Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.

How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.

Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.

What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats, for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example.

Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.

At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater; and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either!

36.

The author thinks that people are ________. A) satisfied with their appearance

B) concerned about appearance in old age C) far from neglecting what is in fashion D) reluctant to follow the trends in fashion

正确答案： C 37.

Fashion magazines and TV advertisements seem to link fashion to ________.

A) confidence in life B) personal dress C) personal behavior D) personal success

正确答案： A 38.

Which is NOT the reason that makes fashions change? A) Practicality.

B) Individual affection. C) Celebrity effect. D) Convenience.

正确答案： B 39.

Present-day society is much freer and easier because it emphasizes ________. A) uniformity B) formality C) informality D) individuality

正确答案： D 40.

Which is the main idea of the last paragraph? A) Care about appearance in formal situations. B) Fashion in formal and informal situations. C) Ignoring appearance in informal situations. D) Ignoring appearance in all situations.

正确答案： A

Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 12 minutes )

Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.

41.

This is sheer ________ talk. There is not a word of truth in it. A) deceived B) deceptive C) decent D) deceit

正确答案： B 42.

I don’t know what made Sarah marry him — she must have been totally ________. A) credible B) incredible C) sane D) insane

正确答案： D 43.

Today employees would like a bit more openness, a bit more _______ about what's going on so that fewer problems and conflicts could arise. A) tranquil B) transparent C) tranquilness D) transparency

正确答案： D 44.

The government's popularity has dropped alarmingly as it failed to _______ unemployment and bankruptcies.

A) tighten its grip on B) come to grips with C) be in the grip of D) loosen its grip on

正确答案： B 45.

A newly developed robot that can show its emotions by smiling or frowning may one day help computer users talk as quickly and easily to machine _______ with other people.

A) such as they now talk B) like they now talk

C) as much as they now do D) as they now do

正确答案： D 46.

Because there was little heat in the bedroom, he was cold _______. A) many parts of the night B) much through the night C) most of the night

D) the majority part of the night

正确答案： C 47.

In today's society, politics has played a larger, _______, part in American life than ever before.

A) if not an important B) if not a more important C) if an important D) if a more important

正确答案： B 48.

The fog was so heavy that it _____ the hills around the city. A) turned out B) blotted out C) put out D) blew out

正确答案： B 49.

The country is _____ in natural resources. A) plentiful B) sufficient C) adequate D) abundant

正确答案： D 50.

The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, _____ to the body.

A) the stress it is greater B) greater is the stress C) greater stress is

D) the greater the stress

正确答案： D 51.

Let me be quite ______with you: your work is not good enough. A) insincere B) unfair C) partial D) candid

正确答案： D 52.

He raised his eyebrows and stuck his head forward and ________ it in a single nod, a gesture boys used then for “O.K.” when they were pleased. A) shrugged B) tugged C) jerked D) twisted

正确答案： C 53.

There was a terrible _____ as everyone struggled madly in the dark to get some air. A) conversion B) confession C) confusion D) conviction

正确答案： C 54.

This mean act of his is quite of a _____ with his conduct generally. A) sheet B) piece C) bit D) part