B

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 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(改變) 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.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 high­heeled 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, 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.

20．Designers and big stores always make money ________．

A．by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

B．by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

C．because they are able to predict new fashions for the coming season

D．because they attach great importance to the quality of women's clothing

21．To the writer，that women alter their old fashioned dresses is seen as ________．

A．a(chǎn) waste of money

B．a(chǎn)n expression of taste

C．a(chǎn) waste of time

D．a(chǎn)n expression of creativity

22．According to the passage，which of the following statements is true?

A．The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.

B．The constant changes in women's clothing reflect their strength of characters.

C．Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

D．New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women.

23．By saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious”，the writer means that ________．

A．women are better able to put up with discomfort

B．men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

C．men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers

D．women's inconstancy in their choices of clothing is often laughed at

女人愛美的天性被時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師和商人充分利用，他們不斷推出各種新款服裝，賺足了女士們的錢，而女士們?yōu)榱嗣利愋母是樵傅乇凰麄儎兿�。男士在時(shí)裝方面則顯得比女士更理性。

20．A　推理判斷題。第一段提到“因?yàn)樗齻円幌氲阶约捍┲^時(shí)的衣服出現(xiàn)在公眾面前就不寒而栗，所以總是被服裝設(shè)計(jì)師和大商場利用”，由此判斷，這些人利用她們追求衣著時(shí)尚的特點(diǎn)來賺錢，故選A“通過不斷改變女裝的時(shí)尚”。B“通過無情地盤剝服裝加工行業(yè)的女工”；C“因?yàn)樗麄兡茴A(yù)測下一個(gè)季節(jié)的新款式”；D“因?yàn)樗麄冏⒅嘏b的質(zhì)量”都不正確。

21．C　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二段說，女士們?nèi)绻麤]錢置辦新衣，她們就浪費(fèi)幾個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)間來修改她們現(xiàn)有的服裝以追求時(shí)尚。由此判斷選C，作者覺得這樣做是浪費(fèi)時(shí)間。

22．D　推理判斷題。從第三段第一句可知A項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；第三段說，女人為了美愿意忍受任何的不舒適，而沒有提到反映了她們“性格的力量”，故B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；文章沒有提到C項(xiàng)內(nèi)容。從全文內(nèi)容可知，作者覺得服裝設(shè)計(jì)師推出各種新款服裝的目的是賺錢，是“一年又一年對女士們進(jìn)行無情的商業(yè)盤剝”，由此判斷選D。

23．B　推理判斷題。最后一段說，比較男人和女人對時(shí)裝的態(tài)度就能得出一個(gè)明顯的結(jié)論，男人很聰明，不會(huì)被時(shí)裝設(shè)計(jì)師欺騙。從這些敘述可知應(yīng)選B，男士在選擇服飾方面比女士更理性。

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