It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers（生產(chǎn)商） follow certain uniform standards for various features 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 form the left．Considering most of the word’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．Buttons 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 form 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 form 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 form 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．

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．

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．

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

       A．a(chǎn)dopting men’s style is improper for women

       B．manufacturers should follow standards

       C．customs are hard to change

       D．modern women dress themselves

The passage is mainly developed by          ．

       A．a(chǎn)nalyzing causes                  B．making comparisons

       C．examining differences            D．following the time order

假如你是一名建筑工人，名叫李華。在修建地基時挖出一些古代文物。一部分人建議賣掉，可以得到一些錢，但你不同意。請你用英語給China Daily的編輯寫一封信反映此情況，闡明你的理由，并提出建議。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：100左右；   

2. 內(nèi)容包括以上所有要點，可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

3. 參考詞匯：建筑工人builder; 修建地基lay a foundation of；財產(chǎn)wealth；

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Our bodies are strengthened by taking exercise. ______, our minds are developed by learning.

A. Probably               B. Similarly               C. Likely             D. Generally

The boy, _____ leg was injured in the football match, was only 11 years old.

A. which               B. whose        C. who                         D. whom

—Does the newly published detective book sell well?

   —No．it will only       a limited public．

   A．a(chǎn)ttach to    B．a(chǎn)ppeal to    C．refer to   D．bring up

閱讀下面的文字，完成下列各題。

高原，我的中國色

喬　良

東亞細(xì)亞的腹地，一派空曠遼遠(yuǎn)，觸目驚心的蒼黃。連那條從巴顏喀拉的山巖間奪路而來的大河，也暴烈地流瀉著一川黏稠的黃色！這就是高原。黃土高原。

渾黃的天地間，走來一個黃皮膚的老者。看不清他的面孔，聽不清他的聲音，只有那被黃土染成褐色的長髯在被太陽噴成紫色的浮塵中飄拂……老者身后，逶迤著長長、長長一列只在身體的隱秘處裹著獸皮的男人和女人。

一棵巨大的柏樹，便在這人群中生下根來。所有黃皮膚的男人女人和他們的后人，都把這巨樹喚作軒轅柏。它的根須像無數(shù)手指摳進(jìn)黃土，扎向地心，用力合抱住整個兒的高原。

始皇帝橫掃六合的戰(zhàn)車，漢高祖豪唱大風(fēng)的猛士，倚在駝峰上西出陽關(guān)的商旅，打著呼哨、渾身酒氣的成吉思汗的鐵騎，和五午年的歲月一道，從這金子樣的高原上驕傲地走過去，走過去，直到……

暮云垂落下來，低矮的天地盡頭，走來一個小小的黑點。一個軍人。

他站在一架沖溝縱橫、褶皺斑駁的山梁上。殘陽把他周身涂成一色金黃。他伸出手臂，出神地欣賞著自己的皮膚。金黃的暉光從手臂上滑落下去，掉在高原上。一樣的顏色。他想，我的膚色和高原一樣。

豪邁的西風(fēng)從長空颯然而至。他的衣襟和褲角同時低唱起暗啞而粗獷的古歌。剎那間，他獲得了人與天地自然，與遙遠(yuǎn)的初民時代那種無縫無隙的交合。是一種虛空又充實，疏朗又密集，渺小又雄大的感覺。

他不禁微微一笑。然而，只一笑，那難以言喻的快感消退了。漸漸塞滿胸壑的，是無邊的冷寞，莫名的蒼涼。竟然沒有一只飛鳥，竟然沒有一叢綠草。只有我，他想。我和高原。于是他又想，這冷漠、這蒼涼不僅僅屬于我，還屬于遺落在高原上的千年長史。

畏懼盜寇的商賈們拋離了駝隊踩出的絲綢古道。面對異族的武夫們丟棄了千里烽燧和兵刃甲胃。一路凄惶，簇?fù)碇�玉輦�(cè)A蓋，偏安向豐盈又富庶的南方。那叫人柔腸寸斷的杏花雨呵，竟把炎黃子民們孔武剽悍的魂魄和膂力一并溶化！而歷史，卻在某個迷茫的黃昏，被埋進(jìn)深深的黃土。

他感到胸口有一團(tuán)東西被揪得發(fā)疼。他想喊。他想站到最高的那架山梁上去，對著蒼茫的穹窿嘶喊：難道華夏民族所有的武士，都走進(jìn)了始皇陵兵馬俑的行列？

