The business of tennis clothes has grown astoundingly in the past few years. Over $250 million is spent annually on the trappings of tennis. Apparently everyone wants to looklike a pro, even though 20% of the clientele has never even played the game.
Manufacturers pays the stars lucrative fees foro wearing their brands of clothes and wielding their racquets on center court. Chris Evert-Lloyd, for example, is rumored to have signed a five-year contract for $5 million with Ellesse, a producer of fancy, expensive tennis wear. John McEnroe gets a reported $600,000 for playing with a Dunlop racquet, $300,000 for sprting Tacchini clothes, and $100,000 for tying his Nike tennis shoe. Obviously, in a bad year, these stars make more as fashion models than as athletes.
Not only tennis player get free clothing, but also all the people involved in the game - the referees, linespeople, ball boys and girls - are living advertisements for tennis wear producers. Where, traditionally, conservative white clothing was required for the entire tennis coterie, changing times have seen a new vogue in tennis outfits. Flamboyant colors, designers' nameplates, geometric figures, and bold lines distinguish the new tennis togs from their predecessors.
1. What can be undetstood from this reading/
a.tennis clothing appeals to everyone.
b.tennis strars can get huge sums for wearing s msnufscturer's brands of clothes and wielding his or her racquets
c.the price of tennis racquets has remained stable
d.bright colors rempt people to buy tennis wear.
2.What is the write trying to do?
a.explain why the cost of tennis clothes has risen
b.defend tennis wear mannufacturers from complaints about their high prices
c.describe the means of adverising expensive tennis clother
d.describe the new tennis clothing
3.What is the best title for the passage?
a.the tennis stars
b.big business in tennis clothes
c.the high cost of playing tennis
d.tennis stars' flamboyant clothes