Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的). A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no".
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks. The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the Woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes".
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do, you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means no.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing~ He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no".These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______.
| A．should go abroad for vacations |
| B．needed to learn foreign languages |
| C．should often discuss their experiences |
| D．had problems with communications |
People in Micronesia show "yes" by ____.
| A．nodding heads | B．raising eyebrows |
| C．shaking heads | D．saying "no" |
Tom misunderstood his class at first because
| A．he did not know much about Indian culture |
| B．he didn’t explain everything clearly enough |
| C．some students didn’t understand his questions |
| D．he didn’t know where the students came from |
Which of the following is TRUE according to(根据) this passage?
| A．In Bulgaria, nodding heads means no. |
| B．Jan taught English on a Pacific island. |
| C．Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage. |
| D．In India, only shaking heads means "YES". |
The passage is mainly about _____.
| A．body language in foreign restaurants |
| B．class discussion in Indian schools |
| C．miscommunication in different cultures |
| D．English teaching in other countries |
Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account ( 账户)each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off( 注销)the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course \
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off, as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft 透支) . If you fail to use the day’s savings, the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from " tomorrow". You must make good use of it so as to get more in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature( 早产)baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided(避免)an accident.
Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called "The Present".The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means_________.
| A．平衡 | B．贷款 | C．余款 | D．提款 |
What is special about the TIME bank we each have?
| A．We can store time in it whenever we like. |
| B．Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day. |
| C．The time in it will surely get lost if you don’t use it. |
| D．Someone helps you spend your time every night. |
What can be the best title of the passage?
| A．The Bank of Money | B．The Bank of Time |
| C．The value of one hour | D．The clock is running |
In this passage, the writer tries to tell us_________.
| A．what a bank is | B．how to save money |
| C．the difference of time units | D．to make good use of time |
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I’ll talk about going online.
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing computer games. We can send e-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat freely online with our friends. It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world.
But every coin has two sides. Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble. For example, some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online, so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend.
At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activities from 4’ 50 to 5- 50 in the afternoon. We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon. We can join some interests groups in school, such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon, or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon. We can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities.Many of us like going online because it can help us_________.
| A．learn English and send e-mails | B．get more information |
| C．play computer games | D．all of the above |
According to the speaker, in our spare time we should_________.
| A．go online for longer time |
| B．stay in the classroom doing more exercises |
| C．go to the English Corner every afternoon |
| D．do more out-of-class activities at school |
If you are free on Tuesday afternoon, what out-of-class activities can you have at school?
| A．Playing basketball or football. | B．Singing and dancing. |
| C．Drawing or reading. | D．Going to the English Corner. |
Penguins are lovely animals. Most people like them. But now as many as 10 of the 17 kinds of penguins are in danger of disappearing. The number of penguins has decreased by ( 减少了) 30% since 1987.
Penguins are black and white birds that live in the southern part of the world. They are common in the Antarctic Continent (南极大陆) ,New Zealand, Australia and South America. Many live near cold waters (水域). But some live near warm waters in Galapagos Islands. Penguins cannot fly, but they are fine swimmers. The shape of their body helps them to survive. Penguins eat fish and krill (磷虾). They have short wings that help them to dive up to 900 feet to catch larger fish. They can swim 10-15 kilometers an hour which lets them protect themselves. They also have lots of body oil that helps in keeping them dry in the water.
The warming of the earth is the reason for the decrease in the number of penguins. The hotter and hotter air has caused ocean waters to become warmer. Higher water temperature has decreased the fish and krill. Some years later these birds are completely unable to reproduce. And many adult penguins die of hunger.
Too much fishing, exploration for oil and oil leaks (泄漏) also make penguins be in danger. Poisonous things in ocean waters are another danger. Penguins also have their enemies, including sharks, seals and sea lions.Penguins can do the following except________.
| A．diving | B．flying | C．swimming | D．catching fish |
Which of the following is NOT the reason for the decrease in the number penguins?
| A．The warming of the earth. | B．Too much fishing. |
| C．Natural disasters. | D．Poisonous things in ocean waters. |
What does the underlined word "reproduce" mean?
| A．繁殖 | B．灭绝 | C．迁徙 | D．觅食 |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．Fish and krill have decreased. |
| B．Ocean waters are polluted. |
| C．Sharks and seals are the enemies of penguins. |
| D．The decrease in the number of penguins. |
Who are the top students in the world, do you know? Last week the Organization for Economic Co-operation Development (经济合作与发展组织) picked the best students in the world. They are Finnish (芬兰的). The OECD gave a test to 280 000 15-year-old students from more than 40 countries and regions (地区) last year. The OECD wanted to know how well students were doing at school.
