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上海市静安区七一中学2023-2024学年九年级上学期期中考试英语试卷
The Letter That Changed a Life
A letter changed Levi Strauss's life. In 1849 gold was discovered in California. Thousands of people rushed to California in 1 of finding gold and becoming wealthy. The people hoping to find gold were foolish and greedy. One of those who headed for California was Levi Strauss. Strauss was different. Strauss was a clever, hard-working man. He was 2 a new start in life. Up to this time, Strauss had worked for his two brothers in New York City. The brothers sold clothes and blankets and other goods. Strauss planned to set up a 3 business to his brothers' in California.
Over the years, Strauss's business grew. In 1872 he got a letter from one of his customers, a tailor (裁缝) in Nevada. The tailor, Jacob Davis, had an idea for making better work pants. The pockets on work pants often tore. Jacob Davis 4 metal rivets (铆钉) to the pockets. Rivets are pieces of metal used to join things together. The rivets worked well, and the miners liked them. Davis didn't have enough money to get a patent for his invention. He also needed help making the pants. In his 5 Davis said that if they worked together, the two of them ‘‘could make a very large amount of money.''
Strauss could see that riveted work pants were a good idea. He agreed to help Davis. The two decided to make the pants. They decided to use denim cloth because it is a strong cloth that doesn't tear easily and is long lasting. 6 , the riveted denims were called ‘‘dungarees.'' Dungarees is a word from the Hindi language of India that means "rough cloth". Because they were tough and durable, dungarees were worn by thousands of farmers, miners, builders, and other workers. Later, dungarees came to be called "jeans". "Jeans" is a better name for the pants than "dungarees".
Kyle Haynam and Scotty Craighead were on a boating trip with five other children. They were rowing(划船)down the Salmon River in Idaho，when they saw1 coming from a mountain in the distance. They could see a fire on the other side of the 2 when they reached camp in the afternoon. The fire was still about two miles away，so3 was worried. Then, suddenly, the wind changed direction and the fire was pushed 4 . Everyone was surprised but nobody was scared.5 ，a fire couldn't jump the river. Or could it? That evening，the wind changed again. Kyle and his group Were 6 surrounded（被围绕) by a forest fire. There was only one way to escape(逃脱).They had to keep rowing the boat to the7 campsite. It was very hot and the thick smoke8 their eyes, so they put wet towels(毛巾) over their faces. When they reached the next campsite, they found the fire on the campsite was out,9it was safe to stay there. However, the mountain above was still on fire and thick smoke 10 the air. That night, they slept with wet towels over their faces. When they 11early the next morning, it was very cold. The sun was 12by the thick smoke and they couldn't even see the river. Kyle and his friends were 13. The fire was getting closer and closer"We were rowing hard and 14because we didn't want to be in the smoke another day," says Scotty. At five o'clock in the afternoon, they finally reached the river's end. Luckily, everyone on the river that day 15 safely, but Kyle's group were the last one to escape from the fire. |
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