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Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe－the business tribe.
You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.
This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.
“Ties offer a point of indifference,” says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers, “They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”
So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.
Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to be rare among the new bread of entrepreneurs(創(chuàng)業(yè)者) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people－but not the people wearing ties.
Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat－in fact his nickname was “hatless Jack”. Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps “tieless Tony” (former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as “hatless Jack”.
66．In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person’s __________.
A．personality       B．social position  C．wearing style    D．favorite hobby
67．In the business world, wearing a tie was necessary because _________.
A．it showed you used your brain       B．it showed you got a good salary
C．it showed you were an employer    D．it showed you were well-equipped
68．The underlined word “vanished” in this passage may mean _________.
A．sold  B．washed     C．a(chǎn)ppeared   D．disappeared
69．The writer may hold the opinion that _____________.
A．Blair is the best leader in the world
B．Kennedy is the best leader in the world
C．millions of people will go to work without a tie
D．people will wear hats instead of ties
70．Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?
A．If you are a professional, you can’t wear a tie in Britain
B．The tie will become more fashionable and popular in the future
C．It was the election of John F．Kennedy to the presidency of the United States that changed the fact that wearing hats as part of their business uniform
D．Men across the western world didn’t wear hats as part of their business uniform until around 1960

Answer 1

66--70   BADCC  

66．答案：B由文章第一段中“which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect.”以及第二自然段可以判定領(lǐng)帶是“社會地位”象征。本題易受A項干擾，本題涉及的是領(lǐng)帶“最初”的象征意義，而非“現(xiàn)在”的象征，文章提到“They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”是說現(xiàn)在情況。
67．答案：A解析：本題是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二自然段中“So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands.”可以推斷出。
68．答案：D解析：該題為詞義理解題。結(jié)合上文“Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either.”我們不難推斷“戴帽子”將不再流行，甚至?xí)�消失�?br />69．答案：C解析：本題為推理判斷題。A,B兩項在文中均為提及，D項理解錯誤，因為文中作者只是用類比的方法介紹了“帽子”的現(xiàn)象，進(jìn)而想引出“領(lǐng)帶”也會出現(xiàn)類似“帽子”的發(fā)展趨勢，并非是說明“帽子代替領(lǐng)帶”。結(jié)合全文C項為正確選項。
70．答案：C解析：本題為正誤判斷題，A項錯誤，可以從第二自然段直接找到答案；結(jié)合全文不難發(fā)現(xiàn)B項表達(dá)恰恰與原文相反，理解錯誤；D項表達(dá)錯誤，從“Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform.”很容易判斷；故正確答案C。