题目内容
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
For over one hundred and fifty years,Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans.【小题1】 Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today.Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829.【小题2】 He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847.?Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853,Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business.This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1949,Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals.Instead,he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners.At first,he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.【小题3】 When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining,he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners.These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873,Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉).This made the pants last a long time.Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea,he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 【小题4】 .
By the time Strauss died in 1902,he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
【小题5】 The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss’ company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
A.As a young boy,he moved with his family to the United States. |
B.Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable. |
C.He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. |
D.However,he did not get much business for those products. |
F.Since they were invented by Levi Strauss,they have ?become? a symbol of American consumer culture.
G.As the business grew,Strauss got much money from it.
【小题1】F
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】C
【小题5】E
解析试题分析:
【小题1】从后面的句子:Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world. 可知前面提到发明者。选F。
【小题2】从后面的句子:He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847.?可知是说他出生的情况。选A
【小题3】从前面的句子:At first,he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.可知他没有卖出很多。选D
【小题4】从前面的句子:who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉).可知是levis牛仔上面是铆钉做的。选C
【小题5】从前面的句子:he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
可知他也为服装业做出贡献。选E
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第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In 1990 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then on. 71 According to the report,the picture of the earth in the year 2010 is not a pleasant one. 72 The population could be as large as 6300 million,almost 2150 million more than in 1985.More people would move into cities ,especially cities in developing countries.Cities like Cairo and Jakarta probably would each have 15 million by then.
73 Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1985,but most of the increase would be in countries that already produce enough food for their people. 74 Poor farming ways are destroying large areas of crop land,changing farms into deserts.More farmland is lost as cities become larger and more houses are built.Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries burn more coal and oil.Many of the world's forests could disappear as more and more trees are cut down.Energy will continue to be a serious problem. 75 They only workde out the situation that exists today.By changing the situation,by settling the problems,the picture can be changed.There is still time for the nations of the world to work out a plan of action.But they warned that waiting too long to make de cisions would greatly reduce the chances of success.
A.Food production will increase,but not enough to feed all the people. |
B.The report was a result of a three - year study. |
C.Later on,more reports came out one by one. |
D.The world will be more crowded because the population will continue to grow. |
E.Experts believe enough food will be produced in developing countries very soon.
F.The experts say their picture of the earth for the year 2010 may be wrong.
G.Little increase is expected in South Asia,Africa and the Middle East.