150 Years of Cool
Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.
Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person.
Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.
People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.
Jeans now can be seen everywhere. However, in many places, it’s not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it’s often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice.
【小题1】 The story is talking about ______.
A. Levi Strauss              B. jeans               C. cool
【小题2】Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans ______.
A. when he was 44            B. when he was 24        C. in 1853
【小题3】______ wore jeans after they were first made.
A. American soldiers         B. American cowboys    C. Levi Strauss
【小题4】Jeans can be cool for nearly 150 years because ______.
A. they have different styles
B. they have different colors
C. they make us feel youth, comfort and energy
【小题5】When you ______, you’d better not wear a pair of jeans.
A. go to an important meeting   B. go on a trip        C. have a party

There would be a school party on Friday evening. The girls were talking about what they were going to wear.
“I’m going to wear a black dress, so everybody will notice me,” said Emily. “How about you, Linda?”
“I’m not sure. Maybe jeans, an old shirt, and a hat. People will notice me more than you!” Linda said.
“What are we going to do about the boys?” asked Jane. “Do you remember the last school party, last year? They just stood there, and we girls had to dance by ourselves!”
“I hear that some of the boys learned how to dance this summer. Maybe it’ll be better
this time,” said Mary.
The party was held on Friday evening. Groups of students arrived. The music began. The girls stood in a line on one side, and the boys on another side. Mr. Green, their teacher, tried to get them together, but failed. After a while, Tim said, “I don’t want to stand here the whole time. The party is only for two hours. It’ll be over soon.” He started to dance. All the others watched him. Then David asked Emily if she wanted to dance. Then Jack and Linda. Then, all began to dance. Soon there were more dancers than watchers.
【小题1】Before the school party, the girls were mainly discussing __________.

 —May I try on the jeans?

—Yes, you        

I often go shopping with my mother on Saturday afternoons. I c___1____ the shopping bags for her. Usually we have f___2___ shopping.
There is a new shopping mall near our home. It’s a l___3____ shopping mall. There are five floors of shops. We go there in the afternoon. On the f___4___ floor, we go into the shoe shop and buy my father a pair of trainers. We think t___5___ match his jeans very well. There is a b___6___ on the second floor. We buy two story books there. But when we leave the shop, we forget to p__7___ for them. Then we go up to the third floor and buy two pairs of trousers. Afterwards, we go to the r____8____ on the top floor. There we have a big dinner. F___9____, after s___10___ all our money, we go home with three heavy bags.

We often see people in different 【小题1】wear different clothes. In America, a businessmangoes to work in a dark suit, with black shoes, 【小题2】and a tie. A reporter goes to work【小题3】old blue jeans, a work shirt and sneakers(运动鞋).These two kinds of clothes are【小题4】fortheir work.
If you are a college student who will leave school soon, before【小题5】a job, you have to buy some new clothes. And you’d better【小题6】a look at “what everyone else is wearing”in the office. On certain(某种)kinds of business occasions, the men wear【小题7】suits with white Shirts and darkties. On others, 【小题8】can wear jackets.
Dressing is very【小题9】.Without it, there is no successful fashion. It would be【小题10】ifeveryone looks at himself in the mirror before leaving home every morning.