How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life．Few of us are content to accept ourlves as we are，and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．
Most fashion magazines or TV advertiments try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner．If we do，they tell us，we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment (窘迫)．
Changing fashion，of cour，does not apply just to dress．A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he ud to，and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did．The advertirs show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in ca our friends think we are odd or dull．
What caus fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity(需求)or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion．Take hats for example．In c
old climates，early buildings were cold inside，so people wore hats indoors as well as outside．In recent times，the late President Kennedy caud a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats：more American men followed his example．
There is also a cyclical(周期循环的)pattern in fashion．In the 1920s in Europe and America，short skirts became fashionable．After Word War Two，they dropped to ankle length． Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion．After a few more years，skirts became longer again．
Today, society is much freer and easier than it ud to be．It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone el．Within reason，you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should becau it is the fashion．The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look ems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of me top fashion hous.
At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choo our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a la
w firm wearing jeans and a sweater; and it would be discourteous (无礼貌的) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club.
However, you need never feel depresd if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll e that no one el does either!
26. The author thinks that people are ______.
A. satisfied with their appearance
B.concerned about appearance in old age
C. far from neglecting what is in fashion
D. reluctant to follow the trends in fashion
27. Fashion magazines and TV advertiments em to link fashion to ______.
A. confidence in life
B.personal dress
C. individual hair style
D. personal future
28. Caus of fashions are ______.
A. uniform
B. varied
C. unknown
D. often inexplicable (无法解释)
29. Prent-day society is much freer and easier becau it emphasizes ______。
A. uniformity
B.formality
C. informality
D. individuality
30. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. Care about appearance in informal situations.
B.Care about appearance in formal situations.
C. Ignoring appearance in informal situations.
D. Ignoring appearance in all situations.
