Fashion is something we deal with every day. Even people who say they don't care what they wear choose clothes every morning then say a lot about them and how they feel that day.
One certain thing in the fashion world is change. We are constantly being showered with new fashion ideas from music, videos, books, and television. Movies also have a big impact on what people wear. Ray-Ban sold more sunglasses after the movie Men in Black. Sometimes a fashion is worldwide. Back in the 1950s, teenagers everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley.
Fashion and styles reveal what groups people are in, but they also create stereotypes and distance between groups. For instance, a businessman might look at a boy with green hair and piercings as an outsider. But to another person, he dresses a certain way to deliver the message of rebellion and separation, but within that group the look is uniform. The acceptance or rejection of a style is a reaction to the society we live in.
Fashion is a language which tells a story about the person who wears it. “Clothes create wordless means of communication that we all understand,” according to Katherine Hamnett, a top British fashion designer. Hamnett became popular when her T-shirts with large messages like “Choose Life” were worn by several rock bands.
Fashion is an endless popularity contest. High fashion is the style of a small group of men and women with a certain taste and authority in the fashion world. People of wealth and position, buyers for major department stores,editors and writers for fashion magazines are all part of high fashion. Some of these expensive and often artistic fashions may triumph and become the fashion for the larger majority. Most stay on the runway.
Popular fashions are close to impossible to trace. No one can tell how the short skirts and boots worn by teenagers in England in 1960 made it to the runways of Paris or how blue jeans became so popular in the U. S., or how hip-hop made it from the street of Bronx to the fashion shows of London and Milan.
“In the perspective of costume history,it is plain that the dress of any given period is exactly suited to the actual climate of the time.” according to James Laver,a noted English costume historian. How did bell-bottom jeans fade from the designer jeans and boots look of the 1980s into the baggy look of the 1990s? Nobody really knows.
1.According to the second paragraph, the example that teenagers everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley in the 1950s shows that（ ）
2.A boy with green hair and multiple piercings （ ） .
3.Which of the following is not included among popular fashions?
4.Which of the following is not true of fashion in terms of this passage?
问题1选项
A.there is constant change in the fashion world
B.stars set world-wide trends in fashion
C.fashion is something we deal with every day
D.teenagers can show themselves off with what they are wearing
问题2选项
A.might be looked down upon by a businessman
B.delivers the message of rebellion and separation to all the people
C.manages to reveal that his style is unique
D.might be accepted by some people in the society
问题3选项
A.Short boots.
B.Baggy skirts.
C.Hip-hop.
D.Bell-bottom jeans.
问题4选项
A.People can get some ideas of a person by the fashion he wears.
B.Most of expensive and artistic fashions fail to be popular with common people.
