Question

Do you enjoy 1)__________ Levi's blue jeans? Blue jeans 2)___________ popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? Levi Strauss 3)__________ in Germany in the mid 1800's and 4)___________ to the United States. He lived in New York City and 5)__________ the dry-goods business. In 1853 he moved to the USA. Many of 6) _________ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed stong clothing. Strauss 7)__________ a special fabric from France that was comfortable. It 8)__________ "serge de Nimes," which 9)___________ to the word denim. Another man 10)_________ Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants 11)_________ them 12)__________. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends. Jacob Davis soon realized that 13)__________ rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody 14)__________ that idea. He went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, "If you 15)__________ to pay for the patent, we 16)___________ the profits." The new riveted pant business 17)____________ Levi Strauss and Company. 1) WEAR, 2) BECOME3) BE BORN4) EMIGRATE5) LEARN6) LEVI STRAUSS7) find8) CALL, 9) SHORTEN10) NAME11) MAKE,12) STRONG13) USE14) STEAL15) AGREE,16) SHARE17) CALL

Answer 1

1-6. 2-5. 3-12. 4-15 5-17,6-2 7-13.8-10.9-14.10-9 11-16 12-8 13-7 14-1 15-3 16-4 17-14

Answer 2

Here is the completed passage with the missing words filled in:

Do you enjoy 1) WEARING Levi's blue jeans? Blue jeans 2) HAVE BECOME popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? Levi Strauss 3) WAS BORN in Germany in the mid-1800s and 4) EMIGRATED to the United States. He lived in New York City and 5) LEARNED the dry-goods business. In 1853 he moved to the USA. Many of 6) HIS customers were cowboys and miners. They needed strong clothing. Strauss 7) FOUND a special fabric from France that was comfortable. It 8) WAS CALLED "serge de Nimes," which 9) LED to the word denim. Another man 10) NAMED Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants 11) TO MAKE them 12) STRONGER. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends. Jacob Davis soon realized that 13) USING rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody 14) STEALING that idea. He went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, "If you 15) AGREE to pay for the patent, we 16) CAN SHARE the profits." The new riveted pant business 17) BECAME Levi Strauss and Company.