SECTION Ⅱ Use of English

　　(15 minutes)

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the bestword or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, or D on ANSWER SHEET1.

　　Bluejeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing.They were originally __26__ by Jacob Davis,a tailor from Nevada, __27__, together withdry-goods salesman Levi Strauss, patented the idea as __28__ clothing for miners in 1873. Blue jeans, also __29__ as work clothing，spread among workers ofall kinds in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, __30__ among cowboys, farmers, loggers, and railroad workers. Duringthe 1950s, __31__ Marlon Brando and JamesDean made blue jeans __32__ by wearing themin movies，and jeans became part ofthe __33__ of teenagers' rebelling. In the1960s and 1970s，this fashion statement exploded as Levi’s __34__a fundamental part of the youth __35__ focusedon both civil rights and antiwar protests. __36__the late 1970s, almost everyone in the United States wore blue jeans, __37__ youths all around the world soughtafter them. __38__ designers began tocreate more complicated __39__ of bluejeans and to __40__ their fit, jeans beganto 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, satiricallyrepresented 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 Americanfashion 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] temporary [B] grand [C] brightest [D] latest

　　【答案速查】

　　26~30 A D B C A

　　31~35 B C A D B

　　36~40 C A C A B

　　41~45 D D B B D