Clothing is a language. It tells us about individual people: their personality, their age, their place in society and so on. If we want to know more about society, we can look at traditional clothing.

??? The continent of Africa has a long history and a rich culture, and this is shown in traditional dress. You often find three colours — red, gold and green in the clothing. The first colour stands for the blood of millions of people who suffered as slaves(奴隸); the second is for the rich resources of the African earth; and the third represents the grasslands of home.

The patterns(圖案) on the clothing also have a meaning. A common pattern is in the form of a cross “×”, which stands for “unity”. Another pattern is a rectangular box, which represents “strength”.

??? Because clothing has a strong social meaning, people are very careful in choosing what to wear. It would be a serious mistake to wear the wrong clothing, or to wear clothes in the wrong way. For instance, in Ghana, a woman should wear her waistband differently according to the importance of the social event.

Traditional dress also tells us about everyday life. African designs are famous for loose(寬松的) clothing. The climate, with the hot sun and wide temperature ranges(變化), requires that the clothes are comfortable for daily life.

??? Although many people wear western clothes, particularly in the big cities in Africa, traditional dress is very highly valued(評價). This is because it has deep cultural meanings.

1.According to the passage, red ________.

A. represents the setting sun???????

B. stands for African unity

C. is chosen because it is a bright colour??

D. is a reminder(暗示) of the sad history in Africa

2.Traditional dress should also be practical(實用) because ________.

A. it has deep cultural meanings???

B. people wear it in the big cities

C. it needs to protect people from the climate

D. it needs to keep people dry in the rainy season

3.According to the passage, which sentence is NOT RIGHT?

A. African dress has deep cultural meanings. 

B. Africa has a long history and a rich culture.

C. The rectangular box in the pattern represents “strength”.

D. People in the big cities in Africa prefer to wear western clothes.

4.The passage is mainly about ________ in Africa.??

A. the history of clothes  ?????????????

B. modern fashion styles

C. the meanings of traditional dress?????

D. the materials used in traditional dress

 

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題解析:本文大意:服裝是語言,它告訴我們某人的個性、年齡、社會地位等等。如果我們想了解更多關(guān)于社會的東西,我們可以看傳統(tǒng)服裝。非洲有著悠久的歷史和豐富的文化,這些都在傳統(tǒng)服裝中體現(xiàn)。你經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)三種服裝,紅的、金色的和綠色的。第一種代表上百萬飽受痛苦的奴隸的血,第二種代表非洲土地的豐富資源,第三種代表草地。服裝上的圖案也有含義。x代表團(tuán)結(jié),長方形的盒子代表力量。因為服裝有很強的社會含義,人們認(rèn)真選擇穿什么。穿錯衣服或穿錯方法是個嚴(yán)重的錯誤。傳統(tǒng)服裝也告訴我們一些日常生活的信息。非洲設(shè)計以寬松服裝而著名。炎熱的太陽和溫度變化的氣候要求服裝適應(yīng)日常生活。盡管許多人穿西方服裝,特別是在大城市,傳統(tǒng)服裝還是受到非常高的評價。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The first colour stands for the blood of millions of people who suffered as slaves第一種代表上百萬飽受痛苦的奴隸的血,可知答案選D

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù) The climate, with the hot sun and wide temperature ranges(變化), requires that the clothes are comfortable for daily life.炎熱的太陽和溫度變化的氣候要求服裝適應(yīng)日常生活,可知答案選C

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)Although many people wear western clothes, particularly in the big cities in Africa, traditional dress is very highly valued,盡管許多人穿西方服裝,特別是在大城市,傳統(tǒng)服裝還是受到非常高的評價,可知答案選D

4.主旨大意題。根據(jù)if we want to know more about society, we can look at traditional clothing.如果我們想了解更多關(guān)于社會的東西,我們可以看傳統(tǒng)服裝,可知答案選C

考點:文化類短文閱讀。

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