71.________ isn’t a kind of dry goods.

70. How many characters are there in this passage?

(C)

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 selling 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 sell 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 see that the miners needed new pants. There were holes in their pants because the fabric wasn’t strong. He decided to make the canvas into pants. They called them “Levi’s”. Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and used 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.

69. According to the stranger, in the West the winters are ______.

68. From the passage we know that the two speakers are facing_____.

67. The driver was _________.

66. How far was the drive from the train to the inn?

65. The writer is telling us a story about __________.

( B)

　　 “We’re more than halfway now; it’s only two miles farther to the inn,” said the driver.

“I’m glad of that!” answered the stranger. He wanted to say more but the east wind blew right down his throat whenever he tried to speak.

“You don’t feel the cold so much at twenty below zero out in the Western Country. There’s none of this coldness,” he said, adding. “ and wetness.”

“You’ll have a cold drive going back,” he said anxiously, and put up his hand for the twentieth time to see if his coat collar was as close to the back of his neck as possible. He had wished a dozen times that he were in his warm old hunter’s clothes which he had often worn in the worst of weather in the northwest.

“I shall not have to go back!” said the girl in a loud voice, with eager pleasantness. “I’m on my way home now. I drove over early just to meet you at the train. We had word that someone was coming to the inn.”

64. The fireman wanted to ______________.

63. Tim was able to reach Dave because_____________.

62. Time found Dave______________.