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【题目】“Fast fashion” means clothes that are inexpensive but look like the latest designs. One reason for the success of fast fashion is social networking. A report by the investment research firm Bernstein found that millennials — people born in the 1980s and 90s — wanted to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. As a result, many businesses that offer trend, low - cost clothes are growing.

But the situation is changing now. Maxine Bedat, a woman who is in her early 30s，looks in her closet full of clothes, but she has nothing to wear. She says she hates always shopping for what is in style . Instead，she says, she wants to buy fewer clothes that she can wear over and over. Other people want the same thing, she says.

So Ms. Bedat and a business partner, Soraya Darabi, started a “slow fashion” clothing company calltd Zady. “Slow fashion” means clothes that last a long time. They are often classic colors and shapes, and are made from natural materials that are biodegradable (可生物降解的) over time.

The terms “fast fashion” and “slow fashion” are related to “fast food” and “slow food: fast food is still popular in the US, but many restaurants increasingly offer higher - quality, more expensive and relaxed meals.

Like slow food，slow fashion also aims to use sources that are good for the environment and 、 workers. Maxine Bedat says people in her generation want to know where their clothes come from and who is making them. To answer millennials’demand for information about the products they buy, Ms. Bedat’s company, Zady, includes details about the history of the brands. It also describes the process in which the clothes are made. Ms Bedat says Zady aims to tell shoppers where their clothes come from, where they go, and how they impact the world.

【1】What can we know about millennials from Paragraph 1?

A. They tend to buy clothes with lower price.

B. They all like to share photos on the Internet.

C. They spend money in buying the latest designs

D. They show their interests in wearing different clothes.

【2】What makes Mexine Bedat establish Zady?

A. She has nothing to wear.

B. She likes the classic clothes.

C. She longs for “slow fashion” clothes.

D. She prefers clothes with natural materials.

【3】Like “slow food”, “slow fashion” should ________.

A. be high - quality and expensive

B. be friendly to the environment

C. tell the shoppers the history of the brands

D. describe the process of making the clothes

【4】What does the text mainly talk about?

A. How “fast fashion” becomes popular.

B. “Slow fashion” is becoming popular now.

C. Many businesses are selling trendy and cheap clothes.

D. The differences between “fast fashion” and “slow fashion”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】 本文属于应用说明文。快时尚曾一度深受年轻人的追捧，但是现在慢时尚因为它的环保已经开始流行起来。

【1】推理判断题。根据第一段中的…millennials — people born in the 1980s and 90s — wanted to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. 在上世纪80年代和90年代出生的千禧一代，他们想穿各种各样的衣服拍成照片发布在脸书上、Instagram和Twitter上。由此可判断出这些人热衷于不同的衣服。分析选项可知D项符合题意，故选D项。

【2】推理判断题。第二段和第三段中一个叫Maxine Bedat女人，不喜欢那种“Fast fashion”，只想买能反复穿的衣服，其他人也想这样的。于是Bedat女士和一个商业伙伴Soraya Darabi创立了一家“Slow fashion”服装公司，“Slow fashion慢时尚”是指能穿很长时间的衣服。由此可判断出她现在喜欢这种慢时尚的衣服，故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据最后一段中Like slow food，slow fashion also aims to use sources that are good for the environment and workers. Maxine Bedat says people in her generation want to know where their clothes come from and who is making them像慢食一样，慢时尚也旨在利用对环境有益的资源。可知，它们的目的在于环境，故选B项。

【4】主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了快时尚已经不再流行了，慢时尚逐渐流行起来了，因此C项为最佳标题。