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8Andintentionsareunclear.GiventhattheMcDonald’schangeswon’tbe

9rolledoutuntil2020,itmaybealongtimecomingbeforeweseethe10ofmenuchangesonconsumers’choices.

A）attitudes

I）tail

B）impact

J）nutritious

C）summit

K）understanding

D）accept

L）urging

E）murky

M）chains

F）fully

N）opposing

G）believable

O）implement

H）alternative

PartII

A）AlthoughthefashionworldisdominatedbyWesternbrandsanddesigners,Chinese-Americandesignershavegainedafootholdinthemarket.Inthe1980s,VivienneTamandAnnaSui,twoChinese-Americanfashiondesigners,establishedthemselvesastopdesignersacrosstheglobe.Inrecentyears,morehaverisenontheworld’sfashionstage.

B）TheannualCouncilofFashionDesignersofAmerica（CFDA）FashionAwardsinNewYorkareconsideredtophonorsinAmericanfashion,andaremainlygrantedtoyoung,emergingtalents.“WinningaCFDAFashionAwardisthehighestandoneofthemostcovetedhonorsonecanreceiveinourindustry,”saysStevenKolb,executivedirectoroftheCFDA.“Thedecisiontohonordesignerswith（ourawards）isbasedontalent,andtalentalone.”In2010,Chinese-AmericandesignersJasonWuandAlexanderWangwererecognizedbythejudgesandwonawardsforwomenswearandaccessoriesrespectively.Wu,WangandPhillipLim,havebeennominatedfor2012’sFashionAwards.

C）“AlexanderWang,JasonWuandVivienneTamarebecomingveryimportfashiondesignersinManhattan,”saysHeZhi,chiefeditorofthemalefashionmagazineLeonChina.WugainedhouseholdnamerecognitionwhenMichelleObamaworeagownhedesignedtotheinaugurationgala（庆典）afterherhusband,BarackObama,wassworninasthe44thUnitedStatespresident.WanghasbecometheyoungestsymbolofAmericanfashion.Hisclothingandaccessorieshavebeenwidelyembracedbymanycelebrities,includingpopsingersandactorssuchasChristinaAguilera,LindsayLohanandRihanna.

D）TheincreasingglobalinfluencesofChinesecultureandpluralismofthefashionindustryhaveprovidedaperfectopportunityforthegrowthofChinese-Americandesigners.“Inthepast,theworldfashionwasledbytheWest.Butnow,pluralismandnationalcharacteristicshavebecomethemaintheme,”saysXiaoWenling,directoroftheDepartmentofTextileandFashionDesignatTsinghuaUniversity.“Andasanimportantpartoftheworldculture,fashionwithChineseelementshasdrawnincreasinginterestfromtheWest.”

E）XiaosaysthateventhoughalmostallChinese-AmericandesignersgrewupintheWest,theyarestillregardedassymbolsofChinesecultureintheeyesoftheWesternersbecauseoftheirappearances.“TheymightnotexperienceChinesecultureasfrequentandcloseaslocalChinesedesigners,buttheirChinesebackgrounddeeplyrootedintheirbloodandcouldbefoundintheirdesignsaswell,”Xiaosays.“Andbecauseofthecontrastoftwodifferentcultures,theirconceptionandexpressionofChinesecultureissharperandmoresensitivethanothers.”

F）Besidestheirprofessionalbackground,fashionschoolsprovidethemwithasolidfoundationandsharpentheirsensitivityforworldfashiontrends.MostoftheChinese-AmericandesignerscomingintothespotlightareallformerstudentsofParsonsSchoolofDesigninNewYork,whichisregardedasoneofthetopfashiondesignschoolsintheUS.“ThesuccessoftheseChinese-Americandesignersisthenaturalresultoftheiryearsofpractice,”saysHuangHung,acommentatoronChinesearts,lifestyleandshowbusiness.TheyallreceivedprofessionaltrainingintheWestandhavebeenwiththefashiondesignindustryforalongtimeandaccumulatedenoughexperience.Withmatureproductsanduniquemarketpositioning,itisjustnormalforthemtosucceedatthismoment.

G）AstheircounterpartsintheUS,localChinesedesignersarealsobuildingtheirbrands.Someoftheseyoungdesignershaveoverseasexperiencesintop-rankingdesignschoolssuchasCentralSaintMartinsCollegeofArts&

DesigninLondonandESMODinFrance.Withsolidtraining,theyalsohaveworkorinternexperiencesininternationalapparel（服饰）companies.Giventheproperopportunity,theseyoungdesignershavegreatpotentialofbecomingworld-leveldesigners.LiuYuanfeng,presidentofBeijingInstituteofFashionTechnology,saysthatthewesternfashioncenterwilldefinitelyseemoreChinesedesignersinthefuture.“Itistheinevitabletrend,”Liusays.“Inthepasttwoyears,moredesignershaveemergedinthemarket.Theseyoungdesignershaveabettereducationbackground,aclearerunderstandingofthemarketandglobalperspective.

