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第4部分：阅读理解：下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。 第一篇Making a Loss Is the Height of Fashion Given that a good year in the haute couturebusiness is one where you lose even more money than usual, the prevailing mood in Paris last week was sensational.The big-name designers were faIIing over themselves to boast of how many outfits they had sold at below cost price，and how this proved that the fashion business was healthier than ever.JeanPaul Gaultier reported record sales。but we dont make any money out of it，，t the designer assured journalists backstage.No maker how successful you are，you cant make a profit from couture，explained JeanJacques Picart, a veteran fashion PR man，and cofounder of the nowbankrupt Lacroix house. Almost 20 years have passed since the unusual economics of the couture business were first exposed.Outraged that he was Losing money on evening dresses costing tens of thousands of pounds，the couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer published of his costs.One outfit he described curtained over half a mile of gold thread，1 8，000sequins，and had required hundreds of hours of handstitching in an atelier.A fair price would have been~50，000，but the couturier could only get~35。000 for it.Rather than riding high on the foolishness of the superrich，he and his team could barely feed their hungry families. | 