C.The fashion world is characterized by constant changes.
D.Popular fashions are of great help to trace costume history.
第1题:
1.【选项释义】
1. According to the second paragraph, the example that teenagers everywhere dressed like Elvis Presley in the 1950s shows that ______. 1. 根据第二段，20世纪50年代各地的青少年都穿得像猫王一样的例子表明______。
A. there is constant change in the fashion world A. 时尚界一直在变化
B. stars set world-wide trends in fashion B. 明星引领全球时尚潮流
C. fashion is something we deal with every day C. 时尚是我们每天都要面对的事情
D. teenagers can show themselves off with what they are wearing D. 青少年可以通过他们的穿着来炫耀自己
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】由题干的关键词Elvis Presley定位到第二段“时尚界有一件事是肯定的，那就是变化。我们不断从音乐、视频、书籍和电视中获得新的时尚理念。电影对人们的穿着也有很大的影响。《黑衣人》上映后，雷朋太阳镜销量增加。有时候一种时尚是世界性的。20世纪50年代，世界各地的青少年都穿得像猫王。”，这一段是说时尚的三个特点，变化，电影的影响，世界性；猫王是美国著名摇滚明星，他的例子放在第三个，举例说明明星的影响可以让全世界的人都追求同一种时尚。B项“明星引领全球时尚潮流”正确。
【干扰项排除】
A项“时尚界一直在变化”在第二段第一句提到“时尚界有一件事是肯定的，那就是变化”，结合解题思路可知，与题干无关，张冠李戴；
C项“时尚是我们每天都要面对的事情”在第一段第一句提到“时尚是我们每天都要面对的事情”，也与题干无关，张冠李戴；
D项“青少年可以通过他们的穿着来炫耀自己”在原文没有相关表述，无中生有。
第2题:
2.【选项释义】
2. A boy with green hair and multiple piercings ______. 2. 一个长着绿色头发、穿了多个洞的男孩______。
A. might be looked down upon by a businessman A. 可能会被商人看不起
B. delivers the message of rebellion and separation to all the people B. 向所有人传达叛逆和隔离的信息
C. manages to reveal that his style is unique C. 成功地展示了他的独特风格
D. might be accepted by some people in the society D. 可能会被社会上一些人接受
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干可定位到第三段中间两句“一个商人可能会把一个长着绿色头发和穿洞的男孩看作局外人。但对另一个人来说，他的着装方式传达了叛逆和隔离的信息，在这个群体中，他的着装是一致的。”，可知，留着绿色头发和身上多处穿孔的男孩不被商人所接纳，但对于另一些人来说，他用这样的方法表达他的叛逆和隔离，在这个群体里大家和他都一样。也就是说即使怪异也会被另一些人所接受，D选项“可能会被社会上一些人接受”符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A项“可能会被商人看不起”中的look down upon（看不起）与原文中的as an outsider（看作局外人）不符合，曲解原文；
B项“向所有人传达叛逆和隔离的信息”由第三段倒数第二句的to another person（对另一个人）可知，是对少数人即能理解这种穿着的人才能传递出叛逆和隔离的信息，该项曲解原文；
C项“成功地展示了他的独特风格”没有原文依据，无中生有。
第3题:
3.【选项释义】
3. Which of the following is not included among popular fashions? 3. 下列哪一种不属于流行时尚？
A. Short boots. A. 短靴。
B. Baggy skirts. B. 宽松的裙子。
C. Hip-hop. C. 嘻哈风格。
D. Bell-bottom jeans. D. 喇叭牛仔裤。
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据选项内容可定位到倒数第二段第二句“没有人能说出1960年英国青少年穿的短裙和靴子是如何在巴黎的跑道上流行的，或者牛仔裤是如何在美国如此流行的，或者嘻哈是如何从布朗克斯的街头流行到伦敦和米兰的时装秀的”，从中可知，只有B选项“宽松的裙子”在文中没有提及。
【干扰项排除】
A项“短靴”和C项“嘻哈风格”根据解题思路可知，这两项属于流行时尚，反向干扰；
D项“喇叭牛仔裤”在最后一段倒数第二句提到“喇叭裤（bell-bottom jeans）是如何从20世纪80年代的设计师牛仔裤和靴子风格变成90年代的宽松风格的呢？”，可知该项也属于流行时尚，反向干扰。
第4题:
4.【选项释义】
4. Which of the following is not true of fashion in terms of this passage? 4. 就这篇文章而言，下列哪一项关于时尚是不正确的？
A. People can get some ideas of a person by the fashion he wears. A. 人们可以通过一个人的穿着来了解他。
B. Most of expensive and artistic fashions fail to be popular with common people. B. 大多数昂贵而有艺术感的时装并没有受到普通人的欢迎。
C. The fashion world is characterized by constant changes. C. 时尚界的特点是不断变化。
D. Popular fashions are of great help to trace costume history. D. 流行时装对追溯服装历史有很大帮助。
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据倒数第二段第一句“时尚流行几乎不可能被追踪（Popular fashions are close to impossible to trace）”，可知，时尚流行几乎不能被追踪，那就是说流行时装不可能对溯源服装历史有帮助，D选项“流行时装对追溯服装历史有很大帮助”与原文的表述意义相反。故该题选择D项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A项“人们可以通过一个人的穿着来了解他”在第三段第一句话有提到“时尚和风格揭示了人们属于哪个群体”，可知该项符合原文，属于反向干扰；
B项“大多数昂贵而有艺术感的时装并没有受到普通人的欢迎”根据第五段最后两句“其中一些昂贵的艺术时尚可能会成功，成为大多数人的时尚。大多数都留在T台上了。”，可知该项符合原文，属于反向干扰；
C项“时尚界的特点是不断变化”根据第二段的第一句“时尚界有一件事是肯定的，那就是变化”，可知该项符合原文，属于反向干扰。
