When asked why he or she wears clothes, some people will probably answer "to keep warm and to cover my body". These are the basic reasons why clothes are worn, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others.
If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be simple and cheap. In most Western countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the cloth or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.
Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. Sometimes they pay thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It’s just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearer's body just as well.
Fashion is always changing, which means those who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month's clothes have only been worn once or twice. Some people have wardrobes full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion. Being fashionable, therefore, can be a very expensive pastime!
小题1: What do people basically wear clothes for?
A．Looking attractive to others.
B．Following the fashion.
C．Appearing successful to others.
D．Keeping warm and covering bodies.小题2:The main reason why clothes are sometimes very expensive is that _______.
A．one has to buy new clothes
B．these clothes are in fashion
C．the cost of the cloth is high
D．making clothes costs much小题3: We can learn from the passage that _______.
A．expensive clothes are not any warmer than cheap ones
B．fashion is not always changing
C．expensive clothes are warmer
D．fashion designers like expensive clothes小题4:What does the underlined word “wardrobes” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Fashionable clothes shops.
B．The clothes that some people have.
C．Cupboards for storing clothes.
D．Shelves used for keeping books.小题5: What is the passage mainly about?
A．Suits and ties.
B．Clothes and fashion.
C．Beauty and success.
D．Cost and pastime.
