单选题
下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

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【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】把“people”填入后生成的句子同样是正确的，但是跟前一个句子放在一起时是不连贯的。这是因为在前一个句子中已经有了一个“people”。“them”是一个代词，代词的作用就是照应，这也就是为什么语言中需要代词。在这个句子中“them”就是照应前面的“people”。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】“stay”是系动词，跟形容词连用，说明某种状态的存在。四个选项都是形容词，但只有“fashionable”是最佳选择。如果“穿得少”是一种时尚的话，那么只穿几件衣服当然是很时髦的。填入“bony”、“thin”、“hungry”在语义上句子都是不成立的，因为一种“瘦(bony/thin)的状态”是营养差、节食或疾病造成的，跟穿多少衣服没有关系。“保持饥饿状态”跟穿衣服也没有关系。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】“Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay fashionable. ”是主题句。跟在主题句后面的句子是对这一命题的证明，这就需要有具体的事实。“even”诱发的是一组可能性，而它引入的词语所指的可能性是在这一组可能性中最最不容易发生的。尽管如此，它还是发生了。这样的证据是非常有力的。因此“even”是最佳的选择。