1、阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Levi Straussa name that is now famouswas the man1invented jeans. Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829, but went to the USA as2young man. At first he lived in New York,3in 1853 he moved to San Francisco, where he worked with his brot
2、her. They worked in a shop selling clothes to men who4for gold in the California Gold Rush. The men were working very5in difficult conditions, and they needed very strong trousers.Strauss was the first man to begin producing special, strong trousers6working men. He made these trousers from a tough f
3、abric(结实的织物) called denim(牛仔布)probably from a town7Nimes in France. Many people now think the English word 8from the French words de Nimes, which means from Nimes. Later, Strauss added special metal buttons to the trousers to make them even9and they immediately became very popular.In the early part
4、of the 20th century, only working men wore jeans in workplaces like factories. But after the Second World War, teenage boys and young men at college started to wear10to go out. These boys called the trousers jeans. In the 1960s, more young Americans started11them as informal, casual clothes outside
5、the workplace and denim jeans became fashionable.At that time, jeans were usually flared(向外展开的), but today,12many different styles of jeans: straight, baggy, flared, low-waistedalmost any style you can13.Today,14people wear jeans to go to work in offices, as well as to go out. Jeans are as15today as
6、 they ever were, but there is one thing no one is really sure aboutwhy are they called ?1.A. whatB. whereC. whoD. which2.A. aB. anC. theD. /3.A. andB. orC. butD. so4.A. workB. were workingC. are workingD. have worked5.A. hardB. hardlyC. harderD. more hardly6.A. toB. atC. forD. by7.A. callB. calledC.
7、 callingD. to call8.A. comesB. comeC. cameD. has come9.A. goodB. betterC. bestD. the best10.A. itB. itsC. theyD. them11.A. wearB. wearingC. woreD. worn12.A. haveB. hasC. there areD. there is13.A. imagineB. imaginedC. imaginingD. to imagine14.A. millionB. millionsC. million ofD. millions of15.A. popu
8、larB. popularlyC. more popularD. more popularly二、完型填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1625各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。There was a woman in Detroit(底特律), who has two sons. She was worried16them, especially the younger one, Ben,17he was not doing well in school. Boys inhisclassmadefun ofhimb
9、ecause he seemed so slow.The mother decided that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. Shetoldthem to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a18a week and do a report about it for her.One day, in Bens19, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben putup h
10、is hand and the teacher let him speak. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” the class wondered. He20said anything; what could he possibly want to say?Well, Ben not only21the rock: he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew22the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students
11、 were23. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book24Ben later went on to thetop of his class. When he finishedhighschool, hewenttoYaleUniversity and at lastbecameoneofthebestdoctors inthe United StatesAfter Ben had grown up, he25something about his mother that he did not know as achild. Sh
12、e, herself, had never learned how to read16. A. aboutB. onC. withD. over17. A. becauseB. soC. butD. though18. A. noticeB. messageC. bookD. question19. A. classB. roomC. houseD. library20. A. alwaysB. evenC. quicklyD. never21. A. foundB. playedC. knewD. threw22. A. whetherB. whenC. whereD. why23. A. afraidB. surprisedC
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