Question

They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessorise(配饰)。Yet these are ginrls in their teens or twenties but  women in their sixties and seventies.A gengration which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now faouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

Professor Julia Twigg, a social policy expert , said ,“Wimen over 75 are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they old when they were young in the 1960s .In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter . It was an expensive item that they would puechase only every three or four years — now you can pick one up at the supernnackrt  whosever you wish to .Fashion is a lot cheaper and peope fet tired of things more quickiy . ”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard ,who runs own fashion business in London ,said older women were much more affected celebrity(名流) style than in previous years .

She said ,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties ,they want to follow them . Older women are much more aware of celebrities .There’s also the boom in TV programmes showing people how they can change theiy look,and many of my older customers do roga to stay in shape well in their fifties . When I started my business a fen years ago .my older customers wended to be very rich, but now they are what I would call ordinary women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would caill ordinsry women .My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten yeare ago.”

59. Professor Twigg found that ,compared with the 1960s,_______.

A. the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%

B. the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%

C. people spend 30% less than they did on cotothes

D. the amount of chothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%

60. What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion？

A.They are often ignored by fashion designers .

B. They are now more easily influenced by stars .

C. They are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion .

D. They are more interested in clothes because of their old age .

61. It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because.

A. they get tired of things more quickly

B.TV shows teach them how to change look

C. they are in much better shape now

D. clothes are much cheaper than before

62. Which is the best possible title of the passage ?

A. Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans

B.The More Fashionable ,the Less Expensive

C.Unexpected Changes in Fashion

D.Boom of the British Fashion Industry

Answer 1

【小题1】A

【小题2】 B

【小题3】D

【小题4】A

解析:

【语篇解读】本篇文章为说明文。街上奶奶辈儿的妇女们穿的越来越靓了。60年代买一件衣服是一件不小的事，也许三四年才能买一件外套。现在却不一样了，她们不仅穿着时尚，而且讲究品牌。现在的衣服价格比以前低多了，电视里的老年妇女时装秀也推动了老年妇女的时尚运动。

【小题1】细节理解题。由第四段Clothes are now 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the 1960s可知。文中没有谈到衣服的销售量的增长比例，只是在第三段说the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply，5% 或6%是指人们先前和现在在总支出中花在买衣服方面的钱的比例，而不是购买衣服的增长比，故排除B项，C项和D项。

【小题2】推理判断题。从文章的最后一段可知，现在的老年妇女越来越注意自己的外表了，当看到60几岁的女明星穿着时尚时，她们就争相模仿，她们甚至练瑜伽保持体形，因此看出她们是收到了明星的影响。

【小题3】推理判断题。纵观全文，老年妇女买新款衣服越来越多有两个原因：一是时装越来越便宜了，这一点可从第二段Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.和第三段Clothes are now 70 per cent cheaper than they were in the 1960s可知，二是影视明星的示范起到了推波助澜的作用。因此D项clothes are much cheaper than before是老年妇女追逐时尚的主因。

【小题4】主旨大意题。本文虽然是在谈关于时尚的问题，但文章从头至尾反复出现women in their sixties and seventies, women over 75, older women, older customers, own mother等表达，也就是说本文更多的谈到是关于老年人追求时尚的话题，文中最突出的字眼是“老年妇女”时尚起来，四个选项中只有A项Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans（年龄不是时装爱好者的障碍）提到了年龄，因此正确答案为D。