Paragraph Test - Twenty

Answer the questions according to the reading passages.

Blue jeans are casual pants noted far their strength and comfort. Blue jeans in the form we know them today didn't come about until the middle of the nineteenth century. Levi Strauss, an enterprising immigrant who happened to have a few bolts of blue denim cloth on hand, recognized a need for strong work pants in the mining communities of California. He first designed and marketed "Levi's" in 1850 and there have been only minor alterations to the original design since then. Blue jeans started becoming popular among young people in the 1950s. In the year 1957, 150 million pairs were sold worldwide. This growing trend continued until 1981. Although blue jeans have remained basically the same since they were first designed, they have always been versatile enough to meet market demands.

1. It is clear from the passage that the first blue jeans were ----.

A) worn mainly because of their durability
B) not as strong as those of today
C) different in color from modern ones
D) designed in the 1950s
E) far from being useful for the miners

2. We can understand from the passage that the first jeans designed by Levi Strauss ----.

A) were mostly preferred by the young
B) were not completely different from the Levi's jeans worn today
C) sol d 150 million pairs throughout the world
D) sol d a lot though they were not cheap
E) lost their popularity in a few years

3. We can infer from the passage that no matter how little the jeans have changed since they were first produced, they ----.

A) have always been in demand
B) are still used in most of the mines in America
C) have always been more popular than other kinds of trousers
D) will undergo many alterations to the original design in the future
E) are still popular with the miners in California

 

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