国家开放大学2017年01月《英语阅读(3)》英语（教）,英语（商）,英语（旅）专业统一考试卷
试卷代号:2157国家开放大学(中央广播电视大学)2016年秋季学期开放专科期末考试英语阅读(3)试题2017年1月注意事项一、将你的学号、姓名及分校(工作站)名称填写在答题纸的规定栏内。考试结束后，把试卷和答题纸放在桌上。试卷和答题纸均不得带出考场。监考人收完考卷和答题纸后才可离开考场。二、仔细读懂题目的说明，并按题目要求答题。答案一定要写在答题纸的指定位置上，写在试卷上的答案无效。三、用蓝、黑园珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。510 Part 1 Read Passage 1 and decide the meaning of the fOllowing words with the help of the context.The paragraph in which the word appears is indicated in brackets.Write A,B,or C on your answer sheet.(30 points,3 points each)Passage 1 Bargain Fashion 1 Scavenging for hand-me-downs is a way of life for those who have few resources and need to put clothes on their backs.For others on the high consumer end,even though they have more income,it s become a pastime.It s fun,it s challenging and the clothes,they believe,make a fashion statement.Rummaging through thrift shops,combing weekend flea markets and yard sales,visiting vintage fashion stores,and even surfing the Internet has become a passion for people seeking out fashion treasures on the cheap.2 Some like to think of it as frugal living-a careful or thrifty way to live,a way to protect both their pocketbook and the environment.With the growing concern for waste,some people feel this is one way they can do their part by recycling and reusing.In San Francisco,California,there are 1500 recycle shops,selling everything from used refrigerators to designer evening gowns.San Diego,California,boasts more than 2,000 secondhand shops along with a quarterly newspaper called Second Hand News with a readership of thousands of people.This 56-page publication contains information on store listings,shop ratings,coming events,and news of trends in recycling.People from all sectors of society read Second Hand News to learn about what s happening in the secondhand scene.The interest is growing in the use of these shops-some drop off their goods that they no longer want or need,some come to browse and see what it s all about,others come to search for that piece of clothing that will make them stand out in a crowd.3 Recycle centers and shops originated through community service organizations such as the YMCA,Salvation Army,Good Will and church groups.One such organization,the St.Vincent De Paul in San Diego,got its start in 1948 and is still doing a booming business today.Organizations such as these offer a wide range of goods and products from used household items to baby clothes.In many urban c巳ntersthese types of shops cater to the needier segment of the population.511 4 But as recycling became fashionab1e during the 1980s,individua1s opened secondhand shops geared to the midd1e and even upper classes of society.Shops like Michae1 s in downtown San Diego,Auntie He1en s in New York,and Brother Bennie s in Los Ange1es specialize in vintage clothing and accessories for both men and women.They claim to stock secondhand goods of the finest quality at 10w prices.Choosing an evening gown at Michae1s is a1most like shopping at Harrods in London or Barneys in New York,except its a 10t more exciting,says Gennie,a fashion mode1 based in San Diego.You can choose from clothes that 10ts of famous peop1e owned,and there s a seamstress right there to make adjustments.You even get the option of a full refund up to 1-1/2 hours after a purchase if you get it home and decide it s really not for you,she exp1ains.5 The recycle craze is not just all happening in the United States,it seems to have taken much of the who1e wor1d by storm.Some peop1e in Tokyo,Japan make their living by what they call thrifting:Designers hire them to shop for treasures,which then form the basis of their next fashion collection.J ames Ashton says he s become a professiona1 scout.1 go to clubs to see what the kids are wearing,then hunt down old fabric,a be1t buck1e or a coo1 sweater pattern at a flea market,he exp1ains.The designer then invents a new 100k using the goods the scout has gathered.Some are fashion wizards,others become famous j ust by copying thrift items,says Ashton.6 In London,Eng1and,hunting for vintage clothing and jewe1ry has become the in thing to do.Helen,of He1en Uffner Vintage Clothing,has a huge collection of garments from 1850 through the 1970s,some of which are for sa1e,others she nmts out for use in feature films.A number of the costumes for Out of Africa,which set off a Safari fad,came from my collection,she exclaims.As your eye passes over the goods in her shop you can guess that a vintage shoe collector wou1d be delighted to see her shoe collection.On the rack are a pair of 1970s Char1es Jourdan platform shoes with carved wooden.chunky hee1s and braided,yellow patent leather straps.That same chunky 100k was revived in 1997,a hot item in fashion circles then.Now she says,This pair is just waiting for the right foot.7 The idea is to take fragments of the past to create an image for yourself.The 100k may or may not be selling in the designer boutique down the street,but you can still be satisfied knowing you ve done your persona1 100k by yourself-and on the cheap to boot.512 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