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【題目】“Clothes-swapping” has become an increasing popular activity for women in the United States. The women can give away unwanted clothing at a clothes swap event and get something different in return.

Recently about 300 women went to a clothes swap at a high school in Springfield, Virginia. It was the largest crowd ever for the area’s popular clothing-swap group.

Daphne Steinberg was having a very good day. “For anyone who knows Ann Taylor LOFT，Ann Taylor is a really nice women’s designer and I’ll totally wear this to work. So I love that, I love that I can equip myself for work, have a good time in doing it, not totally bankrupt myself. ”

Kim Pratt organized the clothing-swapping event in Springfield. She also organized a money-raising activity for the high school’s debate team. It’s one of several ways that her group gives to charitable causes. Another is by donating all of the “un-swapped” clothing to shelters for victims of domestic violence.

“I started doing this myself four years ago, and we’ve been doing it for four years, getting bigger and bigger each time we have a swap.”

She used the social media website meetup. com to help publicize the events. The website has helped her group grow from 30 members to 1,300. Ms Pratt says most of the members respect clothing swap rules. But she says competition for desirable fashion can be strong.

“We have to tell people sometimes not to hover (徘徊) over the new people coming in with their clothing. As they put it out，some people tend to grab (搶奪) the stuff right out of their hands and it becomes like a free-for-all. We try to avoid that as much as possible.”

【1】We can learn from what Daphne Steinberg said that .

A. she saved much more money than she had expected

B. it was the first time she had been to a clothes swap

C. the clothes swap was the largest ever in the area

D. she got some nice clothes at the clothes swap

【2】What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A. What Kim Pratt did to help others in need

B. What Kim Pratt did with the un-swapped clothing.

C. How Kim Pratt helped a high school’s debate team.

D. How Kim Pratt started the clothing-swapping event.

【3】The underlined word “publicize” in Paragraph 6 probably means “ ”.

A. observe B. manage

C. advertise D. prove

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Clothes-swapping is becoming increasingly popular with women.

B. Improper behavior at clothes swaps needs to be controlled.

C. More clothing swapping events need to be organized

D. Clothes swaps often go out of control in the end.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文圍繞一個(gè)“交換衣物”的活動(dòng)。首先介紹了這個(gè)活動(dòng)在美國(guó)女性間越來越流行，然后選取了一個(gè)活動(dòng)參加者對(duì)活動(dòng)的評(píng)論。然后介紹了“交換衣物”發(fā)起者的一些慈善行為，發(fā)起者利用網(wǎng)站推廣活動(dòng)，擴(kuò)大影響，最后講組織方將盡力阻止活動(dòng)中不合適的行為。

【1】考察推理判斷。由第二段首句可知，Daphne在交換日非常高興，她說“Ann Taylor是一個(gè)很好的設(shè)計(jì)師，我百分之百會(huì)穿著這件衣服去工作。我能夠?yàn)楣ぷ髯鰷?zhǔn)備又不會(huì)花太多錢”。由此可以推斷，她在衣物交換日得到了滿意的衣服，故選D。

【2】考察段意理解。第四段大意為Kim為高中辯論隊(duì)組織募捐活動(dòng)，這只是他們團(tuán)隊(duì)做慈善的一種方式，另一種是將沒有交換出去的衣物送到收容所�？梢钥闯龅谒亩沃饕�講了Kim做了什么來幫助有需要的人。故選A。

【3】考察細(xì)節(jié)推斷。句意為，她用社交網(wǎng)站publicize活動(dòng)，社交網(wǎng)站幫助他們從30個(gè)成員發(fā)展到了1300個(gè)。因此可以推斷，publicize意為推廣、宣傳。A. observe 觀察，B. manage管理，C. advertise登廣告，D. prove證明。因此選C。

【4】考察段意理解。最后一段大意為，“我們得告訴人們，不要總是圍著帶來衣物的新人轉(zhuǎn)。當(dāng)人們拿出衣服的時(shí)候，有時(shí)有些人像是搶免費(fèi)東西一樣爭(zhēng)奪，我們要盡力避免這樣的事情發(fā)生”，由此可以推斷出B選項(xiàng)：“不正確的行為應(yīng)該被控制”。