题目内容
16.Grasse has always been associated with smell.In the Middle Ages it smelt particularly unpleasant due to its leather tanning (制革) industry.The nobility (贵族) only rarely visited the pretty and charming town to pick up their handmade,tanned leather gloves.Compared with the large area of land in the surrounding countryside,Grasse was certainly a necessary evil(邪恶) with no self-respecting noble owning buildings there.Molinard,a Grasse tanner himself,created the first Grasse perfume (香水).Not the perfume we now associate with Grasse to be worn on the skin but a perfume to be put into the leather itself to cover the smell of the tanning process.Word spread like wildfire among the nobility about the designer perfumed gloves.Molinard offered a pair of his gloves to Catherine de Medici (the Queen),who gave plenty of praise to her Grasse fragranced gloves; she almost single-handedly assured (确保) Grasse's reputation as the perfume capital of the world.Thanks to Gatherine de Medici,Grasse merchants were encouraged to grow the fragrant plants that tanners needed to supply perfumed leather to the nobility.
Grasse has four perfume factories and perfumeries as well as a perfume school and a perfume museum.Fragonard's perfume museum is located on the first floor of its perfume factory and displays an amazing private collection of perfume bottles,presentation boxes,documents and equipment that tell the history of perfume making from its earliest beginnings to the present day.The perfume museum is open every day,Sundays and public holidays included.
Galimard perfume factory recently opened its"Studio des Fragrances",where its professional"Nose"(an artist able to distinguish a vast number of different perfumes and combining them to create designer perfumes) takes the visitor through the essential steps to create their own designer perfume.Every visitor discovers the different base products and techniques that combine to create their own Grasse perfume.The"Nose"explains to the visitor the structure of a good Grasse fragrance,that is to say,Top Note,Middle Note and Base Note.He then concludes by describing the basic principles of achieving a good formula (配方).The visitor then follows their own imagination and creates their own Grasse perfume which they can take home in a perfume bottle personalized with their name or the name they have chosen for their creation.
Grasse is certainly a fragranced heaven, a far cry from its smelly beginning as a leather tanning town.Now famous for a far sweeter smell,Grasse is surrounded by fields of jasmine,rose and lavender.
Those looking for real estate (物业) in France would have to go a long way to find anywhere more charming than Grasse with the city of Nice and its airport just a short drive away and plenty of activities to enjoy in the surrounding countryside.Real estate in Grasse is located between the Southern Alps and the Cote d'Azur,allowing owners the best of both worlds.
27.Why was Grasse considered to be necessary although it was an"evil"?A
A.It produced leather gloves.
B.It was a beautiful and attractive town.
C.It made the nobility look respectable.
D.It beautified the surrounding countryside.
28.Which of the following has played a key role in promoting the early development of the French fragrance business?B
A.Galilmard.
B.Catherine de Medici.
C.Studio des Fragrances.
D.The professional"Nose".
29.The underlined part"a far cry"in the last but one paragragh can best be replaced byC.
A.a good long cry
B.a great surprise
C.very different
D.very distant
30.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A
A.Grasse is now a perfect place in which to live.
B.Grasse is still less competitive in real estate.
C.Grasse is becoming an important tourist attraction.
D.Living in Grasse might cause you much inconvenience.
分析 本文主要讲述格拉斯如何从一个制革小镇变为著名的香水城市,并适宜于居住的.
解答 ABCA
27 A 细节题. 根据文章第一 段The nobility (贵族) only rarely visited the pretty and charming town to pick up their handmade,tanned leather gloves. 可知贵族仅仅在挑选人工制革手套的时候才来格拉斯,说明虽然环境差但是这里有出名的制革工厂,故选A.
28 B 细节题. 根据文章第二 段Thanks to Gatherine de Medici,Grasse merchants were encouraged to grow the fragrant plants that tanners needed to supply perfumed leather to the nobility.可知由于Gatherine de Medici,格拉斯商人才被鼓励种植香水植物,故选B.
29 C 猜测词义题. 根据文章倒数第二 段Now famous for a far sweeter smell,Grasse is surrounded by fields of jasmine,rose and lavender.可知格拉斯现在因为被茉莉,玫瑰和薰衣草包围而出名,已经与以前的格拉斯不同了,故选C.
