2019年高考英語難點37講--難點25 依賴語境的詞義猜測題

3.()the word“casualty”in the last sentence means________.
a.the house that is being built
b.the money that is given to the victims
c.the person killed or injured in an accident
d.the things lost in the flood
d
if women are exploited(剝削) year after year,they have only themselves to blame.because they shake at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion(時髦),they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores.clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion.when you come to think of it,only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe(衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.
changing fashions are nothing more than the creation of waste on purpose.many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn.women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way,waste hours of their time changing the dresses they have.skirts are lengthened or shortened;neck-lines are lowered or raised,and so on.
no one can declare that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society.fashion designers are seldom concerned with important things like warmth,comfort and durability(耐用).they are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort,as long as they look right.there can hardly be a man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day,or picking her away through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.
when comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious.do the constantly changing fashions of women’s clothes,one wonders,show basic qualities of inconstancy and instability(不穩定性)?men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers.do their unchanging styles of dress show basic qualities of stability and reliability?that is for you to decide.
4.()by saying “the conclusions to be drawn are obvious”,the writer means that ______.
a.women’s inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at
b.women are better able to put up with discomfort
c.men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
d.men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion
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i had applied for the nuclear submarine (潛艇)program,and admiral rickover was interviewing me for the job.it was the first time i met admiral rickover,and we sat in a large room by ourselves for more than two hours,and he let me choose any subjects i wished to discuss.very carefully,i chose those about which i knew most at the time—current events,seamanship,music,literature,