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【題目】C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給): (14分)

People use umbrellas when it rains. However, the umbrella was not i【1】 to keep off water when it rained. It was first used to keep off the sun.

N【2】 knows who first invented it, but it was used long, long ago. At that time, in some places, ordinary people were not allowed to use the umbrella. In Europe, the Greeks were the f【3】 to use the umbrella to keep off the sun. But the Romans were the first to use it to keep off rain. During the Middle Ages, people s【4】 using the umbrella. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. By 1680 the umbrella appeared in France and later on in England.

By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used a【5】 rain all over Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in s【6】 during all this time though they have become much lighter in weight.

In the twentieth century, women’s umbrellas began to be made in all k【7】 of colors.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】invented

【2】Nobody

【3】first

【4】stopped

【5】against

【6】shape

【7】kinds

【解析】本文主要介紹雨傘的歷史。

【1】句意：然而，當(dāng)下雨的時候，雨傘不是被發(fā)明來擋水的。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填invented。

【2】句意：沒有人知道誰首先第一個發(fā)明雨傘的，但是很久以前就被使用了。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填Nobody。

【3】句意：在歐洲，希臘人第一次使用傘擋太陽。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填first。

【4】句意：在中世紀(jì)，人們不用傘。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填stopped。

【5】句意：到了18世紀(jì)，在整個歐洲傘再次被用來擋雨。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填against。

【6】句意：在這個時期，傘在形狀上不再改變，然而在重量上已經(jīng)變得輕多了。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填shape。

【7】句意：在20世紀(jì)，女士傘被制成各種各樣的顏色。結(jié)合句意和語境及首字母提示可知填kinds。