CLOTHINGTEST 1PART 1

1.Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage:Levi Strauss, a young immigrant (1)……..Germany, arrived in Sanfrancisco in 1850. California was in the middle of the Gold Rush. Thousands of men were (2)………… ……….to California to dig (3) gold. And Levi Strauss came to sell canvasto these gold miners. Anvas is heavy fabric. So Levi Strauss thought the miners could use the canvas for tents.One day, Strauss heard a miner complain that he could not find (4)……strong enough for the work he was doing. Strauss got an idea. He (5)…………took some of his canvas and made it into pants. 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 ought a fabric that was softer than canvas butjust as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was (6)………..serge de Nmes. The miners likedthis fabric. They called it “denim” and bought even more pants (7)……..Strauss.However, denim had no color. Because of this, the denim pants did not look very (8)………and they got dirty easily. To solve these problems, Strauss dyed the denim blue.Strauss continued to improve his jeaans. Today, the company he started is (9)……… …………around the world. And jeans are considered not just (10) ..butvery fashionable as well.