阅读理解。
For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people. May ask the question."
what clothes in fashion?"and they use the adjective "fashionable"in the same way, "she was
wearing a fashionable coat""his shirt was in a really fashionable color."
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in
holidays restaurants, films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and
languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past,
you will see that fashion 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. Some of this is national. We hear about things much
more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information
from one country to another in a few minute.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1. From the passage we know that"fashion"is in .
A. clothes
B. many things
C. popular things
D. everything
2. Which of the following things is fashionable today?
A. The girl is singing with earphone.
B. The girl is watching TV.
C. The girl is surfing on the internet.
D. The girl is drawing a picture.
3. Today fashions change very quickly because .
A. people read newspapers every day
B. people quickly learn what is happening in the world
C. new things that people like are often shown on TV
D. radios send information from one country to another
4."There is money in fashion"means
A. Fashionable things are expensive
B. Money comes from fashion
C. People like new things
D. Fashions make big money.
5.Which one is not right in the following sentences?
A. As time goes, fashion can be different from what they are now.
B. In the modern world , fashions change quickly.
C. The word "fashions"doesn't only mean "clothes"
D. Fashions are in many things, but there aren't any ones in school subjects.
