题目内容
16. It seems amazing that at my age I __________________ cycle 20 kilometers in an afternoon. (fit)
我身体棒极了，这大把年纪还一个下午骑车20公里，不可思议吧。
17. ______________ before you understand what parents will have to suffer to bring up their children. (take)
要不了多久你就会明白父母亲在抚养孩子时所受的苦楚。
18. You’d better write the number ____________________. (forget)
趁还没有忘记这号码，你得赶紧把它写下来。
19. I will be greatly honored if he _________________ at tomorrow’s party. (turn)
明天的聚会他若能赏光，我将不胜荣幸。
20. I ______________________ a film if he promised to help me. (entertain)
如果他帮我，我就请他看电影。
16. am still fit enough to 考查adj. +enough to do sth结构。
17. It won’t take long before考查before的多层含义。
18. before you forget it考查before的多层含义。
19. turns up 考查if引导的真实条件句。
20. would entertain him to 考查习惯搭配entertain sb to sth。
阅读快车系列答案Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.
In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.
Though the belief in the merit (优点) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist (免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.
【小题1】The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because ________.
| A．they lived healthily in a dirty environment. |
| B．they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay in |
| C．they believed disease could be spread in public baths |
| D．they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease |
| A．Afraid. | B．Curious. | C．Approving. | D．Uninterested. |
| A．By providing examples. |
| B．By making comparisons (比较). |
| C．By following the order of time. |
| D．By following the order of importance. |
| A．To stress the role of dirt. |
| B．To introduce the history of dirt. |
| C．To call attention to the danger of dirt. |
| D．To present the change of views on dirt. |