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1、ReadingMaterialTopic:ClothDec16-19IELTSAcademicReadingSample-DressedtoDazzleYoushouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-14whicharebasedontheReadingPassagebelow.DressedtoDazzleAshigh-techmaterialsinvadehigh-streetfashion,prepareforclothesthatarecoolerthansilkandwarmerthanwool,keepinsectsatarm'sleng
2、th,andemitmanypinpricksofcolouredlight.-4-ReadingMaterialTopic:ClothDec16-19ATheconvergenceoffashionandhightechnologyisleadingtonewkindsoffibres,fabricsandcoatingsthatareimbuingclothingwithequallywondrouspowers.CorpeNove,anItalianfashioncompany,hasmadeaprototypeshirtthatshortensitssleeveswhenro
3、omtemperaturerisesandcanbeironedwithahairdryer.AndatNexiaBiotechnologies,aCanadianfirm,scientistshavecausedastirbymanufacturingspidersilkfromthemilkofgeneticallyengineeredgoats.Notsurprisingly,someindustryanalyststhinkhigh-techmaterialsmaysooninfluencefashionmoreprofoundlythananyindividualdesig
4、ner.BAbigimpactisalreadybeingmadeatthemolecularlevel.Nano-Tex,asubsidiaryofAmericantextilesmakerBurlington,marketsaportfolioofnanotechnologiesthatcanmakefabricsmoredurable,comfortable,wrinkle-freeandstain-resistant.Thenotionofthistechnologyposingathreattothefutureoftheclothingindustryclearlydoe
5、snotworrypopularfashionoutletssuchasGap,LeviStraussandLands'End,allofwhichemployNano-Tex'sproducts.Meanwhile,SchoellerTextilinGermany,whoseclientsincludefamousdesignersDonnaKaranandPoloRalphLauren,usesnanotechnologytocreatefabricsthatcanstoreorreleaseheat.CSensoryPerceptionTechnologies(Spnembod
6、iesanentirelydifferentapplicationofnanotechnology.Createdin2003byQuestInternational,aflavourandfragrancecompany,andWoolmark,awooltextileorganization,SPTisanewtechniqueofembeddingchemicalsintofabric.Thoughnotthefirstofthistype,SPT'sdurability(evidentlythemicrocapsulecontainingthechemicalscansurv
7、iveupto30washes)suggestsaninterestingfuture.Designerscouldincorporatesignaturescentsintotheircollections.Sportswearcouldbeimpregnatedwithanti-perspirant.HayfeversufferersmightfindreliefbypullingonaT-shirt,andsoon.DTheloudestbuzzno
