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17．[1]How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life．Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are，and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion．
[2]Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner．If we do，they tell us，we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment．Changing fashion，of course，does not apply just to dress．A barber today does not cut a boy's hair in the same way as he used to，and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did．The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull．
[3]What causes fashions to change？Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion．Take hats，for example．In cold climates，early buildings were cold inside，so people wore hats indoors as well as outside．In recent times，the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats：more American men followed his example．
[4]There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion．In the 1920s in Europe and America，short skirts became fashionable．After World War Two，they dropped to ankle length．Then they got shorter and shorter and the miniskirt was in fashion．After a few more years，skirts became longer again．
[5]Today，society is much freer and easier than it used to be．It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else．Within reason，you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion．The popularity of jeans and the"untidy"look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses．
76．What do the fashion magazines or TV advertisements claim to bring to us？
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77．Why does the writer take President Kennedy as an example？（no more than 14 words）To show the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion
78．What does the writer try to explain by talking about short skirts？（no more than 8 words）There is a cyclical pattern in fashion                                                                
79．Why are jeans so popular according to the writer？（no more than 10 words）Because it's a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion                                               
80．According to the passage，how can the fashion in modern society be best described？（ one word）Free．

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分析 本文讲述了时尚在不断的变化，作者分析了时尚变化的原因，并号召我们不要盲目追随所谓的时尚，要保留自己的个性．

解答 76．Confidence  在第二段"If we do，they tell us，we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment"反复提到报刊杂志以及广告传递给我们的信息，即"with confidence""confidently"．
77．To show the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion．根据第三段可知，"convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion"这句为此段的主题句，意为"有影响力的一些人会带动时尚"，紧接着举例子证明．
78．There is a cyclical pattern in fashion．第四段这句话"There is also a cyclical pattern in fashion"是主题句．意为"时尚会有一个周期性的特点"，然后拿"short skirts"作为例子，目的为了证明观点．
79．Because it's a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion．最后一段的最后一句话"The popularity of jeans and the"untidy"look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion"可以看出，作者用来解释牛仔之所以受欢迎的原因．
80．Free  根据最后一段"society is much freer and easier than it used to be"可知，如今的社会要求时尚倾向于更自由，更简单化．

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