Section IV 社会文化篇

Passage 32

　　For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective (形容词) “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable color.”

　　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 his grandson in 1860.

　　Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural (自然的). We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television 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.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.

　　3.Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

　　A.People read newspapers every day 　B. radios send information from one country to another

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

　　D. people quickly learn what is happening in the world

　　4.“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