1.Do you know about the history of Jeans? Jeans are very popular with (17)________people all over the world. Some people say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always been popular. The story of jeans (18)________almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth made in Genoa was (19)________“jeanos”. The pants were called “jeans”. In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (20)________with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (21)________in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. (18) A:starts B:started C:start (20) A:wonderful B:popular C:good 2.Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions. Question 16. Thousands are staving because of the failure of this year’s harvest. B:full C:poor D:rich 3Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. A:visited B:celebrated D:looked 4.Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) to each of the following questions. Question 15. As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad. B:secretly C:overseas D:alone 5.Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. Question 12. He asked me what the conservationists __________ so far to protect our environment. A:had done C:do D:did