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UnitFour（BookFour）

练习

I．RF（快速阅读一篇）（题目分类：

多项选择题）

4-RF-04

Directions:

Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverapassagequicklyandreadtenstatementsinit.

Forstatements1-10,write

T（forTrue）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph（s）;

F（forFalse）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgivenintheaboveparagraph（s）;

N（forNotgiven）ifthestatementisnotgivenintheaboveparagraph（s）;

TheJeaningofAmericaandtheWorld

ThisisthestoryofasturdyAmericansymbolwhichhasnowspreadthroughoutmostoftheworld.Thesymbolisnotthedollar.ItisnotevenCoca-Cola.Itisasimplepairofpantscalledbluejeans,andwhatthepantssymbolizeiswhatAlexisdeTocquevillecalled“amanlyandlegitimatepassionforequality…”Bluejeansarefavoredequallybybureaucratsandcowboys,bankersanddeadbeats,fashiondesignersandbeerdrinkers.Theydrawnodistinctionsandrecognizenoclasses;

theyaremerelyAmerican.Yettheyaresoughtafteralmosteverywhereintheworld.Theyhavebeenaroundforalongtime,anditseemslikelythattheywilloutliveeventhenecktie.

ThisubiquitousAmericansymbolwastheinventionofaBavarian-bornJew.HisnamewasLeviStrauss.

HewasborninBadOcheim,Germany,in1829,andduringtheEuropeanpoliticaldisorderof1848decidedtotakehischancesinNewYork,towhichhistwobrothersalreadyhademigrated.Fortwoyearshewasalowlypeddler,haulingsundries（杂货）door-to-doortoekeout（维持）ahand-to-mouthliving.WhenamarriedsisterinSanFranciscoofferedtopayhiswayWestin1850,hejumpedattheopportunity,takingwithhimboltsofcanvashehopedtosellformakingtents.

Itwasthewrongkindofcanvasforthatpurpose,butwhiletalkingwithaminer,helearnedthatpants–sturdypantsthatwouldstanduptotherigorsofthediggings–werealmostimpossibletofind.Opportunitybeckoned.Onthespot,Straussmeasuredtheman’swaistandinseamwithapieceofstringand,forsixdollarsingolddust,hadthecanvastailoredintoapairofstiffbutruggedpants.Theminerwasdelightedwiththeresult,wordgotaroundabout“thosepantsofLevi’s,”andStrausswasinbusiness.Thecompanyhasbeeninbusinesseversince.

WhenStraussranoutofcanvas,hewrotehistwobrotherstosendmore.Hereceivedinsteadarough,browncottonclothmadeinNimes,France––calledsergedeNimesandswiftlyshortenedto“denim”（theword“jeans”derivesfromGenes,theFrenchwordforGennoa,whereasimilarclothwasproduced）.Almostfromthefirst,Strausshadhisclothdyedthedistinctiveindigothatgavebluejeanstheirname,butitwasnotuntilthe1870sthatheaddedthecopperrivets（铆钉）whichhavelongsincebecomeacompanytrademark.

Overthefollowingyearsthecompanyprosperedlocallyandbythetimeofhisdeathin1902,StrausshadbecomeamanofprominenceinCalifornia.Forthreedecadesthereafterthebusinessremainedprofitablethoughsmall.Fromacompanywithfifteensalespeople,twoplants,andalmostnobusinesseastofMississippiin1946,theorganizationgrewinthirtyyearstoincludeasalesforceofmorethantwenty-twothousand,withfiftyplantsandofficesinthirty-fivecountries.Eachyear,morethan250,000,000itemsofLevi’sclothingaresold–includingmorethan83,000,000pairsofrivetedbluejeans.Theyhavebecome,throughmarketing,wordofmouth,anddemonstrablereliability,thecommonpantsofAmerica.Theycanbepurchasedpre-washed,pre-faded,andpre-shrunkforthesuitablyproletarianlook.

Thepantshavebecomeatradition,andalongthewayhaveacquiredahistoryoftheirown.Therewas,forexample,theWyomingmanwhousedhisjeansasatwo-ropetohaulhiscaroutofaditch.Andthenthereistheparticularlyterrifyingstoryofthecarelessconstructionworkerwhodangledfifty-twostoriesabovethestreetuntilrescued,hissolesupporttheLevi’sbeltloopthroughwhichhisropewashooked.

Statements:

1. 

Thebluejeansoftodayweretheresultofanunforeseenuseoftentcanvas.

2. 

Bluejeansarefavoredonlybycowboysanddeadbeats.

3. 

Bluejeansareasymbolof“amanlyandlegitimatepassionforequality”becauseboththewealthyandthelowlylikewearingthem.

4. 

Levi’stwobrotherswerealsobusinessmen.

5. 

Levi’spantsweresopopularwiththeminersbecausetheysoldatacheapprice.

6. 

Itwasnotuntilthe1860sthatheaddedthecopperrivetswhichhavelongsincebecomeacompanytrademark.

7. 

JeanshavebecomethecommonpantsofAmericabecausetheyarebothpracticalandfashionable.

8. 

Bythetimeofhisdeath,StrausshadbecometherichestmaninCalifornia.

9. 

TheWyomingmanwhousedhisjeansasatwo-ropetohaulhiscaroutofaditchwaswell-educated.