Read the followingpassage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

 Jeans are very popular with young people all (21)______the world. Some people say that jeans are the "uniform" of youth. But they haven't always been popular. The story of jeans started almost two hundred years ago. People in Genoa, Italy made pants. The cloth (22)______was made in Genoa was called "jeanos". The pants were called "jeans". In 1850, a saleman in California began selling pants made of canvas. His name was Levi Strauss. (23)______ they were so strong, "Levi's pants" became (24)______with gold miners; farmers and cowboys. Six years (25)______; Levis began making his pants with blue cotton cloth called denim. Soon after, factory workers in the United States and Europe began wearing jeans. Young people usually didn’t wear them.

Jeans are very popular with young people all (21)______the world.