题文
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 income, 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 comes 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 income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 for 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
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。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“I bought a Paul Smit.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
