46. What does the author think of the book Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History?
- A. It is read by people for entirely different reasons.
- B. It is meant for those interested in fashion history.
- C. It makes enjoyable as well as informative reading.
- D. It converts fashion into something for deliberation.
答案：C
答案句：It may sound surprising, but you don't have to be interested in fashion, or even in history, to enjoy Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History. I happen to be interested in both, and ended up enjoying the book for completely different reasons. … But there's also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing.
参考译文：这听起来可能令人惊讶，但你不必对时尚甚至历史感兴趣，也能欣赏《着装规范：时尚法则如何创造历史》这本书。我恰好对两者都感兴趣，却因完全不同的原因而喜欢这本书。……但书中也有幽默和足够有趣的片段，使写作引人入胜。
定位线索：题干“What does the author think of the book”→答案句取自首段“you don't have to be interested in fashion...to enjoy”及第3段“there's also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing”；文中“enjoy”“appealing”对应选项C“enjoyable”；文中“interesting episodes”“research”对应选项C“informative”。
解析：题干问作者对这本书的看法。答案句表明即使不感兴趣也能享受阅读，且书中既有幽默有趣的内容又有充实的信息，对应C项“enjoyable as well as informative”。A项偷换概念，文中说作者因不同原因喜欢，而非“被不同的人阅读”；B项范围缩小，文中明确说不需要对时尚历史感兴趣；D项无中生有，文中未提“转化为深思”。
47. How can people best understand a particular fashion in an era, according to Ford?
- A. By examining the restraints imposed on it.
- B. By looking at what the nobility were wearing.
- C. By glancing at its fabrics, colors and ornaments.
- D. By doing a survey of the upper and middle classes.
答案：A
答案句：Ford's thesis is that the best way to understand what particular fashions meant in any given era is to look at the restrictions placed on them.
参考译文：福特的核心论点是，理解特定时尚在任何时代含义的最佳方式是审视施加于其上的限制。
定位线索：题干“How can people best understand a particular fashion in an era”→答案句取自第2段“the best way to understand what particular fashions meant in any given era is to look at the restrictions placed on them”；文中“restrictions”对应选项A“restraints”；文中“look at”对应选项A“examining”。
解析：题干问根据福特，人们如何最好地理解一个时代的特定时尚。答案句直接给出“best way...is to look at the restrictions placed on them”，即通过审视施加的限制，对应A项“examining the restraints imposed on it”。B项以偏概全，贵族穿着只是限制的对象之一；C项答非所问，织物颜色装饰是限制的具体内容而非理解方法；D项无中生有，文中未提调查阶层。
49. What does the author think of Ford's writing?
- A. It uses comparison and contrast in describing fashions of different eras.
- B. It makes heavy reading but is not lacking in humor or appeal.
- C. It is filled with interesting episodes to spare readers intolerable boredom.
- D. It is characteristic of academics in presenting arguments.
答案：B
答案句：His writing is more than a little dense-dense with research, clauses, and precise adjectives and nouns. But there's also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing.
参考译文：他的写作相当密集——充满研究、从句和精确的形容词与名词。但书中也有幽默和足够有趣的片段，使写作引人入胜。
定位线索：题干“What does the author think of Ford's writing”→答案句取自第3段“His writing is more than a little dense”及“But there's also humor and enough interesting episodes to make the writing appealing”；文中“dense”对应选项B“heavy reading”；文中“humor”“appealing”对应选项B“not lacking in humor or appeal”。
解析：题干问作者对福特写作的看法。答案句先说写作“dense”（密集难读），但转折“But”指出有幽默和有趣片段使其吸引人，对应B项“heavy reading but is not lacking in humor or appeal”。A项无中生有，文中未提对比手法；C项程度过重，“interesting episodes”是为了增加吸引力而非“spare readers intolerable boredom”；D项偷换概念，文中说像法庭意见而非学术写作。
50. What does the author say is the greatest strength of Ford's book?
- A. Plentiful information.
- B. Meaningful choices.
- C. Evolved thinking.
- D. Intellectual depth.
答案：D
答案句：But the greatest strength of this book (on fashion!) is its intellectual profoundness.
参考译文：但这本（关于时尚的）书最大的优势是其思想深度。
定位线索：题干“What does the author say is the greatest strength of Ford's book”→答案句取自第4段“the greatest strength of this book (on fashion!) is its intellectual profoundness”；文中“intellectual profoundness”对应选项D“intellectual depth”。
解析：题干问作者所说这本书的最大优势。答案句直接给出“the greatest strength...is its intellectual profoundness”，即思想深度，对应D项“intellectual depth”。A项偷换概念，文中提到信息丰富但非最大优势；B项以偏概全，“meaningful choices”是书中讨论的内容而非优势；C项无中生有，文中说“We believe our thinking today is evolved; Ford shows us it's not”，否定了进化思维。