More than 30, 000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor windows. Wearing a seat belt saves lives; it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half. Therefore, drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you could be fined up to 50. It will no be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, you do not have to wear a seat belt if you are reversing your vehicle; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove to the court that you have been excused from wearing it. This text is taken from ____. A.a medical magazine B.a police report C.a legal document D.a government information booklet It is the driver’s responsibility to ____.A.make the front seat passenger wear a seat belt B.make the front seat children under 14 wear a seat belt C.stop children riding in the front seat D.wear a seat belt each time he drives According to the text, which of the following riding in the front does not have to wear a seat belt？A.Someone who is backing the car into a space B.Someone who is picking up the children from the local school. C.Someone who is delivering invitation letters. D.Someone who is under 14 For some people, it may be better ____.A.to wear a seat belt for health reasons B.not to wear a seat belt for health reasons C.to get a valid medical certificate before wearing a seat belt D.to pay a fine rather than wear a seat belt Wearing a seat belt in a vehicle ____.A.reduces road accidents by more than half B.saves lives while driving at a speed up to 30 miles per hour C.reduces the death rate in traffic accidents D.saves more than 15, 000 lives each year

Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on proceeds at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants, or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else―he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute bluntly; he does so with skill and polish. “I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right color and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.” Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look around”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the look-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. So most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.1 When a man is buying clothes, ____ .A he chooses things that others recommendB he buys cheap things, regardless of qualityC he buys good things, so long as they are not too expensiveD he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things2 In commerce a good salesman is one who ____ .A sells something a customer does not particularly wantB always has in stock the thing the customer wantsC can find out quickly the goods requiredD does not waste his time on difficult customers3 What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?A He buys something that is similar enough to the ideal one.B He usually does not buy anything.C At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.D So long as the style is right, he buys the thing.4 According to this passage, when shopping for clothes, women ____ .A often buy things without thinkingB seldom buy cheap clothesC welcome suggestions from anyoneD never take any advice5 What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?A The fact that men do not try clothes on in a shop.B Women bargain for their clothes, but men do not.C Women stand up while shopping, but men sit down.D The time they take over buying clothes.

I don't think Jim saw me; he（）into space.A. just staredB. was just staringC. has just staredD. had just stared

6．So fast ______ that it is difficult for us to imagine its speed.A. light travelsB. travels lightC. does light travelD. has light travelled

qied fágtā aguīng XIOTSIOGSI-|||-一、找出每句中的一个错误并改正-|||-1.But we don`t seem to have much time to talk about together.-|||-2.He was punished because what he had done.-|||-3.The ice isn`t thick enough for us to skate.-|||-4.I gave you my luggage at a quarter of an hour ago.-|||-5.I am writing to thank you with your kind help.-|||-marlasomA-|||-6.He means to come no earlier as that time.-|||-7.We must return back to school this afternoon.-|||-allaw off-|||-8.Child as he is,but he knows a lot.-|||-9.Having been ill for a long time,so she fell behind her classmates.-|||-10.Thinking he happened to have no work to do,and he came back home.

The manager made a farseeing decision ______ what she had said.A. in the course ofB. in the light ofC. in favor ofD. in the face of

You never see him, but they're with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you're traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They're known as the black box. When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the device's homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed. In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U. S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility. Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand（抵挡）massive force and temperatures up to 2,000℉. When submerged（潜入水中）, they're also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane's black boxes were never recovered.(1).What does the author say about the black box? A.It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.B.The idea for its design comes from a comic book.C.Its ability to ward off disasters is incredible.D.It is an indispensable device on an airplane.(2). What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? A.Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.B.The total number of passengers on board.C.The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.D.Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.(3). Why was the black box redesigned in 1965? A.New materials became available by that time.B.Too much space was needed for its installation.C.The early models often got damaged in the crash.D.The early models didn't provide the needed data.(4). What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447? A.There is still a good chance of their being recovered.B.There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.C.They have stopped sending homing signals.D.They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil.

