Question

Look in the bedrooms of young people in the world. Maybe you will find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.

Jeans give you the feeling of comfort(舒适), youth（青春）and energy（活力）. Every person likes them very much.

Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded(建立) in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys（牛仔） of 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 people like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.

Now we can see jeans 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（正式的) places. But when you are out, relaxing or having fun, jeans are the best choices.

1.The story is talking about _________________ .

A.Levis Strauss        B.young people

C.clothes’ history   D.jeans

2.Levis Strauss made the first blue jeans_________________.

A.when he was 44      B.when he was 24

C.in 1853             D.in 1924

3.When you_________________, you’d better not wear a pair of jeans.

A.go to an important meeting     B.go to a trip

C.have a party                  D.are having fun

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述的是牛仔的发展历程。24岁的 Levi Strauss创建了一家公司，20年后，他制作了世界上第一条蓝色牛仔裤，最初主要是美国西部的牛仔们把它当工作裤来穿，后来变得越来越来受欢迎，颜色和式样也越来越多。牛仔裤在出行时是最佳选择，但不适合穿着出现在正式场合。

1.D主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是牛仔的发展历程。故选D。

2.A细节理解题。从The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world公司是由24岁的 Levi Strauss创建的，20年后，他制作了世界上第一条蓝色牛仔裤，可知答案选A。

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考点：历史文化类短文阅读。