2. According to the passage， British women are happy to wear mini-skirts up until an old age because of the following reasons EXCEPT:
A) Women are more and more confident in their bodies.
B) Women nowadays pay much more attention to body building， and this provides them with well toned bodies to wear mini-skirts.
C) The Climate of Great Britain are getting warmer in recent years， thus women can wear minis for a longer time.
D) More and more women are now living on their own.
3. We can infer from the second and third paragraph that in 1970s
A) A lot of women dared to wear mini-skirts at the age of 40.
B) Most women between 33 and 36 were still happy to wear mini-skirts.
C) Even women in their early 50s rightly regarded a mini-skirt as an essential part of their everyday wardrobe.
D) Most women no longer wore mini-skirts when they reach the age of 33.
4. Which of the following statements about the length of the mini-skirts is true?
A) At the age of 14， girls often wear mini-skirts which are about 46cm in size.
B) Girls at the age of 19 wear the shortest mini-skirts.
C) At the age of 23， most girls wear mini-skirts which are 37cm long.
D) From the age of 23， skirt length increases because girls are in their first stable relationship.
5. The word "zoom" in the first sentence of the last paragraph can be best replaced by:
A) soar
B) decrease
C) hold steady
D) drop
答案与题解：
1.D 从第二段的第一句话可知Debenhams 是一个百货公司的名称。
2.C 英国女性愿意穿超短裙的人群年龄有上升的趋势，主要是因为人们越来越自信，注意健身保持体形，以及女性生活更加独立。气候变暖不是文中所说的原因之一。
3.D 第三段说从20 世纪60 年代开始一直到80 年代，调查都显示女性到33 岁之后普遍不再购买超短裙。
4.D 从倒数第二段可知，从23 岁开始，女性所穿着的超短裙长度从32cm 渐增至37cm，主要是因为这个阶段她们普遍有了稳定的恋爱关系。
5.A “zoom”意为迅速增长，故A 是最佳答案。