Question

For most. people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people ask question, "What clothes are fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: ".she was wearing a fashionable coat. ""His shirt was really a fashionable color. "

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books.There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things frcrn the past, you will feel that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.Today fashions change very quickly. Scme of this is natu- ral. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information frcrn one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

1. Form this passage we know that "fashion" means ____

A. clothes B. nice things

C. most of the popular things D. everything

2.Which of the following things is fashionable today?

A. Surfing on the Interact.

B. Having a family dinner on New Year' s Day.

C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.

D. Doing roomingexercises at school.

3.Today fashions change very quickly because ___.

A.People read newspapers every day

B. Radios send information frcrn one country to another

C. New things that people like are often shown on TV

D. People quickly learn what is happening in the world

4."There is money in fashion" in the last sentence means

A. clothes are expensive

B. fashions can help people make big money

C. fashionable things are all expensive

D. if you are in fashion, you will have money

5.Which one is not right in the following statements?

A. As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now.

B. In the modem world, fashions change very quickly.

C. The word "fashions" doesn' t only means "clothes".

D. Fashions are in many things, but there aren' t fashions in school subiects.

Answer 1