2023年考研英语-阅读理解一.docx

2023Text 1In the 2023 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn't affect her.（film电影；version版本；译本；倒转术；devil魔鬼；熬煎；prada普拉达（奢侈品品牌）; scold责骂；叱责；unattractive不吸引人留意的；assistant助手；协助的）2023电影版的时尚女魔头中，Meryl Streep所扮演的Miranda Priestly在斥责其平凡 乏味的助手，缘由是她认为高级时尚与己无关。Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant's sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.（descend下降；遗传；下去；bargain交易；契约；讨价还价；bin箱子；容器；garment 衣服；服装；外表；外观）Priestly说明了助手身上毛衫的深蓝色多年来是如何从时装展屈尊至百货店，再沦落到打折 区的，而这个可怜女孩儿身上的衣服无疑掏自最终一站。This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn't be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdressed, Eliazabeth Cline's three-year indictment of "fast fashion”.（conception怀孕；概念；设想；起先；odds几率；胜算；不同等；差别；odd惊奇；怪 人;奇数的；剩余的；feverish发热的；极度兴奋的；describe描述；形容；描绘；indictment 起诉书；控告）“时尚业乃自上而下”这一观念早已过时，或者说和着装过度一书（Cline历时三 年方完成的对“快时尚”的控诉）所描绘的狂热世界完全相悖。In the last decade or so, advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.（advance发展；前进；增长；advise建议；劝说；allow允许；考虑；label标签；商标; anticipate预期;期望；抢先；precisely精确地;恰恰）最近大约十年，技术的进步使得大众品牌，如Zara, H&M, Uniqlo等，得以对时尚做出更 快的反应，对需求进行更精准的预料。Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and more profit, （inventory存货；具体书目；frequent常见的；常到；release释放；发布；让与） 更快的周转意味着更少的库存奢侈和更常见的推新，即更多的利润。These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable一meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that一and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.（conscious意识到的；有意的；disposable可随意处理的；可自由运用的；用完即可丢弃的； advertise通知；为做广告；使突出；wardrobe衣柜；行头）这些品牌激励那些有时尚意识的消费者将衣服视为一次性衣物一一只用来穿一两水，虽然它 们并非如此宣扬一一并隔不了几周就更新一次衣橱。By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.（offer提议；出价；意图；item项目；条款；dirt-cheap毫无价值的；brand商标；牌子; 烙印；牢记；hijack劫持；威逼；敲诈；揩油；cycle循环；周期；自行车；shake摇动; 哆嗦）通过以极低的价格供应流行时髦的衣物，这些品牌已经绑架了时尚周期，撼动了一个许久以 来习惯于以“季”为步伐的产业。The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers.当然，这一变更的受害者不仅限于设计师。For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.（knit编织；结合；volume量；体积；卷；strain张力；拉紧；负担；扭伤；滥用；massive 大量的；巨大的；厚重的；魁伟的）H&M若要在其全球总共2300多家店内供应5.95美元的针织迷你裙，必需依靠低薪的海外 劳动力以及造成自然资源过度运用的批量订单，并大量运用有害化学物质。Overdressed is the fashion world's answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma.（activist主动分子；激进主义分子；omnivore杂事动物；不偏食的人；dilemma逆境； 进退两难）着装过度是与像Michael Pollan所著的Omnivore's Dilemma） 一样的消费者活跃 分子（所著的）在时尚界的同类畅销书。"Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,“ Cline argues.（mass大量；民众；块；群；fill填充；non-durable不耐用物品；durable耐用的；长久 的）“批量生产的服装犹如快餐，虽填补了饥饿和需求，却无法长久，造成了奢侈J Cline如是 认为。Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year about 64 items per person and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.（roughly粗糙地；概略地；garment衣服；服装；外表；外观；excess超过；额外的；过 量的；过度）她发觉，美国人每年大约购入200亿件衣服一一平均每人约64件一一且无论他们捐出多少, 这种过量都会造成奢侈。Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2023 has made all of her own clothes 一 and beautifully.（toward向；introduce介绍；引进；提出；ideal志向；典范）在着装过度临结尾处，Cline推出了她的典范，一位名为Sarah Kate Beaumont的 Brooklyn女性，她从2023年起就亲自制作自己全部的衣服一一且做得很美丽。But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can't be knocked off.（craft工艺；手艺；精致地制作；example例子；knock off击倒；停工；中断） 但正如被Cline首次留意到，Beaumont花了几十年时间来完善自己的技能；她的做法不行能 被轻松复制。Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer.（curb抑制；路边；限制；conscious有意的）尽管数家快时尚公司已经在努力限制他们对劳动力及环境的影响一一包括推出绿色产 品系列的H&MCline依旧信任长久的变更只能来自顾客。She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability ,be it in food or in energy, （exhibit证据；展览；显示；idealism唯心主义；志向主义；materialism唯物主义；matter 物质；缘由；时间；advocate提倡；主见；拥护；律师） 她表现出可持续发展提倡者（无论是食品领域还是能源领域）共有的志向主义。Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can't afford not to.（vanity虚荣心；空虚；浮华；constant不变的；恒定的；常常的）虚荣是永恒的，只有在无法支付不行持续性购物时，人们才会起先可持续性购物。Questions1. Priestly criticizes her assistant for her.Priestly斥责助手是因为她。A） insensitivity to fashion对时尚不敏感B） obsession with high fashion痴迷于高级时尚C） poor bargaining skill议价实力差D） lack of imagination 缺乏想象力2. According to Cline, mass-market labels urge consumers to.Cline认为，大众品牌力劝消费者 oA) combat unnecessary waste反对不必要的奢侈B) shop for their garments more frequently更频繁地购买服装C) resist the influence of advertisements抵制广告的影响D) shut out the feverish fashion world将狂热的时尚界拒之门外3. The word “indictment"(Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to indictment一词(其次段其次行)含义最接近于。A) tolerance容忍B) indifference漠视C) enthusiasm热忱D) accusation指责4. Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph? 从最终一段中可推知下列哪项内容？A) Vanity has more often been found in idealists.虚荣更常见于志向主义者。B) The fast-fashion industry ignores sustainability.快时尚业忽视了可持续性。C) Pricing is vital to environment-friendly purchasing.定价对于环境友好型购物至关重要。D) People are more interested in unaffordable garments. 人们对无力购买的服装更感爱好。5. What is the subject of the text?本文主旨是什么？A) Satire on an extravagant lifestyle.讽刺奢侈的生活方式。B) Challenge to a high-fashion myth.挑战高级时尚之谜。C) Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.批判快时尚业。D) Exposure of a mass-market secret.揭露大众市场的隐私。