Question

If women are mercilessly exploited(剝削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with necessary things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high heeled shoes.

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of inconstancy and instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability(穩(wěn)定耐用)? That is for you to decide.

1. Designers and big stores always make money_________.

A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions

C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

D. because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

2. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dresses is seen as___.

A. a waste of money

B. a waste of time

C. an expression of taste

D. an expression of creativity

3. New fashions in clothing are created for ___________.

A. the commercial exploitation of women

B. the women's strength of character

C. basic qualities of inconstancy and instability

D. an important contribution to society

4. By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" ( Line One to Line Two, Paragraph Four), the writer means that ___________.

A. women's inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at

B. women are better able to put up with discomfort

C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers

D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要是在講現(xiàn)在社會，女人們的衣服都是追趕著潮流，不論衣服有沒有壞掉，都希望能夠去買到最時(shí)尚的衣服，同樣，相比于男人而言，女人在追逐潮流上面花費(fèi)也非常多。

1.C 細(xì)節(jié)題：第二段提到了Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn說明了很多女人都非常熱衷于買潮流衣服，而商家和設(shè)計(jì)師正是由于這一點(diǎn)，才能謀取大量利潤。所以答案選C。

2.B細(xì)節(jié)題：第二段提到Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time changing their old-fashioned dresses.說明了女人們丟棄他們的舊款衣服改換新款的被看作是在浪費(fèi)她們的時(shí)間。所以答案選B。

3.A細(xì)節(jié)題：第一段提到了Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.說明了設(shè)計(jì)師設(shè)計(jì)新款的衣服，是因?yàn)榕�人們熱衷于追求時(shí)尚，而這也會使他們花很多的錢。所以設(shè)計(jì)出來新款衣服，就是為了掙錢。所以答案選A。

4.D理解分析題：文中最后一段提到了Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide說明了男人們并不會輕易被設(shè)計(jì)師們玩弄因?yàn)樗麄儾粫�刻意去追逐時(shí)尚潮流，他們注重的是堅(jiān)固耐用。所以他們在對待潮流上面更理性。所以答案是D。

考點(diǎn)：考查說明類短文閱讀。