Question

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个恰当的单词。

How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we 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 us, 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 grandmothers 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, and more American men followed his example.

There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until 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(失礼的) 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!

Fashion Change

People’s attitude towards fashion	In our life, teenagers or people in their early twenties care more about their1. ___. Ordinary people just follow the trends of fashion passively.
2. that fashion has on people	People are able to feel more3. or less embarrassed if they dress themselves fashionably. People are constantly under 4.__to keep up with the fashion.
Causes of fashion changing	Sometimes a fashion can be5. _ due to convenience or practical necessity, or just because of the fancy of an influential person.
Cyclical 6. in fashion	Some old7. may become popular again after a certain period of time.
Fashion today	People are free to dress or do their hair according to their8. instead of going after popularity.
Writer’s attitude	People must9. properly on some occasions and always 10. delighted even if you don’t look fashionable.

 

Answer 1

1.appearance

2.Influences/ Effects/ Impacts

3.confident

4.pressure

5.established

6.pattern

7.fashion

8.taste/ liking

9.dress

10.feel/ stay

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了时尚在不断的变化，作者分析了时尚变化的原因。

1.词义归纳题。根据第一段Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are而归纳可知此空格应写appearance。

2.归纳题。这里隐含一个短语have influences/ effects/impacts on对……有影响，注意首字母大写。

3.词形转化。根据第二段中we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment.，将名词confidence改动形容词。

4.原词重现。根据第二段最后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.可以得出答案。

5.词形转化。根据第三段Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion.，注意此处前有be动词，故用过去分词形式。.

6.原词重现。根据第四段的首句There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion.可以得出答案。

7.词形转化。根据第四段In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable.，形容词fashionable转化为名词。

8.词形转化。根据第五段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.，动词like转化为名词。

9.归纳题。根据文章最后一段可以归纳出答案。

10.原词再现。根据最后一段However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo.可以得出答案。

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