One’s style of the dress reveals the human obsession with both novelty and tradition. People use clothing to declare their membership in a particular social group; however, the rules for what is acceptable dress for that group may change. In affluent societies, this changing of the rules is the driving force behind fashions. By keeping up with fashions, that is, by changing their clothing style frequently but meanwhile, members of a group both satisfy their desire for novelty and obey the rules, thus demonstrating their membership in the group.
There are some interesting variations (變種) regarding individual status. Some people, particularly in the West, consider themselves of such high status that they do not need to display it with their clothing. For example, many wealthy people in the entertainment industry appear in very casual clothes, such as the worn jeans and work boots of a manual laborer. However, it is likely that a subtle but important signal, such as an expensive wristwatch, will prevail over the message of the casual dress. Such an inverted (顛倒的)status display is most likely to occur where the person’s high status is conveyed in ways other than with clothing, such as having a famous face.
小題1:According to the author, fashions serve all the following purposes EXCEPT
A．satisfying an interest in novelty
B．signaling a change in personal beliefs
C．displaying membership in a social group
D．following traditional rules
小題2:Why does the author discuss individual status in paragraph 2?
A．To state that individual’s status is not important in the West
B．To argue that individuals need not obey every fashion rule
C．To contrast the status of entertainers with that of manual laborers
D．To explain how high status may involve an inverted status display
小題3:What’s the meaning of the underlined word?
A．newnessB．conventionC．noblenessD．benzene

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：文章介紹了人們的著裝可以提現(xiàn)人們所屬于的社會(huì)群體，但是因?yàn)槿祟?lèi)對(duì)新穎和傳統(tǒng)的癡迷，服裝的時(shí)尚經(jīng)常在改變。
小題1:考查推理題：題目的意思是“根據(jù)作者觀(guān)點(diǎn)，下列哪個(gè)不符合時(shí)尚的目的”。A和D，在文中第一句話(huà)“One’s style of the dress reveals the human obsession with both novelty and tradition.”可以體現(xiàn)出來(lái)，C項(xiàng)可以在第一段中“People use clothing to declare their membership in a particular social group”找到答案，只有B項(xiàng)“為信仰的變化發(fā)出信號(hào)”沒(méi)有在文中體現(xiàn)。因此，選B。
小題2:推理題：題目的意思是“為什么作者在第二段中討論個(gè)人地位?”第二段的最后一句話(huà)“Such an inverted status display is most likely to occur where the person’s high status is conveyed in ways other than with clothing, such as having a famous face.”是對(duì)整段的總結(jié)，同時(shí)說(shuō)出了本段的目的，即“哪些地位高的人會(huì)包括在倒轉(zhuǎn)的地位表現(xiàn)中”。因此選D。A意思是“為了陳述在西方國(guó)家個(gè)人地位不重要”，而“Some people, particularly in the West, consider themselves of such high status that they do not need to display it with their clothing.”因此A與這句話(huà)意思矛盾，所以不選。B意思是“為了論述個(gè)人地位不需要遵循每個(gè)時(shí)尚規(guī)則”，在文中沒(méi)有體現(xiàn)，不選。C意思是“為了將娛樂(lè)圈人們的地位與手工勞動(dòng)者的地位作對(duì)比”，顯然不是作者的目的，因此不選C。
小題3:猜詞題：這句話(huà)出現(xiàn)在第一段，而第一句話(huà)中也出現(xiàn)了：One’s style of the dress reveals the human obsession with both novelty and tradition.一個(gè)人的著裝風(fēng)格提現(xiàn)了人類(lèi)對(duì)新奇和傳統(tǒng)的癡迷。和novelty是tradition對(duì)應(yīng)的，可知novelty是“新奇，新奇的事物”，答案是A。
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