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2002年专四考试阅读理解A TEXT C(1) |
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作者：佚名 文章来源：不详更新时间：2006-5-30 13:01:08  |
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TEXT C
How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell ns,we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandm others did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats,for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats: more American men followed his example.
There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and A merica, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the "untidy" look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater; and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does either!
72. The author thinks that people are ___.
A. satisfied with their appearance
B. concerned about appearance in old age
C. far from neglecting what is in fashion
D. reluctant to follow the trends in fashion
73. Fashion magazines and TV advertisements seem to link fashion to___.
A. confidence in life B. personal dress C. individual hair style D. personal future
74. Causes of fashions are ___.
A. uniform B. varied C. unknown D. inexplicable.
75. Present-day society is much freer and easier because it emphasizes___.
A. uniformity B. formality C. informality D. individuality
76. Which is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Care about appearance in formal situations.
B. Fashion in formal and informal situations.
C. Ignoring appearance in informal situations.
D. Ignoring appearance in all situations.
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答案详析：
短文大意：这篇有关时尚的文章介绍了不断变化发展的时尚，包括媒体的宣传，促使时尚变化的因素以及时尚的循环模式等，指出了现在人们追求时尚更加随意和自由。
72. 答案：C
【参考译文】作者认为人们怎样？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第一段第二句说“Few of us are content to accept ourselves as weare，and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．”即人们都不会满足于自己的现状，并且都不会忽视对于时尚趋势的关注。由此可知，作者认为很少有人忽视时尚潮流。
73. 答案：A
【参考译文】时尚杂志和电视广告似乎将时尚与什么联系在一起？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第二段说“they tell us，we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment。”由此可见，时尚杂志和电视广告是把时尚与自信联系在一起。
74. 答案：B
【参考译文】时尚的变化因素怎样？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文第三段提到了多种促成时尚变化的因素，如 convenience，practical necessity及the fancy of an influential person等，因此促成时尚变化的因素是多变的。
75. 答案：D
【参考译文】当今社会更自由更随意是因为它强调什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】短文倒数第二段告诉我们“It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else．Within reason，you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion。”即你可以按自己的喜好穿衣，留自己喜欢的发型，而不必考虑时尚，所以说，现在的社会并不一味推崇时尚，它强调的是个人喜好，即个性。故选项D为正确答案。
76．答案：A
【参考译文】短文最后一段的主要观点是什么？
【试题分析】本题为细节题。
【详细解答】最后一段的首句为该段的主题句，即“At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully.”即外表有时也很重要，在有些场合我们穿着必须慎重。故选项A为正确答案。
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