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