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1、Section Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections：Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text1France，which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an

2、 absolute right to define physical beauty for women. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways. The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures ha

3、ve a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. Thats a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it must t

4、ake responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty. And perhaps fain

5、tly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing.

6、 Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, an

7、d a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.In contrast to Frances actions, Denmarks fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of mo

8、dels. The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearly states:”We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people”. The charters main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhage

9、n Fashion Week (CFW), which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute. But in general it relies on a name-and -shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyon

10、d the material standards of a particular industry.21. According to the first paragraph，what would happen in France?APhysical beauty would be redefined.BNew runways would be constructed.CWebsites about dieting would thrive.DThe fashion industry would decline.22. The phrase “impinging on”(Line 2，Para.

11、2) is closest in meaning toAheightening the value ofBindicating the state ofClosing faith inDdoing harm to23. Which of the following is true of the fashion industry?AThe French measures have already failed.BNew standards are being set in Denmark.CModels are no longer under peer pressure.DIts inheren

12、t problems are getting worse.24.A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW forApursuing perfect physical conditionsBcaring too much about models character.Cshowing little concern for health factorsDsetting a high age threshold for models.25.Which of the following may be the best title of the te

13、xt?AA Challenge to the Fashion Industrys Body IdealsBA Dilemma for the Starving models in FranceCJust Another Round of Struggle for BeautyDThe Great Threats to the Fashion Industry21.答案 A Physical beauty would be redefined解析：這是一道細(xì)節(jié)題，根據(jù)France定位到第一段第一句，主干成分為France has lost an absolute right to define

14、physical beauty。此外第二段第二句They suggest beauty should not be define by looks故而A physical beauty would be redefined為同義替換，即為正確答案。22.答案 D doing harm to解析：此題為詞義題。定位到第二段第二句They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. 根據(jù)end up 可以看出beauty should not be defined by looks 和

15、that end up impinging on health為順承關(guān)系，所以“改變?nèi)藗儗?duì)美不僅僅是外表的定義”可以結(jié)束對(duì)健康的危害。故而可以推知doing harm to是正確答案。23.答案 B New Standards are being set in Denmark解析：此題是正誤判斷題。根據(jù)第五段第二句話 In Denmark,it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion可知B選項(xiàng) New standards are being set in Denmark是其同義替換。24.答案 C showing little concern for health factors解析：細(xì)節(jié)題。一個(gè)設(shè)計(jì)師很可能因?yàn)槭裁丛虮籆FW拒絕，根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞可回到文中定位至倒數(shù)第二段，首句說丹麥的時(shí)尚界就有關(guān)模特的年齡，健康及其他特性的內(nèi)容達(dá)成一致意見，切一項(xiàng)新法案也明確規(guī)定，他們已經(jīng)意識(shí)到時(shí)尚界對(duì)于人們尤其是年輕人的身體健康所帶來的影響，并且該對(duì)此負(fù)責(zé)，接著下一句就說，這一法規(guī)的執(zhí)行方式就是拒絕一些設(shè)計(jì)師