in New York began as a way of ______.

A. making life easier for staff in the summer months
B. discouraging staff from taking summer holidays
C. showing concern for staff who lived out of town
D. rewarding those employees willing to work in the heat

2. What was the writer's first reaction to the idea of " dress-down" in her London office?

A. She argued against it.              
B. She attempted to ignore it.
C. She recognized the need for it.        
D. She persuaded her staff to adopt it.

3. Why does " dress-down" annoy the writer?

A. Not everyone obeys the rule.            
B. Her clients find it embarrassing.
C. It does not apply on all occasions.        
D. The clothes themselves do not suit her.

4. In which aspect of her work does the writer find "dress-down" an advantage?

A. Training new members of staff.            
B. Providing her staff with some information.
C. Making sure that her staff remain faithful.    
D. Making her staff feel more comfortable at work.

5. The underlined word "giveaway" in the sixth paragraph means_________.

A. something that is given away free.          
B. willingness to stop doing something.
C. willingness to give away to the other's wishes.
D. something that makes it easy for you to guess something.

6. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The writer wants to have her flat redecorated.
B. The writer is concerned about her dressing in the interviews.
C. The headhunters discovered the writer by her suit.
D. The writer feels it wrong to meet with the headhunters.

A.The world is running  out of time as watches don't function well.
B.It is uncertain that watches will remain popular.
C.Some people claim that the watch industry is at a crossroads.
D.The function of a watch has changed to stay on the market.
E.New designs for a watch make it appeal to customers.
F.The image of a watch satisfy many different tastes.
_______1. In today's world of cell phones, mini laptops and MP3 players, most people have at
least one time-telling tool with them. Since these devices are so common, is time running out for the
500-year-old watch? According to some consumers, yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman
says a watch is "an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function." Many young adults agree
and they say they use their cell phones to tell time. Louis Galie, a senior vice president at Timex,
said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.  
_______2. However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches regain popularity when consumers
reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are willing to spend money on a quality timepiece that doesn't
just keep good time. Fifty years ago, watchmakers laid great emphasis on products' accuracy. But in
recent years, the watch industry has transformed itself into an accessory business. And for many today,
the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.
_______3. "Complications"-features that go beyond simple timekeeping-are an important part of a
watch's image. Today's watches offer a host of features that suit almost any personality. These features
include altitude trackers, compasses, lunar calendars, USB drives, and even devices that measure the
effectiveness of golf swings.
_______4. Creativity is also a key element in today's watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker
Tokyoflash makes watches that don't even look like watches. The company's popular Shinshoku model
uses different color lights to tell the time. It looks more like a Futuristic bracelet than a watch. Another
Japanese watchmaker, Eleeno, makes a "handless" watch. Using a ring of circles to keep time, this
watch makes an excellent conversation piece.
_______5. Whether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative flair or a love of sports, consumers
want their timepieces to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget(小器械) in their
bags, so people want to make a statement with what's on their wrists. Will this interest in wrist fashion