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1、2012届高考英语二轮专题复习精品阅读理解部分之限时训练（十四）阅读理解Fiveyearsago,DavidSmithworeanexpensivesuittoworkeveryday．"Iwasaclothesaddict,"hejokes．"IusedtocarryafreshsuittoworkwithmesoIcouldchangeifmyclothesgotwrinkled．"TodayDavidwearscasualclothes–khakipantsandsportsshirt–totheoffice．Hehardlyeverwears
2、anecktie．"I'mworkingharderthanever,"Davidsays,"andIneedtofeelcomfortable．"Moreandmorecompaniesareallowingtheirofficeworkerstowearcasualclothestowork．IntheUnitedStates,thechangefromformaltocasualofficewearhasbeengradual．Intheearly1990s,manycompaniesallowedtheiremployeestowearcas
3、ualclothesonFriday,butonlyonFriday．Thisbecameknownas"dress-downFriday"or"casualFriday．""Whatstartedoutasanextraone-day-a-weekbenefitforemployeeshasreallybecomeaneverydaything．"saidbusinessconsultantMaislyJones．Whyhavesomanycompaniesstartedallowingtheiremployeestowearcasualcloth
4、es?Onereasonisthatit'seasierforacompanytoattractnewemployeesifithasacasualdresscode．"Alotofyoungpeopledon'twanttodressupforwork,"saystheownerofasoftwarecompany,"soit'shardtohirepeopleifyouhaveaconservativedresscode．"Anotherreasonisthatpeopleseemhappierandmoreproductivewhentheya
5、rewearingcomfortableclothes．InastudyconductedbyLeviStraussandCompany,85percentofemployerssaidthattheybelievethatcasualdressimprovesemployeemorale（士气）．Only4percentofemployerssaidthatcasualdresshasanegativeeffectonproductivity．Supportersofcasualofficewearalsoarguethatacasualdress
6、codehelpsthemsavemoney．"Suitsareexpensive,ifyouhavetowearoneeveryday,"onepersonsaid．"Forthesameamountofmoney,youcanbuyalotmorecasualclothes．"66．DavidSmithreferstohimselfashavingbeen"aclothesaddict,"because．A．heoftenworekhakipantsandasportsshirtB．hecouldn'tstandacleanappearanceC
7、．hewantedhisclothestolookneatallthetimeD．hedidn'twanttospendmuchmoneyonclothes67．DavidSmithwearscasualclothesnow,because．A．theymakehimfeelateasewhenworkingB．hecannotaffordtobuyexpensiveclothesC．helookshandsomeincasualclothesD．henolongerworksforanycompany68．Accordingtothispassag
8、e,whichofthefollowingstatementsisFALSE?A．Manyemployees
