导读：主题题需要各位考生对文章的中心思想有一个准确地定位，而如何一针见血地指出本文的中心思想是很多考生比较欠缺的能力，今天我们就来重点说一说2015考研英语主题题的相关知识。

　　【真题例举】

　　In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada ,Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her, Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to departments stores and to the bargain bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.

　　This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with the feverish would described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. In the last decade or so ,advances in technology have allowed mass-market labels such as Zara ,H&M, and Uniqlo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely. Quicker turnarounds mean less wasted inventory, more frequent release, and more profit. These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable-meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that –and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. By offering on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices, Cline argues, these brands have hijacked fashion cycles, shaking an industry long accustomed to a seasonal pace.

　　The victims of this revolution , of course ,are not limited to designers. For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

　　Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. “Mass-produced clothing ,like fast food, fills a hunger and need, yet is non-durable and wasteful,” Cline argues. Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a year – about 64 items per person – and no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste.

　　Towards the end of Overdressed, Cline introduced her ideal, a Brooklyn woman named Sarah Kate Beaumont, who since 2008 has made all of her own clothes – and beautifully. But as Cline is the first to note, it took Beaumont decades to perfect her craft; her example can’t be knocked off.

　　Though several fast-fashion companies have made efforts to curb their impact on labor and the environment – including H&M, with its green Conscious Collection line –Cline believes lasting change can only be effected by the customer. She exhibits the idealism common to many advocates of sustainability, be it in food or in energy. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford not to.

　　【问题】

　　What is the subject of the text?

　　A. Satire on an extravagant lifestyle.

　　B. Challenge to a high-fashion myth.

　　C. Criticism of the fast-fashion industry.

　　D. Exposure of a mass-market secret.

　　【解析】

　　题干与选项译文：

　　文章的主题是什么?

　　A.对奢侈浪费生活作风的讽刺

　　B.对高端时尚神话的挑战

　　C.对快速时尚业的批判

　　D.对大众市场的解密

　　答案：C

　　首先寻找包含有主题词——时尚行业的选项，这里只有两个，即B项和C项，其他两个选项没有主题词，可以排除，B项和C项中一个是高端时尚，一个是快速时尚，本文主题是快速时尚而不是高端时尚，同时，本文作者通过《穿着过于考究》这本书的作者表达出他自己对快速时尚的批判。所以正确选项可以锁定为C项。

　　【方法总结】

　　就像例题中说的那样，做主题题首先要找准主题词，比如说例题中的主题词是时尚，那你就要选择与时尚相关的，可能其他的选项说法也没错，但要知道这不是细节题不是推理题，而是要把握与主题相关的信息。

　　不同的题型有不同的应对方法，但对于考研英语阅读的复习却是应对不同题型的通用法宝，不管是词汇、长难句的积累，还是语感的把握，都能为不同解题方法的实施更好地奠定基础，大家一定要双管齐下，才能在考场上出奇制胜。

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