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- A.Fancy dress can always attract people’s attention.
- B.People dress for comfort, not for youthful appearance.
- C.Our sloppiness in dress resulted from our desire to be different.
- D.Young people desperately try to look different from other people.
- A.The Decline of Neatness
- B.The Necessity of Clean Clothes
- C.The Symbol of a New Generation
- D.The Importance of Informal English
- A.The speech of the younger generation has become more colorful.
- B.The trend in casual wear has a big effect on how people speak.
- C.The way one speaks has little to do with what one wears.
- D.The increased wealth has enriched people’s vocabulary.
- A.Blue jeans is no longer in fashion.
- B.The taste of the young changes fashion trends.
- C.Manufacturers do not produce brand new jeans today.
- D.Jeans that look old and worn-out are much favored by the youn
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- Anyone with a passion for banging labels on people or things should have little difficulty in recognizing that an appropriate tag for our time is the Unkempt Generation. I am not referring solely to college kids. The sloppiness (邋遢) virus has spread to al
- Careless speech stems from the same root. Vocabulary, like blue jeans, is being drained of color and distinction. A complete sentence in everyday speech is becoming increasingly rare. People communicate in chopped-up phrases, relying on something like “yo
- A.They prefer to wear blue jeans.
- B.They never wear comfortable clothes.
- C.They tend to dress neatly but speak sloppily.
- D.They strive to appear casual in dress and speech.
- A.What one chooses at the start may affect his whole life.
- B.What one dislikes should not be recommended to others.
- C.What one does unconsciously may mean a lot to another.
- D.What one pursues in life may also be another’s career choice.
- A.The author reported to her the content of the book.
- B.The author thanked her for recommending the book.
- C.The author explained to her the reason for loving the book.
- D.The author expressed her apology for misunderstanding her.
- A.She walked with elegance.
- B.She walked with pride.
- C.She walked with calmness.
- D.She walked with dignity.
- A.began to write journals in the kitchen sink
- B.felt encouraged to pursue her writing dreams
- C.started to take notes when she was in the library
- D.formed the habit of writing poems in the woods
- A.let out
- B.leave alone
- C.leave behind
- D.let alone
- A.that
- B.what
- C.which
- D.whether
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- At ten years old, I borrowed a book from the library that had the word“mistress”in the title. Granted, the cover art featured a golden carriage resembling that of Cinderella’s. My mother did not notice this book amid my stack of 20 until I was at home rea
- I looked at her and stood motionless for a few seconds. Obviously, it was not the kind of book I was looking for. “It’s very different,” she said, noticing my disappointment.
- I accepted her recommendation. I took the book home, curled up on our window seat, and started reading: “I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. I can’t say that I am really comfortable, but that is the only part of the kitchen where there is any daylig
- I was hooked. Absolutely hooked. I wanted to be a writer, too. I also loved to write in strange places.
- I never told the librarian how much that book meant to me. How it spurred my writing dreams to the point that I took journals when walking through the woods and paused to take notes. Two weeks ago, I drove to meet my mother for a Ch
- I rose to my feet and moved excitedly toward her, “You work at the library! You once showed me I Capture the Castle! I’m a writer now! That’s still my favorite book!” The woman paused and smiled kindly, with a blank expression on he
- As I watched her go, I wondered how many lives we change without realizing what we do is significant. For all that woman had really done was lend me a book. But it had captured my world. The mother immediately took away the book the
- A.imperfect
- B.impractical
- C.inappropriate
- A.result
- B.effect
- C.outcome
- D.role
- A.except
- B.than
- C.or
- D.as
- A.that is
- B.for another
- C.namely
- D.similarly
- A.to
- B.as
- C.of
- D.for
- A.live
- B.alive
- C.livable
- D.living
- A.being encouraged
- B.having encouraged
- C.encouraging
- D.to encourage
- A.as
- B.while
- C.although
- D.like
- A.take
- B.took
- C.was taking
- D.would take
- A.hurt
- B.wounded
- C.wrecked
- D.injured
- A.hang up
- B.hang on
- C.hang about
- D.hang around
- A.in question
- B.out of question
- C.without question
- D.out of the question
- A.take effect
- B.take part
- C.take office
- D.take shape
- A.rates
- B.intervals
- C.levels
- D.paces
- A.announced
- B.being announced
- C.to be announced
- D.announcing
- A.in his eye
- B.in the eye
- C.in his eyes
- D.in the eyes
- A.why
- B.how
- C.when
- D.what
- A.broke down
- B.broke out
- C.broke up
- D.broke in
- A.would have lasted
- B.had lasted
- C.will have lasted
- D.has lasted