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【題目】 Kids are cool to wear blue jeans and T-shirts today. It is fashionable like that. Fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. It’s important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. For others, though, keeping up with trends isn’t that important. The one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it always changes!

During the 1960s and 1970s, Hippies made bell—bottomed blue jeans（喇叭褲）popular. Also, in the 1980s, Michael Jackson made parachute pants（降落傘褲）all the fashion. Now try to find these items in today’s clothing stores!

Do you know why fashions change？The answer is probably as simple as the fact that people change. Over time, the new replaces the old. People are influenced greatly by popular culture, including athletes, musicians, movies stars, as well as popular films, television shows, books and music. We are also influenced by the fashion industry’s advertising.

The stars of popular culture are always searching for a new angle to maintain（保持）their popularity. Often these new angles come in the form of new clothing or hairstyles. When people see these new styles, they often want to imitate(模仿) their favorite stars. To do so, they seek out the latest fashions to make themselves look like the people they want to imitate. In this way, fashions evolve and change over time.

Clothes have been used to separate people into groups for many years. Even today, brand-name, clothing that is more expensive than other types of clothing can be used by some people to make themselves different from others.

Unfortunately, this can often have the effect of distancing certain groups from others. Don’t forget that it’s always OK to develop your own sense of style that is unique and separate from what the fashion world determines! Stay true to yourself and let your personality — not your clothes — speak for who you are!

【1】 What does the example of bell—bottomed blue jeans and parachute pants in Paragraph 2 suggest?

A. Fashion always changes.

B. Stars are always influential.

C. People have different dressing styles.

D. Hippies and Michael Jackson are good designers.

【2】 What causes the changes of fashions?

A. Advertisements change rapidly.

B. Popular culture influences people.

C. Movie stars are changing over time.

D. New films and shows replace the old.

【3】We can learn from the text that _____ .

A. fashion is all about clothes.

B. the author has gone out of fashion.

C. clothes may separate and distance people.

D. people like imitate others’ dressing style.

【4】What does the author mainly want to stress in the last paragraph?

A. The advantages of staying unique.

B. The bad effects of following fashion.

C. The good influences of popular styles.

D. The importance of having one’s own personality.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

【1】A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到在60到70年代喇叭褲很流行，到了80年代流行降落傘褲，所以時(shí)尚一直在變化，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】B 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到People are influenced greatly by popular culture人們受到流行文化的影響，故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】C 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到Even today, brand-name, clothing that is more expensive than other types of clothing can be used by some people to make themselves different from others可知這些昂貴的品牌和衣服把人們區(qū)別開來，故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】D 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Stay true to yourself and let your personality — not your clothes — speak for who you are保持真實(shí)的自我，讓你的個(gè)性而不是你的衣服來證明你自己，故選D項(xiàng)。