Question

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages. Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

1.From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.

A. clothes

B. many things

C. most of the popular things

D. everything

2.Which of the following things is fashionable today?

A. Surfing on the Internet.

B. Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day.

C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.

D. Doing morning exercises at school.

3.Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

A. people read newspaper every day

B. radios send information from one country to another

C. new things that people like are often shown on TV

D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world

4.There is money in fashion” means ______

A. clothes are expensive

B. money comes from fashion

C. people will buy new things

D. fashions make big money

5.The best title for the passage is ______.

A. Fashions

B. Fashion mean clothes

C. Fashion means money

D.A fashionable colour

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

1.1】细节理解题。题干意为：通过这篇文章，我们知道fashion指的是什么？根据文章的描述“of course there are fashions in many things,”可知选B。

2.2】细节理解题。题干意为：现在下面的那件事情是时尚的？ A. Surfing on the Internet.在网上浏览，B. Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day.元旦的时候全家一起吃饭，C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.在收音机上学唱歌， D. Doing morning exercises at school.在学校做早操，联系现实生活，可知选A。

3.3】细节理解题。题干意为：现在时尚变得很快是因为什么？根据文章的描述“We hear about things much more quickly than in the past.”可知选D。

4.4】细节理解题。题干意为：There is money in fashion这句话是什么意思？联系上文“New fashions mean that people will buy new things,”可知选C。

5.5】推理判断题。题干意为：这篇文章的最好的题目是什么？通读全文，可知讲的都是有关时尚。故选A。