I shall never forget those years　 I lived in the country with the farmers, 　 has a great effect on my life.

A. that; which　　 　 B. when; which　 C. which; that　　 　 D. when; who

For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans． 1 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today．Strauss' invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world．

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829． 2　 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847．Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother's dry goods business．This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention．After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes．

Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals．Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners．At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth． 3 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners．These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more．

In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets（鉚釘）．This made the pants last a long time．Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent． 4 ．

By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion．

5　 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world．

A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States．

B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable．

C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since．

D．However, he did not get much business for those products．

E．He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry．

F．Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture．

G．As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it．

It has been my lifelong dream to play on the high school　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　basketball team. I 1 playing basketball when I was in the second grade. My older 2 taught me to play. He is three years older than me. He 3 with me every afternoon and always attended my games with our parents.

This year, I 4 high school. The high school 5 team tryouts(選拔) from the freshmen(高中一年級(jí)新生) were announced(宣布) last month. Every day 6 the announcement, my brother has helped me prepare for the team tryouts. The tryouts were 7 last Saturday morning. Twenty-three students from my grade tried out for the team. The team only has spaces for five 8 . I know I worked as 9 as I could to prepare for the tryouts. I felt like I had done a good job at the tryouts, but I was still 10 on Saturday night and Sunday morning, waiting for the team list to be 11 . On Sunday afternoon, my parents took me to the school to see who had made the team. I was so happy 12 I saw my name on the list. It was so 13 to be part of the team.

When we left the 14 , my parents said we should go out for pizza. It would just be a little family 15 in my honour. They called my brother, and he met us at the 16 . He walked in with a big 17 on his face. He was really proud of me. My parents were very 18 too, although they warned me about keeping my grades 19 and making sure I did all my homework every day. In fact, they did not need to 20 about those things, because I would not only work very hard to stay on the basketball team, but also to keep my grades high.

1A. began　　 B. dreamt　　 　 C. hated　　　 D. preferred

2.A. sister　　 B. brother　　　 C. friend　　　 D. classmate

3.A. practiced　 B. studied　　 C. struggled　 D. competed 4.A. reached　 B. graduated C. started　　 D. finished

5.A. football　 B. basketball　　 C. baseball　 　D. volleyball

6.A. through　 B. until　　　　 C. since　　　 D. before

7.A. checked　 B. opened　　　 C. decided　　 　 D. held

8.A. trainers　 B. workers　　 C. teachers　　 D. students

9.A. quickly　 B. hard　　 　 C. much　　　 　 D. early

10.A. nervous　 　B. angry　　　 　 C. miserable　　 D. scared

11.A. continued B. announced　 C. questioned　　 D. answered

12.A. when 　　　B. unless　　 C. whenever　 　 D. if

13.A. exciting　 B. boring　 C. interesting　　 　 D. tiring

14.A. hospital　 B. company　 　 C. school　 　　 D. yard

15.A. communication　　　 B. organization 　

C. celebration　　　　 D. determination

16.A. hotel 　　 B. party 　 C. shop 　 　　　　D. restaurant

17.A. tear 　　　 B. surprise 　 C. silence 　 　　D. smile

18.A. sad 　 B. proud 　 C. stupid 　 D. quiet

19.A. out 　 B. down　　　　 C. up　　　　 D. on

20. A. worry　 　 B. talk　　 　　 C. think 　　　　 D. come