Researchers claimed that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differently—with the bigger tips coming only from male customers.

No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a different color.

The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleagues. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.

When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.

A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism industry.

Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.

The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work.

1.The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means____________________.

A．different B．similar C．the same D．close

2.According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _________________.

A．wearing red T-shirts

B．putting on attractive make-up

C．changing the color of T-shirts

D．behaving themselves

3.Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Bright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.

B．Waitresses in red make no difference to female customers.

C．Make-up makes no difference to man customers.

D．Whether male customers tips more or not depends on service.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A．People tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.

B．Waitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.

C．Male customers are more interested in the red color.

D．Red color has no negative effect on female customers.

What is a lifestyle and how is that different from a life? A lifestyle is about brand names and buying identity or fame. Lifestyle gives a false sense of peace and acceptability that comes from others recognizing what you’ve bought into (as well as bought). If your car, clothes, and home are expensive, you’re sophisticated(世故的) and stylish. If you have the right kind of job or go to the right social gatherings, then you receive the insincere approval of others. This means that your self-esteem(自尊) is always at the mercy of others, with no appreciation of you as an individual.

A life, on the other hand, is very different. A life is what you lead when you know what matters most to you. It is very simple and comes from being connected to what you know is important and being willing to put that first, no matter what others may think. When you create a life vs. a lifestyle, your self-esteem comes from what’s inside you, not what others think about you.

Lifestyle is expensive financially and personally, because it costs a great deal to keep up appearances and do what you think is socially acceptable. A life is not expensive. Rather than using personal or financial resources, a life generates energy and staying power. It’s about liberating yourself from the mindless consumption that society expects. It is about making the choices that are in line with your values, instead of using up your bank account or energy for no heart-driven reason.

How can you make the change? Understand the difference between a life and a lifestyle. Analyze your current lifestyle to see what is costing you in money, time, stress, and energy to maintain it. Let go and make room for what is really important to you, what supports you and brings you joy. Remember who you are from within, not what you own!

1.Which of the following examples best explains “what is life about”?

A．We work long hours in a job that we do not enjoy.

B．We focus on what we wear, or what kind of car we drive.

C．We find out what our true beliefs and values are and choose to live by these.

D．We think that how others see us is more important than what we think of ourselves.

2.What method does the author use to explain his opinion in the third paragraph?

A．Making comparison. B．Giving an example.

C．Giving a definition. D．Giving a reason.

3.To make the change, we need to______________________.

A．be directed from within B．be directed from outside

C．be driven by social values D．be driven by others’ opinions

4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To describe what life is.

B．To introduce what lifestyle is.

C．To promote life instead of lifestyle.

D．To tell the differences between life and lifestyle.

Many years ago，when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver，I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City，where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款臺)，I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off，but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city，and when I got out of the car，the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank you note for helping me. Soon afterward，I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later，I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day，and the battery(電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars —was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford？”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment，so when I got home，I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you，and it meant a lot，he said.

“Thank you”－two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

A．to visit a friend B．to see his parents

C．to pay at the cash register D．to have more gas for his car

2.The underlined words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “________”．

A．turned off B．moved off C．put up D．set up

3.The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

A．something went wrong with the lights

B．the meeting lasted a whole day

C．he forgot to turn off the lights

D．he drove too long a distance

4.By telling his own experiences，the author tries to show ________.

A．how to write a thank you letter

B．how to deal with car problems

C．the kind heartedness of older people

D．the importance of expressing thanks

閱讀下列應用文及相關信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡上將對應題號的相應選項字母涂黑。

首先，請閱讀下列廣告信息：

A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTER

◇ Classes for beginners for 3 months

◇ Focus on grammar as well as writing and oral English

◇ Open from 3:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

◇ Small classes with maximum 8 students

◇ Course fee: $300 (10% discount for the first to enroll)

◇ Tel: 22325445

B. HALIFAX PLAYHOUSE

◇ Ring’s Cross Street, Halifax

◇ Open from Oct. 10th – 17th on Golden Pond by Emest Thompson

◇ This is a magical comedy about real people. A well-acted play for everyone.

Don’t miss it.

◇ Performances: at 7:30 p.m.

◇ Admission: $3.

◇ Tel: 3659 9988

C. LONDON COLLEGE OF ENGLISH

◇ Classes for foreign students of all levels

◇ 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 1 year course

◇ Focus on spoken language

◇ Open through all year from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

◇ Small class with maximum 12 students

◇ Course fee for English for one year: $1,200

◇ Discount at shorter period of study

◇ Tel: 22342381

D. EXHIBITIONS OF OIL PAINTINGS

◇ Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Art

◇ A combination of Eastern and Western Art

◇ Open from 8:00 am to 6:00 p.m., January 3rd to 19th

◇ Admission: $2 for adults, $1 for students

◇ Tel: 33569875

E. WESTERN ART SHOW

◇ China National Art Museum

◇ European modern art, Chinese art and African ancient art

◇ Open from 7:30 am to 4:00 pm from January 6th to 20th

◇ Admission: $3 for adults, $1.5 for middle school students

◇ Tel:25545569

F. GRAND THEATRE

◇ Oxford Street, Leeds

◇ Restaurant and Café

◇ Admission: Tues-Thurs. $2-6; Fri. & Sat. $4-8

◇ Sue Townsend’s musical play

◇ Performances: Evenings at 9:45am, October 10 -17; at 2:30 p.m. No Monday performance.

◇ All kinds of drinks offered

◇ Tel: 52011611

然后請閱讀下列Wendy等人的信息，并匹配上面適合他們的廣告信息。

1.Wendy, a student who is interested in comedy and performing, happens to be free on Oct. 12th and wants to relax herself by enjoying some performances, but she has no more than $4.

