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)