Question

【题目】Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

We live today indebted to McCardell Cashin, Hawes, Wilkins, and Maxwell, and other women who liberated American fashion from the 【1】of Parisian design, Independence came in tying, wrapping, storing, and. rationalizing that wardrobe. These designers established the modern dress code, letting playsuits and other active outfits suit casual clothing, allowing pants to enter the wardrobe, and prizing rationalism and utility in dress, in contradiction to dressing for an occasion. Fashion in America was logical and 【2】 to the will of the women who wore it. American fashion addressed a democracy, whereas traditional Paris-based fashion was standardized and imposed on women, willing or not.

In an earlier time, American fashion had also followed the directions of Paris, or even【3】specific French designs. Designer sportswear was not modeled on that of Europe, as “modern art” would later be; it was

【4】invented and developed in America. Its designers were not high-end with supplementary lines. The design objective and the business commitment were targeted to sportswear, and the distinctive traits were problem-solving ingenuity (独创性)and realistic lifestyle applications. Ease of care was most important: summer dresses and outfits, in particular, were【5】 cotton, readily capable of being washed and pressed at home. Closings were simple, practical, and 【6】 as the modern woman depended on no personal maid to dress her. American designers 【7】 the freedom of women who wore the clothing.

Many have argued, that the women designers of that time 【8】 their own clothing values into a new style. Of course, much of this argument in the 1930s-40s was advanced because there was little or no experience in designing clothes on the basis of utility. But could utility alone 【9】the new ideas of the American designers? Fashion is often regarded as a pursuit of beauty, and some cherished fashion's relationship to the fine arts. What the designers of the American sportswear proved was that fashion is a design art, answering to the demanding needs of service. Of course these practical,【10】 designers have determined the course of late twentieth-century fashion. They were the pioneers of gender equity, in their useful, adaptable clothing, which was both made for the masses and capable of self-expression.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】G

【4】K

【5】L

【6】D

【7】A

【8】E

【9】F

【10】H

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。主要说明了女性设计师建立了现代的着装规范，让运动装和其他活跃的服装搭配休闲服装，让裤子进入衣柜，在服装上注重理性和实用，这与为场合而着装是矛盾的。以及美国与欧洲的服饰理念区别，以及美国运动装的设计师们务实而富有洞察力的设计师决定了二十世纪晚期时尚的发展方向。

【1】考查名词。句意：我们今天的生活要感谢麦卡德尔·卡辛、霍斯、威尔金斯和麦克斯韦，以及其他将美国时尚从巴黎设计的局限中解放出来的女性。从the…of 结构可以判断出此处需要填一个名词，再从整句句意“其他女性把美国的时尚从巴黎设计的……中解放出来”可以确定此处只能填limit。故选C。

【2】考查形容词。句意：在美国，时尚是合乎逻辑的，符合穿着它的女性的意愿。首先and连接的前后两部分结构和词性要相同对等，然后此处and前面为形容词logical，所以此处需要填一个形容词，再根据the will of the women女性的意志可以得出此处该填answerable。故选B。

【3】考查动词。句意：早些时候，美国时装也遵循巴黎的指示，甚至是盗版的特定法国设计。根据or为并列连词，前后两部分结构应保持一致可以得出此空需要填一个动词，在根据前面的followed（剽窃）一词可以确定此处填pirated,意思也为剽窃、模仿。故选G。

【4】考查副词。句意：设计师设计的运动装没有像后来的“现代艺术”那样模仿欧洲的样式;它是真正在美国发明和发展起来的。从it was …invented and developed句子结构可以看出此处需要填一个副词来修饰invented和developed这两个动词，由前文句意运动服的设计者没有模仿欧洲的设计，正如迟一点出现的现代美术一样，它是…由美国发明出来并推广的，可以确定此处填genuinely“真正地”。故选K。

【5】考查副词。句意：护理方便是最重要的:尤其是夏装和服装，主要是棉质的，很容易在家清洗和熨烫。首先从后面的cotton棉质的这个形容词可以看出此处应填一个副词，cotton在此处修饰前面的summer dress and outfits，所以应理解为形容词“棉质的”而不是名词“棉花”，故填chiefly。故选L。

【6】考查形容词。句意：由于现代妇女不需要贴身女仆为她们穿衣，所以关门简单、实用、方便。and为并列连词，前面是形容词，因此此处也填形容词，再根据前面修饰拉链的词为“简单的，实用的”可以看出此处填accessible “方便的”一词最符合句意。故选D。

【7】考查动词。句意：美国设计师们珍视穿着这些服装的女性的自由。根据句子结构判断出此处缺少一个动词，再根据句意可推出此处填prized“看重”一词最恰当。故选A。

【8】考查动词。句意：许多人认为，那个时代的女性设计师把自己的服装价值投射到一种新的风格中。从that后面的句子结构分析可以看出从句缺少一个动词，再根据固定搭配project..into…“把……投入……”可以分析出此处应填project。故选E。

【9】考查动词。句意：但是仅仅是实用性就能证明美国设计师的新想法是正确的吗?从句子结构分析出此处缺少一个动词，再根据句中的the new ideas of…可以判断只有justify“证明”一词符合句意。故选F。

【10】考查形容词。句意：当然，这些务实而富有洞察力的设计师决定了二十世纪晚期时尚的发展方向。根据前面practical 可以看出此处应填一个形容词来修饰designers,再分析所给形容词可以看出此处填insightful“有洞察力的”修饰设计者最符合句意。故选H。