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    According to the passage, the behavior of others towards you can be changed by your A. age B. dress C. status D. behavior TEXT B This fishing village of 1,480 people is a bleak and lonely place, even in a country located at the top of the world. Set on the southwestern edge of Iceland , the volcanic landscape is whipped by the cold North Atlantic winds. There is no movie theater, and many residents never venture to the capital, a 50-minute drive away. But Sandgerdi might be perfect place to raise girls who have mathematical talent. Government researchers two year ago tested almost every 15-year-old in Iceland for it and found that boys trail far behind girls. That fact was unique among the 41 countries that took part in the standardized test for that age group designed by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development. But while in their significant lead in the math, their national advantage of 15 points was small compared with the one they had over boys in fishing villages like Sandgerdi where it was close to 30. The teachers of Sandgerdi’s 254 students were not much surprised. They say the gender gap is a story not of talent but motivation. Boys think of school as purgatory on the way to a future of finding riches at sea; for girls, it’s their ticket out of town. Margret Ingporsdottir and Hanna Maria Heidarsdottir, both 15, have no doubt that they are headed for university. “ I think I will be a doctor , says Heidarsdottir. Meanwhile , by the harbor, Gisli Tor Hauksson, 14, already has big plans that don’t require spending his afternoons working hard at mathematics. “ I’ll be a fisherman , he says , just like most of his ancestors. As for school, he says, “ it hurts the brain. But the story of female achievement in Iceland doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending. While 61% of university students are women, they make up only one-third of Iceland’s science students. By the time they enter the labor market , many are overtaken by men , who become doctors, engineers and computer technicians. Educators say they watch many bright girls suddenly recoil in the face of head-to-head competition with boys. Solrun Gensdottir, the director of education at Ministry of Education, Science and Culture say: “ we have to find a way to stop girls from dropping out sciences. Teachers across the country have begun to experiment with ways to raise schoolboys to the level of girls. Last year Sandgerdi’s teachers segregated the 10th-grade mathematics classes after deciding that boys needs intensive instruction. The high school in Kevavic tried the same experiment in 2002 and 2003 , separating 16-to-20-year-olds by gender for two years. The boys fell even further behind. “The boys said the girls were better anyway, says Krisjan Arsmundsson, who taught the 25 boys . “ They didn’t even try. 【查看更多】

     

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    Throughout the world, clothing has many uses. It is used to provide protection from the elements. It also is worn to prevent others from seeing specific parts of one’s body. However, the parts of the body that must be covered vary widely throughout the world. Some clothing is worn to provide supernatural protection. Wearing a lucky shirt to take an exam is calling for supernatural assistance.

    People in all cultures use clothing and other forms of bodily decoration to communicate status, intentions and other messages. In North America, we dress differently for business and various leisure activities. North American women usually are much more knowledgeable of and concerned with little difference in messages communicated by clothes than men. At times, this leads to silly mistakes of interpretation of female intentions on the part of men. Of course, clothing styles also are intended to communicate messages to members of the same gender（性别）.

    Long before we are near enough to talk to someone, their appearance tells their gender, age, economic class, and often even intentions. We begin to recognize the important cultural clues at an early age. The vocabulary of dress that we learn includes not only items of clothing but also hairstyles, jewelry, and other body decoration. In most cultures, however, the same style of dress communicates different messages depending on the age, gender, and physical appearance of the individual wearing it.

    Putting on certain types of clothing can change your behavior and the behavior of others towards you. This can be the case with a doctor’s white lab coat, or an army uniform. Most uniforms are clearly symbolic so that they can rapidly and unmistakably communicate status. For instance, the strange hairstyle and clothing of the English “punks” are essential aspects of their uniforms.

    There are many forms of body decoration other than clothes that are used around the world to send messages. These include body and hair paint, and even body deformation. When doctors put braces on teeth, they are actually doing the same thing – deforming or reforming a part of the body to make it more attractive. 

    1．Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

          A．Clothing and Culture

          B．Communication through Clothing

          C．Clothing and Social Behavior

          D．Ways of Sending Messages

    2．In North America, men sometimes misunderstand women’s intention because __________.

          A．men are more careless than women

          B．women spend more time on their clothes

          C．men and women have different views on clothing styles

          D．men care less about the different messages communicated by clothes

    3．From the passage, it can be inferred that ________.

          A．messages communicated by clothes are the same in different cultures

          B．words of dress are not enough to communicate different messages

          C．dress is better than language in communicating messages

          D．clothing plays an important role in social activities

    4．According to the passage, the behavior of others towards you can be changed by your ______.

          A．age                B．dress                 C．status              D．behavior

    5．What does the underlined word “essential” mean in this passage?

           A．beautiful              B．unimportant         C．necessary            D．common

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    Throughout the world, clothing has many uses. It is used to provide protection from the elements. It also is worn to prevent others from seeing specific parts of one’s body. However, the parts of the body that must be covered vary widely throughout the world. Some clothing is worn to provide supernatural protection. Wearing a lucky shirt to take an exam is calling for supernatural assistance.

    People in all cultures use clothing and other forms of bodily decoration to communicate status, intentions and other messages. In North America, we dress differently for business and various leisure activities. North American women usually are much more knowledgeable of and concerned with little difference in messages communicated by clothes than men. At times, this leads to silly mistakes of interpretation of female intentions on the part of men. Of course, clothing styles also are intended to communicate messages to members of the same gender（性别）.

    Long before we are near enough to talk to someone, their appearance tells their gender, age, economic class, and often even intentions. We begin to recognize the important cultural clues at an early age. The vocabulary of dress that we learn includes not only items of clothing but also hairstyles, jewelry, and other body decoration. In most cultures, however, the same style of dress communicates different messages depending on the age, gender, and physical appearance of the individual wearing it.

    Putting on certain types of clothing can change your behavior and the behavior of others towards you. This can be the case with a doctor’s white lab coat, or an army uniform. Most uniforms are clearly symbolic so that they can rapidly and unmistakably communicate status. For instance, the strange hairstyle and clothing of the English “punks” are essential aspects of their uniforms.

    There are many forms of body decoration other than clothes that are used around the world to send messages. These include body and hair paint, and even body deformation. When doctors put braces on teeth, they are actually doing the same thing – deforming or reforming a part of the body to make it more attractive. 

    36. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

          A.   Clothing and Culture

          B.   Communication through Clothing

          C.   Clothing and Social Behavior

          D.   Ways of Sending Message

    37. Some people wear lucky shirts to take an exam because they believe         .

          A.   clothes have extraordinary power

          B.   clothes can hide their fear for the exam

          C.   shirts can make them more comfortable

          D.   shirts provide protection against bad weather

    38. In North America, men sometimes misunderstand women’s intention because         .

          A.   men are more careless than women

          B.   women spend more time on their clothes

          C.   men care less about the different messages communicated by clothes

          D.   men and women have different views on clothing styles

    39. From the passage, it can be inferred that         .

          A.   messages communicated by clothes are the same in different cultures

          B.   words of dress are not enough to communicate different messages

          C.   dress is better than language in communicating messages

          D.   clothing plays an important role in social activities

    40. According to the passage, the behavior of others towards you can be changed by your         .

          A.   age              B. dress                    C.   status            D.  behavior

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