沒有風(fēng)。沒有聲息。高原沉默著。

一塊沒有精壯和血性漢子的土地是悲哀的。

他想起了他那些戴著立體聲耳機、抱著六弦琴橫穿斑馬線的兄弟們。他們?nèi)�都身條瘦長，臉色煞白，像一根根垂在瓜架上的絲瓜。他們要去參加這一年中的第三百六十七次家庭舞會了吧？他們的迪斯科跳得真好。他們憂郁的歌聲真動人。但，他們只從銀幕上見過高原和黃土。他們不知道紫外線直射進(jìn)皮膚和毛孔時的滋味，更不知道那黃土堆成的高原上埋著的古中國。

可那才是中國，那才叫中國。在病榻上呻吟了八百年，又被人凌辱了二百年的，不是真正的中國。真正的中國是閃著絲綢之光、敦煌之光、修筑起長城，開鑿出運河，創(chuàng)造了道教，融合了佛教，同化了一支支異族入侵者的中國。

真正的中國是一條好漢。這裸著青筋、露著傲骨的高原也是一條好漢。

他想，我也該是這樣的漢子。

他想，有了這樣的男子漢，高原，這金子似的高原便不會死去。因為軒轅柏在這里扎著一根粗大的、深邃的根莖。

這個人，這個軍人，就是我。

這篇散文中作者設(shè)置的“軒轅柏”有什么象征意義？請結(jié)合閱讀材料簡要分析。

“是一種虛實又充實，疏朗又密集，渺小又雄大的感覺。”作者將褒貶之詞同時用來描寫這種感覺，這是一種什么樣的感覺？“他”為什么會產(chǎn)生這樣的感覺？

文章結(jié)尾說：“這個人，這個軍人，就是我。”一句中與上文哪一句照應(yīng)？怎樣理解其中的“我”？請你談?wù)勛髡咴谖闹腥绾武秩九c張揚著自己的情緒?

下列對文章的賞析，不正確的兩項是       （    ）

    A．“殘陽把他周身涂成一色金黃”，他為自己有著與“金子樣的高原”同樣的顏色而自豪，就是他為做一個中國人而驕傲。

    B．“他”站在黃土高原上，看到“竟然沒有一只飛鳥，竟然沒有一叢綠草”，深感植被破壞嚴(yán)重，內(nèi)心無比冷寞，蒼涼。

    C．豐盈富庶的南方，柔腸寸斷的杏花雨象征了溫柔安逸、沒有血性的土地，銷磨了一代代中國人慷慨悲歌之氣，積極進(jìn)取之心。

    D．“他”想呼喊，僅僅因為現(xiàn)代人的蒼白無知，壓得他幾乎喘不過氣來。所以他的大聲吶喊是希望喚回高原的血性來。

    E．全文語言鏗鏘有力，擲地有聲，在凜然傲氣中又滲透著無限的歷史蒼涼感，如同一幅黃昏時分的畫卷，述說著遙遠(yuǎn)的歷史又翹首期待著美好的明天。

根據(jù)漢語提示用單詞的正確形式補充句子。

There is no _______________(電) in the wire. Don’t worry. You can touch it.

You should always read the _________________ (說明) carefully before taking medicines.

He tried to get rid of the seaweed __________________(漂浮) on the surface of the water.

During festivals, shops are decorated with ______________________(吸引人的) things so as to attract customers.

I__________________(完全) forget about my appointment with the denist.

Christmas in the western is______ as the Spring Festival in China.

A. so important a festival         B. as an important festival

C. so an important festival         D. as important a festival

短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤．對標(biāo)題號的每一行做出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊的橫線上劃（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有一個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

此行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

此行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（^），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

此行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

Time is valuable but limit. There’s a famous saying,

“Time is money”, this shows the importance of time. When    

time has gone, it will never  return back. It is a pity          

when many people make poor u se of time. They spend their         

precious time oversleeping, drinking and traveling. We don’t        

realized wasting time equal to wasting part of their life.         

They always regret having made a little achievement so far.           

Therefore, we should form the habit of value time. Do not       

put off what can be done today until tomorrow. Lazy                    

will not only bring us failure, but also lead us on the road             

of poverty and even death.                                       

____ new round of competition for customers has started with discounted products in Gome and Suning, setting off____ wave of shopping rush at the end of the year．

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