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　　DC Hilton was one of the first American to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 42 years ago be bought a small __1___on US highway 69, in Oklahoma. His___2___customers were truck drivers and___3___salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheese-burgers when they stopped to___4___their journey.

　　

　　It was they who first tried to____5____Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his___6____. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door____7___.

　　Over the years his simple cafe expanded into a 24-hour roadside ____8___,with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car ___9___for mobile homes and all-night selfhelp laundry（洗衣店）.

　　

　　Hilton was a ___10__in a 24-hour working trend which has now ___11___ around the world. Today not only restaurants but also hanks, supermarkets, mail-order ___12___and many other businesses are___13___to be open all night. But is this really a good thing?

　　A lot of ____14____has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working and there is growing ___15____about the long term dangers of society that doesn't sleep.

　　Americans are said to be___16___20％ less than they did 100 years ago, and 55％ claim to __17___at least occasionally from overtiredness. ___18____of the worst man-made accidents happened in the last few hours before ___19___, when even the most experienced night-worker has difficult____20____awake.　　

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1)A.market	B.business
C.station	D.restaurant
(2)A.main	B.common
C.strange	D.only
(3)A.shopping	B.clothing
C.traveling	D.cooking
(4)A.start	B.break
C.enjoy	D.continue
(5)A.persuade	B.suggest
C.order	D.warn
(6)A.plan	B.thought
C.mind	D.decision
(7)A.then	B.since
C.later	D.yet
(8)A.cafe	B.building
C.workshop	D.hotel
(9)A.garage	B.park
C.repair	D.rest
(10)A.pioneer	B.dealer
C.master	D.manager
(11)A.caught 　　 in	B.caught 　　 out
C.caught 　　 on	D.caught 　　 up
(12)A.shops	B.firms
C.markets	D.departments
(13)A.ordered	B.forced
C.performing	D.beginning
(14)A.research	B.effort
C.work	D.information
(15)A.interest	B.sense
C.concern	D.progress
(16)A.working	B.playing
C.sleeping	D.relaxing
(17)A.recover	B.suffer
C.return	D.prevent
(18)A.Some	B.Few
C.None	D.All
(19)A.dust	B.midnight
C.darkness	D.dawn
(20)A.staying	B.becoming
C.continuing	D.insisting

　

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　　When Nancy Lublin got $ 5000 from her great grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off student loans（借款）. ____1____ the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing ____2____ faced by most of today's low-income women: “If she goes for a job interview ____3_____ dressed, she won't get the job,”Lublin says.“But without a job, she can't ____4____ proper clothing.”

　　

　　A few weeks later, Lublin ____5___ Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers（志愿者）. She asked women to give away ____6____ business clothes that were ____7____ in good condition. She asked the members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer fit. At first Lublin ____8____ the clothes in her one-bed-room apartment, but finally she found ___9___ in Greenwich Village church basement, which now ___10___ as the organization's main office.

　　

　　Today, when women arrive at the office for help with job-hunting, they ____11___ a dress, shoes, a bag, stockings and jewelry, and self-confidence as well. Some are trying to enter the work __12___ after being on welfare（福利）for years.

　　

　　__13____Dress for Success fitted its first per son who got help a year ago, more than 1 000 women have received dresses and many have won ___14___. Yarit Polanco was recently __15___ as a law-firm office manager. “Thanks to Dress for Success, I made a good impression（印象）and was accepted.”she says.

　　

　　Donations（捐贈(zèng)）are now __16___ in, including jewelry and 6 000 pairs of trousers and $ 40 000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lublin is opening Dress for Success ____17____ in other cities. “Many women have clothes ____18___ around that they'll never wear again,” says a volunteer.“Nancy's ___19___ is simple and practical and the ___20___ has proved so important to those women who are in great need of it.”

　　

(1)A.Anyway	B.Instead
C.Fortunately	D.Meanwhile
(2)A.condition	B.direction
C.design	D.plan
(3)A.poorly	B.well
C.better	D.worse
(4)A.make	B.find
C.wear	D.afford
(5)A.reached	B.called
C.founded	D.visited
(6)A.used	B.needed
C.new	D.torn
(7)A.yet	B.already
C.Almost	D.still
(8)A.hid	B.stored
C.discovered	D.hanged
(9)A.space	B.employers
C.work	D.office
(10)A.regards	B.serves
C.looks	D.lies
(11)A.buy	B.sell
C.receive	D.watch
(12)A.office	B.victory
C.wealth	D.force
(13)A.When	B.Once
C.although	D.Since
(14)A.jobs	B.shoes
C.business	D.prizes
(15)A.fired	B.hired
C.interviewed	D.considered
(16)A.giving	B.pouring
C.showing	D.sending
(17)A.schools	B.trades
C.races	D.branches
(18)A.lying	B.appearing
C.collecting	D.coming
(19)A.promise	B.belief
C.idea	D.opinion
(20)A.help	B.work
C.shop	D.money

Department stores sell ready- to-wear clothing, which is also called ready-made clothing. Such clothing is made in fixed sizes. Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it. Most often, people do not fit exactly into a producer’s size. Their clothing must be altered to make it fit better. However, most alterations are not very expensive. The small cost of most alterations means that ready-made clothing can meet the needs of most customers.

Those who can afford it often get someone to design and make their clothing. Such clothing is called custom-made. The person who makes it measures the customer, and then sews it so that it fits perfectly. Alterations are not needed. Custom-made clothing is largely sewn by hand, has better quality, better material, and is of the style you have chosen. Of course, it costs much more than ready-to-wear clothing. You need to pay the difference for the special fitting and better skill that you are receiving. This often means that you spend double or more than you would for a ready-made garment.

Custom-made clothing is not always that much better than ready-made clothing. It costs more partly because only one garment has been made, just for you. Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time. This means they can buy large quantities of material. Workers cut each size by the hundreds. Companies work out ways to make the garments quickly by machine and pay workers according to their skill. Thus they can sell the finished products at a low price while still making money. Most of the clothing sold in the United States is made in this way. Customers gain from the lower prices which are made possible by mass production. It may or may not give them high quality.

1. According to the passage, people who buy ready-made clothing ______.

　　A. wish to make alternations        B. will spend less money

　　C. want to make it better           D. can fit into the sizes

2.We can learn from the passage that custom-made clothing is_______.

　　A. specially made　　             B. fashionably designed

　　C. chosen by few people　　        D. made with difficulties

3.Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing?

　　A. It is of poor quality.　　         B. It suits all people.

　　C. It is labor-saving to make it.　　  D. It takes more time to make it

4.The purpose of the writer is _______.

　　A. to explain why custom-made clothing costs more

　　B. to show the advantages of mass production

　　C. to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing

　　D. to provide information about different kinds of clothing

 

What ________surprise you gave us by wearing such funny________ at so serious a meeting!

A./;clothes　　　　 B.a;clothing　　　　 C.a;dress　　　　　 D.a;clothes

 

The shop at the street corner sells ____ clothing.

 　 A. child’s and woman’s    　　　　　 B. children and women’s

　 C. children’s and women 　 　　　　　 D. children’s and women’s