5.Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain's most powerful classes,which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect.And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe-the business tribe.
You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery.So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living,rather than your hands.It showed you were serious.It showed you were a professional.It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one.It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn't wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.
This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world.They are part of the uniform of business.
"Ties offer a point of difference,"says John Milne,head of the British Guide of Tie Makers."They give a chance to say something about their own personality."
So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie,there is a good chance that he is the office joker.There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.
Is there a future for ties?The signs are not promising.Tie wearing seems to be rare among entrepreneurs(企業(yè)家) in the Internet and new technology industries.Many political leaders,including British Prime Minister Tony Blair,now go without ties.This shows they are men of the people-but not the people wearing ties.
Up until around 1960,it was common for men across the Western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform.That changed with the election of John F.Kennedy to the presidency of the United States.Kennedy never wore a hat in fact his nickname was"hatless Jack".Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat,millions of
other men decided that they did not have to,either.Perhaps"tieless Tony"(UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as"hatless Jack".
21.In Britain,ties were first used as a sign to show a person'sC.
A.personality
B.job
C.social position
D.favorite hobby
22.In the business world,wearing a tie was necessary becauseD.
A.it showed you were welltrained
B.it showed you got a good salary
C.it showed you were an employer
D.it showed you were a brainworker
23.The writer may hold the opinion thatA.
A.millions of people will go to work without a tie
B.Kennedy is the best leader in the world
C.Blair is the best leader in the world
D.people will wear hats instead of ties.
分析 本文屬于說(shuō)明文閱讀,作者通過(guò)這篇文章向我們介紹了人們戴領(lǐng)帶的意義以及領(lǐng)帶的象征.
解答 21.C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,由文章第一段中"which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect."以及第二自然段可以判定領(lǐng)帶是"社會(huì)地位"象征,故選C.
22.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第二段So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living,rather than your hands.可知在商界,戴領(lǐng)帶是必要的,因?yàn)檫@表明你是一個(gè)腦力勞動(dòng)者,而不是用你的手,故選D.
23.A 推理判斷題.B,C在文中均為提及,而因?yàn)槲闹凶髡咧皇怯妙惐鹊姆椒ń榻B了"帽子"的現(xiàn)象,進(jìn)而想引出"領(lǐng)帶"也會(huì)出現(xiàn)類似"帽子"的發(fā)展趨勢(shì),并非是說(shuō)明"帽子會(huì)代替領(lǐng)帶".故選C.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考查學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力.做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時(shí)不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.