【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.

Criticism of the Fast Fashion

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 was     1     over the years from     fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl probably found her clothes.

This top-down concept of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or in conflict with the mad world described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year accusation of “fast fashion”. In the last decade or so,     2     in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara, H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and predict demand more     3    . Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted stock, 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     4     their wardrobe(衣橱) every few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have controlled fashion cycles, shaking an industry long     5     to a seasonal pace.

The     6     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-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that     7     natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

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 imitated.

Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to     8     their impact on labor and the environment—including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line—Cline believes lasting change can only be made by customers. She exhibits the idealism     9     to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity(虚 荣心) is a constant; people will only start shopping more     10     when they can’t afford not to.

【推荐1】短语填空

1. _________，elementary schooling is more important than secondary schooling.
2. She ___________some excuse about her daughter being sick.
3. They use specially trained dogs to ___________their sheep at night.
4. As far as I’m concerned，things will get easier as time __________.
5. I think we should work out a plan to _________this situation.
6. Christmas is a special holiday when the whole family are supposed to_________.
7. I hear you’re looking for a student to_________ a volunteer，aren’t you?
8. Don’t blame him for breaking that vase；__________ he is a child.
9. There is a dramatic drop in sales.__________，profits have greatly declined.
10. As grownups，they should learn to take responsibilities ________share rights in life.

【推荐1】用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空

1. Would you mind _________ my name from the list of gifts in case it is a burden?
2. The company provides cheap Internet access. _________, it makes shareware freely available.
3. After dinner, it is always my mother who _________ the bowls and dishes.
4. I have been looking forward to your _________ the opening ceremony of my new company.
5. The length of time spent exercising _________ the sport you are training for.
6. A huge amount of environmental damage has been _________ by the destruction of the rainforests.
7. It is not clear how many of them will be _________ the flower exhibition tomorrow.
8. To avoid getting in trouble, you'd better have all the papers _________ before the boss returns.
9. He went to Shenzhen in the 1990s, and expected _________ there.
10. The aim was _________ the business, give everyone an equal stake in its future.