单选题 In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scold her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn't affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant's sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment. This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn't be more out of date or at odds with feverish world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline's three-year indictment of "fast fashion". In the last decades or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and UNIQLO to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely. Quickerturnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent releases, and more profit. Those labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposal—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that—and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking all industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace. The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a 5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage, overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amount of harmful chemicals. Overdressed is the fashion world's answer to consumer activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma. Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable, and wasteful," Cline argues, Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year—about 64 items per person—and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste. Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named SKB, who, since 2008 has make all of her own clothes—and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example, can't be knocked off. Though several fast fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment—including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection Line—Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer. She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can't afford to it.
单选题 Priestly criticizes her assistant for her______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:定位在第一段第一句话,去掉状语和插入语,第一句的主干信息为“Priestly scold her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her.”选项B,对该句内容的完美改写:criticize对应scold;high fashion doesn’t affect her对应insensitivity to fashion。句子在文中的意思为“Priestly责怪她那没有魅力的助手,因为助理认为高级时尚对她的生活影响不大。”选项B意思为,“因为助手对时尚的不敏感。”二者意思相同,即:同义替换。故正确选项为B。而A项“较差的还价能力”;C项“对高端时尚的痴迷”,在文中未提及;D项“缺乏想象力”与题干信息不符。
单选题 According to Cline, mass-market labels urge consumers to______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:定位在第二段倒数第二句,主干信息为“Those labels encourage style conscious consumers to see clothes as disposal and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.”(两个破折号之间的插入语去掉)选项D,是原文信息的同义替换。urge对应encourage;garment对应clothes,wardrobe;shop for…frequently对应renew wardrobe every few weeks.文中含义为“这些商标(畅销商标)促使有时尚意识的消费者将服装看成是用完就可以丢弃的,……,并且每周更新他们的衣橱。”选项D意思为,“经常买衣服”二者意思相同,故正确选项为D。A项“反对不必要的浪费”;B项“将狂热的时尚界拒之门外”;C项“抵制广告的影响”,这三项均不符合题意,可排除。
单选题 The word "indictment"(Line 3, Para. 2)is closest in meaning to______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:根据题干信息,“indictment”迅速定位,第二段第一句。通过第二段的段首尾句,可得知本段的中心含义,同时也是Cline的观点为:通过以特别低的价格销售潮流物品,这些品牌破坏了潮流周期,动摇了这个长久以来习惯于季节周期的产业,Cline对“fast fashion”的态度是持反面导向的,不支持的。即“指控,控告”。故正确选项为A。B项“热情”;C项“漠不关心”;D项“宽容”,这三项均不符合题意。
单选题 Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】解析:根据最后一段最后一句中的内容可知,“afford”和“shop more sustainably”对应于D项中的“pricing”和“environmental friendly purchasing”。故正确项为D。A项“理想主义者被发现更具虚荣心”;B项“快时尚行业忽视了可持续性”;C项“人们对买不起的服装更感兴趣”;这三项均可排除。
单选题 What is the subject of the text?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:文章分别在第二段和最后一段提到了fast fashion,所以这就是文章的主题词。而且文章第一段是引言,第二段开始作者对这种现象的评述,就是文章主旨句的位置。在最后一句,指出它破坏了时尚周期,动摇了时尚产业。同时还在最后一段指出这种时尚忽视了可持续性。所以C是正确答案。A项关于生活方式,B项有关高端时尚传奇,D项有关大众市场秘密。这三项均可排除。