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If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they tremble at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, 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 packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

注：iless 無情的 2.第一句結論主題句 n advantage of 利用；tremble 顫抖 ion 時尚，時裝，形勢；一詞多義的現象：blue 藍色；憂鬱的；社會地位比較高的.婦女，blues 藍調音樂

36. Designers and big stores always make money ________. A) by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry B) because they are capable of predicting new fashions C) by constantly changing the fashions in womens clothing D) because they attach great importance to quality in women s clothing

注：考得是首段第二和第三句之間的關係 Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. 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 altering the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.

注：ing/no more than = only ging fashion 改變中的時尚 r 改變；afford 承擔，支付 4.本段首句結論句，末句細節句