【段1】①France, 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. ② Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways. ③The parliament also agreed to ban websites that “incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.
【段2】①Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. ②They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up impinging on health. ③That’s a start. ④And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starving themselves to death—as some have done. ⑤It 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.
【段3】①The bans, if fully enforced, would suggest to women (and many men) that they should not let others be arbiters of their beauty. ②And 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.
【段4】①The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep—and bone-showing. ②Under 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.
【段5】①The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. ②In 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.
【段6】①In 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. ②The 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.” ③The 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. ④But in general it relies on a name-and-shame method of compliance.
【段7】①Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. ②Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.
25.Which of the following may be the best title of the text?
[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
问：25题C选项不适合作为本文标题的原因是下列哪项？
A : 作者对于“新一轮的对美的追求”持支持态度，选项中的Just（只不过）与作者态度相反
B : 原文主要围绕“理想身材”展开，而选项中Beauty（美）的范围太大
C : 选项中的Struggle for Beauty（对美的追求）只在原文第三段中出现过，无法覆盖全文
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