15.You may have heard some of the fashion industry horror stories:models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger,and models collapsing (昏倒) from hunger-induced (因饥饿所致的) heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway (T台).
Excessively skinny models have been a point of controversy (争论) for decades,and two researchers say a model's body mass (体重) should be a workspace health and safety issue.In an editorial released Monday in the American Journal of Public Health,Katherine Record and Bryn Austin made their case for government regulation of the fashion industry.
The average international runway model has a body mass index(BMI)under 16-low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard.And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves,but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence.
"Especially girls and teens,"says Record."Seventy percent of girls aged 10 to 18 report that they define perfect body image based on what they see in magazines."That's especially worrying,she says,given that anorexia(厌食症) results in more deaths than does any other mental illness,according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
It's commonly known that certain diseases are linked with occupations like lung disease in coal miners.Professional fashion models are particularly vulnerable (脆弱的) to eating disorders (失调) resulting from occupational demands to maintain extreme thinness.
Record's suggestion is to prohibit agents from hiring models with a BMI below 18.
In April,France passed a law setting lower limits for a model's weight.Agents and fashion houses who hire models with BMI under 18 could pay $ 82,000 in fines and spend up to 6 months in jail.Regulating the fashion industry in the United States won't be easy,Record says.But with the new rules in France,U.S.support could make a difference."A designer can't survive without participating in Paris Fashion Week",she says,adding,"Our argument is that the same would be true of New York Fashion Week."
32.What do Record and Austin say about fashion models'body mass?B
A.It has caused needless controversy.
B.It affects models'health and safety.
C.It is but a matter of personal taste.
D.It is focus of the modeling business.
33.What are Record and Austin advocating in the Monday editorial?D
A.Prohibition of models eating non-food stuff.
B.A change in the public's view of female beauty.
C.Elimination (淘汰) of forced weight loss by models.
D.Government legislation (立法) about models'weight.
34.Why are Record and Austin worried about the low body mass index of models?C
A.It contributes to many mental illnesses.
B.It defines the future of the fashion industry.
C.It has great influence on numerous girls and women.
D.It keeps many otherwise qualified women off the runaway.
35.What do we learn about France's fashion industry?B
A.It has difficulty hiring models.
B.It has now a new law to follow.
C.It allows girls under 18 on the runway.
D.It has overtaken that of the United States.
分析 本文讲述了过瘦的模特形象会影响妇女儿童的健康审美,并且过度节食会损害模特的身体,所以时装领域有了新的立法规定,来规定模特的体重.
解答 32-35 BDCB
32.B 考查细节理解.根据"models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger,and models collapsing (昏倒) from hunger-induced (因饥饿所致的) heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway (T台)."可知,过度节食会损害模特的身体.故选B.
33.D 考查细节理解.根据"The average international runway model has a body mass index(BMI)under 16-low enough to indicate starvation by the World Health Organization's standard"可知,政府对模特的体重进行了规定.故选D.
34.C 考查细节理解.根据"And Record and Austin are worried not just about the models themselves,but about the vast number of girls and women their images influence."可知,过瘦的模特形象会影响妇女儿童的健康审美.故选C.
35.B 考查细节理解.根据"But with the new rules in France"可知,法国的时装领域有了新的立法规定.故选B.
点评 阅读理解考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.