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【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. （在短文的空格内填入适当的词使其内容通顺）

Why do people wear clothes? The answer will probably be "To make me warm and to cover my body ".

That's why people wear clothes, but people a【1】 want to look beautiful.

If people only wear clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies,most clothes will be simple and cheap.But in many countries, clothes sometimes c 【2】 a lot of money. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.

Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they pay t【3】of dollars for a suit and a tie. It's still just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the f【4】designer.

Fashion is always c 【5】 . It means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, though they only wear last month's clothes a few t【6】 . Some people have too many clothes, but they seldom wear some of these clothes. These clothes are not in fashion any m【7】though they are still new.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】also

【2】cost

【3】thousands

【4】famous

【5】changing

【6】times

【7】more

【解析】

本文主要介绍人们穿衣服的原因。一方面是保暖，另一方面是为了时尚。

【1】句意：这就是为什么人们穿衣服，但人们也想看起来漂亮。

分析句子可知不缺少成分，可知此处填一个副词作状语。根据首字母提示，also 也，副词，符合句意。故答案是also。

【2】句意：但是在许多国家，衣服有时要花很多钱。

分析句子可知此处缺少一个谓语动词。根据后文The clothes are expensive because of fashion.和首字母提示，cost花费，实义动词，符合句意。故答案是cost。

【3】句意：所以他们花几千美元买了一套西装和一条领带。

名词dollars后面缺少量词修饰，根据首字母提示，thousand千；thousands of几千，成千上万，符合句意，故答案是thousands。

【4】句意：它仍然只是一套西装和一条领带，但他们支付这些价格是因为著名的设计师。

名词designer前缺少一个形容词作定语，根据首字母提示，famous著名的，形容词，符合句意。故答案是famous。

【5】句意：时尚总是一直在变化。

根据首字母提示，change变化，实义动词。be changing 现在进行时，表示反复出现，通常与always等词连用，隐含着说话人的赞扬喜好或厌恶的情绪。符合句意，故答案是changing。

【6】句意：这意味着想要时尚的人必须每隔几个月买新衣服，虽然他们只穿上个月的衣服几次。

a few（一点，一些），后缺少一个可数名词的复数。根据首字母提示，time词数，名词，符合句意，故答案是times。

【7】句意：这些衣服虽然还是新的，但已经不流行了。

固定短语，not…any more，不再，再也不，符合句意。故答案是more。