单选题 If women are mercilessly exploited (剥削) 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 by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe (衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who can not 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 (耐用). 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 ______.

A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry
B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions
C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing
D. because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] A、B、D中的“women，workers，quality and predict”文中都未涉及到，故全部予以排除，所以答案为C。

单选题 To the writer, the fact that women alter their old-fashioned dress if seen as ______.

A. a waste of money
B. a waste of time
C. an expression of taste
D. an expression of creativity

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 此题意在阐明作者见解，由第二段的最后一句可得答案为B。

单选题 The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the ______ of clothing.

A. cost
B. appearance
C. comfort
D. suitability

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 题目中的“if”表示假设，显然事实上与此相反，从第三段的第二句可找到答案C，A、D文中未提到，B不是作者希望的，而是“designers”感兴趣的。

单选题 According to the passage, which of the following statements is TURE?

A. New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women.
B. The constant changes in women’s clothing reflect their strength of character.
C. The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.
D. Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 文中最后一段的第二句是一个问句，并未明确回答，而B是肯定语气，故与原意不符，文中第三段的第一句所表达的意思也与原文不符，故排除C，D在原文中体现不出来，故选A。

单选题 By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Para. 4 ), the writer means that ______.

A. women’s inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at
B. women are better able to put up with discomfort
C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[解析] 文章最后一段点明题旨，作者用两个问句提出两个问题，由第三句可得到作者的一种肯定态度，D中的“reasonable”与原文中的“clever”都表示肯定，意义相近，故选D。