单选题
How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion. Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with con- fidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy's hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull. What causes fashion to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climate, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats. More American men have followed his example. There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War Two, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again. Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like ev- eryone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the 'untidy' look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashions of the top fashion houses. At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a nightclub. However, you need never feel depressed if you don't look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you'll see that no one else does either.
单选题
Fashion magazines and TV advertisements seem to link fashion to ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】根据题干的Fashion magazines and TV advertisements定位于第2段。 第2段第2句中的they指的就是首句中提到的杂志和电视广告，第2句中的confidence和confidently都表明这些广告把人的自信与时装联系起来，因此选项A为本题答案。 干扰项排除：选项B只是第2段第2句中的every situation其中一部分，以偏概全；该句并未讨论有关career(事业)的细节，因此可以排除选项C；选项D同样所指范围过大，原文的着重点是“自信”，而并非“个人前途”。 [参考译文] 我们十多岁到二十岁出头时比一生中其他任何时候都更在意我们在别人眼里的形象。没有几个人对自己的形象感到满意，也没几个人勇敢地置时尚潮流于不顾。 大部分时尚杂志或电视广告都试图让我们相信，我们应该穿成什么样子或举手投足应该是什么姿态。它们告诉我们，如果我们照做，就可以自信地面对不认识的人，踌躇满志、从容自如地应对一切场合。当然，时尚的变化不只限于服饰。现在的理发师不像过去那样给男孩子理发，女孩子也不像她们的妈妈和外婆过去那样化妆。广告人向我们展示最新的时尚，我们时时感到紧跟潮流的压力，生怕朋友们嫌我们怪异、乏味。 是什么在推动时尚变化呢?有时为了省事、或出于实际需要、或仅仅因为喜欢某个知名人物都可以引发新的时尚。就拿帽子来说吧，在气候寒冷的地区，早期的建筑内部都很寒冷，因此人们在室内像在室外一样戴帽子。而后来，已故总统肯尼迪从不戴帽子，使美国制帽业很不景气。因为大多数美国男士都效仿肯尼迪总统。 时尚周期性地循环出现。20世纪20年代，欧洲和美洲流行短裙。第二次世界大战后，裙子长及脚踝；然后变得越来越短，而后迷你裙风行了起来。几年后，裙子又变长了。 现有的社会比过去更自由、更宽容了，人们不必再像其他人一样穿着。只要合理，你可以按自己的喜好穿衣，留你喜欢的发型，而不必受时尚的摆布。牛仔服和“邋遢”的外表之所以流行，似乎是对顶级时装店时尚服饰越来越昂贵所做出的反应。 同时，在某些场合外表仍然很重要，这时我们必须谨慎地选择服饰。穿着牛仔服、运动衫去律师事务所参加求职面试会显得很愚蠢，去拜访某位知名学者时穿得像去海边或夜总会也会有失礼节。但是，你不必自己看起来不像最新的时尚照片而感到沮丧。看看你周围，你会发现，别人也跟你一样!
单选题
Kennedy's example is used to illustrate ______.