Browse through the racks of dresses， skirts， and tops in almost any trendy clothing store in Argentina， and whether your find something that fits depends on your size， but shops carry few—if any – options for curvaceous women. When you go into a store and find an extra large， you know that it is really start to think that everybody is like this， and that you are big. But that‘s not true.

　　In this beauty-conscious nation， which has the world‘s second-highest rate of anorexia， many are particularly blaming the country’s clothing industry for offering only tiny sizes of the latest fashions. The result is a dangerous paradox of girls and women adapting to the clothes rather than clothes adapting to them. The Argentitine legislature is considering whether to force clothing manufacturers to cover “all the anthropometric measurements of the Argentine woman” up to extra large size， the bill also addresses the related problem of so-called “tricky” labeling in which S，M， and L designations vary by brand and are smaller than international standards.

　　The proposal has raised eyebrows in a historically flirtatious society skeptical of government and well known for its obsession with beauty. “Argentina has the worlds‘ highest rates of aesthetic surgery，” says Mabel Bello， founder of the Association for the Fight Against Anorexia. “When you are talking about how preoccupied with beauty our society is， that is the most telling statistic.”

　　For experts such statistics spell futility for legal remedies. “These types of laws are not going to cause lasting changes，” says Susana Saulquin， a sociologist of fashion. “ A better way to address the problem is through public education that emphasizes balanced eating habits over an unrealistic ideal of customers， but over time， she believes， amore balanced view of beauty will emerge”

　　For their part， industry groups condeme the bill as overreaching state intervening. They say their business decisions are guided by consumer demand. “We are not in favor of anything that regulates the market，” says Laura Codda， a representative of major clothing manufacturers. “Every clothing company has the right to make anything it can sell—any color， any sizes.” She says her group is not opposed to measures that would standardize sizing， but she notes that many， if not most， clothes in Argentine stores already carry the numerical designations called for in the bill.

　　If history is a guide， the fate of the proposed law is somewhat bleak. However， in 2005， the provincial government of Buenos Aires managed to pass a similar law—although the government failed to sign it.

　　1. What kind of women of “curvaceous women”(Para.1) most probably refer to?

　　[A] well-proportioned and full-figured.

　　[B] beautiful and charming.

　　[C] slender and tall.

　　[D] full-grown and healthy.

　　2. “Aesthetic surgery” is mentioned to show that

　　[A] every woman has her rights to pursue beauty.

　　[B] aesthetic surgery is terribly popular.

　　[C] the unrealistic pursuit of beatuty is popular.

　　[D] aesthetic surgery is just a tricky trap.

　　3. According to the text， Susana Saulquin

　　[A] disbelieves the statistics of aesthetic surgery.

　　[B] thinks the proposed law will work over time.

　　[C] regard the legal remedies as inadvisable.

　　[D]has developed good and balanced eating habits.

　　4. In the author‘s opinion， this kind of bill

　　[A] has cleared the legislature.

　　[B] still has a faint light of hope.

　　[C] is actually not necessary.

　　[D]is none of government‘s business.

　　5. The best title for this text may be

　　[A] Women Adapting to Cloths or Vice Versa.

　　[B] Who is the Arbiter， Manufactures of Customers.

　　[C] How to Standardize Clothea Sizing.

　　[D]why So Few Large Size Clothes.

　　答案與解析

　　1. A 詞義題。本題的問題是“‘curvaceous women’(第一段)最可能指的是哪種女性?”第一段首先提到了該短語，隨后指出，如果你找到一件特大號(hào)衣服，那實(shí)際上只是美國(guó)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的中號(hào)、小號(hào)服裝，接著解釋說，你會(huì)覺得沮喪，因?yàn)槟阏J(rèn)為，任何人都苗條，而你自己則肥胖。根據(jù)文中的“big”可知，該短語可能指的是“體型豐滿的女性”。[A]“身材勻稱、豐滿的”是對(duì)此意的改寫，為正確答案。[B]“美麗、迷人的”和[D]“成熟、健康的”明顯是誤解了該短語的意思;[C]“苗條、高挑的”與文意相反。