H）LiusaysthatglobalizationwillstrengthenthecooperationbetweenChinesedesignersandfashioncentersacrosstheworld.“Asthecross-culturalcommunicationgetsmorefrequentbetweenChinaandtheWest,manyofthemareinvitedtoholdfashionshowsinParisandNewYork.ThustheywillhavemoreopportunitiestodemonstratetheirtalentandgraduallyemergeastopdesignerswhowillinfluencethemainstreamofWesternfashion.”Liu,whoisalsothevice-presidentoftheChinaFashionAssociation,saysthatnowadays,manyyoungdesignersarelookingforquicksuccessbybeingapartofsomeinternationalfashionshows.

I）ThoughrecognizingtheleadingrolesoftheWestincurrentfashionindustry,LiudoesnotencourageChinesedesignerstofightforapositionintheWest.“ItwouldcertainlybebetterifsomeofthemcouldbuilduptheirfameintheWest.Butitisnotnecessarybecausetherealsuccessisfromtherecognitionofthemarketandconsumers,notfromthestage,”Liusays.“Likemanyrenowneddesigners,theycanonlyachieveareputationthroughalong-timeandsteadydevelopment.”LiualsosuggeststhatChinesedesignerscanfindgreatsuccessiftheyfocusmoreonthelocalmarketthanmakingaglobalimpact.“UnlikeChinese-Americandesigners,localChineseoneshavemoredifficultiesenteringtheWesternfashion,whileChinaitselfisapromisingmarket.ThatiswhymanyforeigndesignersandbigapparelcompaniesareeagertopromotetheirbrandsinChina.”

J）LiuaddsthatwithagoodreputationinChina,theexpansionoftheirinfluencestotherestoftheworldisonlyamatteroftime.Hung,theartscommentator,saysshebelievesthatChinesedesignerswillgraduallyformtheirowndesignstyleanduniquetaste.ShealsoemphasizesChinesedesignersshouldnotworryaboutgainingfameintheWest.“Fordesigners,productsaretheonlywaytocommunicatewiththeirconsumers.NomatterintheEastofWest,themoreimportantthingiswhethertheyhaveanyinnovativeideasbeneaththeirdesign.”

1.TheeducationoftheChinese-Americandesignersreceivesatthefashionschoolshelpstocultivatetheirsensitivityfortheworldfashiontrends.

2.TheChinese-AmericandesignershavegainedapositioninthefashionworlddominatedbyWesternbrandsanddesigners.

3.ThewidepopularityamongstarsandcelebritiesenjoyedbythedesignsofChinese-AmericandesignerssuchasJasonWugreatlypromotestheircareerreputation.

4.Someinternationalfashionshowsprovideashortcuttofameandsuccessforyoungdesigners.

5.TheincreasinginfluencesofChinesecultureandthediversificationofthefashionindustryhavepromotedthegrowthofChinese-Americandesigners.

6.AccordingtoLiu,Chinesedesignersshouldfocusmoreonthedomesticmarketinsteadofseekingglobalinfluence.

7.AccordingtoHuang,itisveryimportantfordesignerstobeabletoputinnovativeideasintotheirdesigns.

8.TalentistheonlycriteriathatpromisingyoungdesignersneedtomeetinordertowinthehighesthonorsintheAmericanfashionindustry.

9.Withsolidtrainingintopdesignschoolsandoverseasworkexperiences,localChinesedesignershavegoodchancetobecomeworld-classdesigners.

10.RegardlessoftheirWesternupbringing,Chinese-AmericandesignersarethoughttosymbolizeChineseculturebecauseoftheirappearances.

PartIII

Passage1:

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Myfatherwasnotasentimentalman.Idon’trememberhimever“ooohhing”or“ahhing”oversomethingImadeasachild.Don’tgetmewrong;

Iknewthatmydadlovedme,butgettingallmushy-eyedwasnothisthing.Ilearnedthatheshowedmeloveinotherways.

Therewasoneparticulartimeinmylifewhenthisbecamerealtome...

Ialwaysbelievedthatmyparentshadagoodmarriage,butjustbeforeI,theyoungestoffourchildren,turned