Observers mention many factors driving the trend. Internet companies helped lead the dress-down movement and other industries followed suit to attract workers. But with the collapse of many dot-coms ， the relaxed look is becoming a style to avoid. Moreover ， as the economy stumbles ， more people are hunting for jobs or trying to keep the ones they have ， and appearance counts.

US President Bush wears a coat and tie in the White House office and expects his staff to dress “ professionally ，” which some say sets a tone for the nation.

Chuck Wardell ， managing director of a recruiting firm ， believes a lot of employees like a stiffer uniform. “ They ’ re going to work. They don ’ t want to feel like they ’ re going to a picnic. ”

51. “Business casual”was prevalent several years ago because .

A. the Manhattan law business grew very quickly

B. shaking hands with clients became popular

C. the country was fighting the conservatives

D. the Internet companies boomed then

52. When the “ business casual ” prevailed ， .

A. businessmen wore ties only in workplace

B. businessmen didn’t wear ties at all

C. businesswomen didn’t wear formally in workplace

D. businesswomen still wore formally everywhere

53. The Fortune 500 executives .

A. set the trend toward more casual wear

B. are particular about what they wear

C. begin to wear suits more often than before

D. are usually indifferent to fashion trend

54. At the beginning of the “ business casual ” trend ， business people wore casually .

A. when meeting clients B. on weekends

C. in summer D. almost every day

55. It is implied in the passage that the change of business dress from the casual to the formal reflects .

A. the change of people’s taste in fashion

B. the ups and downs of the fashion industry

C. the ups and downs of the Internet companies

D. people’s different preference in business dress

Part Ⅳ Cloze （ 10 minutes ， 10 points ）

Directions ： In this part ， there is a passage with fifteen blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A ， B ， C and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.

The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage 56 in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is 57 higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However ， marriage is 58 as widespread as it was several decades ago. 59 of American adults who are married 60 from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried 61 their lives. Throughout the 20th century ， about 90 percent of Americans married at some