题目内容
16．For most people，the word"fashion"means"clothes"．But people ask the question，"What clothes are fashion？"And they use the adjective"fashionable"in the same way："she was wearing a fashionable coat．""His shirt was really a fashionable color．"But of course there are fashions in many things，not only in clothes．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 feel that fashions have always changed．An English house of 1950was different from one of 1508．A fashionable man in 1920looked very different from his grandson in 2000．
Today fashions change very quickly．Some of this is natural．We hear about things much more quickly than in the past．Newspapers，radios，telephones and televisions send information from one country to another in a few hours．
New fashions mean that people will buy new things，so you see there is money in fashion．
24．From this passage we know that"fashion"meansB．
A．clothes B．most of the popular things
C．many things D．everything
25．Which of the following things is fashionable today？A
A．Surfing on different cell-phones．
B．Radios send information from one country to another．
C．People read newspapers every day．
D．Playing games at school．
26．"There is money in fashion"in the last sentence meansC．
A．clothes are expensive
B．fashions can help people make big money
C．fashionable things are all expensive
D．if you are in fashion，you will have money
27．Which one is Not Right in the following statements？D
A．As time goes，fashions can be different from what they are now．
B．In the modern world，fashions change very quickly．
C．The word"fashions"doesn't only mean"clothes"．
D．Fashions are in many things，but there aren't fashions in school subjects．
分析 这篇短文主要告诉我们时尚一直在变化，从图片中可以看出时尚的变化问题，对于某些人来说，时尚就意味着花钱．
解答 24．B．细节理解题，由文句"But of course there are fashions in many things，not only in clothes．"可知时尚"是指流行的东西；故选B．
25．A．推理判断题．根据倒数第二段：We hear about things much more quickly than in the past．Newspapers，radios，telephones and televisions send information from one country to another in a few hours可知在不同的手机上冲浪是一种时尚；故选A．
26．C．细节理解题．根据短文最后一段New fashions mean that people will buy new things，so you see there is money in fashion．描述，可知时尚就是意味着花钱．故选C．
27．D．细节理解题．根据第二段：There are fashions in holidays，in restaurants，in films and books．There are even fashions in school subjects，jobs and in languages可知学校也有时尚；故选D．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
练习册系列答案
相关题目
7．
76．D
British travelers already thinking twice about flying to Europe this summer because of the falling value of the pound received more bad news yesterday with indications that the era of cheap flights may be drawing to an end．
77．A
Soaring fuel costs have put airlines under financial pressure which，analysts say，will inevitably be passed on to passengers through increased ticket prices，fuel surcharges and baggage check-in fees．The warnings follow a wave of air line bankruptcies in the UK and the US，and the pressure on the airlines has been most acute this year as the global oil price rose from 80 a barrel to nearly 120．
78．F
Ryanair became the latest airline to pass that pain on to customers yesterday when it raised the cost of putting bags in the hold and checking in at airports．Passengers on Europe's largest budget carrier will have to pay 16 a bag and 8 to use a check-in desk on return journeys from Monday．Fuel accounts for a quarter of airline budgets and the resulting financial，squeeze has triggered warnings that major carriers could go to the wall or be forced to merge with rivals to survive．Ryanair is trying to play down its latest charge increases because it is the second time Ryanair has raised baggage costs this year to cover the rising cost of fuel，which is expected to account for nearly half of its costs next year．
79．E
"Their earnings are greatly affected by the fuel price，so they need to do everything they possibly can to alleviate that cost pressure，"said Andrew Lohbenberg，an analyst at ABN Amro，"But low-cost airlines refuse to impose them，instead preferring to cover their costs through add-on charges for checking in，in-flight food and car rental deals．"
80．B
However，industry experts say higher bag check-in costs are inevitable if the cost of oil stays around its current level．Ryanair and low-cost rival Easy Jet will try to leave fares untouched，because cheap tickets are the key part of a no-frills（不提供不必要的服务）business model that uses bargain fares to pack passengers on to airplanes and then making profits from them with add-ons （附加物）．"They cannot afford to raise fares．It would break their model．"said Strickland．"Occupancy would fall and they will not make enough money to cover increased fuel costs．"Ryanair has already warned that profits could fall by as much as 50% this year due to the fuel situation，while Easy Jet shares were hit recently when it said it would miss its full-year profit targets if fuel stayed at the current price．
The threat to the industry is at its most serious since the incident of September 11，analysts have warned．The global airline industry is barely profitable．
| A．Heavy pressure on airlines B．airlines'worrying situation and future C．inevitable fuel costs D．impossible cheap flights E．low-cost airlines'ways to keep fares low F．Ryanair's new policy |
British travelers already thinking twice about flying to Europe this summer because of the falling value of the pound received more bad news yesterday with indications that the era of cheap flights may be drawing to an end．
77．A
Soaring fuel costs have put airlines under financial pressure which，analysts say，will inevitably be passed on to passengers through increased ticket prices，fuel surcharges and baggage check-in fees．The warnings follow a wave of air line bankruptcies in the UK and the US，and the pressure on the airlines has been most acute this year as the global oil price rose from 80 a barrel to nearly 120．
78．F
Ryanair became the latest airline to pass that pain on to customers yesterday when it raised the cost of putting bags in the hold and checking in at airports．Passengers on Europe's largest budget carrier will have to pay 16 a bag and 8 to use a check-in desk on return journeys from Monday．Fuel accounts for a quarter of airline budgets and the resulting financial，squeeze has triggered warnings that major carriers could go to the wall or be forced to merge with rivals to survive．Ryanair is trying to play down its latest charge increases because it is the second time Ryanair has raised baggage costs this year to cover the rising cost of fuel，which is expected to account for nearly half of its costs next year．
79．E
"Their earnings are greatly affected by the fuel price，so they need to do everything they possibly can to alleviate that cost pressure，"said Andrew Lohbenberg，an analyst at ABN Amro，"But low-cost airlines refuse to impose them，instead preferring to cover their costs through add-on charges for checking in，in-flight food and car rental deals．"
80．B
However，industry experts say higher bag check-in costs are inevitable if the cost of oil stays around its current level．Ryanair and low-cost rival Easy Jet will try to leave fares untouched，because cheap tickets are the key part of a no-frills（不提供不必要的服务）business model that uses bargain fares to pack passengers on to airplanes and then making profits from them with add-ons （附加物）．"They cannot afford to raise fares．It would break their model．"said Strickland．"Occupancy would fall and they will not make enough money to cover increased fuel costs．"Ryanair has already warned that profits could fall by as much as 50% this year due to the fuel situation，while Easy Jet shares were hit recently when it said it would miss its full-year profit targets if fuel stayed at the current price．
The threat to the industry is at its most serious since the incident of September 11，analysts have warned．The global airline industry is barely profitable．