English 8 - Test 41
Choose the best answer (a, b, c , d) for each space: Jeans are very popular with young people all (1)................. the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of (2).................... . But they havent been always popular. The story of jeans started (3) .................... two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy, made pants. The cloth (4)............. in Genoa was called "jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a salesman (5)...................... California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Straus. (6) .................. they was so strong , " Levis pants" became (7)................... with gold miners, farmers and cowboys. Six years (8).................. , Levis began making his pants with blue cotton (9)........ called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began (10)................. jeans. Young people usually didnt wear them.
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