首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada , Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant
In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada , Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant
admin
2019-06-11
11
问题
In the 2006 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, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’ s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.
This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’ t be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year
indictment
of "fast fashion". 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. Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and more profit. These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that—and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. 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.
The victims of this revolution, of course, are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2, 300-pius 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.
Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma."Mass-produced clothing, like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful," Cline argues. 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.
Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes—and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’ t be knocked off.
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. She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford not to.
According to Cline, mass-market labels urge consumers to
选项
A、combat unnecessary waste.
B、shut out the feverish fashion world.
C、resist the influence of advertisements.
D、shop for their garments more frequently.
答案
D
解析
细节题。根据关键词mass-market labels定位到第二段。段中…these labels encourage style- conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable…to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.意为 “这些时装厂商鼓励追求时尚的消费者把时装变成一次性消费品…过几星期就更新一次衣柜”, 题干urge就是原文encourage的同义复现。从原文可知时装厂商是鼓励消费者频繁购物,因此 D项正确。A项“抵制不必要的浪费”原文没有提及。B项“将疯狂的世界排除在外”,是对原文的 曲解,也是利用短语at odds with“与…起争执,有差异”设置的陷阱。C项“抵抗广告的影响”是针 对原文although they don’t advertise that出的干扰项。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/75H7FFFM
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
AreportconsistentlybroughtbackbyvisitorstotheUSishowfriendly,courteous,andhelpfulmostAmericansweretothem.To
WiththestartofBBCWorldServiceTelevision,millionsofviewersinAsiaandAmericacannowwatchtheCorporation’snewscov
OverthepasttwodecadesAmerica’sbrokenimmigrationsystemhasconfoundedoneCongressafteranother,becauseitneverseemed
Itishardtomakemoneypeddlingsocialmediaanywhere.Duringtheirfirstfewyearsinbusiness,FacebookandTwitterlostpot
ItisafactuniversallyacceptedthatBritonsdislikeimmigration.Sureenough,whentravelrestrictionsonRomaniansandBulga
Wealreadyknowthatgenderbalancedseniorteamsarenotonlybetterforbusiness,theeconomyandsociety,butalsocrucialto
Themassmediaisabigpartofourculture,yetitcanalsobeahelper,adviserandteachertoouryounggeneration.Themass
Ifsustainablecompetitiveadvantagedependsonworkforceskills,Americanfirmshaveaproblem.Human-resourcemanagementisno
Ifsustainablecompetitiveadvantagedependsonworkforceskills,Americanfirmshaveaproblem.Human-resourcemanagementisno
AsformercolonistsofGreatBritain,theFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStatesadoptedmuchofthelegalsystemofGreatBritai
随机试题
调质的过程是怎样的?
根据加工条件选用合适的可转位铣刀,能提高切削效率和降低成本。通常在强力间断铣削铸铁、碳钢和易产生加工硬化的材料时,应选用__________。
()是指材料在高温下能保持其硬度的性能。
患者男性,30岁,近半年总觉得有人跟踪他,常听见有人在议论如何对付他,继而出现闷闷不乐,整天闭门不出,写信到公安局要求保护。该患者诊断最可能是
外汇敞口主要来源于银行表内外业务中的货币金额和期限错配。()
一般来说,美式期权的期权费比欧式期权的期权费要高一些。()
某公司是一家高新技术企业,目前正在进行股份制改造。公司高层决定以此为契机,对公司进行重新设计,并着力进行组织文化建设,以形成鼓励创新和民主参与的文化。为此,公司决定聘请某著名管理咨询公司帮助公司进行变革。双方商定,在组织结构设计中,应重点考虑公司战略、管理
2013年1月1日某企业所有者权益情况如下:实收资本200万元,资本公积17万元,盈余公积38万元,未分配利润32万元。当年实现净利润80万元,假定企业当年未进行利润分配,则该企业2013年12月31日留存收益为()万元。
存货模式和随机模式是确定最佳现金持有量的两种方法。对这两种方法的以下表述中,正确的有()。
在考生文件夹下打开文档WORD.DOCX,按照要求完成下列操作并以该文件名(WORD.DOCX)保存文件。按照参考样式“word参考样式.jpg”完成设置和制作。具体要求如下:设置第一段落文字“中国网民规模达5.64亿”为标题;设置第二段落文字“互
最新回复
(
0
)