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【題目】They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配飾)．Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies．A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age．

Professor Julia Twiggy, a social policy expert，said，“Women over 75 are now shopping for clothes more requently than they did when they were young in the 1960s．In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter．It was an expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to．Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly．” Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—about 5 or 6 percent of spending，the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply．

The professor said，“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East．In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from，but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere．Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them．’’

Fashion designer Angela Barnard，who runs her own fashion business in London，said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous yers．She said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties，they want to follow them．Older women are much more aware of celebrities．There’s also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look，and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties．When I started my business a few years ago，my older customers tended to be very rich，but now they are what I would call ordinary women. My own mother is 6l and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago．”

【1】It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because___________．

A．they get tired of themselves more quickly

B．TV shows teach them how to stay in shape

C. they feel much younger now

D．clothes are much cheaper than before

【2】What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?

A．They are often ignored by fashion designers．

B．They are now mole easily influenced by stars．

C．They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion．

D．They are more interested in clothes because of their old age．

【3】Which is the best possible title of the passage?

A．Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans．

B．The More Fashionable，the Less Expensive．

C．Unexpected changes in Fashion．

D．Boom of the British Fashion Industry

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

試題分析：全文講述女性生活的一個新變化：隨著社會的發(fā)展，在追逐時尚的主力軍中，活躍著六七十歲的女性。

【1】D推理判斷題。關(guān)于本文所談?wù)摰默F(xiàn)象：六七十歲的老人青睞時裝，文章提到的原因有：在60年代，服裝價格昂貴，每三四年才能買一件，而如今的時裝更便宜。由此判斷D項正確。從第二段最后一句可知A項不是針對老年女性說的；最后一段說，電視節(jié)目教育她們?nèi)绾胃淖冏约旱挠^點，很多老年婦女學(xué)瑜伽來保持形體美，但B、C兩項都不是“主要原因”。答案：D

【2】B推理判斷題。最后一段開頭說，“當(dāng)人們看見像Judi Dench和Helen Mirren這樣的明星在60多歲依然穿的時尚，魅力十足，他們就想模仿這些人，而且老年婦女對名人效應(yīng)更感興趣”，由此推斷B項正確.老年婦女更容易受到明星的影響。A.項意為“她們常被時裝設(shè)計師忽視”，C項意為“她們被視為最新時尚的先鋒”，D項意為“因為她們年紀(jì)大了才對時裝感興趣”，都不符合該段及文章的敘述。 答案：B

【3】A主旨大意題。全文講述女性生活的一個新變化：隨著社會的發(fā)展，在追逐時尚的主力軍中，活躍著六七十歲的女性。隨后作者分析其中的原因。全文圍繞老年婦女追逐時尚展開，因此本文的標(biāo)題應(yīng)該是A項。B項意為“越時尚的東西越不貴”；C項意為“時裝界出乎意料的變化”；D項意為“英國時裝界的繁榮”，都不能作為全的標(biāo)題。考生在推理判斷題類型中出錯的主要原因是沒有依據(jù)文章的細(xì)節(jié)展開合理推斷，而是根據(jù)想當(dāng)然或一知半解的常識做出選擇，導(dǎo)致誤選失分。答案：A