I bought a Paul Smith shirt three months ago. For those who don’t know, Paul Smith is an English designer brand.

His shirts cost about 1,000 yuan and upwards. I paid 50 yuan for my colorful shirt from a street vendor in Beijing.

Of course my shirt was a knockoff, a cheap copy of the brand. After a few washes, little balls formed on the surface of the thin material.

Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.

I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.

In You Are What You Wear, US writer Jennifer Baumgartner says people’s clothes tell a story about their personality.

She writes: “The clothes you choose to wear provide important information about you as a person: your approximate education level, your income, social status and even your level of self-esteem (自信).” When I started work as an undercover crime reporter, I had to shop for jeans and a hoodie (連帽衫) in order to fit in with a rough and ready (世故的) social group.

I bought the hoodie in a charity shop. My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.

Elizabeth L. Cline thinks she knows best when it comes to cheap clothes in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She expresses sadness that clothing has been turned into a good that is thrown away after being used once or twice.

She looks down her nose at cheap fashion and longs for the good old days when department stores sold quality clothes at high prices.

I don’t agree. At least people now can choose what to wear without breaking the bank.

1.The underlined sentence in the article meant that .

A. I don’t mind spending money on clothes

B. there’s not much point spending money on clothes

C. it is too much trouble to spend money on clothes

D. I never spend money on clothes

2.From the text we can infer that the author’s disguise .

A. immediately won the admiration of his daughters

B. turned out unsuited to his plan

C. proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personality

D. had something to do with his income

3.The author mentions Elizabeth L. Cline’s book to .

A. express his anger at the poor quality of clothes

B. show his disagreement with her idea

C. show his dislike for how people treat their clothes

D. support her attitude toward spending money on clothes

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the story?

A. The variety of clothesB. You are what you wear

C. High cost of cheap fashionD. You get what you pay for

 

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：你身上的衣服是真正的品牌還是冒牌貨，你知道有什么不一樣嗎？本文作者通過(guò)自己的經(jīng)歷向我們表明他買(mǎi)得廉價(jià)的冒牌質(zhì)量不好很正常，但他并不在意。從而詮釋了“一分錢(qián)一分貨”的道理。

1.I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.可知，作者在花錢(qián)方面有優(yōu)先考慮的地方，而且討厭購(gòu)物，所以認(rèn)為把錢(qián)花在衣服上沒(méi)有多大意義。所以答案選B。句型：There is no point doing--- “干某事沒(méi)什么意義�！�

2.work as an undercover crime reporter, …My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.可推斷，作者在做秘密記者跟蹤報(bào)道犯罪案件時(shí)要偽裝自己，于是買(mǎi)了廉價(jià)的連帽衫，女兒看到很震驚，說(shuō)明作者偽裝的很好，證明穿的衣服不會(huì)暴露作者的真實(shí)身份。所以答案選C。

3.I don’t agree.可知，作者并不同意Elizabeth L. Cline書(shū)中的觀點(diǎn)。所以答案選擇B。

4.Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.可知，作者對(duì)買(mǎi)廉價(jià)襯衫并不在意，質(zhì)量不好很正常，“一分錢(qián)一分貨”。所以答案選D。

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