Question

 

    Department stores sell ready-to-wear clothing, which is also called ready-made-clothing. Such clothing is made in fixed sizes. Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it. Most often, People do not fit exactly into a producer’s size. Their clothing must be altered(改变)to make it fit better, However, most alterations are not very expensive. The small cost of most alterations means that ready-made clothing can meet the needs of most customers.

    Those who can afford it often get someone to design and make their clothing. Such clothing is called custom-made(定做的). The person who makes it measures the customer, and then sews it so that it fits perfectly. Alterations are not needed. Custom-made clothing is largely sewn by hand, has better quality, better material, and is of the style you have chosen. Of course, it costs much more than ready-to-wear clothing. You need to pay the difference for the special fitting and better skill that you are receiving. This often means that you spend double or more than you would for a ready-made garment（衣服）.

    Custom-made clothing is not always that much better than ready-made clothing. It costs more partly because only one garment has been made, just for you. Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time. This means they can buy large quantities of material. Workers cut each size by the hundreds. Companies work out ways to make the garments, quickly by machine and pay workers according to their skill. Thus they can sell the finished products at a low price while still making money. Most of the clothing sold in the United States is made in this way. Customers gain from the lower prices which are made possible by mass production（批量生产）.It may or may  not give  them high quality.

1.According to the passage, people who buy ready-made clothing           .

A. wish to make alterations

B. can fit into the sizes

C. want to make it better

D. will spend less money

2.We can learn from the passage that custom-made clothing is             .

A. specially made

B. fashionably designed

C. chosen by few people

D. made with difficulties

3.Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing?

A. It is of poor quality.

B. It suits all people.

C. It takes more time to make it.

D. It is labor-saving to make it.

4.The purpose of the writer is            .

A. to explain why custom-made clothing costs more

B. to show the advantages of mass production

C. to provide information about different kind-of clothing

D. to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

【解析】：文中第一段“Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it.”可知道买成衣省钱。

【高考考点】：事实细节题

2.A

【解析】：由文中第二段可知定做的衣服，量体裁衣，用好的料子，选好的款式，当然是专门制作

【高考考点】：推理引申题

3.D

【解析】：由最后本文最后一段可以知道，ready-made clothing是机器批量生产，当然就节省劳动力成本。

【高考考点】：推理引申题

4.C

【解析】：本文分段畅叙了ready-made clothing和custom-made clothing的有关信息

【高考考点】：主旨题