Do you enjoy wearing Levi’s blue jeans? Blue jeans have become popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started?
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid 1800’s and immigrated(移居) to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry-goods business for several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and his dreams to San Francisco (California, USA). His dream to succeed came true over the next 20 years as he became a very successful businessman.
Many of Levi Strauss’ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed clothing that was strong and lasting. Strauss found a special cloth from France that was comfortable and lasted a long time. It was called “serge and mines” which was later shortened to the word “denim(粗棉布)”.
Another man named Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim cloth from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets(铆钉)on certain parts of the pants to make them stronger. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making lots of pants with rivets.
Jacob Davis soon realized that using rivets was a great business idea, and he didn’t want anybody to steal that idea. He decided that he would need to get a patent. But being a poor tailor, he didn’t have money to pay for the patent. After thinking it over, he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, “If you agree to pay for the patent, we will share the profits from the riveted pants.” Levi Strauss did agree, and the new riveted pant business was called Levi Strauss and Company. Today Levi’s jeans are more popular than ever, and Levi’s name continues to live in.
What is Levi Strauss?
| A．A tailor. | B．A miner. |
| C．A cowboy. | D．A businessman. |
What do you think the underline word patent mean?
| A．办法 | B．利益 | C．专利 | D．公司 |
Jacob Davis thinks .
| A．he must get the help of Levi Strauss. |
| B．his idea is good and he can do it easily. |
| C．Levi Strauss can’t share his profits. |
| D．all the persons all over the world like the jeans very much. |
Which is right according the passage?
| A．Jacob Davis sewed pants in his business. |
| B．Levi Strauss didn’t want to pay for Jacob Davis’ patent. |
| C．Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis became business partners. |
| D．Jacob Davis put rivets in pants because they looked good. |
What do you think the writers main idea?
| A．How were the jeans invented? |
| B．How does Levi Strauss succeed? |
| C．Jacob Davis was a clever man. |
| D．How to earn more money? |
There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and at their tea time. There is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea before they go to bed.
Sometimes it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British do. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a kind of medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage(饮料).
People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea, green tea, black tea or milk tea as some people call it. They are served in different ways and people like drinking them, because they know that drinking tea is good for health.From the passage we know tea was used as a kind of medicine in _______________many years ago.
| A．the world | B．Britain |
| C．many countries | D．China and Japan |
The main idea of the first paragraph is _______________________________.
| A．how many cups of tea the British drink each day. |
| B．that the British like talking about tea. |
| C．that the British can’t live without drinking tea. |
| D．that tea is very important in the life of the British. |
The underlined phrase “their idea of heaven” in paragraph 1 means _______________.
| A．the happiest thing for them |
| B．their thoughts |
| C．their God |
| D．the worst thing for them |
How many kinds of tea are mentioned in the last paragraph?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Five |
In this E-book package, we have four e-books.
Kids can ________ by reading Fun with Food.
| A．do science experiments | B．get cooking experience |
| C．play happily at school | D．play some riddle games |
________ has over sixty pages.
| A．Fun with Food | B．Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book |
| C．Food Facts E-Book | D．Kids Food Science Experiments |
Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book is popular because ________.
| A．there is a unit for each age group |
| B．there are a lot of photo tests in it |
| C．kids can learn more about science |
| D．each part is very easy to print off |
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside .Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
● Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
● If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, letting the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
● If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
| A．Go home alone late at night. |
| B．Make sure where the public phones are. |
| C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early. |
| D．Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _____to make yourself safe.
| A．run home |
| B．find a lift and go in |
| C．turn back and walk towards him or her at once. |
| D．cross the street and go to the other way. |
When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you_____.
| A．to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep. |
| B．to talk with the driver. |
| C．to call your friends. |
| D．to get off the bus at once. |
What can you learn from the text?
| A．How to notice the environment around you. |
| B．How to be safe in your everyday life. |
| C．How to cross the street. |
| D．How to use the public phones. |
至中选出恰当的标题。共小题，计分来源______________
| Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there. |
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| Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems to be a very kind man and always smiles. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country. |
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| Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding or Little Ding. He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China. |
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| An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to the summer Olympic Games. |
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| Liu Qian is the only magician from Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance. When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take it out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China. |
A. The premier is our “grandpa”.
B. The most famous soprano in China.
C. The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.
D. The famous magician from Taiwan.
E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.
If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming overweight and out of shape.
Do you often feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and lower back, and you can’t explain why? Do you get sick often? It could be radiation(辐射) from your computer causing it. If you spend three hours or more a day in front of a computer, you are more easily harmful by the hazard(危险).
We have got so used to using computers that we often neglect(忽略) to think of them as dangerous sources of harmful radiation. A safe amount of radiation is 25V/m(Volts/meter). Do you want to guess how much our personal computers give off?
Keyboard： 1000 V/m
Mouse： 450 V/m
Monitor： 218 V/m
CPU： 170 V/m
Notebook computers： 2,500 V/m
Ways to Protect Yourself from Harmful Computer Radiation
1. Decorate your desk with cactus(仙人掌) plants, they take in radiation.
2. Drink two or three cups of green tea a day and eat an orange daily. The vitamins in tea leaves and oranges protect us from radiation and keep our eyes healthy as well.
3. Use a screen filter(过滤器) for your monitor.
4. Avoid having metal objects nearby on your desk.
5. Put the back of the computer to the wall. Most of the radiation comes off the back.
6. Keep your monitor at least 50 cm away from your face.
7. Keep your computer rooms ventilated(空气流通的).
8. Eat healthily---especially fruits and vegetables.
9. Don’t fall asleep on your computer. Turn it off if you have to rest nearby.
The ways above are useful, why not have a try at once?
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| Symptom(症状) affected by computers |
Feeling sleepy, forgetful and |
| A safe amount of radiation |
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| The radiation a mouse gives off |
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