环球雅思学校入学测试题（基础类）
环球雅思学校入学英语水平测试题
（45-50分钟内完成）
Question sheet
1. Reading
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The Man behind Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Bavaria, Germany. He was the fifth of six children. His father sold dry goods from door to door. (Dry goods include many different things: fabric, thread, scissors, combs, buttons, yarn, etc.)
In 1845, his father died. All six children decided to go to the United States. Two of Strauss?
bothers started a dry goods company in New York City. Strauss? sister Fanny and her husband started a similar business in San Francisco. Strauss decided to go to the southeastern part of the United States. For eight years, he walked along the country roads lling dry goods from door to door -- just like his father in Bavaria.
In 1853, Strauss decided to move to San Francisco. (At that time, thousands of people traveled to California to look for gold.) On the way to California, Strauss sold almost all of his dry goods. He had only one thing left -- some canvas.
In California, Strauss tried to ll the canvas to the gold miners. He said they could make tents from the canvas. But they weren?t interested in canvas for tents. Strauss didn?t know what to do with the canvas. Then, he had an idea. Strauss could e that the miners needed new pants. There were holes in their pants becau the fabric wasn?t strong. He decided to make the canvas into pants. They called them “Levi?s”. Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and ud a different fabric. It was a heavy cotton fabric -- the same kind people wear today.
Levi Strauss died in 1902. He never married and left his money to his nephews. He left the world much more -- the jeans that so many people wear.
(1) ________ isn…t a kind of dry goods. A. Thread B. Gold C. Comb D. Yarn
(2) What is canvas?
A. Tent.
B. Pants.
C. A very strong fabric.
D. A thing which is ud to make all kinds of trours.
(3) Why did the miners call the pants “Levi?s”?
A. Becau the pants belonged to Levi Strauss? father.
B. In memory of Levi Strauss? father.
C. It…s the name of Levi? Strauss? nephew.
epp>搞笑哲理故事D. Becau the pants are Levi?s invention.
(4) Choo the right order of the happenings.moray
a. Strauss decided to move to San Francisco.
b. Strauss? father died.
c. Two of Strauss? brothers started a dry goods company in New York City.
d. Strauss invented the jeans.
A. a-b-c-d
B. a-d-b-c
C. b-a-c-d
dopoD. b-c-a-d
轸怀(5) Which of the following is NOT true about Levi Strauss？
A. He was born in Germany.
B. His parents had six children.
C. He had five children.
D. He died in 1902.
Task 2
Awareness Weeks have become a regular part of Britain?s cultural landscape over the past few years. They started
back in 1957, when one charity, Christian Aid, decided to make all its money-raising efforts on one time of year. It was thought that by doing this they would get more publicity for their cau.
They were right, and soon other charities and campaign groups followed them. The days, most donations to charity are not collected on the streets. So instead of just asking for money, charities prefer to spend their time “raising awareness” -- spreading knowledge of the work they do or the cau they support. They also compete with business and trade groups who u awareness weeks as marketing campaigns for their products.
There are now 500 awareness weeks held every year in the UK. No week goes by without one group or another trying to make the British public aware of something, with most held in May or October.
airport是什么意思The danger with all the awareness weeks is that people start to become cynical. Take National Smile Week, it ems like a great idea. Let?s all make each other?s life a little bit happier with a friendly smile. But really it?s just a group of den tists and cosmetics companies trying to ll us toothpaste. It?s enough to make you want to start National Forget About It Week.lao
“People feel that many awareness campaigns are just marketing exercis,” says Ms Ormiston, who edits the Awareness Campaign Register, a news letter which encourages people who run Awareness Weeks to become more aware of each other. “But 90 per cent of campaigns are run by traditional charities or not for groups to make money.”
at>element是什么意思“There?s still no official group for awareness campaigns,”says Ms Ormiston. “People can do what they like, whatever the size of their budgets or their public relations machines allows.”
