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Itishardlysurprisingthatclothingmanufacturers（生产商）followcertainuniform.standardsforvariousfeatures（特征）ofclothes.Whatseemsstr ange,however,isthatthestandardadoptedforwomenistheoppositeoftheoneformen.Takealookatthewayyourclothesbutton.Men’sclothestendtobuttonfromtheright,andwomen’sform.theleft.Consideringmostoftheword’spopulation-menandwomen-areright-handed,themen’sstandardwouldappeartomakemoresenseforwomen.Sowhydowomen’sclothesbuttonfromtheleft?
Historyreallyseemstomatterhere.Buttonfirstappearedonlyontheclothesoftherichinthe
17thcentury,whenrichwomenweredressedbyservants.Forthemostlyright-handedservants,havingwomen’sshirtsbuttonfromtheleftwouldbeeasier.Ontheotherhang,havingmen’sshirtsbuttonform.therightmadesense,too.Mostmendressedthemselves,andasworddrawnfromtheleftwiththerighthangwouldbelesslikelytogetcaughtintheshirt.
Todaywomenareseldomdressedbyservants,butbuttoningform.theleftisstillthestandardforthem.Isitinteresting?Actually,astandard,onceset,resistschange.Atatimewhenallwomen’sshirtsbuttonedform.theleft,itwouldhavebeenriskyforanysinglemanufacturetoofferwomen’sshirtsthatbuttonedtheright.Afterall,womenhadgrownsousedtoshirtswhichbuttonedfromtheleftandwouldhavetodevelopnewhabitsandskillstoswitch.Besidesfromtheright,sinceanyonewhonoticedthatwouldbelievetheywerewearingmen’sshirts.
64.Whatissurprisingaboutthestandardoftheclothingindustr y?
A.Ithasbeenfollowedbytheindustr yforover400years.
B.Itisdifferentformen’sclothingandwomen’s.
C.Itwoksbetterwithmenthanwithwomen.
D.Itfailstoconsiderright-handedpeople.
正确答案：B
