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. Now iphone 6 is a fashion, but perhaps it will be out of fashion later on.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions 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.“Fashions change as time goes” means________________.

A. fashions change more quickly than time

B. fashions change more slowly than time

C. fashions have changed, but time hasn’t

D. when time changes, fashions change, too

3.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.

4.Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

A. people read newspapers every day

B. radios send information from one country to another quickly

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

D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world

5.“There is money in fashion” means ______.

A. clothes are expensive

B. money comes from fashion

C. people like new things

D. there are no fashions without money

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了“时尚”的变化。时尚表现在很多东西上，像服装，假期，餐馆，电影等。时尚总是随着时间的变化而改变。今天时尚的东西变化非常快。新的时尚意味着要买很多新东西，所以要花很多钱。

1.C词义猜测题。根据 But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books.可知时尚表现在很多事物上，而且很多人喜欢，因此时尚应指的是受欢迎的大部分事物。故选C。

2.D词义猜测题。根据 If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed.可知时尚总是随着时间的改变而变化的，故选D。

3.A推理判断题。根据 Now iphone 6 is a fashion,可知现在iphone6是时尚的，流行的，因此推断现在上网浏览是时尚的，故选A。

4.D 推理判断题。根据We hear about things much more quickly than in the past.可知我们听到的东西比以往更快，因此今天的时尚变化很快，故选D。

5.D词义猜测题。根据 New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.可知新的时尚意味着人们将买新东西，所以将要花很多钱，因此没有钱，就没有时尚。故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。