1: Which of the following prepositions means that something is fashionable?* K0 r% G9 r [( x2 h
a.up
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c.in
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答案是:c. in,in 在英语四级里往往代表时尚的意思,比如what‘s in at the moment?意思就是现在流行的是什么?你可能也会听到人们谈到thein-thing,它指那些现在流行、时尚的东西,并不局限于时装,还包含音乐,语言表达等。Up,downt都不是时尚的意思,out正好和时尚相反,这个词是指过时的。
9 b. L$ a/ |% w' v/ b 2: If a piece of clothing is a bit big and loose on the body, which word would we use in English todescribeit?
3 L: B: e/ p3 {# J9 E* \ \ a a.loosy- v0 O2 g) a& T9 x5 I
b.baggy5 h0 ^9 h c3 ?# C6 f* _# M) j7 c
c.tight
* z- [0 {; Z8 l d.shaggy" R. q. s5 N9 ~/ X- T
答案是:b.baggy,Baggy 表示衣服穿着很宽松,有的时候流行的是宽松类型的衣服,并不代表衣服不合身。a不对,因为英语里没有loosy这个词;c不对,因为tight是宽松的反义词,意思是很紧;d不对,因为Shaggy一般是用来形容头发乱糟糟的意思。
. U" W5 [+ _! a& E3 I 3: When British people talk about “high street fashion” – what dothey mean?; F, U6 m/ T3 w# R( d2 \
a. Clothes that they bought ata shop on a mainroad
/ b. ^$ J2 X) `) x5 S, J- q b. Expensive designer clothes
, f4 U- O L) J$ V c. Clothes bought from one of the many chain fashion shops that you typically see in all towns across Britain
9 V0 }0 N. M; Y- A1 G9 T/ V4 r i5 M d. Clothes that you can onlywear outside# U/ M7 D1 u; `, K/ N1 O
答案是:c,Highstreet fashion 的意思就是指大众能接受的时装流行趋势。a不对,因为A high street一般指商业街,不过不是所有商业街上的时装店买的都是highstreet 时装;b不对,因为high streetfashion一般没有价格昂贵的顶级名牌时装。$ i4 S! n) j; |) @ n V$ @! ~/ t& k
4: Which of the following expression_rs does NOT mean to be reallydressed up in very nice?' P2 D. v5 O; c% Z4 Y+ Z: ]* D
clothes?: \* _+ k+ e: }! _7 `( Q. Z( M
a. Dressed tokill
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c. Dolledup. J3 w* w7 z" Q' a' m
d. Dresseddown
; J4 f7 Z5 \. ]$ Z 答案是:d. Dresseddown,dressed down 意思就是穿得很普通,没有特意打扮自己,其它的选择都是特意打扮的意思。a不对,因为如果一个人dressed tokill 那就是说穿上了最好的衣服,非常漂亮;b不对,因为如果一个人dressed to thenines 那就是说穿得非常漂亮,准备参加晚会;c不对,因为如果一个人dolledup那就是说穿得非常漂亮,这是一个非常口语化的表达。- ^7 ^ k S4 K( m
5: Which of the following is another common expression_r meaningfashionable?1 I( O9 C5 m# _ B" Q
a. All therage0 L4 h5 c9 k7 C9 ^
b. All theanger
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答案是:a. All therage,如果什么东西现在非常时尚,就可以用这个词来形容。比如有人说喜欢你的拎包,你可以回答说 that style is allthe rage at the moment. 这个包的款式现在非常流行。b不对,因为英语里没有这个表达;c不对,因为英语里没有这个表达,fury的意思是发怒;d不对,因为英语里没有这个表达。
) {' m" q( A) w: ]- m, y* W# } 6: Skinny jeans are fashionable in the UK at the moment – but whatarethey?
$ H: a) a3 y" b+ ?* N a. Jeans that make you loseweight- T2 _7 q# q7 ^/ B$ |
b. Jeans that make you lookthinner
/ C! ~! V* i2 W- p c. Very longjeans1 l& J9 m, U# P
d. Very tightjeans
9 J G- z% ^9 h$ ^, j. F 答案是:d. Verytight jeans, skinnyjeans是一个流行款式,是很紧身的牛仔裤,要瘦的人穿着才好看。a不对,因为Skinnyjeans不是说穿了就可以减肥的牛仔裤,而是人要瘦才有可能穿进 skinny jeans;b不对,因为不是说穿上skinnyjans,人看上去就瘦了;d不对,因为Skinny jeans不是很长的牛仔裤。 |