Question

They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing flannel(法蘭絨) and thick?framed glasses while listening to music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second?hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways.

They call themselves hipsters. Being “hip” used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has become a sign of “being cool, unique and unusual”．

Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony(諷刺) is central to their culture and offers an interesting conflict.

“I do take things in the mainstream with a positive attitude，” says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University. “But sometimes I also question what determines popularity, especially regarding music.” Polson represents many hipsters.

When less?known bands become popular, they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes, “I used to like that band before it got popular，” Polson quoted.

According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly disappear for the sake of popularity.

Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and they are adopting hipsters' anti?mainstream culture mind to themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster consumers. But on the other hand, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly made the anti?mainstream culture become weaker.

“A lot of people that are self?defined hipsters aren't really hipsters. They're just trying to act as hipsters to seem cooler，” says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unusual tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.

1.In the passage, hipsters refer to people ________.

A．who are fans of pop music

B．who study in different colleges

C．who appear cool and unusual

D．who try to attract others

2.According to the author, ________.

A．hipsters are the pioneers of the mainstream

B．hipsters are unhappy with the mainstream

C．hipsters' culture exists mainly in music field

D．hipsters' culture can also become popular

3.What is the main idea of the seventh paragraph?

A．Urban Outfitters and American Apparel are famous clothing labels.

B．Hipster consumers have more specialized brands, stores and music.

C．Anti?mainstream culture can gain mainstream popularity.

D．The culture of hipsters is becoming more and more terrible.

4.When describing hipsters, the author speaks ________.

A．in an ironic voice B．in an objective voice

C．in an angry voice D．in a funny voice

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】這是一篇說明文。文章主要講述了趕時髦的人的一些做法以及他們對社會文化所產(chǎn)生的巨大影響。

1.答案：C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“the word has become a sign of ‘being cool，unique and unusual’”可知，hipsters指的是那些�？帷ⅹ毺�、做事與常人不同的人。

2.2】答案：D　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“However，their culture has become quite trendy.”可知，他們的文化開始流行起來，故答案為D項。

3.3】答案：C　段落大意題。根據(jù)第七段中的“they are adopting hipsters' anti?mainstream culture mind to themselves.”及“some such stores...have gained mainstream popularity”可知反主流文化能夠成為主流文化，并且受到大眾的歡迎，故答案為C項。

4.4】答案：B　推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，作者在說明那些趕時髦的人的一些做法的同時，也客觀地說明了他們對社會文化所產(chǎn)生的影響。作者并沒有表達(dá)自己對這些人的主觀意見，而是持一種客觀的態(tài)度。故答案為B項。