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Levi Strauss—a name that is now famous—was the man ____invented jeans. Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829, but went to the USA as _____young man. At first he lived in New York, ____in 1853 he moved to San Francisco, where he worked with his brother. They worked in a shop selling clothes to men who ____for gold in the California Gold Rush. The men were working very______in difficult conditions, and they needed very strong trousers.

Strauss was the first man to begin producing special, strong trousers______working men. He made these trousers from a tough fabric( 结实的织物) called "denim"（牛仔布）probably from a town ___Nimes in France. Many people now think the English word "denim" ____from the French words "de Nimes", which means "from Nimes". Later, Strauss added special metal buttons to the trousers to make them even _____and they immediately became very popular.

In the early part of the 20th century, only working men wore jeans in workplaces like factories. But after the Second World War, teenage boys and young men at college started to wear__to go out. These boys called the trousers "jeans". In the 1960s, more young Americans started__them as informal, casual clothes outside the workplace and denim jeans became fashionable.

At that time, jeans were usually flared( 向外展开的), but today, ____many different styles of jeans: straight, baggy, flared, low-waisted—almost any style you can __.

Today, _____people wear jeans to go to work in offices, as well as to go out. Jeans are as ____today as they ever were, but there is one thing no one is really sure about—why are they called "jeans"?

1.A. what　　 B. where　　 C. who　　 D. which

2.A. a　　 B. an　　 C. the　　 D. /

3.A. and　　 B. or　　 C. but　　 D. so

4.A. work　　 B. were working　　 C. are working　　 D. have worked

5.A. hard　　 B. hardly　　 C. harder　　 D. more hardly

6.A. to　　 B. at　　 C. for　　 D. by

7.A. call　　 B. called　　 C. calling　　 D. to call

8.A. comes　　 B. come　　 C. came　　 D. has come

9.A. good　　 B. better　　 C. best　　 D. the best

10.A. it　　 B. its　　 C. they　　 D. them

11.A. wear　　 B. wearing　　 C. wore　　 D. worn

12.A. have　　 B. has　　 C. there are　　 D. there is

13.A. imagine　　 B. imagined　　 C. imagining　　 D. to imagine

14.A. million　　 B. millions　　 C. million of　　 D. millions of

15.A. popular　　 B. popularly　　 C. more popular　　 D. more popularly

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Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称)in the world is Levi’s．Levi Strauss & Co．is the producer of blue denim jeans．Here’s how it happened．

In the mid 1800s many people went to California to look for gold．A young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on business．He sold canvas(帆布)to the workers for tents．But the workers said they needed pants more，because their pants were easy to wear out．Instead of selling his canvas for tent-making，he turned it into pants．These kinds of pants were very popular with workers．He was very happy and named the kind of pants“denims”．And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss ＆ Co．

Twenty years later the company began using a design with pockets．During the working，Strauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉)in the eans for strength．

On May 20，1873，they received the U．S．Patent No.139，121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday of“blue jeans”．

Today the company still has its factories in San Francisco，California．Over 11，000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year．

1.Levi Strauss went to San Francisco________．

A．to look for gold

B．to sell canvas

C．to visit his brother

D．to help his brother on business

2.The workers often complained________．

A．the canvas was not good

B．the work was too hard

C．they couldn’t get enough food

D．their pants were not strong enough

3.The underlined word“developed”may mean“________”in Chinese．

A．研制

B．想象

C．了解

D．确定

4.The blue denim jeans have about________years of history．

A．100

B．130

C．140

D．200

5.The passage mainly tells us________．

A．who invented jeans

B．how jeans were invented

C．when jeans were invented

D．why jeans are so popular

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Perhaps the most famous name in the world of sileni movies is Charlie Chaplin. It was in 1889 that both moving pictures and Charlie Chaplin were born. Sadly, Charlie's father died when Charlie was five, and his mother was sent to mental hospital. This left young Charlie homeless and living on the streets.,

Things seemed bad for Charlie, but he had a bright, nice character. He was pleasant and easy to like. So he managed to get small parts in Derformances around London. Then he moved to the USA in 1906, and his life took a major change for the better. He got a part in a show performing there. Seven years after his arrival in the USA, he got his first major part in a film. Charlie was a great success in the movie theaters. His silent, highly visual(视觉的) form of comedy was perfect for the silent films of the time. By 1915, he was making over $1,250 a week, which was a huge amount of money at that time. Charlie knew what he was good at, and he stuck to it. Even when sound could be used for movies in 1923, he continued to make silent pictures, Charlie knew that the silence was an essential part of what made his movies so funny. Charlie continued to make silent films well into the 1940s, when almost everyone else had changed to sound. Charlie, however, still remained one of the world's greatest film stars.

1.When did Charlie get his first major part in a film?

A. In 1889.　　     B. In 1906.　　     C. In 1913.　     D. In 1923.

2.The underlined word "essential" in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.

A. very boring　     B. very correct　　     C. very difficult　     D. very important

3.From the passage we know that Charlie_______.

A. was easy to get along with　　

B. stopped making movies in 1923

C. was born and brought up in America　　

D. didn't produce silent films in America

4.Which could be the best title of the passage?

