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1、六级考前模考试卷(二)PartIIReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)(15minutes)ALookThatConveysaMessageTotouranassemblyplantinCanada,SergioMarchionne,thechiefexecutiveofChrysler,woreablacksweaterandacheckedoxfordshirt.AttheNorthAmericanInternationalAutoShowinDetroit,Mr.March
2、ionneworeablacksweaterandacheckedoxfordshirt.AndataSaturdaynightgalahonoringLeeA.IacoccainLosAngeles,heworeablacksweaterandacheckedoxfordshirt.Mr.Marchionne,wholastyearearnedmorethan5millioneuros($6.9million)andownsluxuryhousesinthreecountries,hasdonnedamonochromat
3、ic(单色的)wardrobesimilartothatwornbyothertop-flightexecutives.Hehasdiscoveredthepowerofdressingdown,andnotjustonFridays.“Themessagehewantedtopassisnotwearingatie,notwearingasuit,meanswearemoreflexibleandwhatreallymattersisnottheuniformbutsomethingelse,”saidCristianoC
4、arlutti,theformerheadofusedcarsatFiat,whichMr.Marchionnealsoheads.Today,corporateexecutiveshaveawiderchoiceofwhattowearthaneverbefore.Stylistsandpersonalshoppersreserveexclusiveclothes,HongKongtailorsmakeofficevisitsandsilktiesfromFrancecanbedeliveredovernight.Yett
5、hesimplepersonaluniformisbeingseeninsomecornerofficesastheultimatepowersuit.“Ialwaysusedtofeelsorryforthem,”DavidWolfe,creativedirectorofthetrend-forecastingcompanytheDonegerGroup,saidofthesingle-outfitexecutives.“NowIthinkthey’resmart.”Headded,“Howdoyoustandoutife
6、verybody’strendy?Theonlywayistobebeyondthetrend.”MarkZuckerberg,chiefexecutiveofFacebook,wearshoodiesandsneakers.AndreaJung,chiefexecutiveofAvonProducts,stickswithsleevelessclose-fittingdresses—oftenred—andpearls.ThetelevisionpersonalitySimonCowellandthefashiondesi
7、gnerRobertoCavalliwearjeans,T-shirtsandblackjackets.JoeScarborough,thehostofMSNBC’s“MorningJoe”,takesregularribbings(笑话)abouthisday-in,day-outfleece(羊毛的)jacketandjeans.AFacebookgroupiscampaigningforMichaelKors,adesignerandjudgeontheshow“ProjectRunway”,tochangehisen
8、semble(alsojeans,T-shirtandblackjacket),whichhehaswornfornearlyalleightseasonsoftheshow.StevenP.Jobs,thechiefexecutiveofApple,wearsNewBalancesnea