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课时分层作业(二十)
Ⅰ.阅读理解(限时7分钟)
(2022·武汉市部分学校质量检测)
A year of lockdown has brought about some questionable fashion trends.In U.S.suburbs,bathrobes and slippers are now sociallyacceptable clothing for a trip to the grocery store.
Ugly shoes are also having a moment.Crocs,the maker of plastic clogs (木屐) now with a market value of $5.3 billion,had a record in 2020.The distinctive shoes,with their punch (打孔机) hole design,have long been popular with hospital staff.During the pandemic outbreak,they have become a soughtafter item for those looking for something easy to wear and clean.
The company sold more than 69 million pairs of shoes in 2020 and pulled in nearly $1.4 billion,a 130% jump from 2019.The share price,up 650 per cent from its pandemic low,has set repeated new highs this year.
Birkenstock is another brand riding high on the shift to a more casual lifestyle.The German group recently sold itself to a LVMHbacked group in a $4 billion deal.
The two brands' popularity shows no sign of fading.Poshmark,a secondhand clothing app,said Crocs and Birkenstock remained top trendy brands on its site in March.Sales are up sharply for both compared with the yearago period.Cooperation with celebrities should help maintain the trend.
The same cannot be said for dress shoes,which were already going out of fashion.The closure of the office and fewer special occasions such as weddings and graduations have accelerated the trend.Sales for the category plummeted last year,according to The NPD Group.These accounted for only 8% of total fashion footwear dollar sales in 2020,compared with 17% in 2017.
People will soon reach again for goingout clothes,more formal than pajamas.But the market for dress shoes will never recover entirely.The ugly shoe movement is here to stay.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了由于流行病期间的封闭政策,人们的穿衣风格发生了改变。丑鞋取代正装鞋成了人们的新宠。
1.What does the underlined word “plummeted” in paragraph 6 probably mean?
A.Increased sharply. B.Increased slightly.
C.Decreased sharply. D.Decreased s