In department stores and closets all over the world. they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing because they come in a variety of styles, textures. and colors. But they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the fashion industry today. What are they? They are high heels—a woman's worst enemy (whether she knows it or not). High heel shoes are the downfall of modem society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticated for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed in posing short as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high heel industryby refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world from unnecessary physical and psychologicalsuffering.
For the sake of fairness. it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. First. heels are excellent for aerating (使通氣) lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass knows what I am talking about. A simple trip around the yard in a pair of those babies eliminates all need to call for a lawn care specialist. and provides the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around. Second, heels are quite functional for defense against oncoming enemies. who can easily be scared away By threatening them with a pair of these sharp, deadly fashion accessories.
Regardless of such practical uses for heels, the fact remains that wearing high heels is harmful to one's physical health. Talk to any podiatrist (足病醫(yī)生), and you will hear that the majority of their business comes from high-heel-wearing women. High heels are known to cause problems such as deformed feetand tom toenails. The ask of severe back problems and twisted or broken ankles is three times higher for a high heelwearer than for a flat shoe wearer. Wearing heels also creates che threat of getting a heel caught in a sidewalk crack or a sewer-grate (陰溝柵) and being thrown to the ground-possibly breaking a nose. back, or neck. And of course, after wearing heels for a day. any woman knows she can look forward to a night of painas she tries to comfort her swollen, aching feel.
1. What makes women blind to the deceptive nature of high heels?
A) The multi-functional use of high heels.
B) Their attempt to show off their status.
C) The rich variety of high heel styles.
D) Their wish to improve their appearance.
2. The author's presentation of the positive side of high heels is meant__________.
A) to be ironic
B) to poke fun at women
C) to be fair to the fashion industry
D) to make his point convincing
3. The author uses the expression "those babies" (Line 4. Para. 2) to ref high heels__________.
A) to show their fragile characteristics
B) co indicate their feminine features
C) to show women’s affection for them
D) to emphasize their small size
4. The author's chief argument against high heels is that_____________.
A) they pose a threat to lawns
B) they are injurious to women’s health
C) they don’t necessarily make women beautiful
D) they are ineffective as a weapon of defense
5. It can be inferred from the passage that women should_____________.
A) see through the very nature of fashion myths
B) boycott the products of the fashion industry
C) go co a podiatrist regularly For advice
D) avoid following fashion too closely
答案:
1. 是什么讓女人對高跟鞋的欺騙性的本質(zhì)視而不見的?
A) 高跟鞋有多種功能。
B) 她們想要展現(xiàn)自己的身份。
C)高跟鞋風(fēng)格多種多樣。
D) 她們希望能夠改善樣貌。
[D]根據(jù)文章第l段“時尚神話使女性相信穿上高跟鞋會更美麗或氣質(zhì)更優(yōu)雅”,因此,在四個選項中,只有D與文章所陳述的觀點一致;其余三項均不符合。
2. 作者對于高跟鞋的正面論述是為了______________。
A) 表現(xiàn)諷刺
B) 對女人開玩關(guān)
C) 對時裝工業(yè)公平
D) 讓自己的論點具有說服力
[A]根據(jù)文章第2段,高跟鞋有兩種積極的作用:一種是極好的草地供氧用具,不用挖土就能在草地上鑿出均勻的小洞供草地吸氧;另一種是可擊退來犯之?dāng)常吒p易就能嚇退敵人,由此可知,不論從內(nèi)容或語氣上看,作者旨在對高跟鞋進行嘲諷。故此,在四個選項中,只有A與作者的寫作意圖相符;其余三項均與文章的意思相悖。
3. 作者使用了“那些寶貝”(第2段第4行)的表達來指高跟鞋______________________。
A) 是為了顯示高跟鞋脆弱的特點
B) 是為了表示高跟鞋的女性特征
C)是為了表現(xiàn)女人對高跟鞋的熱愛
D) 強調(diào)高跟鞋的尺寸很小
[C] baby通常是人們對嬰兒的愛稱,語氣中包含有憐愛的成分,而在文章第1段作者也指出高跟鞋頗具吸引力,女性都相信穿高跟鞋能使她們更漂亮、氣質(zhì)更高雅,由此可看出女性對高跟牲的鐘愛。結(jié)合這兩個方面可推斷出作者將高跟鞋比作baby.目的只是為了表現(xiàn)女性對高跟鞋的憐愛程度。因此,C與作者所表現(xiàn)的觀點相符,故而正確。
4. 作者反對高跟鞋的主要論點是________________。
A)高跟鞋對草地是一種威脅
B) 高跟鞋對女性健康有害
C) 高跟鞋不一定會讓女人更美麗
D) 高跟鞋是一種無敵的自衛(wèi)武器
[B]在文章第1段作者就提出自己的觀點:高跟鞋是女性最大的敵人,它會給女性帶來身體和精神上的傷害。而在文章最后一段作者又詳細說明了商跟鞋會給女性帶來哪些傷害,l:腳變形,腳指甲受損,嚴重的腰部疾病,腳踝扭傷,容易跌倒等。因此,本文的大部分篇幅都在描寫高跟鞋對女性健康所造成的影響,故B與文章所陳述的觀點一致:其余三項均不構(gòu)成反對高跟鞋的論點。
5. 從文章中可以推論,女人應(yīng)該_____________________。
A) 看穿時尚秘密的本質(zhì)
B)抵制時尚產(chǎn)業(yè)的產(chǎn)品
C) 定期去找足病醫(yī)生尋求建議
D) 避免緊貼時尚的做琺
[A]在文章第1段和第3段作者指出:時尚神話使女性相信穿上高跟鞋能使她們更漂亮、氣質(zhì)更優(yōu)雅。但實際情況卻是高跟鞋只會給女性帶來身體上和精神上的傷害。因此作者呼吁女性與高跟鞋業(yè)作戰(zhàn),拒絕購買和穿高跟鞋。因此,A與文章的意思吻合;而B和D的說法文中沒有提到,也過于絕對了,C并不是作者的目的。
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