Today we’ll talk about the history of blue jeans. For many people, blue jeans stand for (代表) American culture.

The history of blue jeans usually began with a man named Levi Strauss. He did not invent jeans. But he is the first person to produce and sell them in large numbers. Levi Strauss was born in Germany. In 1847, he and his family moved to the United States. He opened a small store and sold jeans. These pants were especially useful for miners (矿工) in California. They needed strong clothing. Levi Strauss worked with Jacob Davis, who had invented a step for making rivets (铆钉) for jeans. They helped make the blue jeans stronger.

In 1873, Strauss and Davis received a patent (专利) to own this invention. Nineteenth century workers would probably be surprised to know that their pants would one day become fashions. Today, jeans are worn by people of all ages. Jeans come in many colors other than blue and in many styles and prices. Fashion designers even create very costly jeans. 

Writer James published a book called Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon (偶像). In the book, he says jeans serve as a sign for two American values, creativity and rebellion (叛逆).

1. Why did Jacob use rivets for jeans? 

2.Which of the following is WRONG about blue jeans? 

3.The two American values are rebellion and _____________.    

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

What do the people usually do on weekends? Some people like to _____at home, but others like to go out for a walk or play football. Mr Smith _____hard in a factory during(在……期间)the ___. On the weekends, he usually ___the same things. On Saturday he washes his car and on ___ he goes with his family to a village(村庄) by car. His uncle and aunt ___a farm there. It isn’t a big one, but they always have  ___ things to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them some ____. Mr and Mrs Smith help in the field. At the end of the day, they are all      and Mr Smith’s aunt ____them a big meal.

1.A. play                             B. stay               C. be                          D. so

2.A. works                          B. does              C. makes           D. studies

3.A. day                              B. year               C. week                      D. month

4.A. make                            B. does              C. do                          D. has

5.A. Friday                           B. Saturday       C. Thursday                D. Sunday

6.A. has                     B. have    C. bring            D. find

7.A. much           B. many         C. any                 D. no

8.A. cakes            B. rice      C. food             D. fruit

9.A. hungry               B. angry              C. full                  D. happy

10.A. gives                      B. puts            C. makes              D. does

1. 根据句意及所给中文提示或英文解释，写出句中所缺单词。

51. Children in the west usually wear    ▲    (特殊的) costumes with masks at Halloween.

52. Zhang Shaohan has a sweet    ▲    (嗓音), and many of us like listening to her songs.

53. People around the world love    ▲    (和平)and hate wars.

54. As we know,   ▲    (星期一) is the second day of a week.

55. Sorry, I didn’t know you. Would you please speak more    ▲    (清楚地)?

56. Now we are short of water and we should s   ▲    water in our daily life.

57. Peter’s father is very    ▲    (not free), so he does not have much time for his family.

2. 根据句意，用括号中所给单词的适当形式或句子的语法要求填空。

58. My grandpa likes    ▲    (chat) with his friends under the big tree.

59. —Would you like some bananas?

   —No, thanks. I    ▲    (eat) one already.

60. The style of this dress is popular, but I don’t like    ▲    (it) colour.

61. What a    ▲    (snow) day! The ground is covered with snow everywhere.

62. July 1^st is our Party’s    ▲    (ninety) birthday this year. We Chinese people are going to celebrate it.

63. Beijing is one of    ▲    (beautiful) places in China, and I have been there twice.

64.    ▲    (lucky), they escaped from the burning building with the help of the firemen.

65. We    ▲    (ask) to help our parents do some housework every day.

For more than four hundred years, people all over the world have been reading ,watching and listening to the plays and poetry of the British writer William Shakespeare.
Most people think of Shakespeare as a writer. But he was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company and an actor. For most of his career, he was a producer and main writer for an acting company called the King’s Men. Shakespeare is best known for the thirty—nine plays that he wrote, although only thirty—eight exist today. His plays are usually divided into three groups: comedies, histories and tragedies. Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet ,Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and so on.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in England. At school he liked watching plays. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of 14.He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18.The couple had three children, two daughters and a son who died very young. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. No one knows why he left or moved to London and joined a theater company which opened the Globe Theater in 1599.He made much money from it.He became an actor, and he also wrote plays. He usually acted in his own plays. He died in 1616. He left his money to his family. He left his genius to the world. Now you can still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous writers in the world.
【小题1】What was Shakespeare?