Finnish students were No. 1 in the reading test and second in maths after Hong Kong students. Those from Japan and Finland were top in science. In the problem solving, Finnish students came second to those from South Korea. The test also showed Finland had more top students than the other countries.
Finns (芬兰人) of your age have done a really good job but don’t have a sense of envy. You can learn from them. Most Finnish students make good use of the Internet. Of course not for computer games, but for doing more exercises and finding out more information.
Libraries are also important. Finland spends a lot of money on them. Many students have a free card. They read for at least one or two hours a day.
What do you usually do on the Internet? How often do you go to libraries?Students from which country or region did best in the reading test?
| A．South Korea. | B．Hong Kong. | C．Finland. | D．Japan. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Hong Kong students were No. 1 in maths. |
| B．Finnish students were the first of all the tests. |
| C．Finnish students did well in the problem solving. |
| D．Japanese students were top in science. |
From this passage we know that_________.
| A．the test can make the students lose their interest in learning |
| B．the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet |
| C．it’s hard to tell who the best students in the world are |
| D．Finnish students make better use of the Internet and libraries |
Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece.
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.
The circle rolled very slowly because it .
| A．spent much time talking to worms |
| B．wanted to enjoy the sunshine |
| C．was looking for its missing piece |
| D．lost a piece of its own |
Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it .
| A．wanted to enjoy the world |
| B．found a different world |
| C．wanted to look for another missing piece |
| D．thought the world changed so quickly |
The story mainly tells us that .
| A．nobody loves us if we give nothing |
| B．a man who has everything is the happiest |
| C．losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes |
| D．we are not whole when we lose something |
Think rock. paper, scissors is a children’s game? Think again.
Top players from around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten-thousand-Canadian dollar prize and the title (头衔) of world champion.
More than 500 players, including national from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.
The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems.
Players hold their fists (拳头~) closed and count to three before making one of three hand signals: a fist 0ock),flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.
Players have different ideas about the history of the game, but it is believed to have been played for centuries in Japan
The Paper Scissors Stone Club was found in England in 1842 and provided an environment where players could play together.
In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters (总部)moved from London to Toronto. In 1925 its members were over 10,000.
The world championships have been held since 2O02, which are held once every yearThe winner could get______
| A．$1,000 | B．$10,000 | C．C$1,00O | D．C$10,000 |
According to the passage the game “Paper Scissors Stone" originated(起源于)in ________
A. Japan B Australia : C. America D. NorwayWhere did the Paper Stone Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?
A In 1842 B In 1898 C In 1918 D In 1925 How many world championships had been held by 2009?
| A．Two. | B．Eight | C．Seventy. | D．Eighty |
Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
● Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can go online.
● Don’t give your password (密码) to anyone else, and never leak out the following information---your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
● Check with your parents before giving out a credit (信用) card number.
● Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.
● Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents must make sure it’s a right place for you.
● Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission (允许). Never meet anyone you met on line alone.
● Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as strangers.
● If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher right away.
● Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.
● Remember—not everything you read on the Internet is true. If you want a true friend on the Internet , you can ____________ .
A tell the people what your name is . B meet the people on line alone.
C write an e-mail about yourself . D get your parent’s permission.It’s good for children to ________ on the Internet.
| A．give password to others | B．get useful knowledge and information |
| C．give out a credit card number | D．go into a chat room as they’d like to |
The underlined phrase “leak out” in the third paragraph may mean “________.”
| A．give away | B．leave out | C．give out | D．put away |
If your parents don’t agree, never ________.
| A．read anything on the Internet | B．relax in your free time |
| C．have a face-to face meeting with anyone you met online | |
| D．treat other people as you’d like to be treated |
This passage is mainly about “________”.
| A．How to use Computers | B．Surfing on the Internet |
| C．Information on the Internet | D．Internet Safety Rules |
China is the home of tea, 36 has more than 4,000 years of history. People in China drink tea daily. 37 the three major drinks ----tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by 38 people in the world. Tea from China, along 39 silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export 40 .
Tea leaves 41 mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild 42 and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 43 kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people 44 their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on. Tea is 45 a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.
