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Fashion (时装业) has become very successful in many countries around the world. Even common people make great 1 to buy designer clothes, and fashion is 2 developing. However, have you ever 3 where fashion itself came from and how it 4 ? We will look at the 5 times first, then look into the beginning of the modern fashion industry to 6 more about this important aspect of today’s society.

During the ancient times, fashion was not 7 . According to our best evidence, there was no 8 of clothing that was popular for a short period of time. Rather, clothes did not change their look and 9 during the times of these first cultures. The 10 in clothing happened usually according to 11 rather than expression. In other words, clothes were not made out of 12 , but out of tradition and necessity (需要).

Now came the 13 of modern fashion. Before the 1800s, fashion did not 14 because people relied too much on wool from sheep, so they 15 cloth at a slow rate. The cycle of fashion finally 16 speed during the Industrial Revolution, which introduced new machines, factories and ready-made clothing. In 1846, the sewing machine brought an extremely rapid 17 in the price of clothing and a big increase in clothing production.

Clothing was first made according to tradition and necessity, but later became something new and interesting through the 18 of the Industrial Revolution. With the 19 of the local sweat shop, local designers finally made brands. The first four great fashion designers came from France, and to this day, France is 20 as the main place for fashion.

1. A. attempts

B. efforts

C. effects

D. decisions

2. A. lately

B. regularly

C. firmly

D. constantly

3. A. wondered

B. doubted

C. told

D. recalled

4. A. came up

B. came across

C. came about

D. came along

5. A. good

B. ancient

C. recent

D. modern

6. A. invent

B. collect

C. accept

D. understand

7. A. absent

B. present

C. urgent

D. instant

8. A. type

B. piece

C. look

D. suit

9. A. technology

B. length

C. custom

D. style

10. A. relations

B. changes

C. differences

D. discussions

11. A. need

B. order

C. season

D. desire

12. A. warmth

B. quality

C. comfort

D. beauty

13. A. design

B. survey

C. beginning

D. sale

14. A. survive

B. exist

C. remain

D. happen

15. A. produced

B. created

C. delivered

D. ironed

16. A. picked on

B. picked at

C. picked off

D. picked up

17. A. fall

B. increase

C. degree

D. discount

18. A. management

B. improvement

C. development

D. movement

19. A. arrival

B. end

C. appearance

D. entrance

20. A. regarded

B. accused

C. observed

D. treated

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