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invented a suit that can be worn while they wash.
The suit has been specially designed so that it can be cleaned under the showerhead.There is no need
for soaking (浸泡), dry cleaning-or even soap.
The Japanese market has taken a liking to the "shower suit", described as "revolutionary" by its owner Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), which is the research and marketing body that represents Australian
woolgrowers.Orders have been placed for 170,000 of the woolen suits.
The suit could be worn in the shower, although it was probably better to hang it on a clothes hanger
and carry it instead, AWI corporate affairs spokesman Stephen Feighan said."The idea is that you hang it
up and then...you give it a
spray (喷雾), and it"s dry the next morning, " Mr Feighan said.A Japanese researcher working for AWI invented the suit by combining three technologies.The secret
is the best lining (内衬), which allows the suit to dry quickly.The shower suit attracted busy corporate
people, particularly those who often traveled or stayed up late, Mr Feighan said.The airline industry was
also interested.
Mr Feighan confessed he had not worn one of the suits yet, or tried to wash it in the shower, because
they cut to fit Japanese figures.
AWI believes that the shower suit will spread from the Japanese market through Europe and India
.Mr Feighan hoped the suit, made from local wool, would be available in Australia in 12 to 18 months"
time.
1. What is the writing purpose of the article?
A. To introduce a newlydesigned shower suit.
B. To help the white collars arrange their life more sensibly.
C. To provide suggestions on saving time in bath.
D. To praise AWI for its important achievement.
2. Which is true about the suit according to the passage?
A. It can spare the owner"s trouble of soaking, dry cleaning and applying soap.
B. It is of the quality of fast dry for its best cloth.
C. It is not suitable for hanging.
D. It has attracted more orders than any other suit.
3. The suit draws the attention from all the following groups EXCEPT________.
A. corporate people who are always on the go
B. people on occasional business trips
C. the airline industry
D. people burning the mid
night oil4. Which of the following has much to do with Mr Feighan?
A. The invention of the suit.
B. The tryon of the sui
t.C. The combination of the three technologies on the suit.
D. The popularization of the suit and best wishes for it
5. It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A. Australians prefer foreign markets to the domestic one
B. wool is the most favorite material for clothing
C. westerners have different body sizes and figures from easterners
D. Australia"s economy will not recover within a year
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试题【阅读理解 Busy senior managers need no longer waste time in showering themselves-】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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A. The Development of an Early Union.
B. Support from the Public.
C. The Decline of an Early Union.
D. A Brief Comparison between the Union and the Medieval Craft Guilds.
E. Management"s Reaction to the Labour Movement.
F. Reasons for starting a Union.
1. _____
Some scholars hav
e associated trade unions with the medieval craft guilds (中世纪的行会), but there are important differences between the two.The guild members were masters craftsmen who owned
capital and often employed workers.Unions are known as associations of workers with similar skills.
2. _____
In the past, individual worker had no control over the conditions of their working lives; political and
economic power was concentrated in the hands of wealthy business owners.Workers found, however,
that there was strength in uniting.From their earliest years, union objectives have been higher wages and
improved working conditions.
3._____
Employers resisted, of course.They made great efforts to stop union organizing its activities.Union
members were fired, workers were forced to sign contracts in w
hich they promised not to join a union,and companies hired strikebreakers (罢工破坏者) and even gunmen to frighten organizers.
4._____
One of the earliest successful labour organizations in the United States was the Knights of Labour,
founded in 1869.The Knights, which included both skilled and unskilled workers, attempted to organize
all workers into one great union.After it successfully struck the Wabash railroad owned by Jay Gould in
1885, its popularity and power grew dramatically.In 1886 the Knights had 700,000 members.
5._____
The decline of the Knights of Labour, however, came quickly.The strike against Gould was gradually
broken, and the Knights radical positions on social issues cost them public support.In the end, a lack of
unity as well as the rapid inflow of unskilled immigrants weakened the union"s economic power, and the
organization came to an end.
you meet is your mirror.
Mirrors have a very particular__1__.They reflect the image in front of them.Just as a__2__mirror
works as the vehicle to reflection, __3__do all of the people in our lives.
When we see something beautiful such as a flower garden, that garden__4__a reflection.When we
love someone, it"s a(n)__5__of loving ourselves.We have often heard things like "I love how I am when I"m with that person". That si
mply__6__into "I"m able to love me when I love that other person". __7__, when we meet someone new, we feel as though we "click". Sometimes it"s as if we"ve__8__each other for a long time.That feeling can come from__9__similarities.
Just as the "mirror" or other people can be a positive reflection, it is more likely that we"ll__10__it
when it has a negative connotation (内涵). __11__, it"s easy to remember the times when we have met
someone we"re not particularly__12__about.We may have some criticism (批评) in our mind about the
__13__.This is especially true when we get to know someone with whom we would rather spend__14__
time.
Oftentimes, when we__15__qualities in other people, ironically (讽刺地), it"s usually the mirror
that"s__16__to us.
At times we meet someone__17__and feel distant, disconnected, or disgusted.__18__we don"t
want to believe it, and it"s not easy or__19__to look further, it can be a great learning lesson to__20__
what part of the person is being reflected in you.It"s simply just another way to create more selfawareness.
