单选题

Levi Strauss, a young immigrant (移民) from Germany, arrived in San Francisco in 1850. California was in the middle of the Gold Rush, Thousands of men were coming to California to dig for gold. And Levi Strauss came to sell canvas (帆布) to these gold miners. Canvas is a heavy fabric. So Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.
One day Strauss heard a miner complain that he couldn't find clothes strong enough for the work he was doing, Strauss got an idea. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants (裤子). These pants were what the miners needed. In one day Strauss sold all the pants he had made. Strauss wanted to improve his pants. He wanted to make them even better. He bought a fabric that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called "serge de Nimes". The miners liked this fabric. They called it "denim" (from "de Nimes") and bought even more pants from Strauss. However, denim had no color. Because of this the denim pants did not look very interesting, and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss dyed (染) the denim blue. Strauss continued to improve his jeans. Today, the company he started is known around the world, And Jeans are considered not just practical but very fashionable as well.

单选题 This article mainly tells about the story of ______.
A. blue jeans B. Levi Strauss
C. Gold Rush D. a kind of fabric

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】纵观全文，虽然Levi Strauss是故事的主人公，但本文并没有讲述他的生平故事，而是讲述Levi Strauss如何发明牛仔裤(blue jeans)，以及如何使之不断完善的过程。所以本题的正确答案应该是A。

单选题 Which of the following shows the right order of what happened to Levi Strauss?
a. Strauss found some gold miners unsatisfied with his cloths.
b. The company Strauss set up became world famous.
c. Strauss sold canvas to gold miners.
d. Strauss dyed the denim blue.
A. a.c.d.b B. a.c.b.d
C. c.a.d.b D. c.a.b.d

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】从整篇文章可以很容易地看出C是正确答案，即Levi来到旧金山卖帆布给矿工做帐篷，都来听到淘金工人抱怨身上的衣服不够结实，想方设法将粗斜纹帆布染成蓝色做成裤子卖给矿工。今天，Levi开办的牛仔服工厂早已闻名于世。

单选题 What was Levi Strauss' idea when he heard a miner's complaint?
A. He thought canvas was strong enough for tents.
B. He could improve canvas and make pants out of it.
C. He thought canvas could be used for clothes.
D. Miners could use canvas to make clothes.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】据文章可知，Levi本来是卖帆布给矿工做帐篷用的，当他听到一个矿工抱怨身上的衣服不够结实时，他灵机一动，用很结实的帆布做成裤子卖给矿工。由此可见，选项C是最合适的答案。而选项B说“他改进了帆布，将之做成裤子。”这是不准确的。因为刚开始时，他是直接用帆布做裤子，后来采用了一种比较软的布改进了他的产品，所以B是错误的。

单选题 Which of the following best describes Strauss' character?
A. He was a man full of imagination and idea.
B. He was a kind-hearted man who liked to help others.
C. He was quick to see chance and ready to make improvements.
D. Money-making was the thing that mattered most to him.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】总结全文我们可以看出，Levi Strauss的成功主要归功于他能够在实践中把握机遇，而不是凭空想象的；而且他还能以一种谦虚负责的态度不断改进自己的产品。因此，本题的最佳答案是C。