For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans.  小題1:  Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829.     小題2:   He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.     小題3:  When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(鉚釘). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent.    小題4:  
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
 小題5:  The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss' company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.
B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.
C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.
D．However, he did not get much business for those products.
E. He also made a great contribution to America's clothing industry.
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.

小題1:F
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:C
小題5:E

試題分析：本文講述的是牛仔褲的生產(chǎn)和發(fā)明過程，也介紹了發(fā)明人Levi Strauss的具體信息。
小題1:F 根據(jù)下句Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.中的信息詞Strauss’ invention可知牛仔褲是由Strauss發(fā)明出來的，并且一直都是美國文化的一種象征。光顧F項符合上下文。
小題2:A 根據(jù)前后句Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829.和He grew up in Kentucky 他出生于德國，在肯塔基長大，說明在小時候就搬了過去，故A項符合上下文。
小題3:D 根據(jù)前后句At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth.和When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining,可知他并沒有在最初的生意中得到太多，而是很快就考慮另外的生意了，故D正確。
小題4:C 根據(jù)前句Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent.可知他成功做到了，這種牛仔褲被生產(chǎn)出來了。故C項符合上下文。
小題5:E 根據(jù)前一句he had made a great contribution to American fashion.可知他對美國的時尚做出了巨大的恭喜，同時對美國的文化也做出了巨大的貢獻。故E項符合上下文。
點評：本文講述的是牛仔褲的生產(chǎn)和發(fā)明過程，也介紹了發(fā)明人Levi Strauss的具體信息。本題的關鍵在于要根據(jù)上下文的語境來找出串聯(lián)的信息點，把握上下文之間的邏輯關系，通過前后的意思連貫性及細致性用心的答題，定能完成的很好。
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