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The history of blue jeans usually begins with a man named Levi Strauss. Although he did not invent the jeans, he is considered the first person to produce and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.
Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria, Germany. In 1847, he and his family moved to the US. He opened a store, first in New York, and then in San Francisco, California. Among the products he sold were jeans. These trousers were especially useful for miners in California who needed clothing made of a strong material.
Levi Strauss partnered with a clothing maker named Jacob Davis, who had invented a process for making rivets(铆钉) for jeans. These metal things helped strengthen the blue jean cloth to make the trousers stronger. In 1873, Strauss and Davis received a patent to officially own this invention. They began producing “ copper-riveted waist overalls(工装裤)”. In 1928 the Levi Strauss company used the word “Levi’s” as the trademark for their products.
The 19th-century workers would probably be surprised to know that their trousers would one day become a fashion object. Today, jeans are worn by people of all ages, incomes and lifestyles. Jeans come in many colors other than blue and in many styles and at many prices.
A national museum in Washington, D.C. has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi’s jeans in its collection. Jeans have come to express different ideas about American culture based on the people who wear them. These include the heroes of the Wild West and famous Hollywood actors like James Dean and Marlon Brando in the 1950s. Writer James Sullivan published a book called Jean: A Cultural History of an American Icon. In the book, he says jeans serve as a sign for two American values, creativity and rebellion (叛逆).
小题1:This passage is mainly about _______.
A.the life story of Levi Strauss | B.jeans and American culture |
C.why jeans are popular. | D.the history of jeans |
A.was the first person who wore jeans. | B.moved to the US from Germany alone. |
C.not only sold jeans at first in his store | D.helped Jacob Davis invent a kind of rivet |
A.Strauss and Davis owned the invention of using rivets on jeans. |
B.In California, Levi’s was the only jeans seller in 1928. |
C.Jeans were called copper-riveted waist overalls at first. |
D.Jeans were originally made for heroes of the Wild West. |
A.strong | B.cultural | C. popular | D.unique |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:C
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试题【Jeans are trousers made of a kind of clothe called denim. For many people, blue 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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In the seventh grade when my mother suggested that I should join the golf team, I thought she had lost her mind. But as 36 , my mother won in the end. I 37 on the junior school golf team in the seventh and eighth grade. The summer before 38 school came, I had a burning 39 to play on the high school team.
That summer I 40 almost every Sunday morning on the golf course (高尔夫球场) with my 41 , and too many afternoons counting on the course with my mother. This 42 relationship with my parents 43 during my high school years, and Mom and I 44 it to the hours spent together on the golf course. 45 you"re walking down the freshly mowed fairway (高尔夫球场上的平坦大道), staring (凝视) out 46 miles of nothing but golf course, and looking up at the beautiful blue sky, you will realize 47 is important in life. My mom and I have solved most of the world"s 48 there and plan to write a book together one day. We talk about such things in the middle of a round of (一轮比赛) golf as we would never do at 49 , where she is Mom and I am an annoying ( 惹人烦恼的 ) teenager. On the golf course, we"re just two people who 50 golf.
51 has become part of my life during the past years. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. There is 52 I love more than a perfect autumn morning, riding around in a golf cart with my dad. Golf has 53 me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to 54 that all of it is thanks to my mom who 55 me join that middle school golf team. She was right -- as usual.
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Very few people were coming to eat at the White Rose Restaurant, and its owner did not know what to do. The price was reasonable and the food was of good quality, but nobody seemed to want to eat there.
Then he did something that changed all that, and in a few weeks his restaurant is always full of men with their lady friends. Whenever a gentleman came in with a lady, a smiling waiter gave each of them a menu(菜单), The menu looked exactly the same on the outside, but there was an important difference inside. The menu that the waiter gave to the man supplied the correct price for each dish and each bottle of wine. while the menu that he gave to the lady supplied a much higher price! So when the man calmly ordered dish after dish and wine after wine, the lady thought he was much more generous(慷慨) than he really was.
31. Why didn’t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?
A. Because the price was high. B. Because the food was too cheap.
C. Because the food was not good. D. The passage didn’t mention.
32. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______________.
A. poor old people B. rich young people
C. men with their girl friends D. parents with their children
33. The difference between the two kinds of menu lie in ______________.
A. the color B. the shape
C. the price D. the food
34. According to the passage we can infer that when men with their girl friends eat at this restaurant, the food was paid ___________________.
A. always by the ladies only B. always by the men only
C. sometimes by the ladies D. either by the men or by the ladies
35. According to the passage we can know that, generally speaking, ____________.
A. men are more generous than women B. women are more generous than men
C. men like their lady friends to be generous.
D. women like their men friends to be generous
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
After signing the hotel visitor’s book, I went 36 up to my room which was on the third floor. 37 had I closed the door than I realized how 38 I was. And 39 when I went to bed I 40 for hours before at last falling heavily asleep. And the dream I 41 then was far worse than lying awake worrying and despairing.
