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】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 题干已经明确指出需从第一段中寻找答题线索，再根据题干中的关键词would happen和France可知，应关注第一段中与法国即将发生的事件相关的信息。
细节理解题。文章首段第一句即指出法国已决定剥夺其时尚产业对于女性形体美的绝对定义权，并在随后的内容中提到禁止引导女性以极度消瘦为美，可见过去以瘦为美的定义要有所改变，形体美将会被重新定义，故选项B正确。
选项A中“将会建造新的时装T型台”和选项D中“时尚产业将会衰落”在文章第一段中并没有提及，故排除；而本段最后一句中指出，那些通过宣扬极端节食而“鼓吹过度纤瘦”的网站还将会被取缔，因此选项C中“关于节食的网站将受到追捧”与原文信息相悖，故排除。
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] 由题于提示定位于第二段第二句。
语义理解题。题干所涉及的词组位于第二段第二句，该词组的逻辑主语为looks，宾语为health，而外形对于健康的影响从后文可以看出——本段第四句提到曾有人为了追求瘦身而节食至死，可见其对健康的影响是有害的，故选项D为本题答案。
从前面的分析易得知题干所问的词组应表示较为负面的意思，而选项A中“提升……的价值”为正面含义，选项B中“显示……的状态”为中性含义，故均可排除；选项C中“失去对……的信任”与其逻辑主语looks和宾语health不能进行搭配，故也排除。
单选题 Which of the following is true of the fashion industry?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 根据题干关键词fashion industry，再根据之前两题的相关段落，可知该题所涉及的内容应主要集中在第三至第六段。
细节理解题。第五段第二句指出，在丹麦、美国和其他一些国家，时尚行业正在尝试为模特和时尚人士设定自愿性质的标准，这种标准更多地依赖同行间的压力来施行。而在随后的第六段，作者更详细地介绍了丹麦制定新章程的主要情况，因此，选项A符合题意，为答案。
作者虽然在第四段分析了法国采取措施的局限性，也在第六段强调了丹麦采取的措施与法国的不同，但并没有说法国的措施已经失败，故选项B中“法国的措施已经失败了”可排除；第五段第二句清楚地指出丹麦的措施主要是依靠模特的同行间压力来推进，可见选项C中“模特们现已没有同行压力了”与原文意思相悖，故排除；关于时尚行业的固有问题，作者在第五段首句只是说，这个行业很清楚自己的固有问题，并没有说这个问题变得更加严重，故选项D中“其固有问题正变得更加严重”不符合原文，应排除。
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] 由题干中的字母缩写CFW易定位于文章第六段第三句。
推理判断题。该句指出，该章程主要的落实方式是拒绝设计师和模特经纪公司参加由丹麦时装协会举办的哥本哈根时装周。而在之前的两句中作者则提到要推行的法规就是要关注模特的年龄、健康和其他特性，由此可以推知，不关注模特健康条件的设计师会被哥本哈根时装周拒绝参加。因此，选项C中符合题意，为答案。
选项A中“追求完美的物质条件”在文中并未提及，可先排除；新规定要求关注模特的年龄、健康和其他特性，可见关注模特的个性不会成为被时装周拒绝的原因，选项B中“对模特的个性过于关注”与原文不符，应排除；而原文虽然提到了年龄的问题，但并没有具体说明，故选项D中“对模特设定过高的年龄门槛”也应排除。
单选题 Which of the following may be the best title of the text?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题要求考生判断文章的最佳标题是什么，需结合全文的行文思路及宗旨来解答。
主旨大意题。文章首段引出话题，提到法国颁布法令，禁止时尚行业的身材标准继续对公众进行误导，并说明了新法规的主要内容、警示作用和可能产生的社会效应。随后文章点评了法国采取的这些新措施的局限性，并介绍了丹麦和美国等国家所采取的新措施与法国新规的差别，指出以道德劝说为主的推行方式相较依靠法律推行更具优势，能够从文化理念上提升对美的认识。综合来看，文章整体上介绍了世界上一些国家对于时尚行业现有体形理念的挑战和重新定义的举措，故选项A中应为文章的最佳标题。
文章虽然提到了有模特因为过度减肥节食而死，但整篇文章并不是主要从她们的角度出发分析其处境，所以选项B中“法国饥饿的模特面临的两难境地”不符合文意，应排除；选项C中“美学的又一轮艰难挣扎”过于宽泛，文章也并没有从美学的宏观角度进行阐述，故排除；文章主要阐述的是时尚行业对于理想体形的理念需要加以纠正和修改，并不等同于说这个行业面临巨大威胁，故选项D中“时尚行业的巨大威胁”也不符合原文，可排除。