从小想法到百万服装公司
Jessica turned a small idea into a successful company. Nobody in her family worked in fashion. In high school, she took a fashion class because she thought it would be easy. To her surprise, she loved it. Later, she went to a college in Los Angeles to study design.
After college, Jessica worked for two clothing companies, but she worked so quickly that she often felt bored. She also could not find comfortable swimsuits in the shops. So in 2015, at 21, she began making her own. She spent 300 dollars on cloth and sewed every swimsuit herself.
Jessica’s first big chance came from her Instagram page. A big fashion show found it and invited her. She had no factory, so she made thirty swimsuits by hand. Twenty-two shops at the show wanted to sell them. Later, she found a factory in another country. The work there was steady. The factory was never late, and the sizes were always right.
After that, the company grew slowly but safely. Jessica said no when people asked her to make other clothes. She believed one thing done well is better than many things done badly. Once she made a yellow swimsuit in a popular style, but few people bought it. After that, she stuck to her own simple style.
A few years later, Jessica sold the company for more than a million dollars. Now she is starting a new women’s clothing company. Her advice to young people is to find work they love. “You have to have that love that wakes you up every morning,” she says.
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1.1.What made Jessica interested in fashion?
A A high school class.
B Her first job.
C Visiting a clothes show.
D Photos on a website.
解析：选A。A 细节理解题。第一段的“In high school, she took a fashion class because she thought it would be easy. To her surprise, she loved it”表明，她在上高中时装课后对时尚产生了兴趣。B选项第一份工作发生在爱上时尚之后；C参加服装展会是后期机遇；D文中没有提到网站照片。故选A。
2.2.What does the underlined part “her own” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A Factories.
B Swimsuits.
C Clothes.
D Shops.
解析：选B。B 词意指代题。第二段前文提到 “She also could not find comfortable swimsuits in the shops.” 因为买不到舒适泳衣，所以她开始自己制作泳衣，her own指代swimsuits。A工厂是后期才找到；C项clothes范围太宽泛，原文特指泳衣；D店铺是销售场所，不是制作对象。故选B。
3.3.What was Jessica’s first big chance?
A Selling to shops.
B Working with a factory.
C Meeting a teacher.
D Joining a big show.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。第三段的“Her first big chance came from her Instagram page. A big fashion show found it and invited her.”获得大型服装展会邀请是她事业的第一个重要机会。A向店铺销售泳衣是参加展会带来的结果；B和工厂合作发生在展会之后；C文中没有提到老师。故选D。
4.4.What did Jessica believe about her work?
A Popular colours sell best.
B More kinds of clothes are safer.
C Doing fewer things, but better.
D Fast work always brings money.
解析：选C。C 细节理解题。第四段的“She believed one thing done well is better than many things done badly.”她认为把一件事做好，胜过把很多事做糟，也就是少做几件事，但力求做得更好。A流行黄色泳衣销量很差，错误；B她拒绝生产其他品类服装，不认同多品类更稳妥；D文中没有提到做事快就可以赚钱。故选C。
5.5.What is the best title for the passage?
A How to Make a Swimsuit
B The Best Clothes for Women
C From One Idea to a Big Company
D The Story of a Yellow Swimsuit
解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。全文讲述Jessica从一个小小的想法起步，亲手制作泳衣，抓住展会机遇，坚持深耕单一品类，最终成功出售公司的故事。A只讲制作泳衣，片面；B文章没有评价女装好坏；D黄色泳衣只是文中一个小例子。故选C。