Browse through the racks of dresses， skirts， and tops in almost any trendy clothing store in Argentina， and whether your find something that fits depends on your size， but shops carry few—if any – options for curvaceous women. When you go into a store and find an extra large， you know that it is really start to think that everybody is like this， and that you are big. But that‘s not true.
In this beauty-conscious nation， which has the world‘s second-highest rate of anorexia， many are particularly blaming the country’s clothing industry for offering only tiny sizes of the latest fashions. The result is a dangerous paradox of girls and women adapting to the clothes rather than clothes adapting to them. The Argentitine legislature is considering whether to force clothing manufacturers to cover “all the anthropometric measurements of the Argentine woman” up to extra large size， the bill also addresses the related problem of so-called “tricky” labeling in which S，M， and L designations vary by brand and are smaller than international standards.
The proposal has raised eyebrows in a historically flirtatious society skeptical of government and well known for its obsession with beauty. “Argentina has the worlds‘ highest rates of aesthetic surgery，” says Mabel Bello， founder of the Association for the Fight Against Anorexia. “When you are talking about how preoccupied with beauty our society is， that is the most telling statistic.”
For experts such statistics spell futility for legal remedies. “These types of laws are not going to cause lasting changes，” says Susana Saulquin， a sociologist of fashion. “ A better way to address the problem is through public education that emphasizes balanced eating habits over an unrealistic ideal of customers， but over time， she believes， amore balanced view of beauty will emerge”
For their part， industry groups condeme the bill as overreaching state intervening. They say their business decisions are guided by consumer demand. “We are not in favor of anything that regulates the market，” says Laura Codda， a representative of major clothing manufacturers. “Every clothing company has the right to make anything it can sell—any color， any sizes.” She says her group is not opposed to measures that would standardize sizing， but she notes that many， if not most， clothes in Argentine stores already carry the numerical designations called for in the bill.
If history is a guide， the fate of the proposed law is somewhat bleak. However， in 2005， the provincial government of Buenos Aires managed to pass a similar law—although the government failed to sign it.
1. What kind of women of “curvaceous women”(Para.1) most probably refer to?
[A] well-proportioned and full-figured.
[B] beautiful and charming.
[C] slender and tall.
[D] full-grown and healthy.
2. “Aesthetic surgery” is mentioned to show that
[A] every woman has her rights to pursue beauty.
[B] aesthetic surgery is terribly popular.
[C] the unrealistic pursuit of beatuty is popular.
[D] aesthetic surgery is just a tricky trap.
3. According to the text， Susana Saulquin
[A] disbelieves the statistics of aesthetic surgery.
[B] thinks the proposed law will work over time.
[C] regard the legal remedies as inadvisable.
[D]has developed good and balanced eating habits.
4. In the author‘s opinion， this kind of bill
[A] has cleared the legislature.
[B] still has a faint light of hope.
[C] is actually not necessary.
[D]is none of government‘s business.
5. The best title for this text may be
[A] Women Adapting to Cloths or Vice Versa.
[B] Who is the Arbiter， Manufactures of Customers.
[C] How to Standardize Clothea Sizing.
[D]why So Few Large Size Clothes.
答案与解析
1. A 词义题。本题的问题是“‘curvaceous women’(第一段)最可能指的是哪种女性?”第一段首先提到了该短语，随后指出，如果你找到一件特大号衣服，那实际上只是美国标准的中号、小号服装，接着解释说，你会觉得沮丧，因为你认为，任何人都苗条，而你自己则肥胖。根据文中的“big”可知，该短语可能指的是“体型丰满的女性”。[A]“身材匀称、丰满的”是对此意的改写，为正确答案。[B]“美丽、迷人的”和[D]“成熟、健康的”明显是误解了该短语的意思;[C]“苗条、高挑的”与文意相反。
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