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4．閱讀下面短文，按要求完成閱讀任務(wù)．
    It's difficult to find a piece of clothing as widely accepted，worn and loved the world over as jeans．The classic symbol of the American West is now a main item in wardrobe around the world．But why？
    The reason for jeans'success has as much as to do with their cultural meaning as their physical construction．
     Invented by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in 1873，jeans were first designed as work wear for laborers on the farms and mines of America's Western states in the late l9th century．They proved extremely comfortable and durable（耐用的）and were soon in high demand．
    But the first explosion of jeans into world of casual-wear（便裝）had more to do with what jeans had come to symbolize．
    When they did start to be worn as casual wear，jeans became a symbol of rebellion-the spirit captured by Marion Brando in his l953 film The Wild One and by James Dean two years later in Rebel Without a Cause，
    Jeans were soon banned in schools from coast to coast which only added to the passion with which teenagers embraced them．
     But jeans'popularity kept growing also because they put different classes on a level playing field．They were affordable and hard-wearing，looked good worn as well as new，and didn't have to be washed often or ironed at all．They conformed to the body in a way that matched even the most finely tailored clothes．This became especially important for women because then，and now，they paid more attention to fit．This versatility（多用途），the ability to become all things to all people，is the secret to jeans'survival as a wardrobe item．
56．By whom were jeans worn at first？（No more than l5 words）Jeans were worn by laborers on the farms and minesin theAmerica West．
57．What made teenagers across the US like wearing jeans even more？（No more than 10 words）Jeans'being banned或The ban on jeans．
58．What will be the best title for this passage？（No more than 10 words）The Reason for Jeans'Success．/Why Is Jeans'Popularity．
59．What does the underlined word"embraced"mean？（No more than 3 words）accepted
60．Do you like wearing jean？Why of why not？Please give at least two reasons．（No more than 25 words）Yes，because they put different classes on a level playing field and they have the ability to become all things to all people．．

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分析 您喜歡穿牛仔褲嗎？您知道牛仔褲的歷史嗎？它為什么從一面市就受到大家的喜愛？因為它有多種用途，不同的人都能找到其實用的一面．

解答 答案：56．Jeans were worn by laborers on the farms and mines in the America West．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段的第一句話可知：一開始穿牛仔的人是Laborers on the farms and mines of America's Western States．
57．Jeans'being banned或The ban on jeans．細節(jié)理解題．文章第六段說 Jeans were soon banned in schools from coast to coast which only added to the passion with which teenagers embraced them對禁止穿牛仔褲的規(guī)定反而增加了年輕時穿牛仔褲的熱情．
58．The Reason for Jeans'Success．/Why Is Jeans'Popularity．主題歸納題．根據(jù)第二段的意思：牛仔褲成功的原因和它們所代表的文化含義有很大的關(guān)系．和最后一句話判斷文章的最佳題目應該是：The Reason for Jeans'Success．/Why Is Jeans'Popularity．
59．a(chǎn)ccepted 猜測詞意題．文章后面說But jeans'popularity kept growing also because they put different classes on a level playing field牛仔褲越來越受歡迎，說明年輕人非常樂意接受牛仔褲．
60．Yes，because they put different classes on a level playing field and they have the ability to become all things to all people．閱讀表達題．可以根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容來回答，也可以用自己的話來表達．答案不唯一，只有有理有據(jù)，句子正確即可．

點評 閱讀表達題是考查學生的語言運用能力．解題時，要在理解文章的基礎(chǔ)上，靈活運用語法知識，如詞性，時態(tài)，名詞單復數(shù)，連接詞，代詞，冠詞等判斷空白處應填寫的內(nèi)容．答完后，還要通讀全文，核對所填單詞形式是否正確，是否符合語境．