The necktie looks set to follow the top hat in being handed over to the fashion museum by office workers within the next 50 years, according to research.
Nearly three quarters (74%) think the tie will not survive within British firms beyond the next half a century with the popularity of the open-collared shirt. Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach.
Once considered an important part of business dress, the tie has become a victim of the spread of "casual Fridays" into other weekdays, according to researchers.
The poll, by Deal Jungle. com, which helps small and medium enterprises, found more than half (51% ) thought the tie would die out in offices within the next 20 years and almost a quarter (22%) believed it would last less than 10 years.
A spokesman for the site, which has 20, 000 registered members, said: "Ties have been around seemingly forever but increasing numbers of office workers are telling them to get away."

"The success of businesses such as Facebook and Google, where even the CEO turns up wearing jeans and a hoodie, also seems to have had a corrosive (侵蝕性) effect on the idea of dressing formally for work."
"Many of our members keep their expenses to a minimum by working from home so they feel no need to dress up to go to work. We know that when they meet with clients, they still put on a business suit, but a tie is no longer seen as an essential part of the suited-and-booted look."
"Instead, many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar. The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible, too. "
小題1:Why are ties expected to disappear in offices?
A．CEOs in creative businesses set a rule to forbid wearing ties.
B．The idea of casual weekdays is increasingly accepted.
C．Office workers are tired of wearing ties daily.
D．The tie-less look appears more modern.
小題2:According to the spokesman, how are their members dressed before clients?
A．Business suits and casual jeans.
B．Formal suits and a shirt with a tie.
C．Casual suits and buttoned-up shirt.
D．Business suits and an open-collared shirt.
小題3:What kind of image does the tie-less suit create?
A．Accessible in business.B．Professional in fashion.
C．Casual in working.D．Creative in dressing.
小題4:What does the underlined word "demise" mean in Para.2?
A．popularityB．survivalC．disappearanceD．development

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:細節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach（領帶的消亡被歸咎于Facebook和谷歌等創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)業(yè)和在線交易公司的興盛，這些企業(yè)一般不會規(guī)定穿正式服裝，而傾向于更休閑的裝扮。）可知答案。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar（許多商人和越來越多的主管選擇穿西裝和開領襯衫）可知答案。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。結(jié)合The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible（不打領帶穿西裝的生意人給人的印象更親近，讓人感覺既有商業(yè)頭腦，又具有創(chuàng)造性而且精通技術(shù)）可知答案。
小題4:詞義理解題。句意：領帶的消亡被歸咎于Facebook和谷歌等創(chuàng)意產(chǎn)業(yè)和在線交易公司的興盛。demise死亡;終止，與disappearance相符。
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