Question

[素材选自impact Book 1]

时尚世界——变化着的着装

At some point, you've probably looked at old photos of people and asked yourself, “Why did they wear that?” The people in the photo probably thought that they ____ great! In fact, the truth is, ____ stays the same forever, especially in the world of fashion. What we like to wear ____ all the time.

A century ago, many men—from businessmen to taxi drivers—wore suits to work. At that time, ____ young boys regularly wore suits and ties. Women didn't just wear skirts or dresses when they wanted to ____. They wore them all the time!

Over time, casual clothes replaced formal clothes. For example, jeans are very ___ today. They were first made for ___ in factories. They needed pants with strong fabric that didn't tear____. In 1873, tailor Jacob Davis and businessman Levi Strauss created denim pants ____ overalls because people wore them over their clothes. Cowboys wore jeans and, ____ the Western movies of the 1930s, many people began wearing them. Today, jeans and a sweatshirt are practically a uniform for ____ around the world.

Like clothes, ____ have also changed over time. You ____ prefer to wear sneakers, but in the past both men and women wore shoes with high heels. This was the fashion for nearly a century before men began wearing more practical shoes ____ heels.

Things change. You might think your clothes are fashionable now, but____ a hundred years from now people see a photo of you, they might just ask, “Why did they wear that?”

Word Bank

casual 非正式的  fabric 织物  denim 牛仔布

overalls 工装裤  sneakers 运动裤

1.A.sounded B.looked C.smelt D.felt

2.A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything

3.A.changes B.describes C.spreads D.depends

4.A.just B.even C.only D.yet

5.A.dress up B.give up C.get up D.put up

6.A.beautiful B.useful C.terrible D.popular

7.A.writers B.teachers C.workers D.drivers

8.A.easily B.happily C.angrily D.slowly

9.A.thought B.spoken C.called D.designed

10.A.together with B.instead of C.thanks to D.such as

11.A.doctors B.artist C.students D.painters

12.A.hats B.scarves C.shoes D.gloves

13.A.may B.must C.need D.will

14.A.of B.in C.about D.without

15.A.if B.when C.whether D.until

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了衣服、鞋子都会随着时间的推移而变化，现在时尚的衣服，一百年之后也许变得不时尚了，这些都可以通过照片显示出来。

1. 考查动词词义辨析。sounded听起来；looked看起来；smelt闻起来；felt感觉。根据照片中的人物，应该是看起来很好看。故选B。

2. 考查不定代词词义辨析。something某物；everything一切东西；nothing没什么东西；anything任何东西。根据下一句“What we like to wear __3__ all the time.”可知没有东西一直保持一样。故选C。

3. 查考动词词义辨析。changes改变；describes描述；spreads传播；depends取决于。根据下文介绍服装的变化可知此处指改变。故选A。

4. 考查副词词义辨析。just刚刚；even甚至；only仅仅；yet然而。根据上一句“A century ago, many men—from businessmen to taxi drivers—wore suits to work.”说明穿制服的普遍性，此句进一步说明“甚至”男孩子经常穿西装打领带。故选B。

5. 考查动词短语辨析。dress up打扮；give up放弃；get up起床；put up举起，挂起。根据句意“妇女不只是当她们想打扮的时候才穿裙子”可知用dress up。故选A。

6. 考查形容词词义辨析。beautiful美丽的；useful有用的；terrible糟糕的；popular流行的。根据句意及常识可知，牛仔裤现在非常流行。故选D。

7. 考查名词词义辨析。writer作家；teachers教师；workers工人；drivers司机。根据句中的“in factories”可知是工厂里的工人。故选C。

8. 考查副词词义辨析。easily容易地；happily高兴地；angrily生气地；slowly慢慢地。根据句中的“strong fabric”可知这些结实织物制成的牛仔裤是不容易撕烂的。故选A。

9. 考查动词词义辨析。thought认为；spoken说；讲；called叫做；designed设计。根据句意可知此处指被人们称作工装裤的粗斜纹棉布裤子。故选C。

10. 考查介词短语辨析。together with和……一起；instead of代替；thanks to 多亏；such as例如。分析语境可知表示“多亏了20世纪30年代的西部影片，很多人开始穿牛仔裤”，故选C

11. 考查名词词义辨析。doctors医生；artists艺术家；students学生；painters画家。根据句意及“a uniform”可知此处指学生。故选C。

12. 考查名词词义辨析。hats帽子；scarves围巾；shoes鞋；gloves手套。根据下一句中“You may prefer to wear sneakers...”可知此段讲述鞋子的变化。故选C。

13. 考查情态动词词义辨析。may可能；must必须；need需要；will愿意。根据句意，此处表示一种把握不太推测，用may。故选A。

14. 考查介词词义辨析。of属于；in在……里；about关于；without没有。根据上一句中“with high heels”，现在鞋子变化了，男人们开始穿更实用的无跟鞋。表示“没有，无”，用without。故选D。

15. 考查连词词义辨析。if如果，是否；when当……时候；whether是否；until直到。根据句意，此处表示“如果”，用if。故选A。