Now that energy prices are rising so rapidly, further prices are very uncertain, and the risk a new investment depending on them may fail is greater.
A.by which B.of C.that D.in that
—I’ve prepared all kinds of food for the picnic.
—Do you mean we______bring anything with us?
A.can’t B.mustn’t C.shan’t D.needn’t
As you go through this book, you______that each of the millions of people who lived through World War Ⅱ had a different experience.
A.will find B.found C.had found D.have found
He must have sensed that I______him. He suddenly glanced at me and said quietly, “Why are you staring at me like that?”
A.would look at B.looked at C.was looking at D.am looking at
应用文写作
Suppose you are Li Hua. You are at a Chinese Art Festival. Please do a live broadcast(直播) to introduce one or two of the following art forms to your friend Eric in New Zealand. (The beginning is given and 80 words or so are expected.)
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阅读下面短文, 根据内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Is Fast Fashion Taking Over?
The fashion industry has changed significantly in recent years. Traditionally, fashion retailers(零售商) created two clothing collections per year, called seasons. Nowadays, in contrast, they can design and manufacture(生产) clothes in as little as four weeks. Fast Fashion means that the latest designs shown at the fashion shows in Paris, London, New York, and Milan can be coped and sold in shopping malls within a month.
The advantages of rapidly changing fashions are clear. Shortening the life cycle of a product means that if a design doesn’t sell well within a week, it is taken out of the stores and replaced with a new one. This is good for manufacturers, as it means a greater volume of sales. It is also good for customers, who can keep up with fast-moving trends cheaply and who can enjoy finding something new every time they visit the store.
However, there are also a number of disadvantages to the fast-fashion approach. Perhaps the biggest concern is the impact of wasted clothes on the environment. The low cost of most fast fashion enables shoppers to buy several new sets of clothes each season. This means that huge amounts of clothing are thrown away. Furthermore, with fashions changing so quickly, cotton growers need to produce more cotton more cheaply, and that means using more pesticides and chemicals. A third problem is the theft of ideas. Fashion houses invest a lot of time and money in new designs, only to see these ideas stolen and copied by fast-fashion companies.
In short, these days it seems that the fashion industry is changing almost as fast as the fashion it produces. What do you think of this?
