I bought a Paul Smith shirt three months ago. For those who don’t know, Paul Smith is an English designer brand.
His shirts cost about 1,000 yuan and upwards. I paid 50 yuan for my colorful shirt from a street vendor in Beijing.
Of course my shirt was a knockoff, a cheap copy of the brand. After a few washes, little balls formed on the surface of the thin material.
Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.
I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.
In You Are What You Wear, US writer Jennifer Baumgartner says people’s clothes tell a story about their personality.
She writes: “The clothes you choose to wear provide important information about you as a person: your approximate education level, your ine, social status and even your level of self-esteem (自信).” When I started work as an undercover crime reporter, I had to shop for jeans and a hoodie (连帽衫) in order to fit in with a rough and ready (世故的) social group.
I bought the hoodie in a charity shop. My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.
Elizabeth L. Cline thinks she knows best when it es to cheap clothes in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion. She expresses sadness that clothing has been turned into a good that is thrown away after being used once or twice.
She looks down her nose at cheap fashion and longs for the good old days when department stores sold quality clothes at high prices.
I don’t agree. At least people now can choose what to wear without breaking the bank.
【小题1】The underlined sentence in the article meant that .A．I don’t mind spending money on clothesB．there’s not much point spending money on clothesC．it is too much trouble to spend money on clothesD．I never spend money on clothes【小题2】From the text we can infer that the author’s disguise .A．immediately won the admiration of his daughtersB．turned out unsuited to his planC．proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personalityD．had something to do with his ine【小题3】The author mentions Elizabeth L. Cline’s book to .A．express his anger at the poor quality of clothesB．show his disagreement with her ideaC．show his dislike for how people treat their clothesD．support her attitude toward spending money on clothes【小题4】Which of the following might be the best title for the story?A．The variety of clothesB．You are what you wearC．High cost of cheap fashionD．You get what you pay forB
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(答案→)B
解析：文章大意：你身上的衣服是真正的品牌还是冒牌货，你知道有什么不一样吗？本文作者通过自己的经历向我们表明他买得廉价的冒牌质量不好很正常，但他并不在意。从而诠释了“一分钱一分货”的道理。
【小题1】B 句意理解题。根据划线句子的前后句子I have to admit I hate shopping. I don’t care enough about spending money on clothes. I have other priorities.可知，作者在花钱方面有优先考虑的地方，而且讨厌购物，所以认为把钱花在衣服上没有多大意义。所以答案选B。句型：There is no point doing--- “干某事没什么意义。”
【小题2】C 推理判断题。 根据倒数第三、四段work as an undercover crime reporter, …My daughters were shocked. They thought I looked bad, but I knew my disguise was perfect.可推断，作者在做秘密记者跟踪报道犯罪案件时要伪装自己，于是买了廉价的连帽衫，女儿看到很震惊，说明作者伪装的很好，证明穿的衣服不会暴露作者的真实身份。所以答案选C。
【小题3】B 细节理解题。根据最后一段I don’t agree.可知，作者并不同意Elizabeth L. Cline书中的观点。所以答案选择B。
【小题4】D 文章标题题。根据第四段句子Do I care? Not at all. You get what you pay for.可知，作者对买廉价衬衫并不在意，质量不好很正常，“一分钱一分货”。所以答案选D。