When asked why he or she wears clothes, some people will probably answer "to keep warm and to cover my body". These are the basic reasons why clothes are worn, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others.
If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes would be simple and cheap. In most Western countries, however, clothes are sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the cloth or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.
Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. Sometimes they pay thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It’s just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearer's body just as well.
Fashion is always changing, which means those who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month's clothes have only been worn once or twice. Some people have wardrobes full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion. Being fashionable, therefore, can be a very expensive pastime!
小题1: What do people basically wear clothes for?
A．Looking attractive to others.
B．Following the fashion.
C．Appearing successful to others.
D．Keeping warm and covering bodies.小题2:The main reason why clothes are sometimes very expensive is that _______.
A．one has to buy new clothes
B．these clothes are in fashion
C．the cost of the cloth is high
D．making clothes costs much小题3: We can learn from the passage that _______.
A．expensive clothes are not any warmer than cheap ones
B．fashion is not always changing
C．expensive clothes are warmer
D．fashion designers like expensive clothes小题4:What does the underlined word “wardrobes” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Fashionable clothes shops.
B．The clothes that some people have.
C．Cupboards for storing clothes.
D．Shelves used for keeping books.小题5: What is the passage mainly about?
A．Suits and ties.
B．Clothes and fashion.
C．Beauty and success.
D．Cost and pastime.
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:B
题目分析：文章介绍人类穿衣服的基本需求是保暖，但是现在更多的人是为了追求时尚买一些很贵的衣服，但是时尚在不断的变化，所以很多人的衣橱充满了过时的衣服，时尚是一个过去时。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：When asked why he or she wears clothes, some people will probably answer "to keep warm and to cover my body".可知人们穿衣服主要是为了保暖，选D
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：The main reason for this is not the cost of the cloth or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.可知衣服贵的原因是它们是时尚的，选B。
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearer's body just as well.可知贵的衣服不必便宜的更加暖和，选A
小题4:猜词题：从最后一段的句子:full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion.可知装满不再时尚的衣服的是“衣橱”，选C
小题5:主旨题：从最后一段的句子：Fashion is always changing, which means those who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, 可知这篇文章讲的主要是衣服和时尚的话题。选B