SECTIONⅡ Use of English
(15minutes)
Directions：
Read thefollowing text．Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，or D onANSWER SHEET 1.
Bluejeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing．They were originally 26 by Jacob Davis，a tailor from Nevada， 27 ，together with dry-goods sales man Levi Strauss，patented theidea as 28 clothing for miners in l873．Blue jeaRs，also 29 as work clothing，spread among workersof all kinds in the late l9th and early 20th centuries， 30 among cowboys，farmers，loggers，and railroadworkers．During the 1950s， 31 Marion Brando and James Deanmade blue jeaRs 32 by wearing them in movies，and jeans be。came part ofthe 33 of teenagers’rebelling．In the l960sand 1970s，this fashion statement exploded as LevI’s 34 a fundamental part of the youth 35 focused on both civil rights and antiwar protests． 36 the late1970s，almost everyone inthe United States wore blue jear, 37 youths all around the world sought after them． 38 designers began to create more complicated 39 of blue jeaRs and to 40 their fit，jeaRs beganto express the American emphasis 41 informality and the importance of detail．By stressingthe right label and 42 the right look，blue jeans， 43 their worker origins，satirically。representedthe status consciousness of American fashion and the 44 to get close to the 45 fashion．In 1971，Levi Strauss＆Co．received theCoty Fashion Critics’Award，the highest award of the American fashion industry．
26．[A]invented
[B]introduced
[C]developed
[D]delivered
27．[A]which
[B]where
[C]that
[D]who
28．[A]custom-made
[B]long-wearing
[C]well-tailored
[D]nice-looking
29．[A]realized
[B]accepted
[C]known
[D]identified
30．[A]especially
[B]normally [C]obviously
[D]exclusively
31．[A]cowboys
[B]actors
[C]writers
[D]directors
32．[A]economical
[B]typical
[C]fashionable
[D]valuable
33．[A]image
[B]figure
[C]picture
[D]character
34．[A]took
[B]played
[C]had
[D]became
35．[A]character
B]culture
[C]anxiety
[D]education
36．[A]Before
[B]Since
[C]By
[D]Till
37．[A]and
[B]so
[C]then
[D]for
38．[A]Although
[B]Until
[C]As
[D]Whereas
39．[A]styles
[B]examples
[C]sizes
[D]materials
40．[A]create
[B]adjust
[C]determine
[D]pursue
41．[A]about
[B]in
[C]of
[D]on
42．[A]maintaining
[B]improving
[C]expressing
[D]achieving
43．[A]besides
[B]despite
[C]except
[D]from
44．[A]anxiety
[B]eagerness
[C]ambition
[D]promise
45．[A]tempor
[B]grand
[C]brightest
[D]latest
SECTION IIIReading Comprehension
(40minutes)
