单选题 There are many ways to learn about people of other lands. One way is to study the clothing other people wear.
For thousands of years, people in different parts of the world have worn very different types of clothing. There are four big reasons for this.
One reason might be religion. In many Moslem countries, women must wear veils to hide their faces. The veil must be worn in public. Veils are part of the Moslem religion.
The second reason is that different materials are used in different countries. For instance, in France the materials used in clothing may be cotton (棉), silk, wool, or many other man-made materials. Most people in China wear cotton.
The ways clothes are made are also very different. This is another reason why people dress differently. Western countries rely on machines to make most of their clothing. Someone living in India can use only hand power to make the clothing he needs.
World-wide differences in customs also lead to differences in clothing. A Mexican farmer wears a straw hat with a brim up. In China, a farmer wears a straw hat with a brim down. Both hats are used to protect the farmers from the sun. Some of these customs have come down through thousands of years.

单选题 If you want to learn about the difference about people in the world, you ______.
A. may be surprised by the ways people wear hats
B. may study the different types of clothing people wear
C. should know the four big reasons given in the passage
D. should know the ways to study other lands

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答案在第一段，即了解世界各地人们的方法有很多，其中之一是研究他们的服饰。

单选题 In many Moslem countries, women have to ______ in public.
A. wear more clothes than men B. protect their faces from being hurt
C. wear religious clothing D. cover their faces with veils

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答案在第三段第二句。在许多伊斯兰国家，妇女必须戴面纱，这点阐明了宗教的不同导致服饰的差异。

单选题 Which of the following is the reason for the differences in clothing?
A. Most people like silk clothes.
B. Man-made materials are invented to make clothes.
C. Cotton is the common material for clothing.
D. Materials used for clothes differ from country to country.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。答案在第四段第一句。国与国之间制衣材料的不同导致服饰差异。其他选项是具体实例而不是原因。

单选题 The third reason for the difference in clothing is ______.
A. different ways of making clothes B. different materials
C. different types of dressing D. different religions

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。答案在第五段第一句。因为第四段主要论述了导致服饰差异的第二个原因，因此第五段阐述了第三个原因，即制衣方法的不同。

单选题 The two examples of wearing hats are given in the last paragraph to show ______.
A. the long history of some customs B. the effect of customs on dressing style
C. the correct way of wearing straw hat D. the function of wearing straw hat

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。答案在最后一段。主要论述了各地习俗的不同导致服饰差异，随之列举两个实例，故选B。