I _____the coat in the supermarket for 260yuan.

A. cost       B. paid      C. pent      D. bought

The house was sold for $60,000, which was far more than its real ____.

A. cost   B. value   C. price   D. money

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人). He’d  36   his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, ___37    had his father and grandfather befere him. He didn’t want me  38   near a vat(釀酒用的桶)of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good ___39  , went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that  40   me to study law and business at the same time.

In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d  41   done anything but go to school. So, at  24 I decided to drop out. 42  , my parents didn’t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can’t  43__   till you’re 65 to do what you want in life.

I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to  44  . I finished Havard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I  45  ,  “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?”  At that time, Americans spent good  money on beer in  46    quality. Why not make good beer for  47  ? I thought.

I decided to give up my job to become  48  . When I told Dad, he was  49  , but in the end he  50   me. I called my beer  Samuel Adams,   51   the brewer and patriot(愛國者) who helped to start  the Boston Tea Party.  52   I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get  the   53   out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager（淡啤酒） won the top prize for American beer. In the end I was destined(注定) to be a brewer. My  54   to the young is simple:Life is very  55  , so don’t rush to make decisions. Life doesn’t let you plan.  

36.A.cost B.spent    C.taken   D.paid

37.A.like B.as if     C.so D.nor

38.A.anywhere       B.anyway       C.anyhow       D.somewhere

39.A.habits     B.teachers       C.grades  D.work

40.A.promised       B.convinced    C.advised       D.allowed

41.A.never     B.ever     C.always D.hardly

42.A.Fortunatnely  B.Obviously   C.Possibly      D.Surprisingly

43.A.assure     B.decline C.deny    D.wait

44.A.school    B.Colorado     C.my home     D.my decision

45.A.thrilled   B.stressed       C.wondered    D.sneezed

46.A.cheap     B.expensive    C.low      D.high

47.A.Englishmen   B.Europeans   C.the world    D.Americans

48.A.a lawyer B.a brewer      C.an instructor       D.an engineer

49.A.astonished      B.satisfied      C.interested    D.anxious

50.A.hated      B.supported    C.raised   D.left

51.A.for  B.at C.in D.after

52.A.Therefore      B.Otherwise    C.Also    D.Yet

53.A.price      B.name   C.company     D.party

54.A.advice    B.life      C.job      D.experience

55.A.hard       B.busy    C.short    D.long

The house was sold for $60,000, which was far more than its real ____.

A. cost   B. value   C. price   D. money

If women are mercilessly exploited(剝削) year after year,they have only themselves to blame.Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion,they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.When you come to think of it,only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe(衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste.Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn.Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way,waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have.Skirts are lengthened or shortened;neck-lines are lowered or raised,and so on.No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society.Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth,comfort and durability(耐用).They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort,as long as they look right.There can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day,or delicately picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion,the conclusions to be drawn are obvious.Do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes,one wonders,reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability?Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers.Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability?That is for you to decide.

Designers and big stores always make money        .

A.by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

B.because they are capable of predicting new fashions

C.by constantly changing the fashions in women’s clothing

D.because they attach great importance to quality in women’s clothing

To the writer,the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as        .

A.a waste of money

B.a waste of time

C.an expression of taste

D.an expression of creativity

The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the     of clothing.

A.cost                                                            B.appearance

C.comfort                                                      D.suitability

According to the passage,which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women.

B.The constant changes in women’s clothing reflect their strength of character.

C.The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.

D.Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.