Jeans are trousers made of a kind of clothe called denim. For many people, blue jeans represent American culture.

      The history of blue jeans usually begins with a man named Levi Strauss. Although he did not invent the jeans, he is considered the first person to produce and sell this kind of clothing in large amounts.

Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria, Germany. In 1847, he and his family moved to the US. He opened a store, first in New York, and then in San Francisco, California. Among the products he sold were jeans. These trousers were especially useful for miners in California who needed clothing made of a strong material.

Levi Strauss partnered with a clothing maker named Jacob Davis, who had invented a process for making rivets(铆钉) for jeans. These metal things helped strengthen the blue jean cloth to make the trousers stronger. In 1873, Strauss and Davis received a patent to officially own this invention. They began producing “ copper-riveted waist overalls(工装裤)”. In 1928 the Levi Strauss company used the word “Levi’s” as the trademark for their products.

The 19th-century workers would probably be surprised to know that their trousers would one day become a fashion object. Today, jeans are worn by people of all ages, incomes and lifestyles. Jeans come in many colors other than blue and in many styles and at many prices.

A national museum in Washington, D.C. has one of the oldest known pairs of Levi’s jeans in its collection. Jeans have come to express different ideas about American culture based on the people who wear them. These include the heroes of the Wild West and famous Hollywood actors like James Dean and Marlon Brando in the 1950s. Writer James Sullivan published a book called Jean: A Cultural History of an American Icon. In the book, he says jeans serve as a sign for two American values, creativity and rebellion (叛逆).

This passage is mainly about _______.

   A. the life story of Levi Strauss                            B. jeans and American culture

   C. why jeans are popular.                                 D. the history of jeans

We know from the passage that Levi Strauss _________.

   A. was the first person who wore jeans.               B. moved to the US from Germany alone.

   C. not only sold jeans at first in his store              D. helped Jacob Davis invent a kind of rivet

Which of the following statements is TRUE about jeans?

   A. Strauss and Davis owned the invention of using rivets on jeans.     

B. In California, Levi’s was the only jeans seller in 1928.

   C. Jeans were called copper-riveted waist overalls at first.           

 D. Jeans were originally made for heroes of the Wild West.

According to the last but one paragraph,jeans should be best described as _________.

   A. strong            B. cultural              C.  popular           D. unique

If you get a cellphone call, your sleeve(袖子) will soon be able to answer it. If you want to know how far you’ve run, your trousers will be able to tell you. Can’t decide what to wear? Wish your clothes were smart enough to decide for you? A new computer science technology may be able to help your clothing to do just that.
Mark Jones, a computer scientist, says, "We view electronic textiles (电子纺织品) as, sort of, where computing meets the fabric (编织品)."
This high-tech marriage is bringing up the wearable computers, like trousers that can interpret movement and let a computer know your every move.
A loom (织布机) helps make the wires and fabric together. Then special equipment in the fabric can measure the speed. Signals are then sent from the trousers to a computer to show the process.
Tom Martin also says, "E-textiles are a way for us to build wearable computers that look like normal clothing and can fit in fully with the environment."
Researchers also hope wearable computers will help save lives. "We will be able to tell what activity a person is doing. That sort of information is highly valuable when we’re trying to monitor someone with a long-term illness such as heart disease," Jones says. Monitoring your every step is something that clever clothing can do a little easier. Researchers plan on developing more smart clothes to integrate computers into shirts, hats and gloves.
【小题1】What does the underlined word "marriage" refer to in the passage?

A.The special equipment in the fabric used to measure the speed of our movement.
B.The unity(结合)of fabric and computing materials to make smart clothes.
C.Wearable computers which fit in with the environment.
D.The influence of electronics and computer science technology.
【小题2】How will smart clothes be able to know the wearer’s every movement?
A.There are the wires and fabric together.
B.There are signals in the smart clothes.
C.The computer built into them will control their every movement.
D.The clothing will have special equipment fixed into the fabric.
【小题3】The reason that people need smart clothes is that __________.
A.people are too lazy to decide what to wear
B.scientists want to prove their intelligence
C.smart clothes can provide information about the wearer’s health
D.smart clothes are as cheap as normal clothes
【小题4】What is the best title for the passage?
A.Connecting Clothes with High Technology
B.New Ways to Discover Illnesses Early
C.How to Use a Computer
D.Smart Clothes and Exercise

A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went to his room and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long. He went into the kitchen, and his mother and two sisters were doing some washing there. He said to them, “The new trousers are too long. They need cutting by two inches. Would one of you mind doing this for me?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything.
But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went to her son’s room silently and cut the trousers by two inches. She came back without saying anything to her daughters. After supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She went to his room and cut the trousers by two inches without saying anything to anyone. The younger sister went to the cinema. But when she came back, she also remembered her brother’s trousers. So she went to his room and cut them by two inches, too.
【小题1】The trousers were ______.

A.too longB.newC.for the young manD.A, B and C
【小题2】Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him?
A.Because they didn’t hear him clearly.
B.Because they thought others would do it for him
C.Because they didn’t want to do it for him.
D.Because they were busy at that time.
【小题3】What can we infer from the story?
A.Maybe the young man didn’t try on the trousers when he bought them
B.The trousers are just right for the young man now.
C.His mother and sisters didn’t hear what the young man said.
D.The young’s mother and sisters didn’t want to help him.
【小题4】If the trousers were 197 inches at first, how long were they at last?
A.191 inches B.193 inchesC.195 inchesD.199 inches.
【小题5】Which one is true from the story?
A.The young man’s mother and sisters want others to know what they did.
B.They young man would be very happy to see his trousers were short.
C.The young man had to throw the trousers away at last.
D.The young man would be very thankful to his mother and sisters.

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