单选题 France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways. The parliament also agreed to ban websites that "incite excessive thinness" by promoting extreme dieting.
Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. That"s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death—as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.
The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty. And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.
The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep—and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.
The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.
In contrast to France"s actions, Denmark"s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models. The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearly states: "We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people." The charter"s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW), which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute. But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.
Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.

单选题 According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据关键词the first paragraph定位到第一段。由首句“以作为全球时尚创新者为荣的法国已经承认失去定义女性形体美的绝对权利”可知，法国以前制定的女性形体美的标准已不再适用。第二句的“通过法律”“同意取缔”具体解释说明如何产生变化。故A项“形体美会被重新定义”符合第一段的主题。B项“新的T台会被重建”原文没有提及。C项“有关节食的网站将发展壮大”和D项“时尚界会衰落”不符合第一段内容。

单选题 The phrase "impinging on" (Line 2, Para. 2) is closest in meaning to

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 含义题。根据关键词“impinging on”定位到第二段。第四句开头的And是逻辑关系词，表示前后并列。And之后指出“对过于瘦弱的模特的禁令，似乎保护的不仅仅是模特免于被饿死”，再结合本段第二句推断出，画线词组所在的句子也是积极正面的作用。再结合第二句的not可知，impinging on对health是“有害的，不利的”，故选D项doing harm to“损害；伤害；对…有害”为正确答案。A项“增加…的价值”、B项“揭示…的状态”和C项“失去信心”均不能解释impinging on。

单选题 Which of the following is true of the fashion industry?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。根据关键词fashion industry和选项内容定位到第五段。该段第二句指出“在丹麦、美国和其他一些国家，时尚界尝试为模特和时尚人物设定一些自愿的标准”，所以B项“丹麦正在制定新的标准”符合文意。同时结合第六段第二句的“新修订的《丹麦时尚道德宪章》做出明确声明”更加确定该选项。A项“法国的措施已经失败了”、C项“模特不再有同侪压力”和D项“它本身的问题正变得糟糕”均不符合文意。

单选题 A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW for

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 推断题。根据关键词A designer和CFW定位到第六段。有关CFW的内容是“该宪章主要的执行手段是拒绝设计师和模特经纪公司进入由丹麦时装协会举办的哥本哈根时装周”。再结合该段首句“丹麦的时尚界上月同意关于模特年龄、健康和其他方面的法规和制裁”可知，丹麦时装学院不再只关注身材，也关注健康。所以C项“不考虑健康因素”可能是设计师被哥本哈根时装周拒绝的原因。A项“给模特设立较高的年龄门槛”、B项“太过关心模特的性格”和D项“追求完美的身材条件”均不是被拒绝的原因。