Levi Strauss came to the United States from Bavaria as a teenager. After spending several years in New York, he made a journey to California when the gold rush

Levi Strauss came to the United States from Bavaria as a teenager. After spending several years in New York, he made a journey to California when the gold rush was at its peak. He got the idea to sell tents to the gold miners, but they were not interested. He

recycled the brown canvas cloth into sturdy pants which became a great demand in mining camps. Later he began making workpants in a blue cotton fabric imported from France, called "Serge de Nimes", but in America as 'Denim'.

Along with Jacob Davis, a tailor from Nevada, Strauss patented a pattern of copper rivets to strengthen the stress point on pants, especially the pocket. They first became known as waist overalls, then "levis". They became so popular that Strauss concentrated most of his effort on the manufacture and sales of the durable work ants.


10. What is the main idea of paragraph one?

A. The life of Levi Strauss
B. The history of gold rush
C. The favourite workpants
D. The early business of Levi


11. We can conclude from the text that?

A. Strauss once lived in France
B. Strauss sold the pants to school
C. The pants had special details on the zipper
D. The material of the pants was called Denim