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职称英语综合类阅读模拟题2016职称英语综合类阅读模拟题第一篇：Giventhatagoodyearinthehautecouture(高级定制女装)businessisonewhereyouloseevenmoremoneythanusual,theprevailingmoodinParislastweekwassensational.Thebig-namedesignerswerefallingoverthemselvestoboastofhowmanyoutfitstheyhadsoldatbelowcostprice,andhowthisprovedthatthefashionbusinesswashealthierthanever.Jean—PaulGaultierreportedrecordsales."Butwedon'tmakeanymoneyoutofit",thedesignerassuredjournalistsbackstage."Nomatterhowsuccessfulyouare,youcan’tmakeaprofitfromcouture，"explainedJean—JacquesPicart,aveteranfashionPRman,andco—founderofthenow—bankruptLacroixhouse.Almost20yearshavepassedsincetheunusualeconomicsofthecouturebusinesswerefirstexposed.OutragedthathewasLosingmoneyoneveningdressescostingtensofthousandsofpounds,thecouturierJean-LouisScherrerpublishedofhiscosts.Oneoutfithedescribedcurtainedoverhalfamileofgoldthread18,000sequins(亮片),andhadrequiredhundredsofhoursofhand—stitchinginanatelier(制作室).Afairpricewouldhavebeen~50,000,butthecouturiercouldonlyget~35,000forit.Ratherthanridinghighonthefoolishnessofthesuper—rich,heandhisteamcouldbarelyfeedtheirhungryfamilies.Theresultwasanoutcryandthefirstofaseriesofgovernment-andindustry—sponsoredinquiriesintothesurreal(超现实的)worldofultimatefashion.Thetradecontinuestoinsistthatcoutureoffersyoumorethanyoupayfor,butit'snotassimpleasthat.Whensuchatempleofoldwealthstartstalkingaboutvalueformoney,itisn’ttoconvinceanyonethatdressescostingasmuchashousesareabargain.Rather,itistopreservethepeculiarmystique(神秘),lucrative(利润丰厚的)associationsandthreatenedintereststhatcouturerepresents.Essentially,theargumentscouldn'tbesimpler.Ononesidearethosewhosaythatthebusinesswilldieifitdoesn’tchange.Ontheotherarethosewhosayitwilldieifitishighlydated.Hugeinitscosts,tinyinitsclienteleandquestionableinitsinfluence,itstillremainsoneofthegreatthemesofParisianlife.Inhisbook,TheFashionConspiracy,NicholasColeridgeestimatesthattheentirecoutureindustryr