18. My brother got fired a month ago, but he landed on his feet and found another job that paid ____ money. 

A. twice as much    B. as much twice    C. twice much as    D. as twice much

                              C

    Throughout the world, clothing has many uses. It is used to provide protection from the elements. It is also worn to prevent others from seeing specific parts of one's body. However, the parts of the body that must be covered vary widely throughout the world. Some clothing is worn to

provide supernatural protection. Wearing a lucky shirt to take an exam is calling for supernatural assistance.

    People in all cultures use clothing and other forms of bodily decoration to communicate status,intentions and other messages. In North America, we dress differently for business and various leisure activities. North American women usually are much more knowledgeable of and concerned

With little difference in messages communicated by clothes than men. At times, this leads to silly mistakes of interpretation（解释） of female intentions on the part of men. Of course. clothing styles also are intended to communicate messages to members of the same gender（性别）．

    Long before we are near enouth to talk to someone, their appearance tells their gender, age,economic class. and often even intentions. We begin to recognize the important cultural clues at an early age. The vocabulary of dress that we learn includes not only items of clothing but also

hairstyles, jewelry, and other body decoration. In most cultures, however, the same style of dress communicates different messages depending on the age, gender. and physical appearance of the individual wearing it.

   Putting on certain types of clothing can change your behavior and the behavior of others towards you. This can be the case with a doctor's white lab coat, or an army uniform. Most uniforms are clearly symbolic so that they can rapidly and unmistakably communicate status. For instance. the

strange hairstyle and clothing of the English "punks" are essential aspects of their uniforms.

   There are many forms of body decoration other than clothes that are used around the world to send messages. These include body and hair paint, and even body deformation. When doctors put braces on teeth, they are actually doing the same thing - deforming or reforming a part of the body

to make it more attractive.

49. What is the passage mainly about?

    A. Clothing and Culture          B. Communication through Clothing

    C. Clothing and Social Behavior  D. Ways of Sending Messages

50. In North America men sometimes misunderstand women's intention because

    A. men are more careless than women

    B. women spend more time on their clothes

    C. men and women have different views on clothing styles

    D. men care less about the different messages communicated by clothes

51. From the passage. it can be inferred that__________

    A. messages communicated by clothes are the same in different cultures

    B. words of dress are not enough to communicate different messages

    C. dress is better than language in communicating messages

    D. clothing plays an important role in social activities

52. What does the underlined word "essential" mean in this passage?

     A. beautiful       B. necessary      C. unimportant     D. Common

第三节   书面表达（满分30分）

2009年7月11日著名国学大师季羡林病逝，请你撰文用英语介绍一下他的生平：

1. 1911年8月出生于山东省临清市。

2历史学家、翻译家、作家。他精通12国语言。

3.1930年，考入清华大学，大学期间，以成绩优异。1935年到德国留学。

4.1946～1983年，被北京大学聘为教授。　季羡林先生为人所敬仰，不仅因为他的学识，还因为他的品格。

5.曾被“2006年感动中国”获奖人物之一

参考词汇：

感动中国：Moving China

注意：字数在100左右。

10. It would usually cost $500, but I’m sure we can ____ some kind of arrangement to save some money.

A. come to     B. take up       C. agree to      D. make out

24．We have strong __________ for believing that the mine accident in Heilongjiang was due to the poor management.

A．grounds　　B．reason    C．cause　　D．Purpose

13. --May I put my luggage on the seat beside you, sir?

--__________.

A. Sure, with pleasure                            B. Oh, please yourself

C. Well, never mind                              D. It’s my pleasure.

 _______ the calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately. 

 A. Even if        B.  As far as       C. If only     D.  So long as

When Marx was in London, he _______ read at the library for hours.

A. would                 B. might                           C. could                  D. should

20. When Jane began to take swimming lessons, her main__________was the fear of water.

A. evidence             B. crisis                        C. obstacle              D. Danger

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

       “神州7号”中国人首次太空舱外活动成功以后，人们就“普通人去太空旅游”的话题展开了热烈讨论。请你根据下列提示以“The advantages and disadvantages of Space Travel”为题写一篇英语短文，阐述表格中的两种观点，并简要地谈谈你个人的看法。

注意事项：

       1．短文必须包括所列内容。

       2．不要逐字逐句翻译。

       3．词数110左右。