C

    Throughout the world, clothing has many uses. It is used to provide protection from the elements. It is also 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（解释） 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 enouth 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.

49. What is the passage mainly about?

    A. Clothing and Culture          B. Communication through Clothing

    C. Clothing and Social Behavior  D. Ways of Sending Messages

50. 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

51. 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

52. What does the underlined word "essential" mean in this passage?

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

　　Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way．But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger and larger．Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one large airliner struck into another in midair, 600 lives could be lost．

　　From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．

　　Recently such a disaster almost happened．Two large jets were flying towards the airport．One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago．An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane．They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second．The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool．This is an example of the danger that grows every year．

1．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Traveling by air is as safe as by car．

B．Traveling by air is not as safe as by car．

C．Traveling by car is as dangerous as by air．

D．Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air．

2．The air traffic controllers of an airport________．

[　　]

A．control all the planes flying near the airport

B．give orders to planes leaving the airport

C．only deal with the planes that want to land there

D．are allowed to handle 250 planes a day

3．The danger of air crashes grows every year because ________．

[　　]

A．airliners are getting larger and air traffic is becoming heavier

B．a pilot does not always hear a controller's order

C．a controller is likely to make more and more mistakes

D．airports can hardly serve the growing number of airplanes

4．The example in the passage is to show that ________．

[　　]

A．air traffic controllers are often careless

B．air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents

C．it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents

D．two planes should not fly too close to each other

Throughout the world, clothing has many uses．It is used to provide protection from the elements．It is also 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（解释）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．What is the passage mainly about?

    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．What does the underlined word "essential" mean in this passage?

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

下面文章中有5处（第61-65题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，选项中有一项是多余选项。
A．Structure of a hurricane
B．Preparing for a Hurricane
C. How Hurricanes Move
D. How Hurricanes start
E. Hurricane Names
F. Hurricane Damage
Hurricanes
Hurricanes are gigantic tropical storms that can be hundreds of kilometers wide. They bring along very strong winds and a lot of rainfall. They often cause flooding near the coasts and sea levels rise.
1. __________________________
Hurricanes are born over tropical oceans, usually during late summer and early autumn. They need two things to get them started: heat and moist air. During the summer the ocean surface heats up and warm moist air starts to rise. Cool air sinks down to replace it. This creates an area of low pressure. The rotation of the earth creates winds around the center of such a low-pressure area. In the northern hemisphere the air moves counter clockwise, in the southern part clockwise. Such a system is called a cyclone. When warm air rises, it cools and creates clouds. Soon, thunderstorms form and it starts to rain.
All hurricanes begin as cyclones but not all cyclones become storms or hurricanes. Some die out a few days after they start. They don’t have enough energy to become a hurricane. When winds are stronger than 119 km an hour a storm officially becomes a hurricane.
2. __________________________
The center of a hurricane is called the eye, a calm area with little rainfall. It is about 30 to 50 km wide. Inside the eye the sea can rise up to one meter because the air moves up. The eye wall is around the eye. This is an area of thunderstorms, rain and the strongest winds—up to 300 km an hour. Then come long bands of rain clouds that are curved towards the center of the hurricane.
3. __________________________
In the northern hemisphere hurricanes normally move in a westward direction and then they turn north and northeast. Their path takes them away from the warm tropical water of the equator. When hurricanes move over colder water or over land they lose a lot of their energy. They slow down and as time goes on, they disappear. In the southern hemisphere their path leads them to the south and southeast.
4. __________________________
When a tropical storm forms over the Caribbean Sea it gets a name. Every year the first storm of the season is given a name that starts with the letter A, the second storm gets a name starting with B and so on. Years ago only women’ s names were used for tropical storms. Today male and female names alternate –for example, the first storm is named Alexandra, the second one Billy, then Catherine etc. Each year new names are used so that you can connect a storm to a certain year.
5. __________________________
Hurricanes are causing more and more damage throughout the Gulf Region, mainly because the population is constantly growing. Many things can be done to protect yourself and your property during a hurricane: Keep emergency supplies of food and water; keep a battery-powered radio ready in case the power goes out. Listen to the instructions you get; keep the gas tank of your car full, in case you have to leave quickly; protect your house by nailing plywood over the windows and doors. Tie down loose objects; find out which roads are best to take you away from the storm; leave your house as soon as you are ordered to evacuate, etc.