大学英语六级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷383
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How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.
Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy\’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.
What causes fashion to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climate, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats. More American men have followed his example.
There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.
Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the \\
1.Fashion magazines and TV advertisements seem to link fashion to _____.(A)
A. confidence in life
B. social relationship
C. success in career
D. personal future
解析：第2段第2句中的they指的就是首句中提到的时尚杂志和电视广告，第2句中的confidence和confidently都表明这些时尚杂志和电视广告把时尚与人的自信联系起来，因此A为本题答案。B、C、D均无原文依据。
2.Kennedy’s example is used to illustrate_____.(B)
A. the change in fashion
B. a cause of fashion change
C. the celebrities’ influence on economy
D. the application of fashion to more than dress
解析：第3段首句表明该段说的是推动时尚变化的原因，第2句列举了其中三个原因，最后三句对这些原因进行举例说明，由此可见，肯尼迪总统的例子是为了说明推动时尚变化的其中一个原因，因此应选B。第3段讲的不是时尚的变化趋势，A不正确；C错在economy这个词，此处举肯尼迪总统的例子是为说明名人对“时尚潮流”的影响力，而非对“经济”；虽然该例子提到的是帽子的潮流，但本段并不是为了说明“时尚不仅限于服饰”这个观点，因此D不正确。
3.Present-day society is much freer and easier because it emphasizes_____.(D)
A. practicality
B. efficiency
C. informality
D. individuality
解析：第5段第2句和第3句是对该段首句的进一步说明，由这两句可知现在注重的是个人风格，穿衣打扮不再是千篇一律了，D“个人主义”为本题答案。
4.The popularity of jeans and \\(D)
A. highlight one’s personality
B. are suitable for various social situations
C. have the advantages of being convenient and practical
D. are not as expensive as clothing produced by top fashion houses
解析：第5段末句表明顶级服装店的时尚服饰很昂贵，所以人们转而穿牛仔裤和做“邋遢”的装扮，由此可见，本题应选D。其他选项可能根据个人生活经验说得通，但均在原文中找不到直接依据，故排除。
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