Dress Down

Dress-down seems to have originated in places where people work through the heat of summer. Dress-down，restricted to Fridays, allows staff to head straight for their out-of-town retreats on Friday evenings without going home to change . But in New York it has now become a week-round state of affairs.

For me ,a manager in the head office of a bank，dress-down is a real headache for two reasons. The first is that it actually requires a new wardrobe（衣柜）. For my male colleagues in the US, it seemed to mean a change 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. 

Later in London, I was rather confused to discover that my employers had employers had started summer dress-down. At first, I tried to sidestep it 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 still have to prepare a suit in my office in case I’m suddenly called to a meeting, where dress-down is banned.

For the other great inconvenience of dress-down 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 smart clothes for such a formal appointment. However, I would normally applaud this state of affairs，as most of my time used to be spent trying to prevent valued employees from moving elsewhere.

1．According to the writer. “dress-down” in New York began as a way of_________.

A．discouraging staff from taking summer holidays

B．showing concern for staff who lived out of town

C．rewarding those employees willing to work in the heat

D．making life easier for staff in the summer months

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

A．She attempted to ignore it.                   B．She argued against it.

C．She recognized the need for it.             D．She urged her staff to adopt it.

3．The aspect of “dress—down” that most annoys the writer is the fact that         .

A．her clients find it embarrassing             B．not everyone has to conform to it

C．it does not apply on all occasions          D．the clothes themselves do not suit her

4．The writer thinks “dress-down”_________ according to the passage.

A．develops her ability to make a business   B．increases her expense on clothes

C．disturbs her personal life after work       D．damages her interpersonal relationships

5．In which aspect of her work does the writer find “dress-down” an advantage?

A．Employing new members of staff.        B．Monitoring the honesty of her staff.

C．Providing her staff with feedback.       D．Ensuring her staff remain loyal.

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People who drink a little, exercise, quit smoking and eat five servings of fruit and vegetables each day live on average 14 years longer than people who adopt none of these behaviors, researchers said on Tuesday . A collection of evidence has shown that these things contribute to healthier and longer lives, but the new study actually qualified their mixed effect, the British team said.

 “These results may provide further support for the idea that even small differences in lifestyle may make a big difference to health, ” the researchers wrote in the journal PLOS Medicine.

Between 1993 and 1997 the researchers questioned 20，000 healthy British men and women about their lifestyles. They also tested every participant’s blood to measure vitamin C intake, an indicator（指標）of how much fruit and vegetables people ate.

Then they assigned the participants-aged 45-79 a score of between 0 and 4，giving one point for each of the healthy behaviors. After allowing for age and other factors that could affect the likelihood of dying, the researchers found people with a score of 0 four times as likely to die.

The researchers, who tracked deaths among the participants until 2006，also said a person with a health score of 0 had the same risk of dying as someone with a health score of 4 who was 14 years older.

The lifestyle change with the biggest benefit was _____________________ ,which led to an 80 percent improvement in health, the study found. This was followed by eating fruits and vegetables. Drinking a little and keeping active brought the same benefits, Kay-Tee Khaw at the University of Cambridge said. Do you have the four healthy living habits?

1．What is the best title of the passage?（within 10 words）

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2．Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

It is well known that each living habit is good for health，but now the study has made it clear how nice the four habits cooperate.

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3．Fill in the blank in the last paragraph with a proper sentences. （within 10 words）

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4．What should be encouraged according to the result of the research?（within 10 words）

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.

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中國人口的老齡化趨勢讓人們更加關注老年人的晚年生活。請你根據(jù)所給提示。續(xù)

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How to care for the elders

Young people always complain that they face lots of pressures with caring for elders. How the aging people can be cared well is a hot topic in recent years. In my opinion, we, our government and our society can do just as follows…

We had ____ really damp October this year．

I can’t remember ____ autumn when it rained so much．

A．a(chǎn);不填           B．不填；the           C．the；an          D．a(chǎn)；an

—Andy, you ____ hair!

—Well，that’s because of gene，you know my father is bold-headed．

A．a(chǎn)re losing           B．1ose         C．1ost          D．have lost

Depend on ____ ，he will pass the examination．

A．that          B．this          C．it           D．one

As a proverb goes，“Where there is a will，there is away．” You can ____ more than you believe possible if you really set your mind to it．

A．a(chǎn)ccelerate            B．a(chǎn)ccumulate         C．a(chǎn)ccomplish            D．a(chǎn)pprove

____ of the truth of the reports，he told his colleagues about it．

A．Convincing          B．Convinced       C．To convince       D． Having convinced

China’s population is expected to increase to about 1.5 billion in 2040，____ it will start to decline slowly．

A．where            B．which           C．on which            D．a(chǎn)fter which

Happiness is as a butterfly which，when pursued，is always ____ our grasp．

A．beyond          B．over         C．under               D．a(chǎn)gainst