2. 学历类
  3. 　France, which prides itself as the glob

　France, which prides itself as the glob

免费题库2022-08-02  57
问题 　France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways. The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.　　Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. That’s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death—as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it must take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape-measure they must use to determine their individual worth.　　The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty. And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.　　The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mass could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.　　The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standards for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.　　In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding the age, health, and other characteristics of models.The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical Charter clearly states: “We are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people.” The charter’s main tool of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen Fashion Week (CFW), which is run by the Danish Fashion Institute. But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.　　Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.Which of the following maybe the best title of the text?A. A Challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body IdealsB. A Dilemma for the Starving Models in FranceC. Just Another Round of Struggle for BeautyD. The Great Threats to the Fashion Industry
选项 A. A Challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body Ideals
B. A Dilemma for the Starving Models in France
C. Just Another Round of Struggle for Beauty
D. The Great Threats to the Fashion Industry
答案 A
解析 全文主旨题。文章第一段首先提出形体美将被重新定义，并且法律要求不能用过瘦的模特，下文接着讲到一些国家开始制定新的标准，并开始关注健康等因素，所以该文章主要是关于对时尚界理想身材标准的挑战，故A项正确。其他选项表述不恰当，故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/xueli/2698947.html
本试题收录于： 英语一研究生题库研究生入学分类

英语一研究生

研究生入学

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)