(2019·福州联考)“Clothesswapping”is an activity which has become increasingly popular among American women.At a clothes swap event the women can give away unwanted clothing and get something different in return.
Recently about 300 women went to a clothes swap at a high school in Springfield，Virginia.It was the largest crowd ever for the area's popular clothingswapping group.
Daphne Steinberg was having a good day.“For anyone who knows Ann Taylor LOFT，Ann Taylor is a really good women's designer and I will totally wear this to work.So I love that，and I love that I can equip myself for work，have a good time in doing it，and not totally bankrupt(使破产) myself.”
Sandy Van Dusen likes the idea that clothes are finding new homes instead of being thrown away.“Because it helps to keep the Earth green.There's no point in my opinion in continuing to buy new clothes when we can reuse what are already here.Give them a new home—let somebody else love what you used to love and no longer love.”
Kim Pratt organized the clothes swap event in Springfield.She also organized a moneyraising activity for the high school's debate team.It is one of several ways that her group gives to charitable causes.Another is by donating all of the“unswapped”clothing to shelters for victims of domestic violence.
“I started doing this four years ago，and we've been doing it for four years，getting bigger and bigger each time we have a swap.”
She used the social media website meetup.com to help publicize the events.The website has helped her group grow from 30 members to 1，300.Ms.Pratt says most of the members respect the clothing swap rules.But she says competition for desirable fashion can be strong.
“We have to tell people sometimes not to hover(徘徊) over the new people coming in with their clothing.As they put it out，some people tend to grab the stuff right out of their hands and it becomes like a freeforall.We try to avoid that as much as possible.”
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了在Springfield的一所高中举办的“交换衣服”活动，详细介绍了活动组织人Kim Pratt组织该活动的初衷、意义和存在的问题等。
1．Women can ________ at a clothes swap.
A．exchange unwanted clothing for something different
B．buy whatever clothing they like
C．have a social gathering and make friends
D．make some money by giving away unwanted clothing
A [细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“At a clothes swap event the women can give away unwanted clothing and get something different in return”可知，在“交换衣服”活动中，女士可以给出自己不想要的衣服，得到一些不同的衣服，故A项正确。]
2．We can learn from what Daphne Steinberg said that ________．
A．she went to a clothes swap for the first time
B．she experienced the largest clothes swap ever in the area
C．she got some clothes she likes at the clothes swap
D．she saved much more money than she had expected
C [细节理解题。根据第三段中Daphne Steinberg所说的话中的“For anyone who knows Ann Taylor LOFT，Ann Taylor is a really good women's designer and I will totally wear this to work”可知，Daphne Steinberg在这次“交换衣服”活动中得到了她喜欢的Ann Taylor设计的衣服，并会穿着它去上班，故C项正确。]
3．What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?
A．What Kim Pratt did with the unswapped clothing.
B．How Kim Pratt started the clothes swap event.
C．What Kim Pratt did to help people in need.
D．How Kim Pratt raised money to help charitable causes.
C [段落大意题。通读第五段可知，该段主要介绍了Kim Pratt为帮助需要帮助的人组织的多个活动，包括“交换衣服”活动、为Springfield的一所高中的辩论队组织的筹款活动、捐赠衣服给家庭暴力受害者庇护所的活动，故C项正确。]
4．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________．
A．clothes swaps are often out of control in the end
B．inappropriate behavior at clothes swaps needs to be controlled
C．clothesswapping is becoming increasingly popular with American women
D．more clothes swap events need to be organized
B [推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“some people tend to grab the stuff right out of their hands and it becomes like a freeforall.We try to avoid that as much as possible”可推知，在“交换衣服”活动中，对一些不恰当的行为应该加以控制，故B项正确。]
