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1、WhenIwassevenmyfathergavemeaTimex,myfirstwatch阅读答案 WhenIwassevenmyfathergavemeaTimex,myfirstwatch.Ilovedit,woreitforyears,andhaven’thadanotheronesinceitstoppedtickingadecadeago.Why?BecauseIdon’tneedone.IhaveamobilephoneandI’malwaysnearsomeonewithaniPodorsomething
2、likethat.Allthesedevices（装置）tellthetime—whichiswhy,ifyoulookaround,you’llseelotsofemptywrists;salesofwatchestoyoungadultshavebeengoingdownsince2007. Butwhilethewisehaverealizedthattheydon’tneedthem,others—apparentlyincludingsomedistinguishedmenofourtime—arespendi
3、ngtotalfortunesonthem.BrandssuchasRolex,PatekPhilippeandBreitlingcommandshockingprices,upto￡250,000forapiece. Thisisridiculous.Expensivecarsgofasterthancheapcars.Expensiveclotheshangbetterthancheapclothes.Butthesedaysallwatchestellthetimeaswellasallotherwatches.E
4、xpensivewatchescomewithextras—butwhoneedsthem?Howoftendoyoudiveto300metresintotheseaorneedtofindyourdirectionintheareaaroundtheSouthPole?Sowhypaythatmuchoffiveyears’schoolfeesforwatchesthatallowyoutodothesethings? Ifjusticeweredone,theSwisswatchindustryshouldhave
5、closeddownwhentheJapanesediscoveredhowtomakeaccuratewatchesforafive-poundnote.InsteadtheSwissreinventedthewatch,withtheaidofmillionsofpounds’worthofadvertising,asamessageaboutthemanwearingit.Rolexesareforthosewhospendtheirweekendsclimbingicymountains;aPatekPhilipp
6、eisforonefromarichornoblefamily;aBreitlingsuggestsyouliketopilotplanesacrosstheworld. Watchesarenowclassifiedas“investments”（投资）.A1994PatekPhilipperecentlysoldfornearly￡350,000,while1960sRolexeshavegonefrom￡15,000to￡30,000plusinayear.Butawatchisnotaninvestment.It
7、’satoyforself-satisfaction,amatteroffashion.Pricesmaykeepgoingup—they’vebeenrisingfor15years.Butwhenfashionmoveson,theownerofthat￡350,000beautywillsuddenlyfindhisprideandjoyisnomoreagoodinvestmentthanmychildhoodTimex. 59.Thesalesofwatchestoyoungpeoplehavefallenbe
8、causethey. A.haveotherdevicestotellthetimeB.thinkwatchestooexpensive C.prefertowearaniPodD.havenosenseoftime 【答案】A． 【解析】细节判断题。根据第1段Allthesedeviceste
