Question

Nowadays fashion speaks aloud.Then do you choose what you wear or does the ____ choose it for you？I am one of the million Americans who struggle with ____ the new trends.The newspapers and magazines work their hardest in trying to ___ us to buy new things for home，work，and family.Many large ___ spend millions of dollars for a one?minute commercial on one of the ___ stations such as FOX and CBS.Television and magazines ____ carefully not only what to wear and when to wear it but also what others are wearing such as movie stars，____ and music artists.Television，one of the ___ mediums of the media world，talks with us about who is wearing what and what is fashionable for the ____.Television shows give us information on new trends ____ all different types of people and in all different countries.Designers such as Calvin Klein，Levi’s and many others try to ____ us to their cool commercials.Indeed，they get ____ from the commercials after their designs are sold.

Television influences the way we ____.It searches each and every one of our wardrobes(衣橱) with telling us what is ____ and what is not.Teenagers，____，give a lot of their attention to these television programs.They even wish they could ____ like the models immediately.The commercials try to ____ the younger generation because they will have them in the palm of their hands for the ____ of their lives.Also teenagers are ____ influenced by television with the billions of dollars spent on advertisements.These advertisements have them ____ widely—they really know what teenagers like.

1.A.society? B．mood

C．media? D．weather

2.A.looking forward to? B．keeping up with

C．caring about? D．referring to

3.A.follow B．warn

C．force? D．persuade

4.A.supermarkets? B．hotels

C．companies D．malls

5.A.major? B．local

C．common? D．similar

6.A.choose? B．describe

C．change D．watch

7.A.scholars? B．officials

C．managers? D．models

8.A.important? B．changeable

C．cultural? D．national

9.A.day? B．season

C．month? D．year

10.．A.for? B．from

C．of? D．with

11.A.compare? B．fix

C．attract? D．connect

12.A.trust? B．promotion

C．improvement? D．profit

13.A.sleep B．live

C．shop? D．learn

14.A.hot? B．crazy

C．creative? D．expensive

15.A.however? B．hardly

C．nearly? D．especially

16.A.dress? B．walk

C．express? D．grow

17.A.avoid? B．target

C．understand? D．warn

18.A.whole B．half

C．part D．rest

19.A.eagerly? B．slowly

C．easily? D．happily

20.A.killed? B．trapped

C．hurt? D．lost

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.C

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.B

【解析】

1.

解析　从下文提到的媒体在时尚传播中起的作用可以看出此处应该选C项，media意为“媒体”。

2.2】　B

解析　作者是努力紧跟时尚潮流的数以百万计的美国人之一，keep up with意为“跟上”。

3.3】　D

解析　从上下文可知，作为媒体的报纸和杂志应该是劝我们购物。persuade劝服；说服，符合语境。

4.4】　C

解析　为了1分钟的广告而舍得花巨资的一般为大公司。C项符合语境。

5.5】　A

解析　从句末提到的FOX和CBS这两个电视台可以看出前面所填的词为major比较恰当，意为“较大的”。

6.6】　B

解析　上文提到电视和杂志都起着很大的广告宣传作用，它们在宣传时尚方面不遗余力。B项符合语境。

7.7】　D

解析　根据movie stars和music artists可知，模特和他们同属时尚行业。

8.8】　A

解析　电视是一种重要的媒体手段。A项符合语境。

9.9】　B

解析　根据常识我们知道一年四季的时尚以“季”为单位，而不是天、月或年。

10.0】　A

解析　电视节目为不同类型、不同国家的人提供关于最新流行趋势的信息，故此处选for。

11.1】　C

解析　Calvin Klein以及Levi’s这样的大品牌用很酷的广告吸引人们的眼球。attract吸引，符合语境。

12.2】　D

解析　根据后面的“...after their designs are sold.”可知，他们可获得盈利(profit)。

13.3】　C

解析　从上下文可知，电视对人们购物有很大影响。

14.4】　A

解析　电视告诉我们什么是时尚的，什么不是。hot时尚的，流行的。

15.5】　D

解析　根据下一句“They even wish they could ____ like the models immediately.”可知，青少年应是格外关注时尚类电视节目。D项符合语境。

16.6】　A

解析　句意为：青少年甚至希望能立刻像模特那样穿着。

17.7】　B

解析　因为商家了解青少年崇尚流行的心态，所以他们把目标锁定在年轻人身上。

18.8】　D

解析　商家将目标锁定在年轻人身上，是为了使年轻一代今后的消费理念在他们的掌控之中，所以rest最合适。

19.9】　C

解析　商家投资大笔钱在商业广告上，是因为青少年容易受到商业广告的影响。

20.20】　B

解析　从上文的内容和最后一句“...they really know what teenagers like.”可知，商业广告可以说是商家设的陷阱，青少年已经深陷其中。