A. The Major Change for an Actor.     B. A Great Man of Silent Movies.

C. The Beginning of Silent Movies.     D. The Hard Life for A Movie Maker.

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Choose the words. or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词组完成短文）

When Levi Strauss arrived in the United States from Bavaria, he was only seventeen, poor and knew very _______ English. Like most immigrants（移民）, he was looking for a better life. So, he went to California to _______gold in 1849. _______ he planned to open a shop in San Francisco, he took many goods with him, included a large _______of canvas（大量帆布）. He hoped to sell it. However, business was not _______ he had expected. One day, when he sat in cafe in a small town, he had an idea. He saw a man with a hole in the leg of his trousers and suddenly realized, what Californians needed for the hard and rough work they were doing-good, _______ trousers.

1.A.little B.some C.few D.easy

2.A.find B.look C.discover D.seek

3.A.Though B.Unless C.If D.Because

4.A.quantity B.amounts C.number D.numbers

5.A.as far as B.as well C.as good as D.as soon as

6.A.thin B.strong C.black D.big

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Min Sun, with another name of Ziqian, was a famous man in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was a student of Confucius. Among all students of Confucius, he was compared with Yan Yuan.

Min Sun’s mother died very early, later his father took another wife, who gave birth to two sons. The stepmother mistreated Min Sun—in winter, while two younger brothers wore warm clothes made of cotton. Min Sun only wore clothes made of reed catkins(芦苇花).

One day, he followed his father to go out. When pulling the chariot(马车), Min Sun felt so cold that he dropped the rope onto the ground. Then his father beat him. Just then, the reed catkins flew out from the broken clothes and his father knew that Min Sun was mistreated, he was very angry.

After the father returned home, he wanted to divorce(休掉）his wife. Min Sun fell on his knees and begged his father to forgive his stepmother. He said, “ if Mother stays at home, only I myself have to stand cold. But if you divorce Mother, all three children have to suffer from cold.”

His father was deeply moved and took Min Sun’s advice. The stepmother heard of this, felt sorry and knew her mistakes. From then on, she treated Min Sun as her own son.

1.How many children were there in Min Sun’s family?

A. One　　　　　　 B. Two　　　　　　　　 C. Three　　　　　　　 D. Four

2. The underlined word “ mistreated” in the passage means “_______ ”

A. 对待　　　　　　 B. 款待　　　　　　　　 C. 虐待　　　　　　　 D. 善待

3.Why was Min Sun’s father still angry after beating him?

A. Because Min Sun went out with him

B. Because Min Sun felt very cold

C. Because Min Sun dropped the rope

D. Because Min Sun was mistreated

4.Which of the following is right?

A. Min Sun was not as excellent as Yan Yuan.

B. Min Sun’s father forgave his wife.

C. Min Sun’s father divorced his wife.

D. Min Sun’s stepmother was always kind.

5.According to the story, Min Sun is a________ person.

A. filial(孝顺）　　 B. lovely　　　 C. smart　　　　 D. brave

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Vienna is famous for having many great musicians. ________, Johann Strauss the younger wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of music there.

A.In fact B.For example

C.As a result D.In my opinion

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In front of the little garden stands the hospital, ______ is named after a famous scientist.

A. that　　 B. where　　 C. what　　 D. which

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My name is Toby. I’m eighty-three years old now. I once knew the greatest man in England. William Shakespeare was his name. I first met William near a big field of apple trees in the town named Stratford in October, 1579. He told me he was 15 years old. He was two years older than me. He had a sister, Joan, and two younger brothers, Gilbert and Richard. And the next year he had another brother, Edmund. After William’s parents died, he and his sister lived with his mother’s brother. I became his friend from that day until he died. We met nearly every day. We were friends for thirty years.

I once worked with him in the theatre, through the good times and the bad times. William was good at acting. He could make all kinds of people pleased. By 1592, he became very famous. He was always busy day and night. I don’t know when he slept. He not only acted in plays, but also wrote his own plays. In his whole life, William wrote 37 plays in all. He was the best playwright in England.

He wrote a play about love in 1595. It was Romeo and Juliet. He once used my name, Toby, in his play—Twelfth Night. In this play, Sir Toby Belch was a big fat man, who liked drinking too much and having a good time. Queen Elizabeth the First watched this play on the 6^th of January, 1601. She liked it.

William Shakespeare is dead now, of course. He has been dead for more than thirty years. There’s no singing, no dancing, no plays. It isn’t like that in my young days. But I can still think—and remember when William and I were young, we had a good time in London, William and I…

1.Toby and William first met in ______.

A. 1601          B. 1595         C.1592          D. 1579

2.Who was William’s youngest brother?

A. Gilbert           B. Edmund       C. Richard      D. Joan

3.In the second paragraph, the underlined word “playwright” means “a person who ______”.

A. writes plays                      B. performs in plays

C. watches plays                 D. works in a theatre

4.Romeo and Juliet is a play about _______.

A. war           B. peace            C. love         D. friendship

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The house 　　　　　　 the famous writer bought many years ago is a museum now.

A. where　　　　 B. who　　　 C. whose　　 D. that

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The camera________in 1827 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce．

A．invented

B．is invented

C．was invented

D．is inventing

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