1、中考语法专项训练四Levi Straussa name that is now famouswas the man 1 invented jeans. Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829, but went to the USA as 2 young man. At first he lived in New York， 3 in 1853 he moved to San Francisco, where he worked with his brother. They worked in a shop selling clothes to men
2、 who were working for gold in the California Gold Rush. The men were working very 4 in difficult conditions, and they needed very strong trousers.Strauss was the first man to begin producing special, strong trousers for working men. He made these trousers from a tough fabric( 结实的织物) called “denim”(牛
3、仔布) probably from a town 5 Nimes in France. Many people now think the English word “denim” 6 from the French words “de Nimes”， which means “from Nimes”. Later, Strauss added special metal buttons to the trousers to make them even better and they immediately became very popular.In the early part of t
4、he 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 wear 7 to go out. These boys called the trousers “jeans”. In the 1960s, more young Americans started wearing them as informal, casual clothes ou
5、tside the workplace and denim jeans became fashionable.At that time, jeans were usually flared( 向外展开的), but today， 8 many different styles of jeans: straight, baggy, flared, lowwaistedalmost any style you can imagine . Today, 9 people wear jeans to go to work in offices, as well as to go out. Jeans
6、are as 10 today as they ever were, but there is one thing no one is really sure aboutwhy are they called “jeans”？ ( )1.A. what B. where C. who D. which( )2.A. a B. an C. the D. /( )3.A. and B. or C.but D. so( )4.A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. more hardly( )5.A. call B. called C. calling D. to call( )6.A. comes B. come C. came D. has come( )7.A. it B. its C. they D. them( )8.A. have B. has C. there are D. there is( )9.A. million B. millions C. million of D. millions of( )10.A. popular B. popularly C. more popular D. more popularly训练四：CACAB ADCDA
