江苏开放大学 大学英语(A)(专) 形 成 性 考 核2(8)

江苏开放大学 大学英语(A)(专)形 成 性 考 核 2

C. to eat more food D. to eat dry bread

15. The judges in old England considered that a man could A. swallow dry bread easily C. drink milk or hot water

B. eat a lot of dry bread D. hardly swallow dry bread

IV. Cloze（每小题 1 分，共 20 分）

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Jeans are the most kind of clothes in the world. They are popular almost —in Japan, France, Indonesia, Canada and Brazil. Rich people and poor people wear them. Young people and even some old people wear them. Why are they popular? Who made the first jeans?

In 1894 two men gold in California. Men from the of the United States and other countries hurried there to look for gold, too. These miners needed some clothes.

A young man from Germany named Levi Strauss arrived in California in 1850. He went there to sell things to the . He saw that the miners needed strong pants, so he began to make them. He used cloth that people make tents from. He put rivets (铆钉) on the to make them strong, because the men put rocks in them. These pants were very strong and a long time. The pants became very popular immediately.

Why are they popular today? In the United States, they are the only kind of traditional clothes. In countries, young people wear them, because they want to modern. Jeans are a sign of youth and independence. Everybody wears jeans, because everybody wants to be modern, young and independent. 1. A. nice

B. popular B. nowhere B. look

C. unusual C. where

D. beautiful D. somewhere D. held D. other parts D. ugly D. farmers

2. A. everywhere 3. A. find 4. A. part 5. A. soft

C. discovered C. many parts C. kind C. women

B. some parts B. tough B. men

6. A. miners

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