For most people, the word "fashion (時尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way.
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "
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 see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
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 television 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.
小題1:Most people think that "fashion" means __________.
A．subjectsB．holidaysC．booksD．clothes
小題2:By         we can see that fashions change as time goes.
A．finding a jobB．looking at pictures
C．eating in a restaurantD．wearing a fashionable coat
小題3:In the 5th paragraph , the writer mentions           kinds of ways to send information.
A．threeB．fourC．fiveD．six
小題4:"There is money in fashion" means      .
A．people like fashion and money
B．fashionable things are expensive
C．one can make money through fashion
D．a(chǎn) fashionable man makes much money
小題5:The passage is mainly about             .
A．the changes of fashionsB．the kinds of colours
C．the money in fash ionD．the differences between houses

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：短文大意：這篇短文主要告訴我們時尚一直在變化，從圖片中可以看出時尚的變化問題，對于某些人來說，時尚就意味著花錢。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段For most people, the word "fashion (時尚)" means "clothes". 描述，可知大部分人認為，時尚就意味著穿衣。故選D。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第三段Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. 描述，可知觀看圖片可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，時尚一直在變化。故選B。
小題3:根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.描述，可知作者提到了四中信息傳播的方式。故選B。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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，可知時尚就是意味著花錢。故選B。
小題5:主旨大意題。閱讀短文可知，本文主要談論了時尚的變化問題。故選A。
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