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【題目】 Do you often wear jeans? Do you have a pair of Levi’s jeans? Levi’s is the most famous brand (品牌) of jeans and denim(粗斜棉布) clothing. They have been popular for about one hundred and fifty years. Let’s learn about its history.

Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid-1800s and moved to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry goods (紡織品) business for several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and dreams to San Francisco to help with his brothers’ dry goods business.

The company began making denim in the 1870s, but it did not start making jeans until the 1920s.

Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis patented(取得專利) the copper rivet(銅鉚釘) to make their clothing strong and hard in 1873. It was to become a key part of their jeans design.

During the World War II, their jeans sold very well. Before the war, they only had 15 salesmen(推銷員). After the war, they had 22,000 salesmen in 35 countries.

Levi’s jeans became popular with young people in the 1950s and 1960s. Levi’s 501 jeans were their biggest-selling product(產(chǎn)品). Today Levi’s jeans are more popular than ever, and Levi’s name continues to live in different countries.

【1】Levi Strauss went to San Francisco to help his brothers with________.

A.jeans businessB.clothing businessC.dry goods business

【2】When did Levi Strauss and his partner patent the copper rivet?

A.In 1853B.In 1873C.In 1870

【3】The underlined word “design” probably means “______” in Chinese.

A.傳統(tǒng)B.設計C.標志

【4】Why does the writer mention the number of the salesmen in the fifth paragraph?

A.To show how well their jeans sold.

B.To show how cheap their jeans are.

C.To show how much their salesmen loved their jobs.

【5】We can read the passage from a magazine called_________.

A.Funny StoriesB.American HistoryC.The Fashion Industry(工業(yè))

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了李維斯牛仔褲的發(fā)展歷史。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“In 1853 he took his knowledge and dreams to San Francisco to help with his brothers’ dry goods business”可知，Levi去舊金山幫助他的兄弟做干貨生意。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis patented(取得專利) the copper rivet(銅鉚釘) to make their clothing strong and hard in 1873”可知，Levi和他的伙伴于1873年取得銅鉚釘專利。故選B。

【3】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)前文“Levi Strauss and his partner Jacob Davis patented the copper rivet to make their clothing strong and hard”可知，Levi和伙伴取得的銅鉚釘專利將用在他們的牛仔褲的設計上，故劃線部分design意為“設計”。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段“During the World War II, their jeans sold very well”可知，作者之所以提到李維斯銷售員的數(shù)量從少變多，是想證明李維斯的牛仔褲銷量非常好。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了牛仔褲品牌李維斯的發(fā)展歷程，故最可能在“時裝工業(yè)”中讀到這篇文章。故選C。