题目内容
【题目】阅读理解。
Perhaps the most famous clothing brand name(服装品牌名称) in the world，Levi Strauss ＆ Co．is the inventor 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 them 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 jeans 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 were 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
【答案】
【1】D
【2】D
【3】A
【4】C
【5】B
【解析】
试题分析：
【1】D．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】D．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】A．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】C．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】B．这篇文章主要介绍了牛仔裤是如何被发明的。
