单选题 I think uniforms are demeaning to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic 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 large, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual oneself?
Others say wearing uniforms eliminates all envy and competition, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing. Why would anyone strive to be better. It is only a short step from forcing everyone to wear the same clothing to forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of house, eat the same type of food. When this happens, all incentive 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 that they had?
Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating, and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. 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 ripple effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would founder.

单选题 The author's viewpoint on uniforms can best be described as ______.

A. practical
B. hysterical
C. radical
D. approval

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由文中“Uniforms are demeaning to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic 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. ”便能看出作者的态度，注意作者所用的词“demeaning，unnecessary”，另外第三段的主旨句“Uniforms also hurt the economy. ”也能体现出作者的态度，故答案为C。

单选题 Judged from its style, this passage might be found in ______.

A. a children's comics book
B. an editorial in a paper
C. a sociology textbook
D. a political platform

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。做此类题目可使用排除法。A选项：儿童连环画，显然不符；C选项：社会学教辅书，文中观点过分激进不可能作为教科书内容；D选项：政治方面与主题不符；B为报刊社论。故答案为B。

单选题 It can be inferred that the author believes that ______.

A. individuals have no self-worth when they become part of an organization
B. individuals are more important than organizations
C. individuals are not so important as organizations
D. individuals are the same important as organizations

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由第一段“What could be more important than the individual oneself?”可知：作者认为没有什么事情能比个人更重要。故答案为B。

单选题 The author brings in the example of a parent striving to make life better for his children to make the point that ______.

A. parents have responsibilities for their children
B. uniforms would be less expensive than clothing for children
C. uniforms cause dissension between parents and children
D. individual motivation would be destroyed by uniforms

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由第二段“When this happens, all incentive to improve one's life is removed. ”可知：当这些事情发生的时候，生活就失去了动力。故答案为D。

单选题 The last word of the passage "founder" probably means ______.

A. collapse
B. shrink
C. disappear
D. establish

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 词汇猜测题。由文中“Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would founder. ”可知：没有了广告，新闻、报纸、杂志和电视行业都将停产。整个的信息和娱乐行业都将瘫痪。故答案为A。