A．who B．which C．where D．when
A．In B．For C．Of D．By
A．the number of B．a number of C．a large number of D．the largest number of
A．between B．with C．except D．besides
A．at that time B．from now on C．since then D．since now
A．produce B．are produced C．make D．are made
A．climate B．weather C．condition D．environment
A．interesting B．important C．famous D．normal
A．had developed B．have developed C．developed D．are developing
A．too B．as well C．either D．also
BEIJIN—No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22,1998.It was started to protect the environment, By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.
The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities ,including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhua, also support the day.
In Beijing, more and more people are joining in the activity. It asks the drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work. It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5(World Environment Day).The slogan(口号) for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”
So far, more than 200,000 drivers have shown their support. “We can’t control the weather, but we can choose not to drive.’’ said, Wu Zonghua, a car club chairman. Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year. In the first quarter of this year, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period last year. Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution. We must do more for No Car Day.There are cities in China that support No Car Day according to the passage.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
The activity of No Car Day encourages Beijing drivers .
| A．not to work on No Car Day |
| B．to enjoy having a day off |
| C．to leave their cars at home for repair |
| D．to ride a bike or walk instead of driving to work |
According to the passage there were blue sky days in the first quarter of last year in Beijing.
| A．52 | B．63 | C．41 | D．238 |
The air pollution in Beijing is mostly caused by .
| A．cars | B．dust | C．weather | D．rubbish |
We can know from the passage that .
| A．more and more people in Beijing are joining car clubs |
| B．people will have one more World Environment Day each month |
| C．more and more people won’t drive on Nor Car Day in Beijing |
| D．more people in the world won’t drive any more |
The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities (课外活动) where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a better start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend a large amount of money on education. Even poor parents manage to buy a computer for their son or daughter.
In fact, most parents fail to see that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills are different; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. However, they fail to realize that today’s children are lack (缺乏) of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take exams and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need. They do not teach them to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job step by step. The result, a well--cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence. All these will help the children step to success in the future.
An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse(唤醒) his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teaching a child to read a book. They teach them to think and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.
1．Is the writer satisfied with the Chinese parents’ ideas of educating their children?
2. Put the underlined sentence “the more expensive an education is, the better it is” into Chinese.
3.What are the children lack of today?
4. How is the experience of cooking according to the fifth paragraph?
5.What does the underlined word “They” refer to(所指的是) in the last paragraph?
You may have known several kinds of police --- traffic police, fire police and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving(节能) policeman?
A group of 22 energy-saving policemen went to work last week in Beijing. They go around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centers and other public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these places have set their air conditioning(空调) no cooler than 26℃.
They also set up a special phone line so that people can tell them which buildings fail to follow the rule.
“If everyone sets their air conditioning at 26℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatthour of electricity in one summer. That’s one-third of all the usages of the city in the season,” said a TV advertisement.
Other Chinese cities, like Wuhan in Hubei Province and Yangzhou in Jiansu Province, are going to follow Beijing’s steps in setting up a similar police team.
As one of the fastest developing countries, China is using a lot of energy. This has a great effect on the country’s environment and limited(有限的) energy.
From 1986 to 2005, the country experienced 20 warm winters continuously(连续). Numbers show that Chinese cities have to spend billions of yuan solving environmental problems every year.
At the beginning of this month, China made its first action plan to fight pollution. It aims to reduce energy usage by 20% and increase renewable(可更新的) energy up to 10% from 7% by 2010.
To introduce the public to a green life, last week Beijing held a show on energy-saving technology and productions. Environment-friendly machines, such as a vending machine that helps collect used bottles, have attracted lots of attention. “We want to tell people that there are certain ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective ways to do it on our daily lives,” said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer in Beijing. The job of the energy-saving policemen is ______.
| A．to set up a special phone line |
| B．to set the air conditioning cooler |
| C．to check the use of energy in public places |
| D．to make sure that more energy will be produced |
Beijing uses ______ million kilowatt-hour electricity in summer.
| A．1200. |
B．800. |
C．400. |
D．133. |
Which of the following years’ winters were all warm in China?
| A．1968—1988. |
B．1999—2003. |
C．2002—2006. |
D．2005—2009. |
In the year 2010 China’s energy usages is going to be cut by ______.
| A．7%. |
B．10%. |
C．17%. |
D．20%. |
According to Liu Qianguang, ______.
| A．there are few ways to protect the environment |
| B．it’s difficult to find good ways to save energy |
| C．it’s easy for one to do something good for the environment |
| D．it’s difficult for one to do something good for the environment |
One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea. Today, when we think of Western tea culture, we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups.
