Question

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 change 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 fashion is 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 cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; necklines 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 sometimes 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. Does the constantly changing fashion of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflect basic qualities of instability? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanged styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.

 

69. Designers and big stores always make money_____.

   A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

   B. because they are capable of predicting the new fashion

   C. by constantly changing the fashion in women’s clothing

   D. because they always improve the quality of women’s clothing

70. To the writer, the fact that women change their old-fashioned dress is seen as_____.

   A. a quality of instability         B. a waste of time and money

   C. an expression of taste        D. an expression of creativity

71. The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the_____.

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

72. By saying “ the conclusions to be drawn are obvious”, the writer means that_____.

   A. women’s changeableness in their choice of clothing was 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

Answer 1

69. C 细节理解。根据第一段信息 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 change of fashion.可知，时尚设计者和商场正是利用了女性在追求时尚方面的心理而大把地赚钱。

70. B 细节理解。根据第二段可知，作者认为不断变化着的时尚其实质是在故意制造时间和金钱上的浪费。

71. C 推理判断。根据第三段可知，作者对时尚业是否对社会真正做出重要贡献持完全否定的态度。

72. D 根据文章第四段可知，男人能够更理性地审视时尚。