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.
1.The story is talking about_____________.
A. Levi Strauss B. young people C. cool D. jeans
2.Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans_____________.
A. when he was 44 B. when he was 24 C. in 1853 D. in 1924
3.___________ wore jeans after they were first made.
A. American soldiers B. American cowboys
C. Levi Strauss D. The people in Europe
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
D. they are working trousers.
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 D. are having fun
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1.If you spend 100 yuan, you can .
A. get a piano lesson
B. get 6 hours of free parking
C. get free drinks
D. get a lost cat
2.How can you contact(联系) the owner of the house for more information?
A. By visiting Mrs. Smith. B. By sending a letter.
C. By making a phone call. D. By calling Linda.
3.Who can teach children to play the piano?
A. Miss Smith B. Jim C. Linda D. Happy Store
4.When you find a small cat with black and white hair, you may call .
A. 86083957 B. 31388888 C. 86153788 D. 315161222
5.Where are these advertisements from?
A. China Daily. B. New York Times.
C. Changjiang Evening News. D. Star Evening News.
One day, my English teacher asked me to help her save back-up（备份） copies of her work in the computer. I then realized I was able to know the grades of all of her students. I 36 her how to copy files（文件） from one disk to another and she thanked me.
A few days later, she asked me to help her again, because she 37 how to do it. When I showed it to her, some students in my class 38 and began to talk among themselves 39 .Later that day, at lunch time, several of them came up to me.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades? We’ll 40 for it.”
I could not believe what I heard. I could get paid for something very 41 . “All right. I’ll do it.” The next day, my English teacher 42 me to help him out again. When he was not paying 43 , I changed their grades from Fs to As.
I soon became very 44 among my friends. They began to treat me like God who could do 45 . Word spread quickly and I became very rich.
Everything was going fine 46 I was called into the headmaster’s office. When I got there, both of my teacher and the headmaster were very angry. “ I don’t want to 47 what your teacher said, but I have to. She has too much evidence(证据),’’ the headmaster said. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”
“No,” I said finally. I didn’t realize how 48 my behavior had been. I had disappointed my teacher and the headmaster. And there was no way 49 . I had to leave my school. That was a good 50 for me.
1.A. said B. urged C. knew D. showed
2.A. lost B. remembered C. reminded D. forgot
3.A. listened B. noticed C. played D. checked
4.A. quietly B. luckily C. sincerely D. angrily
5.A. pay B. praise C. follow D. explain
6.A. familiar B. easy C. interesting D. pleasant
7.A. challenged B. allowed C. taught D. asked
8.A. money B. work C. attention D. interest
9.A. common B. popular C. modest D. dishonest
10.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. some things
11.A. until B. since C. because D. after
12.A. believe B. reply C. hate D. influence
13.A. hard B. interesting C. serious D. important
14.A. up B. in C. back D. down
15.A. skill B. lesson C. story D. example
–Could you tell me __________？
A. which is the way to the restroom.
B. where is the restroom
C. how can I get to the restroom
D. is there a restroom near here
--- How was Jack last night?
--- He was so ___________ that he fell ____________ quickly.
A. sleepy; sleep B. sleep; asleep C. sleepy; asleep D. asleep; sleep
--- Help___________ to some fish, children.
---Thanks, Mrs Smith.
A. you B. yourself C. yourselves D. yours
