AT 8 O’CLOCK THE PLANE TOOK OFF INTO THE AIR AND SOARED ABOVE THE...

22. At 8 o’clock the plane took off into the air and soared above the clouds.A. decreased B. got dressed C. landed D. slowed downRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answersheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numberedblanks.Jeans are very popular with (23) _________ people all over the world. Somepeople say that jeans are the “uniform” of youth. But they haven’t always beenpopular. The story of jeans started (24) _________ two hundred years ago. Peoplein Genoa, Italy made pants so the cloth made in Genoa (25) _________ “jeanos”.Accordingly, the pants were called “jeans”.In 1850, a salesman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His namewas Levi Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became(26)_________ gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years later, Levi beganmaking his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory (27)_________in the US and Europe began wearing jeans. At the time, young peopleactually didn’t wear them very much until later on.