Department stores sell ready- to-wear clothing, which is also called ready-made clothing. Such clothing is made in fixed sizes. Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it. Most often, people do not fit exactly into a producer’s size. Their clothing must be altered to make it fit better. However, most alterations are not very expensive. The small cost of most alterations means that ready-made clothing can meet the needs of most customers.
Those who can afford it often get someone to design and make their clothing. Such clothing is called custom-made. The person who makes it measures the customer, and then sews it so that it fits perfectly. Alterations are not needed. Custom-made clothing is largely sewn by hand, has better quality, better material, and is of the style you have chosen. Of course, it costs much more than ready-to-wear clothing. You need to pay the difference for the special fitting and better skill that you are receiving. This often means that you spend double or more than you would for a ready-made garment.
Custom-made clothing is not always that much better than ready-made clothing. It costs more partly because only one garment has been made, just for you. Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time. This means they can buy large quantities of material. Workers cut each size by the hundreds. Companies work out ways to make the garments quickly by machine and pay workers according to their skill. Thus they can sell the finished products at a low price while still making money. Most of the clothing sold in the United States is made in this way. Customers gain from the lower prices which are made possible by mass production. It may or may not give them high quality.
小題1: According to the passage, people who buy ready-made clothing ______.
A．wish to make alternationsB．will spend less money
C．want to make it betterD．can fit into the sizes
小題2:We can learn from the passage that custom-made clothing is_______.
A．specially made　　B．fashionably designed
C．chosen by few people　　D．made with difficulties
小題3:Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing?
A．It is of poor quality.　　B．It suits all people.
C．It is labor-saving to make it.　　D．It takes more time to make it
小題4:The purpose of the writer is _______.
A．to explain why custom-made clothing costs more
B．to show the advantages of mass production
C．to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing
D．to provide information about different kinds of clothing

小題1:B
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:D

小題1:根據(jù)who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it.可知買這種衣服可以省錢，故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段描述可知定制的衣服是根據(jù)不同的人來定制的，每個人和每個人的都不同，故選A，專門制作的。
小題1:根據(jù)Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time.可知這是一種省工的生產(chǎn)方式，故選C。W
小題1:通過閱讀短文作者主要介紹了兩種不同工藝的服裝和他們的優(yōu)缺點，主要就是向我們提供了關(guān)于這兩種衣服的信息，故選D。
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Cosmo Books Ltd.,                         14, Woodman Road,
Hertford Estate,                            Two Bridges,
Rickmansworth,                            West Sussex.
Middx.
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Dear sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set ( eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
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Queens Museum of Art(QMA)(Monday and Tuesday Closed)
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D．NYHS has the most hands-on activities in America.
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B．people can visit only one of the any day
C．there is often a rare bird flying in the sky above MMI
D．the Panorama is, as a matter of fact, a great gift shop
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