4.They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配飾).Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favouring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.
Professor Julia Twigg,a social policy expert,said,"Women over 75are now shopping for clothes more frequently than they did 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 purchase only every three or four years-now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to.Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly."
Professor Twigg analysed family expenditure(支出) data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same-at 5or 6 percent of spending-the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply.
The professor said,"Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East.In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from,but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere.Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them."
Fashion designer Angela Barnard,who runs her own fashion business in London,said older women were much more affected by the 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 their look,and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties.When I started my business a few years ago,my older customers tended to be very rich,but now they are what I would call ordinary women.My own mother is 61and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago."

28.Professor Twigg found that,compared with the 1960s,B.
A.the spending on clothes has increased by 5% or 6%
B.the price of clothes has generally fallen by 70%
C.people spend 30% less than they did on clothes
D.the amount of clothes bought has risen by 5% or 6%
29.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?B
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.
30.It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly becauseA.
A.clothes are much cheaper than before
B.TV shows teach them how to change their look
C.they are in much better shape now
D.they get tired of things more quickly
31.Which is the best possible title of the passage?C
A.Unexpected Changes in Fashion
B.The More Fashionable,the Less Expensive
C.Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans
D.Boom of the British Fashion Industry.

分析 本文主要講述的是老年人也會(huì)追逐時(shí)代的潮流,

解答 28.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第句子Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East可知現(xiàn)如今的衣服比六十年代的衣服便宜70%,故選B.
29.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Fashion designer Angela Barnard,who runs her own fashion business in London,said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years.在倫敦經(jīng)營(yíng)自己的時(shí)尚事業(yè)的時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師Angela Barnard說,年長(zhǎng)女性比以前更受名人風(fēng)格的影響.可知B正確.
30.A.推斷判斷題.本文前四段都在講述衣服比以往更加便宜,根據(jù)句子.Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.時(shí)尚便宜很多,人們對(duì)于衣服的厭倦速度更快.可以推斷出A選項(xiàng)符合題意.
 31.C.主旨大意題.本文主要講述的是老年人也會(huì)追逐時(shí)代的潮流,所以C項(xiàng)最符合.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主,細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體.搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息.在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié).做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語(yǔ)或句子,再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比,找出答案.

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