D
In the 1950s, governments in Europe tried to ban and discourage women from wearing a new controversial swimsuit: the Bikini. Now, it’s happening again, but with burkinis（比基尼）– the latest front in a long Western war over what women may wear in public spaces shared with men, especially those by the water that lend themselves to states of undress.
Modern swimwear began in the mid-19th century, when American women’s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer began promoting a style of clothing then known as “Turkish Dress,” which can let women move more easily.
Though its pioneers were Bloomer’s friends, the dress quickly became known, jokingly, as a bloomer. And it was considered anything but stylish as the women promoting it were identified with reform, not fashion. Considered as both ugly and dangerous, the bloomer costume was ridiculed into extinction in just a few years.
Yet no sooner had the name retired than it reappeared, as bathing clothes, which afforded women more freedom. By the 1870s, the long sleeves of the bathing dress had been cut down to short, capped ones and the bathing dresses had become much shorter.
By the end of that decade, fashionable dress for women was heavily influenced by men’s styles. On the beach itself, a one – piece bathing garment, often sleeveless had become a fashionable item for beachwear by the 1920s. And we eventually began to use the terms “swimsuit” and “bathing suit”
By the late 1940s fashion stepped ahead of function when the bikini was introduced. No longer serving the function of swimming, the bikini was purely fashion.
Now it is the burkini, intended to let Muslim women who follow religious dress codes enjoy the beach, that is intended to open the world up to these women much as the Bloomer – like bathing costume did for Western women more than a century and a half ago.
A suit that closes off the body can, over time, help open the world.
12．What does the underlined word “those” in Paragraph refer to?
A．Spaces. B．Women. C．Governments. D．Burkinis.
13．Which is the right order according to the time they appeared in history?
A．Bathing suit – bloomer- burkini- bikini.
B．Bikini- burkini- Turkish Dress- swimsuit.
C．Turkish Dress – bathing suit - bikini- burkini.
D．Bikini- Turkish Dress - bathing suit – burkini.
14．What can we learn about a bloomer?
A．It was laughed at by people. B．It is a product of the fashion
C．Its designer was Amelia Bloomer. D．It probably appeared in the 1950s.
15．What does the author want to tell us in the text?
A．Swimwear stands for freedom.
B．The brief history of swimwear.
C．The origin of modern swimwear.
D．Swimwear is a tool to fight for equality.
D篇【解题导语】文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了现代泳衣的发展变化，其中在泳衣的发展历史中时尚和平等起着很重要的作用。
12．答案：B
解析：词义猜词题。根据句意可知，比基尼是就女性在和男性处在同一个场合下应该如何穿着的欧洲战争的最前沿，这场战争尤其是针对那些靠近水边、更有可能暴露身体的妇女们。故选B。
13．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章内容介绍可知，最先出现的是Turkish Dress也就是bloomer，后来是swimsuit，bathing suit，然后是bikini，最后出现burkini。故选C。
14．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第二、三段内容可知a bloomer受到了人们的嘲笑，故选A。
15．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。文章从burkinis入手，介绍了现代泳衣的发展、变化，故选B。
In the 1950s, governments in Europe tried to ban and discourage women from wearing a new controversial swimsuit: the Bikini. Now, it’s happening again, but with burkinis（比基尼）– the latest front in a long Western war over what women may wear in public spaces shared with men, especially those by the water that lend themselves to states of undress.
Modern swimwear began in the mid-19th century, when American women’s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer began promoting a style of clothing then known as “Turkish Dress,” which can let women move more easily.
Though its pioneers were Bloomer’s friends, the dress quickly became known, jokingly, as a bloomer. And it was considered anything but stylish as the women promoting it were identified with reform, not fashion. Considered as both ugly and dangerous, the bloomer costume was ridiculed into extinction in just a few years.
Yet no sooner had the name retired than it reappeared, as bathing clothes, which afforded women more freedom. By the 1870s, the long sleeves of the bathing dress had been cut down to short, capped ones and the bathing dresses had become much shorter.
By the end of that decade, fashionable dress for women was heavily influenced by men’s styles. On the beach itself, a one – piece bathing garment, often sleeveless had become a fashionable item for beachwear by the 1920s. And we eventually began to use the terms “swimsuit” and “bathing suit”
By the late 1940s fashion stepped ahead of function when the bikini was introduced. No longer serving the function of swimming, the bikini was purely fashion.
Now it is the burkini, intended to let Muslim women who follow religious dress codes enjoy the beach, that is intended to open the world up to these women much as the Bloomer – like bathing costume did for Western women more than a century and a half ago.
A suit that closes off the body can, over time, help open the world.
12．What does the underlined word “those” in Paragraph refer to?
A．Spaces. B．Women. C．Governments. D．Burkinis.
13．Which is the right order according to the time they appeared in history?
A．Bathing suit – bloomer- burkini- bikini.
B．Bikini- burkini- Turkish Dress- swimsuit.
C．Turkish Dress – bathing suit - bikini- burkini.
D．Bikini- Turkish Dress - bathing suit – burkini.
14．What can we learn about a bloomer?
A．It was laughed at by people. B．It is a product of the fashion
C．Its designer was Amelia Bloomer. D．It probably appeared in the 1950s.
15．What does the author want to tell us in the text?
A．Swimwear stands for freedom.
B．The brief history of swimwear.
C．The origin of modern swimwear.
D．Swimwear is a tool to fight for equality.
D篇【解题导语】文章大意：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了现代泳衣的发展变化，其中在泳衣的发展历史中时尚和平等起着很重要的作用。
12．答案：B
解析：词义猜词题。根据句意可知，比基尼是就女性在和男性处在同一个场合下应该如何穿着的欧洲战争的最前沿，这场战争尤其是针对那些靠近水边、更有可能暴露身体的妇女们。故选B。
13．答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据文章内容介绍可知，最先出现的是Turkish Dress也就是bloomer，后来是swimsuit，bathing suit，然后是bikini，最后出现burkini。故选C。
14．答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据第二、三段内容可知a bloomer受到了人们的嘲笑，故选A。
15．答案：B
解析：推理判断题。文章从burkinis入手，介绍了现代泳衣的发展、变化，故选B。
