单选题 If women are mercilessly exploited 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 changes of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the international creation of waste. Many women spend vast 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 altering the dresses they have. 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 vital things like warmth, comfort and durability. 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 delicately 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? That is for you to decide.

单选题 Designers and big stores always make money______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这篇文章讲述了对时装的看法。指出服装设计师和大商场通过不断改变时装潮流而大赚女性的钞票。这道题的正确答案是C。
单选题 To the writer, the fact that women alter their old-fashioned dresses is seen as______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 这道题的题干是作者怎么看待女性改制她们过时的衣物。选项A、B都是指的浪费。细读文章第二段就会发现作者认为买新衣服是浪费钱,没钱买新衣服、改衣物的女士是浪费时间。故选B。
单选题 The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the______of clothing.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 第三段指出时装设计师应该把精力放在服装的保暖性、舒适性和耐穿性上,而不是服装的样式上。故选C。
单选题 By saying the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Paragraph 4, Line 1—2), the writer means that______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 比较男女性对待服装的态度不同的原因,是女性的性格造成的还是男性足够聪明能不被服装设计师所蒙蔽。显而易见,是后者。故选D。
单选题 According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 这是一道主旨归纳题。文章明确指出,设计新的时装样式就是为了赚取女性更多的钞票。故选A。