If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they 31 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 32 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 33 sadly that she has nothing to wear.
Changing fashions are nothing more than the 34 creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have 35 been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time 36 the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; neck-lines are lowered or raised, and so on.
No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely 37 with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability (耐用). They are only interested in outward 38 and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of 39 , 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 40 picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes.
A. distraction I. tremble
B. hardly J. constant
C. appearance K. resisting
D. worn L. announcing
E. altering M. discomfort
F. intentional N. unconscious
G. delicately O. steadily
H. concerned