A man named Levi Strauss made the first Jeans in 1850, in California gold rush.（)

A.naming

B.named

C.by named

D.calling

A.in search of

B.in charge of

C.in memory of

D.in case of

were originally 26 by Jacob Davis，a tailor from Nevada， 27 ，together with dry-goods sales man Levi Strauss，patented the idea as 28 clothing for miners in l873．Blue jeaRs，also 29 as work clothing，spread among workers of all kinds in the late l9th and early 20th centuries， 30 among cowboys，farmers，loggers，and railroad workers．During the 1950s， 31 Marion Brando and James Dean made blue jeaRs 32 by wearing them in movies，and jeans be。came part of the 33 of teenagers’rebelling．In the l960s and 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 in the 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 began to express the American emphasis 41 informality and the importance of detail．By stressing the right label and 42 the right look，blue jeans， 43 their worker origins，satirically。represented the status consciousness of American fashion and the 44 to get close to the 45 fashion．In 1971，Levi Strauss＆Co．received the Coty Fashion Critics’Award，the highest award of the American fashion industry． 回答下列各题：

A.invented

B.introduced

C.developed

D.delivered

Cheng”.Because its name is a tongue twister(绕口令) and the shop was situated near Er Duo Yan Alley(胡同) outside the Northern Gate in Tianjin, people preferred to call the snack Ear-Hole Fried Cake.英译汉

Which of the following facts is the last？

A. Piano Man was released.

B. Billy Joel played in a number of Long Island groups.

C. Cold Spring Harbor was released.

D. Billy Joel was named "Best New Male Vocalist".

A、 Pickwick Papers

B、 The Old Curiosity Shop

C、 Great Expectations

D、 Hard Times

uqing County.It is said that his father was 40 years old when he was born and was given the nickname Gou Zi, as it was expected that it would be easier to feed and keep him as a baby dog.英译汉

ortune in the gold fields. But strangely enough, this man made his fortune on heavy canvas that he found suitable for working clothes. Strauss' jeans were particularly good for prospectors and cowboys. In the early days of jeans, this man couldn’t have guessed that his pants, made only for rough work, would become so popular at all levels of society. Yes, this is a fact. jeans have become fashionable in our society. Furthermore, these pants have come to symbolize changes in social attitude.

In the last decade or two we have seen movements toward equality as well as defiance of authority. Jeans, now worn by everybody, can be said to symbolize these changes for the better. In the past, only men wore jeans, and these men were at the bottom—socially and economically. Jeans were worn by truck drivers, farm and factory workers. Today, jeans no longer are looked down upon. They are worn by both men and women, by both skilled and unskilled workers, by both employees and employers. This common way of dressing symbolizes respect for individuality, no matter what your occupation or sex. In the fight against authority, young people have been the leaders. So it is natural that teenagers would defy parents and school administrators over the right to wear jeans to class and win. Jeans are the typical dress of civil rights marchers, fans at rock concerts, "hippies" returning to nature, and serious college students.

Because everyone can be comfortable in them, the blue jeans invented for the use of workers are now accepted almost anywhere, anytime. This is true not only in the United States, but in many other countries in the world. I strongly agree with the following statement: "Old or new, glorified or plain, jeans are likely to be around for a long time to come. Already they have succeeded where statesmanship has failed. Although unable to speak the same language, the inhabitants of this embattled planet have at least agreed to wear the same pants."

Jeans, originally designed by Levi Strauss, ________.

A．have become a symbol of the fashionable class

B．have come to symbolize changes in social attitude

C．are suitable wear for rough work only

D．are no longer so popular as they used to be

Passage Five

Billy Joel was born on Long Island, in New York State. He began taking piano lessons at an early age and joined his first rock band when he was fourteen. After playing in a number of Long Island groups, Billy began concentrating on his song-writing. His first album of completely original songs was Cold Spring Harbor. It was released in 1972. Two years later, after the release of the smash-hit albums Piano Man and Street-life Serenade. Billy was named "Best New Male Vocalist" by Cask Box magazine.

51. Billy Joel began taking piano lessons ______.

A. when he joined his first rock band

B. after he was named "Best New Male Vocalist"

C. at fourteen

D. before he was fourteen years old