[素材选自21st CENTURY READING Book 1]
穿着的重要性
We often worry about what others will think of us because of our clothes. But researchers are beginning to think that our clothing has a powerful effect on how we see ourselves.
Scientists Adam Galinsky and Hajo Adams report that there is science behind our style. In their research, Galinsky and Adams had some participants wear white coats similar to the ones scientists or doctors wear. Other participants wore their normal clothes. In the experiment, participants saw cards with differentcolored words on them. They had to say the color of the word they saw. The people wearing the white coats said the correct color more often. They think that the white coats made the participants feel more confident and careful.
Fashion blogger Jessica Quirk believes that our clothes greatly affect how we feel about ourselves. She says that people should pay more attention to what they wear. For example, we should choose a look that makes us feel more creative and happy. One way to do this at work is to “dress up for the exciting job we want.” Another way is to wear special clothes that means something to us. For example, Quirk wears one pair of shoes to all her important meetings. They are her “lucky” shoes.
Our clothes are “like our second skin.” The clothes we wear can affect our behavior. They can also tell the world something about us.
1.What does the underlined word “participants” mean in Chinese?
A.参与者 B.调研者
C.科研者 D.普通市民
2.Which is the right order of the research?
a. Participants looked at the words each written in a different color.
b. The researches counted the correct items.
c. The participants said the colors, not the words.
d. The researchers gave some participants white coats to wear.
A.d→c→a→b B.d→a→c→b
C.b→a→c→d D.b→c→a→d
3.If your friend likes wearing white clothes, he may be ________.
A.handsome and tidy
B.confident and careful
C.powerful and rich
D.hardworking and strict
4.When does Quirk wear her “lucky” shoes?
A.When she meets her good friends.
B.When she has her birthday party.
C.When she attends important meetings.
D.When she goes shopping.
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Wearing right clothes is of great importance.
B.Knowing how to make clothes is necessary.
C.We'd better wear white clothes often.
D.We shouldn't comment on others' clothes.
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[素材选自impact Book 1]
时尚世界——变化着的着装
At some point, you've probably looked at old photos of people and asked yourself, “Why did they wear that?” The people in the photo probably thought that they ____ great! In fact, the truth is, ____ stays the same forever, especially in the world of fashion. What we like to wear ____ all the time.
A century ago, many men—from businessmen to taxi drivers—wore suits to work. At that time, ____ young boys regularly wore suits and ties. Women didn't just wear skirts or dresses when they wanted to ____. They wore them all the time!
Over time, casual clothes replaced formal clothes. For example, jeans are very ___ today. They were first made for ___ in factories. They needed pants with strong fabric that didn't tear____. In 1873, tailor Jacob Davis and businessman Levi Strauss created denim pants ____ overalls because people wore them over their clothes. Cowboys wore jeans and, ____ the Western movies of the 1930s, many people began wearing them. Today, jeans and a sweatshirt are practically a uniform for ____ around the world.
Like clothes, ____ have also changed over time. You ____ prefer to wear sneakers, but in the past both men and women wore shoes with high heels. This was the fashion for nearly a century before men began wearing more practical shoes ____ heels.
Things change. You might think your clothes are fashionable now, but____ a hundred years from now people see a photo of you, they might just ask, “Why did they wear that?”
Word Bank
casual 非正式的 fabric 织物 denim 牛仔布
overalls 工装裤 sneakers 运动裤
1.A.sounded B.looked C.smelt D.felt
2.A.something B.everything C.nothing D.anything
3.A.changes B.describes C.spreads D.depends
4.A.just B.even C.only D.yet
5.A.dress up B.give up C.get up D.put up
6.A.beautiful B.useful C.terrible D.popular
7.A.writers B.teachers C.workers D.drivers
8.A.easily B.happily C.angrily D.slowly
9.A.thought B.spoken C.called D.designed
10.A.together with B.instead of C.thanks to D.such as
11.A.doctors B.artist C.students D.painters
12.A.hats B.scarves C.shoes D.gloves
13.A.may B.must C.need D.will
14.A.of B.in C.about D.without
15.A.if B.when C.whether D.until
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Clothes play an important role in our daily life. There are different kinds of clothes 1. protect us from the strong wind in cold winter and keep us from the high heat in hot summer. Clothes can show many things about a person. They 2. stand for a person's likes and dislikes, hopes, dreams and so on. Let me show you something about the relationships between the persons and the clothes they wear. 3. quiet person, for example, might like to wear dark clothes. He or she may be quiet most of the time. An easygoing person, on the 4. hand, might prefer to wear bright colored ones. Sometimes he or she is active.
Clothes 5. continue to develop to satisfy our personal tastes. They will become more comfortable, colorful and fashionable. So, we all know clothes can stand for many things.
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