The Bonobos shop on lower Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan, sits in a row of familiar fashion brands, including J. Crew. Zara and Gap. As at those stores, shoppers at Bonobos can survey racks of clothes, try on this shirt and those trousers, then decide which items to purchase. Unlike in those stores, stoppers at Bonobos may not buy any clothes to take home. When Bonobos first tried this idea, in 2011, it seemed like a joke. The company now has 20 such shops, from Texas to California, and plans to open at least seven more this year.Bricks-and-mortar stores are in the middle of an identity crisis. The growing threat from online shopping has encouraged some physical retailers to do more than just sell goods. Lululemon attracts shoppers with both yoga clothes and yoga classes, Louis Vuitton displays tine art beside its dresses. Among the most interesting models to emerge, however, are chains such as Bonobos, whose outlets have no stock to sell. Until recently, this business model was largely restricted to sellers of big, non-portable things like furniture: people like to examine sofas before they buy them. but they do not fit neatly into shopping bags. Now, clothing retailers are seeing the downsides of conventional shops,too.If retailer stores and sells goods in the same place, it must rent space, often in an expensive central location, for the store room as well as the shop floor. Staff may be needed to unpack deliveries overnight, which raises costs further. Employees spend much of the day restocking shelves, which means less attention paid to customers. Companies can never predict perfectly which items will sell in which shops. Inevitably some clothes remain unsold for too long, and must be marked down. which squeezes margins.Online-only shops have less of a problem with this sort of thing, but there are still many consumers who like to check the fit and the feel of a piece of clothing before buying. So Paul Evans and Jack Erwin, two young shoe companies, have showrooms in New York where shoppers can inspect loafers (便鞋) and brogues (皮鞋), then order them online. Warby Parker does the same for glasses.The most prominent American example is Bonobos, which began as an online-only men's retailer before realizing customers wanted shops, too. Its outlets house many styles and many sizes, but not every style in every size. Salesmen have the sole job of helping each shopper find clothes he likes, identify the proper fit and order the clothes online. "We do a better job of selling clothes because we don't stock the clothes." Boasts Andy Dunn, the firm's founder. Bonobos need not guess which trousers will sell at which store. All the stock is at one central warehouse.In Asia, Zalore offers a variation on this theme. The four-year-old online retailer displays its clothes in pop-up showrooms in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Philippines. Such temporary installations, explains Tito Costa, Zalora's marketing chief, are "a way to build confidence either in a new way of shopping or in a young brand." Shoppers can try on Zalora's clothes, chat with its stylists and order items online, either from computer stations or by scanning a QR code with their phones, using Zalora's app.It is no coincidence that the companies that are testing out such showrooms began online. Big established retailers are unlikely to change stores to showrooms, at least in the foreseeable future, because they can satisfy a potential customer by making her get a Zara dress in the afternoon and go dancing in it that same evening. Delivering to individuals rather than shipping in bulk to stores would also require established retailers to upend their distribution networks, says Neil Saunders of Conlumino, a consulting firm. But for many younger retailers, selling online and in showrooms may be the future, not least because showrooms are cheaper to run than conventional shops. That means they can open more of them, more quickly.Some familiar fashion brands are mentioned in Paragraph 1 to show that .A. they find a large scale is hard to achieveB. competitions between Bonobos and fashion brands is getting beyond a jokeC. they win the trust of consumers by their good servicesD. Bonobos' operating system differs from theirs

compare with, work out, make no sense, now and then, make it,go on a diet.-|||-make a difference,be similar to,fall apart, come along,set a good example,rather than-|||-1.He insisted on staying __-|||-thangoing back home.-|||-2.Helen Keller __ to all of us.-|||-.I could still have a burger __ but I would add salad or an apple.-|||-.The deal(生意) __ when we failed to agree on a price.-|||-. __ other women,she is lucky indeed.-|||-Mary decided __ during the holiday.

30. (2.0分) Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.A. 对B. 错