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FiveyearsagoDavidSmithworeanevesuittoworkeveryday.“Iwasaclothesaddict(迷).”hejokes.“IusuallycarryafreshsuittoworkwithmesoIcouldchangemyclothesthatgotwrinkled(皱的).”TodayDavidwearscasual(休闲)clothes—khakipantsandasportsshirt—totheoffice.Hehardlyeverwearsanecktie.“I'mworkingharderthanever”Davidsays“andIneedtofeelcomfortable.”

Moreandmorecompaniesareallowingtheirofficeworkerstowearcasualclothestowork.IntheUnitedStatesthechangefromformaltocasualofficewearhasbeengradual.Intheearly1990smanycompaniesallowedtheirworkerstowearcasualclothesonFridaybutonlyonFriday.Thisbecameknownas“dress-downFriday”or“casualFriday”.“Whatstartedoutasanextraone-day-a-weekbenefitforworkershasreallybecomeaneverydaything.”saidbusinessadviserMaisyLones.

Whyhavesomarrycompaniesstartedallowingtheirworkerstowearcasualclothes?Onereasonisthatit'seasierforacompanytoattractnewworkersifithasacasualdresscode.“Alotofyoungpeopledon'twanttodressupforwork”saystheownerofasoftwarecompany“soit'shardtohirepeopleifyouhaveaconservative(保守的)dresscode.”Anotherreasonisthatpeopleseemhappierandmoreproductivewhentheyarewearingcomfortableclothes.InastudymadebyLeviStraussCompany85percentofemployers(雇主)saidthattheybelievethatcasualdressimprovesworkermorale(士气).Only4percentofemployerssaidthatcasualdresshasasideeffectonwork.Supportersofcasualofficewearalsosaythatacasualdresscodehelpsthemsavemoney.“Suitsareexpensiveifyouhavetowearoneeveryday”.saidoneperson.“Forthesameamountofmoneyyoucanbuyalotmorecasualclothes.”

1．Davidreferstohimselfashavingbeen“aclothesaddict”because________.

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A．heoftenwearskhakipantsandasportsshirt

B．hecouldn'tstandacleanappearance

C．hewantedhisclothestolooktidyandcleanallthetime

D．hedidn'twanttospendmuchmoneyonclothes

2．DavidSmithwearscasualclothesnowbecause________.

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A．theymakehimfeelateasewhenworking

B．hecannotaffordtobuyexpensiveclothes

C．helookshandsomeincasualclothes