AT 8 O’CLOCK THE PLANETOOK OFF INTO THE AIR AND SOARED ABOVE THE C...

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 down

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your

answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of

the numbered blanks.

Jeans are very popular with (23) _________ 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

started (24) _________ two hundred years ago. People in 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 name was Levi

Strauss. Because they were so strong, “Levi’s pants” became (26)_________ gold miners,

farmers and cowboys. Six years later, Levi began making his pants with blue cotton cloth

called denim. Soon after, factory (27) _________in the US and Europe began wearing jeans.

At the time, young people actually didn’t wear them very much until later on.