Question

【題目】C

No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance. Uniforms are controlling the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic(民主的) society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of the whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth.

There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a larger, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual himself? If an organization is so weak that it must rely on cloth and buttons to inspire its members, that organization has no right to continue its existence.

Others say that the practice of making persons wear uniforms, say in school, gets rid of all envy and competition in a matter of dress, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing is not to be looked down upon by a wealthy person who wears expensive clothing. Those persons ignore the concepts as freedom of choice, motivation, and individuality. If all persons were to wear the same clothing, why would anyone struggle to be better? It is only a short step from forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of food. When this happens, all motivation to improve one’s life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life as they had?

Uniforms also hurt the economy(經(jīng)濟). Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of people are employed in designing, creating, and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Salesmen would be extra as well. Why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry which in turn would have a wave effect on such industries as advertising and sales promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would collapse.

【1】What is the main idea of the passage？

A. The advantages of uniforms.

B. The disadvantages of uniforms.

C. Different opinions of uniforms.

D. Measures to forbid uniforms.

【2】Why does the author discuss forcing everyone to buy the same car or eat the same food?

A. To show that freedom of choices is absolute in modern society.

B. To show that the government has too much control over people’s lives.

C. To predict the way the society will be in the next few generations.

D. To suggest the result if uniforms became compulsory.

【3】What does the author talk about in the last paragraph?

A. The effect uniforms have on personality.

B. The effect uniforms have on information industries.

C. The effect uniforms have on economy.

D. The effect uniforms have on cultural industries.

【4】What does the underline word “collapse” mean?

A. Come up. B. Turn out prosperous.

C. Come into being. D. Come to an end.

【5】What is the author’s attitude towards uniforms?

A. Opposed. B. Favorable.

C. Unclear. D. Doubtful.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】很多人認(rèn)為統(tǒng)一制服可以避免人們之間的攀比現(xiàn)象，可以避免人們之間的嫉妒行為，而且還可以有利于團隊精神的形成和產(chǎn)生，但是在本文中作者對這些觀點一一進(jìn)行了反駁，他認(rèn)為制服在一個民主的社會是對人自由的限制，局限了人個性的發(fā)展。

【1】B推理判斷題。文章開篇提出作者的觀點No one should be forced to wear a uniform under any circumstance.，然后在下文中進(jìn)行論證分析，由此判斷作者反對統(tǒng)一制服，選B。

【2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段內(nèi)容可知作者把統(tǒng)一制服和人們開一樣的汽車，吃一樣的食物來進(jìn)行聯(lián)想，對那些堅持認(rèn)為穿校服可以解決嫉妒和攀比的觀點進(jìn)行反駁，由此判斷選D。

【3】C 主旨大意題。根據(jù)本段主題句Uniforms also hurt the economy可知選C。

【4】D詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知作者認(rèn)為制服的統(tǒng)一不利于時裝界、廣告業(yè)，由此判斷整個信息行業(yè)和娛樂界就會坍塌，也就是會結(jié)束，選D。

【5】A. 推理判斷題。作者開門見山提出自己的觀點：在任何情況下都不應(yīng)該要求人們統(tǒng)一服裝，然后對各種觀點進(jìn)行批駁，由此可知作者對統(tǒng)一制服持反對觀點，選A。