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| Frankly, I appreciate myself very much.Yes, I admit I"m in many aspects not as good as other people, but I don"t think I"m always not good.When I find what I"ve done or written is okay, I"ll remain pleased with myself for quite a few days, and if I receive praise for it, I"ll even become so excited as to add a few words to reward myself. True, I"m not modest at all.People may call me conceited (自负的). But I think otherwise. I appreciate other people.I appreciate anything good.Isn"t it unfair to forget appreciating myself while appreciating others? We Chinese generally tend to be modest, and we take pride in being so.For example, a Chinese man will call his own wife zhuojing, meaning"my humble wife", and his own writings zhuozuo, mean  ing"my poor writings". But if you call his wife a "rustic (乡村的) woman" or his wr itings"trash", he would, I"m sure, declare he would make a clean break with you angrily.As a matter of fact, there is probably no difference at all between what is said by him and you. I don"t think it"s wrong of you to freely praise yourself if you"re really worthy of praise.As we know, there is an old Chinese saying disparaging (蔑视) a melon seller, named Lao Wang, who keeps praising his own goods.Well, why can"t he praise his melons if they are really sweet and juicy? Lao Wang sells melons for a living.How could he carry on business if he, by imitating the aff  ectations (装模作样) of us intellectuals, were to show false modesty about his melons?He would sure enough die of starvation. Selfappreciation is therefore a key to professional dedication and enjoyment of work.Needless to say, the same is true of those who make a living with their pen.One will lose confidence in writing when he stops admiring his own essays. 1. We know from the first three paragraphs that the author________. A. is modest in some way B. is pleased to be a good writer C. is too conceited D. thinks it unfair to appreciate others 2. What do we know about the author"s attitude towards Chinese modesty according to Paragraph 4? A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Neutral. D. Careless. 3. The author mentions the example of Lao Wang to prove that______. A. Lao Wang is very proud of himself B. melon sellers should praise their goods C. reasonable selfappreciation is good D. writers should learn from Lao Wang 4. The purpose of the passage is to encourage readers to be________. A. modest B. considerate C. respectful D. confident | |||
| 信息匹配 A. Reasons for Having Large Families in Some Countries. B. Calculation of Population Growth. C. Efforts Made to Lower the Mortality Rate (死亡率) D. High Fertility Rates in Developing Countries. E. Low Fertility Rates in Developed Countries. F. Birth Control Programs. 1. _____ Population growth is determined by the relationship between births and deaths.The growth rate is calculated by the birth rate minus the death rate.If the birth rate is 4%, for example, and the death rate is 3%, the population growing at rate of 1% per year. 2._____ Historically, families had many children, but average life expectancies are low and many children died young.Improvements in nutrition and public health programs in the past 30 years have led to a drop in the mortality rate and hence to more rapid population growth. 3._____ Public health programs and improved nutrition over the past 30 years have brought about declines in mortality rates in the developing nations.But fertility rates (出生率) have not declined as quickly, and the result has been high rates of population growth.Reduced population growth depends to some extent on decreased birth rates. 4._____ Family planning and modern forms of birth control are important mechanisms for decreasing fertility, but by themselves such programs have had rather limited success in most countries where they have been tried.If family planning strategies a  re to be successful, they must make sense to the people who aresupposed to benefit from them. 5. _____ To a great extent, in developing countries people want large families because they believe they need them  .In some societies, children are important sources of farm labor, and they may thus make significantcontributions to household income.In societies without any soc  ial security programs for the aged, children may also provide a vital source of income for their old parents. | |||
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| To some people, happiness is something to do with simplicity, and it is the ability to extract pleasure from the simplest things-such as a peach stone (桃核). It is obvious that it has nothing to do with success. For Sir Henry Stewart, it was certainly successful. I remember some ten years ago when he was made King"s Counsel, Amos and I went to congratulate him.We smiled happily; he merely looked as miserable as though he"d received a punishment. He took his success as a child does his medicine. And not one of his achievements brought even a sign of a smile to his tired eyes. I asked him one day what it was like to achieve all one"s ambitions.He looked down at his roses and went on watering them.Then he said, "The only value in achieving one"s ambitions is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving." Yesterday, I was passing his house and he called me,"Come and see, Jan.Look! I have done it at last!" There he was, holding a small box of earth in his hand.I observed three tiny shoots out of it. "And there were only three!" he said, his eyes laughing to heaven. "Three what?" I asked. "Peach stones," he replied. "I"ve always wanted to make peach stones grow, even since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and then forgot where I planted them. But now at last I have done it. I had only three stones, and three shoots," he counted. Then Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement-his achievement of simplicity. | |||
| 1. From what fact could we see Sir Henry was successful? | |||
| A. He felt happy from the simplest things. B. He was made King"s Counsel. C. He was able to make the peach stones shoot. D. He didn"t take his success seriously. | |||
| 2. The author compares Sir Henry"s attitude towards his success to a child"s taking medicine _____. | |||
| A. to show that Sir Henry felt miserable when he was promoted B. to prove that Sir Henry didn"t want to be successful C. to suggest that Sir Henry"s future job would be hard to do D. to tell us that Sir Henry took his success as a tiny thing in his life | |||
| 3. According to Sir Henry Stewart, the value in achieving one"s ambitions is _____. | |||
| A. that he discovers it valueless B. that he finds it worth his efforts C. that he has achieved it D. that he fails to realize it | |||
| 4. The writer"s opinion about Sir Henry"s attitude towards success is _____. | |||
| A. criticism B. disapproval C. admiration D. tease |