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Baths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins (废墟) of a water system (系统) for baths built over 3,000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some baths, as many as 3,000 persons could bathe at the same time.
Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Modem medical bathing first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s it had also become popular in the United States.
For many years, frequent bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to keep clean was avoided(避免), and perfume was often used to cover up body smells!
By the 1700’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be clean. Slowly, people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturday night became common. In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “The Great Unwashed!” In one American city, for example, a person was only allowed to take a bath every thirty days! That was a law!
Frequency of bathing today is partly a mater of habit. People know that bathing for cleanliness is important to health. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase the chance of disease. As a result, in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bathe once a day at least. They consider a daily bath necessary to good health.
1．Dirty bodies can ________.
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2．The underlined word “perfume” probably means ________.
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A．a kind of matter with a good smell
B．good health
C．a strange smell
D．large wealth
3．Which of the following gives the main idea of the passage?
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A．Everybody in America takes a daily bath.
B．A bath a day keeps the doctor away.
C．The history of bathing.
D．Bathing has become easier and cheaper.
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Niagara is an Indian wont which means “roaring water”. Indeed, the roar of falling water of Niagara can be heard 1 a distance of 25 kms. Imagine 2 of mater flowing over a cliff 90 feet high and you will get an idea of that terrible noise. And 3 tremendous power the Niagara River has! It moves big rocks about and throws them into the boiling water below. 4 ago an old ship without a single person on board was put in mid-stream. It sailed down the river 5 a toy boat with great speed. Having reached the fall, the ship dropped into the boiling water, never 6 again.
There were some people who wanted to become famous 7 swimming across the most dangerous part of the Niagara River. One of them was Captain Webb. 8 that he would try to swim cross the Niagara drew crowds of people. On the evening of July 21th, 1893, Captain Webb came up to the river and 9 a plunge. His having jumped into the water 10 many people with horror. Soon, he appeared in the middle of the river. A loud shout went up from the crowd, but a moment later there was 11 silence. The man had disappeared under the water. Thousands of eyes 12 on the river, but the man was downed.
In 1902, a certain Miss Taylor decided to go over the falls in a barrel. There were different kinds of pillows inside the barrel to prevent her 13 . Having examined the barrel carefully, Miss Taylor got in. The barrel was closed and then 14 into the water. Having reached the falls, it overturned and was shot down by the terrible 15 of the water. When the barrel was finally caught and opened, Miss Taylor came out alive 16 with a frightened look in her eyes.
Once a crowd of visitors saw a rope 17 over them one bank of the river to the other. Then they saw a man 18 the rope. The man was an actor, Blondin
19 . He managed to cross Niagara Falls on a tight rope. The people on the bank were surprised at his 20 it so well.
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