Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes. But shouldn’t clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being simple for the individual who wears them? Why are we constantly told that we need to buy new clothes and add fresh pieces to our collection?
Fashions change year after year so lots of people can make piles of money. If folks are convinced that they need a different look each season, that this year’s sweater’s length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy. The fashion industry would have you ignore your shortcomings and just make you feel beautiful and happy. In fact, it is not only a phenomenon we can find in people’s dressing.
Fashion controls our lives. Fashion controls what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, the way we cut our hair, the makeup we buy and use, the color of the cars we drive. Fashion even controls our ideas.
You don’t believe me? How many of your friends are vegetarians? Why are they vegetarians? Because it is fashionable! Where does fashion come from? Often the reasons are quite logical. Scientists and historians study the fashions of the past and discover the secrets of each fashion. When girls see an attractive guy, their blood pressure rises and their lips become redder. That’s why guys think that girls wearing lipstick are beautiful. Why do guys shave their heads? In the past soldiers shaved their heads to kill the insects that lived in their hair. Now guys shave their heads so that they look strong and masculine, like soldiers.
People spend a lot of time and money on fashion. But are they wasting their money? Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies. Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.
And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn’t it? When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don’t you?
1. What’s the author’s viewpoint about the models and their hairstyles and clothes?
2. It is indicated by the author that clothes should be ____.
3. The fashion industry makes profits by ____.
4. The author thinks what has been found about fashions by the scientists and the historians is ____.
5. The passage mentions the advantages of fashion EXCEPT that ____.
问题1选项
A.Unbiased.
B.Indifferent.
C.Critical.
D.Appreciative.
问题2选项
A.comfortable and durable
B.new and fresh
C.expensive and fashionable
D.simple and unique
问题3选项
A.selling the products at high prices
B.creating a need in you
C.helping you get rid of your shortcomings
D.making you look more beautiful
问题4选项
A.incredible
B.amazing
C.reasonable
D.creative
问题5选项
A.it can help promote technological development
B.it enables people to remain up-to-date
C.it can create more job opportunities for people
D.it can make people achieve a great feeling
第1题:C
第2题:A
第3题:B
第4题:C
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
What’s the author’s viewpoint about the models and their hairstyles and clothes? 作者对模特的发型和服装有什么看法？
A. Unbiased. A. 公正的。
B. Indifferent. B. 冷漠的。
C. Critical. C. 批评的。
D. Appreciative. D. 欣赏的。
【考查点】观点态度题
【解题思路】文章开头提到“翻开大多数时尚杂志，你都会看到身材消瘦、头发蓬乱的模特，穿着价格昂贵、款式不实用的衣服（Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes.）。”这里作者使用了“incredibly thin”、“impossible hair”以及“unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes”等描述，明显表达了对模特及其造型的批评态度。因此，可以判断作者对这些时尚杂志中的模特和他们的发型及衣服持批判态度，故C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“公正的”文章中的描述带有明确的负面评价，表明作者有偏见，属于曲解原文；
B选项“冷漠的”通过使用强烈的形容词和表达方式，可以看出作者并非漠不关心，而是有明确的态度，属于曲解原文；
D选项“欣赏的”文章中没有表现出对模特或其服装的赞赏，反而显示出批评，属于反向干扰。
