49. 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

48. According to the writer, _______.

A. being a kidult is nothing wrong　　 　　B. kidults have mental problems

C. our society is very dull　　　　　 　　D. some people can never grow up

B 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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 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.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend large 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 changing their old-fashioned dresses. 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 necessary 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 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(稳定耐用)? That is for you to decide.

47. According to the author, being a kidult is good in some way except that _______.

A. it can improve the relationship between parents and their kids

B. it can help kidults feel relaxed

C. it is helpful to solve some social problems

D. it can make people loyal to one's parents

46. We can infer from the article that _________.

A. Kidults miss their childhood so much that they can't give up their toys

B. Bloomsbury knows some kidults don't want people to know that they are kidults

C. Kidults like to have vitamins very much

D. Some toys are so interesting that even adults like them very much

44.A.earlier　　　　 　B.sooner　　　　　 　C. later　　　　　　　 　D. former

43.A.owning　　　　 　B.wearing　　　　 C. hating　　　　　　 　D. losing

42.A.in　　　　　　 　　B.to　　　　　　　 　C. down　　　　　　　 D. on

41.A.left　　　　　 　　B. saving　　　　 　 C. borrowed　　　　D. remaining

40.A.picked　　　　 　B. removed　　　　 C. touched　　　　　　D. reached