Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

We live today indebted to McCardell Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the 【1】of Parisian design, Independence came in tying, wrapping, storing, and. rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modern dress code, letting playsuits and other active outfits suit casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and utility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion. Fashion in America was logical and 【2】 to the will of the women who wore it. American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was standardized and imposed on women, willing or not.

In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the directions of Paris, or even【3】specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as “modern art” would later be; it was

【4】invented and developed in America. Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were targeted to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity (獨創(chuàng)性)and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were【5】 cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home. Closings were simple, practical, and 【6】 as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers 【7】 the freedom of women who wore the clothing.

Many have argued, that the women designers of that time 【8】 their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in designing clothes on the basis of utility. But could utility alone 【9】the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical,【10】 designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】G

【4】K

【5】L

【6】D

【7】A

【8】E

【9】F

【10】H

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。主要說明了女性設計師建立了現(xiàn)代的著裝規(guī)范，讓運動裝和其他活躍的服裝搭配休閑服裝，讓褲子進入衣柜，在服裝上注重理性和實用，這與為場合而著裝是矛盾的。以及美國與歐洲的服飾理念區(qū)別，以及美國運動裝的設計師們務實而富有洞察力的設計師決定了二十世紀晚期時尚的發(fā)展方向。

【1】考查名詞。句意：我們今天的生活要感謝麥卡德爾·卡辛、霍斯、威爾金斯和麥克斯韋，以及其他將美國時尚從巴黎設計的局限中解放出來的女性。從the…of 結構可以判斷出此處需要填一個名詞，再從整句句意“其他女性把美國的時尚從巴黎設計的……中解放出來”可以確定此處只能填limit。故選C。

【2】考查形容詞。句意：在美國，時尚是合乎邏輯的，符合穿著它的女性的意愿。首先and連接的前后兩部分結構和詞性要相同對等，然后此處and前面為形容詞logical，所以此處需要填一個形容詞，再根據(jù)the will of the women女性的意志可以得出此處該填answerable。故選B。

【3】考查動詞。句意：早些時候，美國時裝也遵循巴黎的指示，甚至是盜版的特定法國設計。根據(jù)or為并列連詞，前后兩部分結構應保持一致可以得出此空需要填一個動詞，在根據(jù)前面的followed（剽竊）一詞可以確定此處填pirated,意思也為剽竊、模仿。故選G。

【4】考查副詞。句意：設計師設計的運動裝沒有像后來的“現(xiàn)代藝術”那樣模仿歐洲的樣式;它是真正在美國發(fā)明和發(fā)展起來的。從it was …invented and developed句子結構可以看出此處需要填一個副詞來修飾invented和developed這兩個動詞，由前文句意運動服的設計者沒有模仿歐洲的設計，正如遲一點出現(xiàn)的現(xiàn)代美術一樣，它是…由美國發(fā)明出來并推廣的，可以確定此處填genuinely“真正地”。故選K。

【5】考查副詞。句意：護理方便是最重要的:尤其是夏裝和服裝，主要是棉質(zhì)的，很容易在家清洗和熨燙。首先從后面的cotton棉質(zhì)的這個形容詞可以看出此處應填一個副詞，cotton在此處修飾前面的summer dress and outfits，所以應理解為形容詞“棉質(zhì)的”而不是名詞“棉花”，故填chiefly。故選L。

【6】考查形容詞。句意：由于現(xiàn)代婦女不需要貼身女仆為她們穿衣，所以關門簡單、實用、方便。and為并列連詞，前面是形容詞，因此此處也填形容詞，再根據(jù)前面修飾拉鏈的詞為“簡單的，實用的”可以看出此處填accessible “方便的”一詞最符合句意。故選D。

【7】考查動詞。句意：美國設計師們珍視穿著這些服裝的女性的自由。根據(jù)句子結構判斷出此處缺少一個動詞，再根據(jù)句意可推出此處填prized“看重”一詞最恰當。故選A。

【8】考查動詞。句意：許多人認為，那個時代的女性設計師把自己的服裝價值投射到一種新的風格中。從that后面的句子結構分析可以看出從句缺少一個動詞，再根據(jù)固定搭配project..into…“把……投入……”可以分析出此處應填project。故選E。

【9】考查動詞。句意：但是僅僅是實用性就能證明美國設計師的新想法是正確的嗎?從句子結構分析出此處缺少一個動詞，再根據(jù)句中的the new ideas of…可以判斷只有justify“證明”一詞符合句意。故選F。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：當然，這些務實而富有洞察力的設計師決定了二十世紀晚期時尚的發(fā)展方向。根據(jù)前面practical 可以看出此處應填一個形容詞來修飾designers,再分析所給形容詞可以看出此處填insightful“有洞察力的”修飾設計者最符合句意。故選H。