第2题:
【选项释义】
It is indicated by the author that clothes should be ____. 作者指出，衣服应该是____。
A. comfortable and durable A. 舒适耐用
B. new and fresh B. 新颖
C. expensive and fashionable C. 昂贵而时尚
D. simple and unique D. 简单独特
【考查点】细节事实题
【解题思路】在文章的第一段中，作者提出了一个问题“But shouldn’t clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being simple for the individual who wears them?（但是衣服不应该是舒适耐用的，并且对于穿着它们的人来说简单吗？）”，这里作者直接询问衣服是否应该是舒适耐用的，并强调了简单性的重要性。这表明作者认为衣服应该满足这些标准，故A选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
B选项“新颖”文章批评了时尚界不断推陈出新的趋势，指出这是为了促使消费者不断购买新产品，这与作者对衣服应具备的品质的看法不符，属于反向干扰；
C选项“昂贵而时尚”文章开头提到模特穿着“unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes”，暗示昂贵和不切实际的风格并不是作者推崇的，属于曲解原文；
D选项“简单独特”虽然作者提到了衣服应该“simple（简单）”，但是没有提到“unique（独特）”。因此，这个选项只部分符合作者的观点，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
The fashion industry makes profits by ____. 时装业通过____盈利。
A. selling the products at high prices A. 高价销售产品
B. creating a need in you B. 在你身上创造需求
C. helping you get rid of your shortcomings C. 帮你摆脱缺点
D. making you look more beautiful D. 让你看起来更漂亮
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】文章第二段提到“Fashions change year after year so lots of people can make piles of money. If folks are convinced that they need a different look each season, that this year’s sweater’s length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy.（时尚年复一年地变化，因此很多人可以赚大钱。如果人们相信他们每一季都需要不同的造型，相信今年毛衣的长度和鞋子的款式很重要，他们就会被说服购买。）”，这段描述了时尚产业如何通过不断改变时尚趋势，让人们相信他们每个季节都需要新的样子，从而创造需求，促使人们购买新产品。这表明时尚产业的利润来源于创造消费者的需求，故B选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“高价销售产品”虽然文章中提到了“unreasonably expensive”的衣服，但是这并不是时尚产业获利的直接方式。获利的直接方式是通过创造需求，即使产品价格不是特别高，也能通过大量销售来获利，属于答非所问；
C选项“帮你摆脱缺点”文章中提到时尚产业会让你“ignore your shortcomings（忽略你的缺点）”，但这并不是其获利的方式，而是其营销手段的一部分，属于答非所问；
D选项“让你看起来更漂亮”文章确实提到时尚产业让人感觉美丽和快乐，但这是通过创造需求和忽视缺点实现的，而不是直接目的，属于答非所问。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The author thinks what has been found about fashions by the scientists and the historians is ____. 作者认为科学家和历史学家关于时尚的发现是____。
A. incredible A. 不可思议的
B. amazing B. 惊人的
C. reasonable C. 合理的
D. creative D. 有创意的
【考查点】推理判断题
【解题思路】在文章的第四段中，作者提到了科学家和历史学家对过去时尚的研究，并说道：“Often the reasons are quite logical.（通常这些原因是非常合理的。）”。接着文章举例说明了科学家和历史学家如何研究过去的时尚并发现每种时尚背后的秘密，例如女孩看到有吸引力的男孩时血压升高、嘴唇变红，这是男孩子认为涂口红的女孩美丽的原因；男孩子剃光头的原因在过去是士兵为了杀死头发中的昆虫，而现在则是为了看起来强壮和有男子气概，像士兵一样。这些例子表明作者认为科学家和历史学家发现的关于时尚的起源和原因是有逻辑的，因而是合理的，故C选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“不可思议的”与文章中描述的科学家和历史学家发现的时尚背后的逻辑性不符，属于曲解原文；
B选项“惊人的”文章中并没有直接表达作者对此感到惊异。作者关注的是这些发现的逻辑性，属于无中生有；
D选项“有创意的”文章中没有提到科学家和历史学家的发现是创造性的，而是强调了这些发现的逻辑性和合理性，属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The passage mentions the advantages of fashion EXCEPT that ____. 这篇文章提到了时尚的优势，除了____。
A. it can help promote technological development A. 它有助于促进技术发展
B. it enables people to remain up-to-date B. 它能使人们跟上时代的步伐
C. it can create more job opportunities for people C. 它可以为人们创造更多的就业机会
D. it can make people achieve a great feeling D. 它能使人们获得一种伟大的感觉
【考查点】细节事实题
【解题思路】文章中提到了“Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies（时尚的变化有助于开发新技术）”，这表明时尚可以推动技术创新，排除选项A；接着提到“Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.（风格的变化为世界各地的人们创造了工作机会。许多人在时尚行业工作，特别是在伦敦、纽约、巴黎和米兰等时尚之都。）”，这表明时尚创造了更多的就业机会，排除选项C；最后，文章指出“And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn’t it? When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don’t you?（最后，时尚让你感觉良好，不是吗？当你穿着最新的款式，跳着最时尚的音乐，看完最新的热门电影后，你感觉很棒，不是吗？）”，这表明时尚可以让人获得良好的感觉，排除选项D。综上可知，文章没有直接提到时尚使人保持最新状态作为其优势之一，故B选项正确。
【干扰项排除】
根据以上分析可知，A、C、D选项均属于时尚的优势，属于答非所问。