　　2. C 結(jié)構(gòu)題。本題的問題是“提到‘美容手術(shù)’是為了表示 ”。題干中的“Aestheticsurgery”出自文章第三段第二句話中，表明本題與第三段有關(guān)。第二段提到了阿根廷人患厭食癥的問題，第三段接著提到，阿根廷做美容手術(shù)的比例是世界上最高的，人們?cè)谡務(wù)撋鐣?huì)是如何迷戀美貌時(shí)，這就是最有說服力的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)，第四段引用專家的話說，解決這個(gè)問題的更好辦法就是通過公眾教育，強(qiáng)調(diào)均衡的飲食習(xí)慣，而不是追求不切實(shí)際的美貌理想。這說明，提到該短語是為了說明許多人都盲目追求美。[C]“對(duì)美貌的不切實(shí)際追求很流行”是對(duì)此意的改寫，為正確答案。本文并沒有說女性不能追求美，只是說人們太重視美貌，所以[A]“任何女性都有追求美的權(quán)利”與文意不符;[B]“美容手術(shù)非常流行”是用來說明阿根廷人對(duì)美貌的重視程度的例子，并不是提到該例子的目的，所以B不對(duì);[D]“美容手術(shù)只是一個(gè)狡猾的陷阱”屬于無中生有。

　　3. C 本題的問題是“根據(jù)本文，蘇珊娜。索爾琴 ”。題干中的“Susana Saulquin”出自文章第四段第二句話中，表明本題與第四段有關(guān)。第二、三段提到了立法機(jī)構(gòu)的設(shè)想，第四段首先指出，對(duì)于專家來說，這樣的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)意味著，采取立法措施沒有用，隨后提到了蘇珊娜。索爾琴的觀點(diǎn)：這些法律將不會(huì)導(dǎo)致永久變化。這說明，她認(rèn)為，采取立法措施沒有用處。[C]“認(rèn)為立法措施不可取”是對(duì)其觀點(diǎn)的概括，為正確答案。[A]“不相信美容手術(shù)的統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)”是曲解了該段第一句話的意思;[B]“認(rèn)為，隨著時(shí)間的推移，被提議的法律會(huì)起作用”是針對(duì)該段第二句話和最后一句話設(shè)置的干擾項(xiàng)，與文意不符;[D]“已經(jīng)養(yǎng)成了良好的、均衡的飲食習(xí)慣”是對(duì)該段第三句話設(shè)置的干擾項(xiàng)，明顯與文意不符。

　　4. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。本題的問題是“根據(jù)作者的觀點(diǎn)，這種法案——”。前面的段落分析了立法機(jī)關(guān)提出的法案，最后一段首先提到，這個(gè)被提議的法案的前景有點(diǎn)黯淡，隨后轉(zhuǎn)折指出，在2005年，布宜諾斯艾利斯省政府設(shè)法通過了一項(xiàng)類似的法案。這說明，作者認(rèn)為該法案還有希望。[B]“還有一線希望”是對(duì)作者，觀點(diǎn)的恰當(dāng)概括，為正確答案。[A] “已經(jīng)獲得了立法機(jī)構(gòu)的支持”明顯與第二段第三句話和最后一段第一句話的意思不符;作者并沒有討論該法案是否必要的問題，所以[C]“事實(shí)上沒有必要”不是作者的觀點(diǎn); [D]“不關(guān)政府的事”是服裝集團(tuán)公司的觀點(diǎn)，不是作者的觀點(diǎn)。

　　5. A 主旨題。本題的問題是“本文的最佳標(biāo)題可能是——”。本文首先介紹了阿根廷時(shí)尚服裝店的尺碼問題，接著指出，許多人都在責(zé)備其服裝行業(yè)只提供小號(hào)的最新時(shí)裝，結(jié)果是出現(xiàn)了一種矛盾現(xiàn)象——女孩和女性適應(yīng)服裝，而不是服裝適應(yīng)她們;隨后提到了準(zhǔn)備采取的立法措施，介紹了社會(huì)各界對(duì)此的態(tài)度。這說明，本文主要講的是服裝的尺碼適應(yīng)人的問題。[A]“是女性適應(yīng)服裝，還是相反”是對(duì)本文內(nèi)容的恰當(dāng)概括，可以表達(dá)本文的主題，為正確答案。本文并沒有談?wù)撜l來仲裁尺碼的問題，所以[B]“誰是仲裁者，是制造商還是顧客”不能表達(dá)本文的主題;本文討論的是應(yīng)該使尺碼標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化，而不是如何標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化，所以[C]“如何使服裝尺碼標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化”不能表達(dá)本文的主題;大號(hào)服裝少是本文引出主題時(shí)舉的例子，并不是本文討論的重點(diǎn)，所以[D]“為什么大號(hào)服裝如此少”不能表達(dá)本文的主題。

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