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2013年英语四级考试阅读习题及答案解析(8)

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  Passage 8
  Nowadays, is it possible to tell a person’s class just by looking at him? Physical details __1__ tell us about health, diet and type of work done. A hundred years ago the working class very often lookd unhealthy, small and were either too thin or too fat. The upper classes were often __2__, sporting types who were used to a good diet and looked healthy. Today living and working conditions have improved, and such __3__ would no longer be so true.
  The clothes people choose to wear, however, do provide information about their __4__. The most obvious way in which is for the amount of money spent on them. Expensive clothes look expensive and show their wearer had money. Clothes can provide other __5__ as well. The upper classes __6__ to be less interested in fashion and wear good quality clothes in non-bright colours, made of natural material like wool, leather or cotton. Lower working class people often choose clothes in bright colours, made of man-made material. A sociological explanation for this would be that color and interest are mssing from their lives, and therefore any opportunity to introduce this is __7__.

  Clothes are __8__ at a price within most people’s reach. New clothes make the wearer feel good, and show some __9__ of wealth to the outside world. Today some new fashions are started by the lower working class people who want to look __10__ and feel important. They want people to look at them.
  A) available B) background C) different D) tall
  E) totally F) taken G) descriptions H) degree
  I) clues J) alone K) appear L) consider
  M) full N) hobby O)fetched

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wool [wul]

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n. 羊毛,毛线,毛织品

 
unhealthy [ʌn'helθi]

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adj. 不健康的,不卫生的,病态的,危险的

 
opportunity [.ɔpə'tju:niti]

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n. 机会,时机

 
obvious ['ɔbviəs]

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adj. 明显的,显然的

联想记忆
explanation [.eksplə'neiʃən]

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n. 解释,说明

 
leather ['leðə]

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n. 皮革,皮制品
adj. 皮革制的

 
sociological [.səusjə'lɔdʒikəl]

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adj. 社会学的

 
available [ə'veiləbl]

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adj. 可用的,可得到的,有用的,有效的

联想记忆
quality ['kwɔliti]

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n. 品质,特质,才能
adj. 高品质的

 

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