E8 U4 READING

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• 1. in

• 1. at

• 1. on

• 1. over

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• 2. popular

• 2. popularly

• 2. popularity

• 2. unpopular

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• 3. ago

• 3. before

• 3. after

• 3. over

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• 4. are

• 4. been

• 4. was

• 4. is

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• 5. of

• 5. or

• 5. in

• 5. out

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• with

• by

• and

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• ago

• after

• before

• later

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• called

• call

• calls

• calling

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• in

• at

• on

• of

Jeans are very popular with young people all (1) ______ the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform’’ of youth but they haven ‘t always been (2)_____. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years (3)________.People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa (4)______ called “jeanos”. The pants were called “Jeans” . In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made (5)______ canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levis’s pants” became popular ( 6)__________ gold miners., farmers and cowboys. Six years (7)________, Levis began making his pants with blue cotton clothes (8)__________denim. Soon after, factory workers (9)_________the United States and Europe began (10)_______ Jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

• wear

• wears

• wearing

• wore