The business of tennis clothes has grown astoundingly in past few years. Over $250 million is spent annually on the trapping of tennis. Apparently everyone wants to look like a pro, even though 20% of the clientele has never even played the game. Manufacturers pay the stars lucrative fees for 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 received a reported $600,000 for playing with a Dunlop racquet, $330,000 for sporting Tacchini clothes, and $100,000 for typing his Nike tennis shoes. Obviously, in a bad year, these stars would have made more as fashion models than as athletes. Not only tennis players get free clothing, but also all the people involved in the game the referees, lines people, 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.


Question:

1.A good title for this passage would be ........…

answer choices

(A) The Stars at Play

(B) Big Business in Tennis Wear

(C) Tennis Stars’ Flamboyant Clothes

(D) Designers and Tennis Court

-

Question:

2.It is stated that John McEnroe …........

answer choices

(A) Wore flamboyant clothings on the court

(B) Must have earned over $1 million for endorsing tennis products

(C) Was a fashion model more than he was a tennis player

(D) Wore tennis clothing with geometric figures and bold lines

-

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ...….

answer choices

(A) Tennis clothing appeals only to the wealthy

(B) Conservative tennis clothes don’t tend to have designer brands on it

(C) The price of tennis racquets has remained stable

(D) The tennis referees may get free clothes

-

4.The author’s intention is to .......….

answer choices

(A) Explain why the cost of tennis clothes has risen

(B) Defend tennis wear manufacturers from complaints about their high prices

(C) Describe the means of advertising expensive tennis clothes

(D) Describe the new tennis clothing

-


5. It is implied that

(A) tennis clothing is bought by the wellto-do

(B) everyone who wears expensive tennis wear plays tennis

(C) tennis officials would prefer to wear traditional white clothing

(D)fashion models wear tennis clothing

dikasih penjelasan dikit biar paham