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The necktie looks set to follow the top hat in being handed over to the fashion museum by office workers within the next 50 years, according to research.Nearly three quarters (74%) think the tie will not survive within British firms beyond the next half a century with the popularity of the open-collared shirt. Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach.
once considered an important part of business dress, the tie has become a victim of the spread of "casual Fridays" into other weekdays, according to researchers.
The poll, by Deal Jungle. com, which helps small and medium enterprises, found more than half (51% ) thought the tie would die out in offices within the next 20 years and almost a quarter (22%) believed it would last less than 10 years.
A spokesman for the site, which has 20, 000 registered members, said: "Ties have been around seemingly forever but increasing numbers of office workers are telling them to get away."
"The success of businesses such as Facebook and Google, where even the CEO turns up wearing jeans and a hoodie, also seems to have had a corrosive (侵蚀性) effect on the idea of dressing formally for work."
"Many of our members keep their expenses to a minimum by working from home so they feel no need to dress up to go to work. We know that when they meet with clients, they still put on a business suit, but a tie is no longer seen as an essential part of the suited-and-booted look."
"Instead, many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar. The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible, too. "
小题1:Why are ties expected to disappear in offices?A．CEOs in creative businesses set a rule to forbid wearing ties.B．The idea of casual weekdays is increasingly accepted.C．Office workers are tired of wearing ties daily.D．The tie-less look appears more modern.小题2:According to the spokesman, how are their members dressed before clients?A．Business suits and casual jeans.B．Formal suits and a shirt with a tie.C．Casual suits and buttoned-up shirt.D．Business suits and an open-collared shirt.小题3:What kind of image does the tie-less suit create?A．Accessible in business.B．Professional in fashion.C．Casual in working.D．Creative in dressing.小题4:What does the underlined word "demise" mean in Para.2?A．popularityB．survivalC．disappearanceD．development 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
小题1:细节理解题。结合Its demise is being blamed on the boom in creative businesses, such as Facebook and Google, and online trading companies where formal dress codes tend to be avoided in favour of a more casual approach（领带的消亡被归咎于Facebook和谷歌等创意产业和在线交易公司的兴盛，这些企业一般不会规定穿正式服装，而倾向于更休闲的装扮。）可知答案。
小题2:细节理解题。结合many businessmen and increasing numbers of executives choose a suit and shirt with an open collar（许多商人和越来越多的主管选择穿西装和开领衬衫）可知答案。
小题3:细节理解题。结合The tie-less suit creates an impression of a more approachable deal maker, someone who is still business-minded, yet creative and technology-sensible（不打领带穿西装的生意人给人的印象更亲近，让人感觉既有商业头脑，又具有创造性而且精通技术）可知答案。
小题4:词义理解题。句意：领带的消亡被归咎于Facebook和谷歌等创意产业和在线交易公司的兴盛。demise死亡;终止，与disappearance相符。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“The necktie looks se.....”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
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日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
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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。
