PETS公共英语三级真题及答案

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如下：

(15minutes)

Directions：

Read thefollowing text.Choose the best word or phrase

for each numbered blank and mark A，B，C，or D onANSWER SHEET 1.

Bluejeans are probably the single most representative article of American clothing.They were originally26 by

Jacob Davis，a tailor from Nevada， 27 ，together with dry-goods sales man Levi Strauss，patented theidea as 28

clothing for miners in l873.Blue jeaRs，also 29 as work clothing，spread among workersof all kinds in the late l9th and early 20th centuries， 30 among cowboys，farmers，loggers，and railroadworkers.During the 1950s， 31 Marion Brando and James Deanmade blue jeaRs 32 by wearing them in movies，and jeans be。came part ofthe 33 of

teenagers’rebelling.In the l960sand 1970s，this fashion statement exploded as LevI’s34 a fundamental part of the youth 35 focused on both civil rights and antiwar protests.

36 the late1970s，almost everyone inthe United States wore blue jear, 37 youths all around the world sought after them.38designers began to create more plicated 39 of blue jeaRs and to 40 their fit，jeaRs beganto express the American emphasis 41 informality and the importance of detail.By stressingthe right label and 42 the right look，blue jeans， 43 their worker origins，satirically。representedthe status consciousness of American fashion and the 44 to get close to the 45 fashion.In 1971，Levi

Strauss&Co.received theCoty Fashion Critics’Award，the highest award of the American fashion industry.

26.[A]invented

[B]introduced

[C]developed

[D]delivered

27.[A]which

[B]where

[C]that

[D]who

28.[A]custom-made

[B]long-wearing

[C]well-tailored

[D]nice-looking

29.[A]realized

[B]aepted

[C]known

[D]identified30.[A]especially

[B]normally [C]obviously

[D]exclusively

31.[A]cowboys

[B]actors

[C]writers

[D]directors

32.[A]economical

[B]typical

[C]fashionable

[D]valuable

33.[A]image

[B]figure

[C]picture

[D]character

34.[A]took

[B]played

[C]had

[D]became

35.[A]character

B]culture

[C]anxiety

[D]education

36.[A]Before

[B]Since[C]By

[D]Till

37.[A]and

[B]so

[C]then

[D]for

38.[A]Although

[B]Until

[C]As

[D]Whereas

39.[A]styles

[B]examples

[C]sizes

[D]materials

40.[A]create

[B]adjust

[C]determine

[D]pursue

41.[A]about

[B]in

[C]of

[D]on

42.[A]maintaining

[B]improving

[C]expressing[D]achieving

43.[A]besides

[B]despite

[C]except

[D]from

44.[A]anxiety

[B]eagerness

[C]ambition

[D]promise

45.[A]tempor

[B]grand

[C]brightest

[D]latest