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       For most people,the word “fashion ” means “ clothes People may say “ His shirt is in fashion. ”or “She is wearing a fashionable coat. ” But in fact (事实上) ,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 changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860. Today fashions change quickly. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers,radios,telephones,televisions and Internet send information from one country to another in a few minutes. New fashions mean that people will buy new things. There is money in fashion.

1. From this passage we know that “fashion” means  .

   A. many things   B. clothes

   C. newspapers   D. everything

2. Which of the following things is fashionable today?

   A. Doing morning exercises at school.

   B. Having a family dinner on New Year's Day.

   C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.

   D. Surfing on the Internet.

3. Today fashions change very quickly because .

   A. people read newspapers every day

   B. radios send information from one country to another

   C. people can learn what is happening in the world quickly

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

4. “There is money in fashion,” means“”

   A. Clothes are expensive

   B. Fashions make big money

   C. People like new things

   D. Money comes from fashion

5. What is the best title (标题) for the article?

   A. Clothes

   B. Fashions

   C. Fashions in Clothes

   D. How to Make Money

Answer 1

1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B

1. D  由短文的第三句和第四句可知答案选D。

2. D  在今天，网上冲浪相对其他三件事情来说是时尚的。

3. C  人们可以很快地知道世界上正在发生什么，故选C。

4. B  从文章最后“New fashions mean that people will buy new things."可知答案选B。

5. B  由全文内容可知答案选B。