30 A 细节题. 根据文章最后一段Those looking for real estate (物业) in France would have to go a long way to find anywhere more charming than Grasse with the city of Nice and its airport just a short drive away and plenty of activities to enjoy in the surrounding countryside. 可知在格拉斯的Nice城市有很好的物业,便利的交通,丰富的乡村活动,更适宜于居住,故选A.
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A. | hear him | B. | hearing him | ||
C. | hearing from him | D. | hear |
A.analyze B.relevant C.indicating D.restricted E.transform F.primarily G.disciplining H.reputations I.pioneered J.establishment K.necessarily |
Throughout Europe,institutions of higher learning had developed,bearing the ancient name of university.The German university was concerned(41)F with creating and spreading knowledge,not morals.Between mid-century and the end of the 1800's,more than nine thousand young Americans,dissatisfied with their training at home,went to Germany for advanced study.Some of them return to become presidents of colleges of high (42)H--Harvard,Yale,Columbia--and (43)E them into modern universities.The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty.Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject,not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for (44)G students.The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on,and this called for a faculty composed of teacher-scholars.Drilling and learning by rote were replaced by the German method of lecturing,in which the professor's own research was presented in class.Graduate training leading to the Ph.D.,an ancient German degree (45)C the highest level of advanced scholarly achievement,was introduced.With the(46)Jof the seminar system,graduate student learned to question,(47)A,and conduct their own research.
At the same time,the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings,breaking completely out of the old,(48)D curriculum(课程) of mathematics,classics,rhetoric,and music.The president of Harvard (49)I the elective system,by which students were able to choose their own course of study.The notion of major fields of study emerged.The new goal was to make the university (50)B to the real pursuits of the world.Paying close attention to the practical needs of society,the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks.Students were also trained as economists,architects,agriculturalists,social welfare workers,and teachers.
A. | however | B. | whatever | C. | wherever | D. | whichever |
A few months later,the wife came to the husband with a(n) (35)D,"I read in a magazine,a while ago,about how we can strengthen our (36)B",she offered."Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit (37)A with the other person.Then,we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together."The husband (38)D.So each of them went to a(n) (39)Droom in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other.They thought about this question for the rest of the day and (40)Bwhat they came up with.
The next morning,at the breakfast table,they decided that they would go over their lists."I'll start,"offered the wife.She took out her (41)D.It had many items on it,enough to fill 3pages.(42)A,as she started reading the list of the little annoyances,she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husband's eyes.
"What's wrong?"she asked."(43)D,"the husband replied,"keep reading your list."The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband.She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it.
"Now,you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on (44)Bof our lists,"she said happily.Quietly the husband stated,"I don't have anything on my list.I think that you are
(45)A the way that you are.I don't want you to (46)Danything for me.You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you."The wife,touched by his honesty and the (47)B of his love for her and his acceptance of her,turned her head and wept.
In life,there are enough times when we are disappointed,(48)Aand annoyed.We don't really have to go (49)C them.We have a wonderful world that is full of beauty,light and( 50)D.Why waste time in this world looking for the bad,disappointing or annoying when we can look around us,and see the wondrous things before us?
31.A.anniversary | B.celebration | C.congratulation | D.get-together |
32.A.take part in | B.join | C.participate | D.attend to |
33.A.Someone | B.Nobody | C.Everyone | D.No one |
34.A.real | B.old | C.new | D.true |
35.A.agreement | B.announcement | C.declaration | D.proposal |
36.A.wedding | B.marriage | C.party | D.home |
37.A.annoying | B.annoyed | C.pleasant | D.pleased |
38.A.disagreed | B.smiled | C.laughed | D.agreed |
39.A.living | B.own | C.individual | D.separate |
40.A.put forward | B.wrote down | C.talked about | D.thought out |
41.A.way | B.thoughts | C.things | D.list |
42.A.In fact | B.Therefore | C.Besides | D.Thus |
43.A.None | B.Something | C.Anything | D.Nothing |
44.A.all | B.both | C.neither | D.either |
45.A.right | B.correct | C.accurate | D.perfect |
46.A.accept | B.fit | C.take | D.change |
47.A.width | B.depth | C.length | D.height |
48.A.depressed | B.enjoyable | C.encouraged | D.delighted |
49.A.looking up | B.looking ahead | C.looking for | D.looking into |
50.A.change | B.marriage | C.life | D.promise |