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Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称) in the worldLevi Strauss Cois the inventor of blue denim jeansHere’s how it happened

In the mid-1800s many people went to California to look for goldA young German named Levi Strauss traveled to San Francisco to help his brother on businessHe sold canvas(帆布) to the workers for tentsBut the workers said they needed pants morebecause their pants were easy to wear outInstead of selling his canvas for tent-makinghe turned them into pantsThese kinds of pants were very popular with workersHe was very happy and named the kind of pantsdenims”.And in 1853 he founded Levi Strauss & Co

Twenty years later the company began using a design with pocketsDuring the workingStrauss developed the process for putting metal rivets(铆钉) in the jeans for strength

On May 201873they received the U. S. Patent No. 139121 for the process and that date is now considered the official birthday ofblue jeans”.

Today the company still has its factories in San FranciscoCaliforniaOver 11000 people work in them and bring in over $4 billion a year

1.Levi Strauss went to SanFrancisco _______

Ato look for gold

Bto sell canvas

Cto visit his brother

Dto help his brother on business

2.The workers often complained _______

Athe canvas were not good

Bthe work was too hard

Cthey couldn’t get enough food

Dtheir pants were not strong enough

3.The underlined worddeveloped 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

A100                B130

C140                D200

5.The passage mainly tells us _______

Awho invented jeans

Bhow jeans were invented

Cwhen jeans were invented

Dwhy jeans are so popular

 

1.D 2.D 3.A 4.C 5.B 【解析】 试题分析: 1..从文章的第二段第二句可知,Levi Strauss去旧金山是帮助他的弟弟打理生意。 2..根据第二段第四句可知,工人们经常抱怨他们的裤子不够结实,极易磨破。 3..句意:在工作的过程中,Strauss研制了在牛仔裤上钉金属铆钉的方法,使它们更结实。 4..由倒数第二段可知,世界公认的牛仔裤的诞生日是1873年5月20日,距今约140年了。 5..这篇文章主要介绍了牛仔裤是如何被发明的。
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