I was in a large building, not unlike 42 where I would have to take the following day’s examination. People were 43 silently in all directions. A large 44 stated that the English Examinations would take place in Room 999. But where could this room be ? 45 any staircase I 46 a dark passage and walked 47 to the left where 48 was quite a very solid black door behind which I could hear people arguing with 49 in a quiet but angry voice. I wished I could ask them for some 50 ! I tried knocking on the door to draw their attention but immediately the 51 died and 52 I hurt my hand in my efforts, nobody opened the door. I then tried hard only to find my way back to 53 . But as I was wondered helplessly, a deep accusing(谴责)voice broke the deadly silence everywhere 54 the new empty building. “The examination 55 . There’s no sense in your remaining here. You are too late, too late. ”
36.A.toward B.straight C.immediately D.happily
37.A.Hardly B.No sooner C.Never D.Seldom
38.A.happy B.relaxed C.tired D.anxious
39.A.yet B.therefore C.so D.thus
40.A.lied B.laid C.lay D.lain
41.A.had B.made C.did D.dream
42.A.that B.which C.it D.the one
43.A.hurrying B.turning C.walking D. coming
44.A.notice B.message C.paper D.lecture
45.A.I hadn’t found B.I never saw C.Not having found D.Not seeing
46.A.passed by B.followed C.went through D. got through
47.A.forward B.farther C.forever D.further
48.A.there B.it C.this D.that
49.A.one another B.others C.the other D.the others
50.A.answer B.advice C.information D.news
51.A.attention B.information C.key D.voices
52.A.when B.although C.even though D.even if
53.A.the entrance hall B.the hotel C.the large building D.the dark passage
54.A.filled B. filled with C.and filled D.and filling
55.A.are late B.had begun C.had ended D.is over
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21~40 各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Nancy had just got a secretary’s job in a big company to work in the sales department. Monday was the first day that she went to work, so she was very 21 . She got up very early and arrived at the office at twenty to eight. She 22 the door open and found 23__ there. “I am the first to arrive.” She thought and came to her desk 24 she was surprised to __25 a large bunch of flowers on it. They were 26 . She picked up the flowers from the desk and smelled them. “Oh, how lovely!” Nancy cried 27 . She then 28 for a vase to put them in. “Somebody has sent me flowers the 29 first day!” She thought happily. “But who could it be?” She began to wonder.
The day passed very 30 and Nancy did everything 31 great interest and enthusiasm. For the following days of the week, the first thing Nancy did was to change water for the flowers. And then she __ 32 herself in her work.
Then came another 33 . When she came near her desk, she was overjoyed to see a new bunch of flowers there. She quickly put them in the vase, 34 the old ones. The same thing happened again the next Monday. Nancy felt it strange and this time she began to think of ways to find out the 35 .
On Tuesday afternoon, she was sent to 36 a plan to the general manager"s office. She had to stay for a while at his secretary"s desk 37 his directives. She happened to see on the desk a big notebook 38 with “Records of managers" meetings”, and 39 the half-opened pages. Suddenly her eyes fell on these words, “In order to keep the secretaries in high spirits, the company 40 that every Monday morning a bunch of fresh flowers should be sent to each secretary"s desk.”
Later, she was told that their general manager was a wise man with the Bachelor of Psychology in Business.
21. A. depressed B. excited C. encouraged D. surprised
22. A. pushed B. forced C. turned D. knocked
23. A. everybody B. others C. nobody D. somebody
24. A. that B. which C. there D. where
25. A. discover B. smell C. find D. pick
26. A. old B. fresh C. good D. sweet
27. A. joyfully B. tearfully C. casually D. repeatedly
28. A. looked up B. looked at C. looked around D. looked down
29. A. happy B. very C. funny D. quite
30. A. slowly B. normally C. quickly D. hardly
31. A. at B. in C. for D. with
32. A. devoted B. focused C. buried D. made
33. A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Saturday
34. A. taking B. took C. replaced D. replacing
35. A. sender B. receiver C. manager D. waiter
36. A. send for B. hand out C. try out D. hand in
37. A. asking for B. waiting for
C. looking for D. searching for
38. A. marked B. given C. used D. signed
39. A. glanced at B. stared at C. glared at D. looked at
40. A. has ordered B. has said
C. has decided D. has demanded
第一节 完形填空(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21-30各题所给的ABC和D项中,选出最佳选项.
The finest and most sought-after violins were handcrafted by an Italian violin maker over 250 years ago. The man’s name was Antonius Stradivarius. He was born in 1644 and began his career 21 a violin maker’s apprentice (学徒). Working on his own by 1680, he became determined to make 22 that could reproduce tones as rich as those produced by the human voice. He 23 several shapes and styles for his violins until he arrived at a design that pleased him. During his career he crafted 1,100 violins. Those in 24 have become treasured possessions.
Unfortunately, the secret of the Stradivarius violin died with its maker. During his lifetime Stradivarius kept his notes safely 25 , even his two sons, who helped him in his workshop, did not know all the steps involved in each violin’s construction.
Through the years, many experts have offered 26 explanations for the unique tone of a “Strad”. Some say it is due to the violin’s shape. Others suggests that the secret 27 the special properties(特性) of the wood, which Stradivarius obtained from native Italian trees that no longer exist. The most widely accepted explanation is that it is created by the varnish(清漆) that the 28 used to coat his violins. Chemists have analyzed as closely as possible the varnish and have found its 29 has improved the sound of many violins. 30 , no other violin maker has been able to fully reproduce the tone of the Stradivarius’s violins.
21. A. with B. as C. for D. from
22. A. Instruments B. facilities C. equipment D. tools
23. A. investigated B. surveyed C. tested D. experimented
24. A. fashion B. existence C. possession D. use
25. A. protected B. buried C. hidden D. covered
26. A. possible B. accurate C. detailed D. persuasive
27. A. brings in B. takes in C. results in D. lies in
28. A. master B. violinist C. expert D. user
29. A. attention B. application C. invention D. foundation
30. A. Additionally B. Luckily C. Therefore D. Still
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