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1、大学体验英语四（综合教程）Unit8　　Globalization—ForandAgainstListenandTalk　LeadinJeansare(S1)withyoungpeopleallovertheworld.Somepeoplesaythatjeansarethe(S2)ofyouth.Buttheyhaven’talwaysbeenso.Thestoryofjeans(S3)almost200yearsago.PeopleinGenoa,Italy,usedtomakepants.Theclo

2、thmadeinGenoawascalled"jeanos”.Thepantswerecalled"jeans”.In1850,a(S4)inCaliforniabegansellingpantsmadeofcanvas.HisnamewasLeviStrauss.Becausetheywereso(S5),"Levi’spants”becamepopularwith(S6)miners,farmersandstudents.Sixyearslater,Levibeganmakinghispantswith

3、abluecottonclothcalleddenim.Soonafter,factoryworkersintheUnitedStatesandAsiabeganwearingjeans.But(S7)peopleusuallydidn’twearthem.Inthe1950s,twopeople(S8):ElvisPresley,thekingofrockandroll,andJamesDean,afamousTVstar.Elvisworetightjeans.Mostparentsdidn’tlike

4、Elvisorhisjeans.(S9).Hewasaherotomanyyoungpeople.Duringthe1960s,rockandrollbecameevenmorepopular.Youngpeoplehadmoremoney.(S10).Somepeopledecoratedtheirjeanswithcolorfulpatchesanddesigns.Inthe70sand80s,jeansbecameveryexpensive.JeansaresopopularthatLevissold

5、over10billionpairs.Almostanywhereintheworldnow,youngpeopleliketowearjeans!Key:S1.popularS2.uniformS3.startedS4.salesmanS5.strongS6.goldS7.youngS8.helpedtomakejeanspopularwithteenagersS9.ButteenagerslovedhimandstartedtodresslikehimS10.theirclothesshowedthei

6、rindependencePassageA:Hallmark'sAsianValentine2.Choosethebestanswertoeachquestionbasedontheinformationyouobtainfromthepassage.1.WhyhaveHallmark'sgreetingcardsbecomepopularasValentine'sDaygiftsinAsia?A)Becausetheyareoriginalandconvenient.B)Becausetheymeetth

7、eemotionalneedsoftheyouthinAsia.C)Becausethey’regloballywelcomedandfashionable.D)Becausetheycansolvethedilemmaofthelocalculturalnormandromance.2."Accordingtotheauthor,peopleinAsiadon’tdeclaretheirloveforsomeoneopenlyinthat_______.A)theyarenotasromanticasWe

8、sternersB)theyaretooshytodisplaytheirfeelingsC)theyareafraidofbeingrefusedandlosingfaceD)culturalnormsrestrainthemfromexpressingtheirfeelings3.Valentine’sDay’stakingrootinAsiaisanexamplethatshows________.A)As