雅思阅读真题（Part 2）
Part 2 · 考频：中频 · 最近考试：2025.6.29北京理工大学
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The fashion industry is a multibillion-dollar global enterprise devoted to the business of making and selling clothes. It encompasses all types of garments, from designer fashions to ordinary everyday clothing. Because data on the industry are typically reported for national economies, and expressed in terms of its many separate sectors, total figures for world production of textiles and clothing are difficult to obtain. However, by any measure, the industry accounts for a significant share of world economic output.
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答案：the importance of the fashion industry
原文定位：the fashion industry is a multibillion-dollar global enterprise... by any measure, the industry accounts for a significant share of world economic output
答案：the rise of the fashion industry
原文定位：The fashion industry is a product of the modern age. Prior to the mid-19th century, virtually all clothing was handmade;By the beginning of the 20th century;clothing had increasingly come to be mass produced;Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe, today it is highly globalised
答案：producing materials with a range of features
原文定位：fabrics made from both natural fibres and synthetic fibres;high-tech synthetic fabrics confer such properties as moisture absorption, stain resistance;Fabrics are also produced with a wide range of visual effects through dyeing, weaving, printing, and other processes
答案：how new clothing styles are created
原文定位：they endeavour to design clothes that will meet consumer demand;They draw inspiration from a wide range of sources;The fashion industry's traditional design methods;have been supplemented or replaced by computer-assisted design (CAD) techniques
答案：making patterns for people with different physical shapes
原文定位：An important stage in garment production is the translation of the clothing design into templates, in a range of sizes, for cutting the cloth. Because the proportions of the human body change with increases or decreases in weight, templates cannot simply be scaled up or down
答案：joining the garment pieces together
原文定位：The next stage of production is the assembly process;the fundamental process of sewing remains labour-intensive;Assembled items then go through various processes collectively known as 'finishing'
答案：how new clothing styles are created
原文定位：Since the 1980s, these protectionist measures;have gradually been abandoned. They have been replaced by a free-trade approach;The advent of metal shipping containers and relatively inexpensive air freight have also made it possible for production to be closely tied to market conditions, even across globe-spanning distances
答案：sewing machine
原文定位：By the beginning of the 20th century, with the development of new technologies such as the sewing machine, the development of the factory system of production, and the growth of department stores and other retail outlets, clothing had increasingly come to be mass produced in standard sizes
答案：B
原文定位：By the beginning of the 20th century, with the development of new technologies such as the sewing machine, the development of the factory system of production, and the growth of department stores and other retail outlets, clothing had increasingly come to be mass produced in standard sizes
答案：fixed prices
原文定位：By the beginning of the 20th century;clothing had increasingly come to be mass produced in standard sizes, and sold at fixed prices
答案：Europe
原文定位：Although the fashion industry developed first in Europe, today it is highly globalised, with garments often designed in one country, manufactured in another, and sold in a third
答案：C Most businesses use other companies to manufacture their products.,D Fasteners and labels are attached after the clothes have been made up.
原文定位：Some companies use their own production facilities for some or all of the manufacturing process, but the majority rely on separately owned manufacturing firms or contractors to produce garments to their specifications;Assembled items then go through various processes collectively known as 'finishing'. These include the addition of decorative elements, fasteners, brand-name labels and other labels