I bought a Paul Smith shirt three months ago. For those who don’t know, Paul Smith is an English designer brand.
His shirts cost about 1,000 yuan and upwards. I paid 50 yuan for my colorful shirt from a street vendor in Beijing.
Of course my shirt was a knockoff, a cheap copy of the brand. After a few washes, little balls formed on the surface of the thin material.
Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.
I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.
In You Are What You Wear, US writer Jennifer Baumgartner says people’s clothes tell a story about their personality.
She writes: “The clothes you choose to wear provide important information about you as a person: your approximate education level, your income, social status and even your level of self-esteem (自信).” When I started work as an undercover crime reporter, I had to shop for jeans and a hoodie (連帽衫) in order to fit in with a rough and ready (世故的) social group.
I bought the hoodie in a charity shop. My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.
Elizabeth L. Cline thinks she knows best when it comes to cheap clothes in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She expresses sadness that clothing has been turned into a good that is thrown away after being used once or twice.
She looks down her nose at cheap fashion and longs for the good old days when department stores sold quality clothes at high prices.
I don’t agree. At least people now can choose what to wear without breaking the bank.
小題1:The underlined sentence in the article meant that         .
A．I don’t mind spending money on clothes
B．there’s not much point spending money on clothes
C．it is too much trouble to spend money on clothes
D．I never spend money on clothes
小題2:From the text we can infer that the author’s disguise         .
A．immediately won the admiration of his daughters
B．turned out unsuited to his plan
C．proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personality
D．had something to do with his income
小題3:The author mentions Elizabeth L. Cline’s book to         .
A．express his anger at the poor quality of clothes
B．show his disagreement with her idea
C．show his dislike for how people treat their clothes
D．support her attitude toward spending money on clothes
小題4:Which of the following might be the best title for the story?
A．The variety of clothesB．You are what you wear
C．High cost of cheap fashionD．You get what you pay for
 
小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：文章大意：你身上的衣服是真正的品牌還是冒牌貨，你知道有什么不一樣嗎？本文作者通過自己的經(jīng)歷向我們表明他買得廉價(jià)的冒牌質(zhì)量不好很正常，但他并不在意。從而詮釋了“一分錢一分貨”的道理。
小題1:B 句意理解題。根據(jù)劃線句子的前后句子I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.可知，作者在花錢方面有優(yōu)先考慮的地方，而且討厭購物，所以認(rèn)為把錢花在衣服上沒有多大意義。所以答案選B。句型：There is no point doing--- “干某事沒什么意義�！�
小題2:C 推理判斷題。 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三、四段work as an undercover crime reporter, …My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.可推斷，作者在做秘密記者跟蹤報(bào)道犯罪案件時(shí)要偽裝自己，于是買了廉價(jià)的連帽衫，女兒看到很震驚，說明作者偽裝的很好，證明穿的衣服不會(huì)暴露作者的真實(shí)身份。所以答案選C。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段I don’t agree.可知，作者并不同意Elizabeth L. Cline書中的觀點(diǎn)。所以答案選擇B。
小題4:D 文章標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)第四段句子Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.可知，作者對(duì)買廉價(jià)襯衫并不在意，質(zhì)量不好很正常，“一分錢一分貨”。所以答案選D。
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A．Researchers and scientists are not perfect.
B．Something that we read may not be true.
C．Researchers and scientists know everything.
D．People don’t know whether water is good or bad.
小題2:What is the reason why Johann Beringer was fooled?
A．His fellow scientists wanted to make fun of him.
B．His workmates are eager to become famous too.
C．These scientists made a mistake because of carelessness.
D．His colleagues envied him and did so to destroy his fame.
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B．was a great scientific invention
C．contributed to the theory of evolution
D．had the skull like that of an ape
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A．Hebrew is probably a kind of language.
B．Truths of science will never be out of time.
C．People believe scientists because they are persuasive.
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B．All the athletes mentioned in this passage are famous basketball players.
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D．Americans are happier than Europeans.
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A．because he has shared his thoughts on happiness with a worldwide audience
B．a(chǎn)fter he has explained his insights into happiness to everyone
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D．because he tries his best to achieve happiness and well-being
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C．Spending little time taking care of what matters most.
D．Reacting to various outside influences in the modern world.
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C．The constant pursuit of happiness in our life.
D．Those outer conditions affecting our happiness.
小題4:How can we pursuit happiness?
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D．has become the most important part of our life
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D．Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.
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D．introduce the readers some websites such as Google
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