Question

【題目】

Take a look in your clothes drawer. Do you see a pair of jeans? You probably do. You may be wearing a pair right now Or you might have a jean jacket, shirt, or a pair of denim (牛仔布) shoes. Jeans are so common, and you may wonder who invented them and how the fashion took off.

Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss. He went to the U.S. in 1847 and followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco. He carried many kinds of fabric (布料) to sell to dry goods stores. Levi quickly became a successful businessman.

The miners (礦工) in California had a problem with their pants. When they found gold or ore (礦石), they carried it in their pockets. But the metal was heavy, and the pockets ripped (撕開). In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans — tough denim pants. The miners loved them, and the jeans quickly became popular.

In the beginning, Levi’s jeans were work pants. Many workers wore them all the time. But a gentleman wouldn’t think of wearing jeans. Women didn’t wear pants at all. But this changed when Western movies became popular All the cowboys were in jeans People thought the cowboys looked tough and cool. But jeans still weren’t proper for places like schools and offices. Back in the U.S., fashions changed. Movie stars wore jeans in their films. Teenagers everywhere loved them Some schools banned jeans because of their “rebel” (叛逆) image. But casual clothing, including jeans, became popular for more and more occasions. Eventually, jeans were so common that it became okay for anyone to wear them. You can even find pictures of the president wearing jeans.

Today, all kinds of people around the world wear jeans. People wear them everywhere. Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular when Levi Strauss first made them. They look good, they last long, and they are comfortable. That’s probably why you own a pair or two, or seven, yourself.

【1】Were jeans invented by an American?

【2】When did Jacob and Levi make the first jeans?

【3】What did people think of the cowboys in jeans?

【4】Why are jeans popular today?

【5】What’s the passage mainly about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】No. / No, they weren’t.

【2】In 1873.

【3】People thought the cowboys looked tough and cool. / Tough and cool.

【4】Because they look good, they last long, and they are comfortable.

【5】The history of jeans.

【解析】

本文介紹了牛仔褲的發(fā)展史。牛仔褲很常見，你可能想知道是誰發(fā)明的，以及時尚是如何流行起來的。牛仔褲是由一個名叫列維·施特勞斯的德國人發(fā)明的。1847他去了美國，跟著淘金熱來到了舊金山。他帶著各種布料去干貨店賣。李維很快成為一個成功的商人。1873年，雅各布和利維制造了第一條牛仔褲——結(jié)實的牛仔褲。礦工們喜歡他們，牛仔褲很快就流行起來。今天，世界各地的人們都穿牛仔褲。人們到處都穿。今天牛仔褲流行的原因和列維·施特勞斯第一次做牛仔褲時一樣。它們看起來不錯，經(jīng)久耐用，而且很舒服。這可能就是你自己擁有一對或兩對，或七對的原因。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞“invented by an American”定位到文章第二段第一句“Jeans were invented by a German named Levi Strauss”，故正確答案為：No./No, they weren’t。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞“make the first jeans”定位到文章第三段倒數(shù)第二句“In 1873, Jacob and Levi made the first jeans”，故正確答案為：In 1873。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞“people thought of the cowboys”定位到文章第四段第七句“People thought the cowboys looked tough and cool”，故正確答案為：People thought the cowboys looked tough and cool./ Tough and cool。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)關(guān)鍵詞“Why”，“jeans”，“popular”以及時間關(guān)鍵詞“today”定位到文章第五段第三句“Jeans are popular today for the same reasons they were popular When Levi Strauss first made them”，以及第四句“They look good, they last long, and they are comfortable”可知今天牛仔褲流行的原因是牛仔褲看起來不錯，穿的時間長以及很舒服，故正確答案為：Because they look good, they last long, and they are comfortable。

【5】主旨大意題。文章第一段引出話題，第一段最后一句“Jeans are so common .and you may wonder who invented them and how the fashion took off”提示文章的主要內(nèi)容。第二段和第三段描述了牛仔褲是誰制造出來的，對應(yīng)“who invented them”，第四和第五段描述了牛仔褲是如何流行起來的，對應(yīng)“how the fashion took off”，根據(jù)第一段最后一句話的總結(jié)和文章整體敘述順序，可以總結(jié)為“牛仔褲的歷史”，故正確答案為：The history of jeans。

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