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1、厦门大学网络教育2010-2011学年第二学期《英语2》复习题Passage1In1848,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia;fromalloverthenation,thousandsofyoungmensetoutforCalifornia.PeoplecalledthisthetimeoftheGoldRush.Agoldminercameintoacitylookingforapairofpants.Hewantedpantsstrongenoughtostandupt

2、otheroughworkofmining.HemetayoungmannamedLevi,whosoldheavyclothfortentsandwagontops.Theyaskedatailortouseheavyclothfortheirpants.ThenLeviwentintothebusinessofmakingworkpants.Heaskedhisbrotherstosendhimsomestrongbluecottonclothcalleddenim(斜纹粗棉布).Withthisb

3、luedenimcloth,Levistartedmakingthekindofpantswecallbluejeanstoday.Theyweresewedupinthesamewayasotherpants.In1860,aminersaidthatthepocketsweren'tstrongenoughtoholdthepiecesofgoldhefound.Thepocketskeptfallingoffthepants.Theclothwasallright.Itwasthethreadth

4、atwasn'tstrongenough.SoLeviusedrivets(铆钉)toattachthepocketsontothepants.Cowboysneededtoughpants,too.Theylikedtheirpantstofittightly.Buttherivetsmarkedthecowboys'saddles.SoLevicoveredtherivetswithcloth.Theneverybodywashappy.（答案：ADCCB）11.Thisarticleasawhol

5、eisabout__________________.A.howpeoplegotbluejeansB.theGoldRushinCaliforniaC.HowbluejeansaremadeD.Thekindofpantscowboys'wear12.Whilenotstatedinthearticle,youcantellthat__________________.A.everybodywhowenttoCaliforniagotalotofgoldB.Levifoundrichesinthego

6、ldfieldsC.LevisoldmorejeanstocowboysthantogoldminersD.Levimademoremoneythanmanygoldminers13.Thewordthisinthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphrefersto___________.A.CaliforniaB.thediscoveryofgoldC.manypeoplelookingforgoldD.thenationatthistime14.Leviusedstron

7、gbluecottonclothtomakepantsbecause__________.A.goldminerslikedthebluecolorB.thiswastheonlyclothhehadC.minerswantedpantswhichcouldstandroughworkD.cowboyslikedtheirpantstofittightly5.WhichofthefollowingsentencesisNOTtrue?A.ItwasLeviwhostartedthebusinessofm

8、akingbluejeans.B.Itwasonetailorwhostartedmakingbluejeans.C.ItwasinCaliforniathatbluejeansfirstbecamepopular.D.ItwasinCaliforniathatgoldwasdiscovered.Passage2Cancerisamongthetopkillerdiseasesinoursocietytodayandscientistsha