Afternoon tea
People believe that an English lady, Anna, first introduced the idea of afternoon tea. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English ate only two main meals each day: breakfast and a heavy supper that would last for several hours in the evening. As a result, people often got very hungry during the long wait between these two meals. To solve this problem, Anna came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal between four and five o’clock. This meal included cakes and sandwiches. And tea was served(供应) to wash down the food. In order to make this afternoon meal important, fine china cups and plates and silver teapots, knives, forks and spoons were used. Soon, afternoon tea parties became popular social occasions. Today, afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life in modern Britain.
Will you come for coffee?
Coffee also has an important role in British culture. People often use the words “Will you come for coffee” to mean “Would you like to come to my home for a chat?” Normally, several different drinks such as tea, hot chocolate or a soft drink like orange juice will be served as well as coffee, and you will be asked what you would like. However, you will not normally be offered wine at a “coffee” party.
Coffeehouses and the London Stock Exchange
In the 17th century London, coffeehouses were busy and noisy places. Businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses to do their business, as well as to drink coffee. In fact, the London Stock Exchange(伦敦股票交易所) is believed to have started from these coffeehouses. Anna introduced the idea of drinking afternoon tea because she ______.
| A．enjoyed chatting with her friends at home |
| B．loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups |
| C．wanted to share nice food with her friends |
| D．found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals |
What does “social occasions” mean in Chinese?
| A．集体婚礼 | B．社交活动 | C．社区表演 | D．公共场合 |
If someone says to you “Will you come for coffee,” you ______.
| A．will be offered coffee only |
| B．are asked what you would like to drink |
| C．will be asked to have a chat with him or her |
| D．you are invited to take part in an afternoon tea party |
From the last paragraph we can see______
| A．a new business was started in coffeehouses. |
| B．coffeehouses are still used by businessmen and bankers. |
| C．businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses just for coffee. |
| D．most people wouldn’t like to go to coffeehouses because of the noise. |
Which is the best title of the article?
| A．British and Chinese cultures. | B．The beginning of Tea and Coffee. |
| C．Coffeehouse and Business. | D．English tea and coffee culture. |
As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) is getting more and more popular in the USA.
“We needed furniture for our living room,” says John Rose,” and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Roses took a 2-week courses for ＄280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has much work at home as well as a job in a shoe-making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for＄420. “I was deeply unhappy about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can do to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you want to become a DIY, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who didn’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.Many newly married people in the USA ______.
| A．find it hard to pay for what they need |
| B．must take some courses |
| C．have to learn to make their own furniture |
| D．seldom go to a shop to buy things. |
John and his wife went to evening classes to learn how to ______.
| A．make furniture | B．make or repair things |
| C．improve the quality of life | D．save time and money |
Jim Hatfield’s job is to ______.
| A．make shoes at home | B．do housework in a shoe factory |
| C．run a shoe-making factory at home | D．work in a shoe factory |
Jim decided to become a DIY when ______.
| A．he enjoyed doing everything by himself |
| B．he becomes an unusual person |
| C．his car repairs cost very much |
| D．the car repair class wasn’t helpful |
Which of the following statement is right?
| A．If you want to become a DIY, you can only go to DIY classes. |
| B．People who take DIY courses are quite different from the others. |
| C．DIY is becoming more and more popular because of the raising living cost. |
| D．Most families in the country are doing everything because they enjoy the life style. |
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). Why did Jacob use rivets for jeans?
| A．Because they made the blue jeans stronger. |
B．Because they had a history. |
| C．Because they are fashionable. |
D．Because they were dear. |
Which of the following is WRONG about blue jeans?
| A．Miners like to wear strong clothing. |
| B．Jeans have only one color — blue. |
| C．James wrote a book about jeans. |
| D．Levi Strauss is the first person to produce jeans in large numbers. |
The two American values are rebellion and _____________.
| A．protection |
B．ambition |
C．friendship |
D．creativity |
What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．Jeans are popular. |
B．Jeans become fashions. |
| C．The history of blue jeans. |
D．Levi Strauss was a German. |
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