2.Carol happens to be free on October 15th and plans to enjoy some performances while having a cup of coffee.

3.Jenny, a student who is a major in art is interested in Italian art as well as Chinese, will be free after school at 4:30.

4.Tom will go to study in the USA for a master’s degree. He wants to have a full-time special training for several months to improve his oral English.

5.Mark, a worker of an export company, needs to improve his writing and oral English. He can only go to the training class after work every day.

根據(jù)下列句子及所給單詞的首字母，寫出各單詞的完全形式（每空限填一詞）

1.I hear that their class c__________ of 26 boys and 14 girls.

2.What she said was so c__________ that I fully believed her.

3.To our d__________, we are going to have a very long winter vacation.

4.The man acted rudely and thus made a bad i__________ on us.

5.My father is so s__________ that no one can make him change his decision.

6.A great many houses were d__________ in the earthquake and many people became homeless.

7.U__________ my sister who is fond of pop music, I like classical music.

8.We can draw a c__________ from the above discussion.

9.With many pictures, this book is i__________ for the children under 6 years old.

10.When a_________ the house, they found something unusual, so they stopped to have a look.

假設你叫李華。上周五，你校邀請林海博士給同學們作了“發(fā)生事故，如何實施急救”的專題講座。主要內(nèi)容包括：

1. 首先檢查事故現(xiàn)場是否安全；

2. 看到有人嚴重受傷，應立即撥打急救電話；

3. 急救的簡單措施。

請你根據(jù)以上提示，給你的美國筆友Tom寫一封100詞左右的電子郵件，介紹這個專題講座的內(nèi)容，并談談你的感想。

注意：開頭和結尾已經(jīng)給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Tom，

I wish you all the best.

Yours, Li Hua

根據(jù)句意和首字母，寫出所缺的單詞。（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

1.It is normal that anybody will c________ mistakes.

2.He has the special quality that proves he is a p________ player rather than an amateur.

3.After the chairman d________ the result, the whole class got mad.

4.The r________ dogs made great contributions to finding the people buried under the ruins.

5.If you doubt about the arrangement, you’d better make a phone call to c________ it.

用括號內(nèi)所給詞的適當形式填空。（共5小題；每小題1分，滿分5分）

1.When waking up, the fisherman found himself ________(face) with an enormous monster.

2.Twenty percent of the students in the university ________(be) chosen to participate in the exchange project each year.

3.The cellphones made by Samsung are enjoying their ________(popular) in recent years.

4.________(selfish) and hardworking, the newly-come employee was appointed to take charge of the department.

5.My brother John has a terrific sense of humor and could be very ________(amuse).

根據(jù)句后的漢語意思填入適當?shù)亩陶Z以完成句子。（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

1.Every year ________ ________ ________ ________ inland visitors pour into HK, which indeed causes inconvenience to the local people.

2.The Internet now is ________ ________ ________ ________ in our life. (扮演著重要的角色)

3.Let’s raise our glasses and ________ ________ the happy marriage of the bride and bridegroom. (為......干杯)

4.There’s no need for you to worry about accommodation; it is a ________ ________. (寄宿學校)

5.He ________ his survival ________ luck. (歸功于)

6.The area is peaceful ________ ________ some small conflicts between villagers. (除了)

7.How can he focus on his homework, ________ the music ________ so loudly? (在音樂播得這么大聲的情況下)

8.—Hey, Linda, do you know that we won’t have any classes this Saturday?

—Really? ________ ________, I will go backpacking in Tianlong Mountain. (如果這樣的話)

9.Don’t forget to ________ your address card ________ your travel suitcase so that it can be returned if lost by accident. (貼上)

10.________ ________ ________ class is a basic requirement for a qualified teacher. (按時上課)

Inland waters may be grouped into two general classes: standing waters and flowing waters. As is often the case, the boundary between these two classes is not sharp and clear. A pond is an example of standing water. But most ponds are fed by springs or brooks and most have an outlet. Thus some current of changing water flows through them. On the other hand, a river is an example of flowing water. In some places, however, a river may have such a slow current that it is very difficult to detect.

      Standing inland waters differ in size, in age, and in many abiotic environmental characteristics. They range in size from roadside puddles to the Caspian Sea. Puddles may last for only a few days or weeks; ponds, for a few hundred to a thousand years. In general, lakes are older, though the waters of some tropical “l(fā)akes” disappear completely during each dry season. Standing waters vary from very shallow to very deep, from clear to muddy, from fresh to salty.

      In flowing waters we roughly distinguish between brooks, creeks, and rivers. The size and age of flowing waters are unimportant. Speed of flow, clearness, oxygen content, and other chemical characteristics are used by scientists in studying flowing-water ecosystems.

1.According to the passage, which of the following characteristics of flowing waters is unimportant?

A. Clarity. B. Size. C. Speed of flow. D. Oxygen content.

2.The word “abiotic” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by ______.

A. nonliving B. living C. coastal D. inland

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Usually the water in a river flows into a pond.

B. Scientists only study flowing-water ecosystems.

C. Usually ponds last much longer than puddles.

D. The Caspian Sea is considered as an example of flowing water.

4.From this passage we may know that the distinction between standing waters and flowing waters ______.

A. depends on how people name the waters

B. is clear

C. depends on the seasons

D. is hard to make

5.This passage mainly tells us that ______.

A. there are two major classes of inland waters

B. lakes and rivers are flowing waters

C. age and size of flowing waters are important

D. ponds and brooks are standing waters