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山东省寿光市2018届高三上学期英语期末考试试卷
Shorts may feel nice and casual on your legs on a warm summer's day, but they're not so gentle on your wallet. Usually the fact that one obviously uses less cloth than the other makes it hard to be accepted. So what gives?
It turns out clothing sellers aren't trying to cheat you by charging you too much money. They're just pricing shorts according to what it costs to produce them. Extra material does go into a full pair of pants but not as much as you may think. As experts explain, shorts that don't fall past your knees may contain just a fifth less cloth than ankle-length trousers
Those same details that end up accounting for most of the material—pockets, belt loops, waist bands—also require the most human labor to make The physical cotton in blue jeans accounts for just a small part of its price Jag. Most of that money goes to pay the people stitching (缝合) it together, and they put in roughly the same amount of time whether they're working on a pair of pants or some shorts.
For another example, short-sleeved shirts cost roughly the same as long-sleeved shirts. There are also numerous invisible factors that make some shorts more expensive than nearly identical pairs, like where they were made9marketing costs, and the brand on the label. If you don't want to spend $40 on something that covers just a small piece of leg, stay at home with your wallet!
A. More or less, shorts almost cost what pants do.
B. This is where the true cost of a garment is determined.
C. This price trend becomes popular across the fashion field.
D. This is because most of the cloth is sewn into the top half.
E. In general, a pair of shorts isn't any cheaper than a pair of pants.
F. To tell you the truth, it is a real bargain to pay for a pair of shorts.
G. Customers are willing to purchase a pair of shorts if it is at a reasonable price.
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A. Studying such mixed messages is nothing new for scientists. B. So, your body language is important for telling people how you feel. C. Scientists feel new to study the mixed message that confuses people. D. An angry body had arms back and shoulders at an angle, as if ready to fight. E. Body language can sometimes be misunderstood in different culture backgrounds. F. When you do this, your face and body work together to show your friends that you're happy to see them. G. They also showed pictures in which angry or scared faces were paired with angry or scared bodies |
It's natural to greet friends with a smile and a wave. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} But what happens if your face and body send mixed messages? Would someone be more likely to believe the look on your face or the way you hold your body?
Scientists have recently tackled these questions. They found that when a person is looking at your face, she might not believe what she sees if your body language doesn't match the feeling that your face shows.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Previously, they had found that the tone of a person's voice can be more important than the words that are spoken. For example, most people tend not to believe a person who says in a flat voice, "I'm so excited."
When it came to emotions conveyed by facial expressions and body language, most scientists suspected that the face was more important. To test if this was true, psychologists showed people a number of pictures of isolated (孤立的) faces and isolated bodies (with faces blurred out (模糊的) that showed anger or fear. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
An angry face had low eyebrows and tight lips. A scared face had high eyebrow and a slightly open mouth. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} A scared body had arms forward and shoulders square, as if ready to defend.
These results told the researchers that mixed signals can confuse people. Even when people pay attention to the face, body language subtly (微妙地) influences which emotion they read.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} If you want to be understood, it helps to avoid sending mixed messages.
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A. Why has there been such growth in televised sport? B. Why are there so many benefits of watching live sport on television? C. Televised sport can be helpful in increasing people's value of teamwork. D. There has been a general falling in ticket sales, especially among smaller clubs. E. Through televised sport, more people have become interested in actually playing sport. F. One obvious advantage of televised sport is the money provided by television companies. G. However, it has also been responsible for changing the nature of live sports events for ever. |
It is now possible to watch live sport on television on any day of the week, and the present amount of reporting will undoubtedly increase further in years to come. This is certainly having an influence on the live sports events themselves, and there are both benefits and shortcomings to this.
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} For one thing, with digital broadcasting, there are now many more TV channels than there were even ten years ago. Moreover, sport has become an important form of entertainment, attracting both men and women.
What are the benefits of this televised sport? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Large football clubs benefit financially (财政上) from TV income and the top players can be well paid. Less popular sports also receive money that can be used in training and advertising. What's more, there is a health benefit to some of the population. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
However, there will be some disadvantages if so much sport is on television. Considering football again, many small clubs have suffered financial losses recently, as they cannot compete with the large ones. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Fewer people watch live matches nowadays, preferring to watch from the comfort of their living room. And ticket prices have risen greatly.
In a word, watching live sport on television has both good and bad effects. Televised sport has created many chances and benefited certain people and clubs very much. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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