30、In the 19th century England people liked to go to the
seaside. In those days, ladies wore long bathing dresses, and men wore bathing
suits. Women did not walk about on the beach(沙滩)in
their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine. A bathing machine was used
for changing in, and for taking the bather down to the sea. It cost 2 pence(便士) to hire a machine and an attendant(侍者).
When she had paid, the bather climbed up the back steps and got into the
bathing machine . Then she changed into her bathing dress. When she had
changed, the machine was pulled down to the sea. The bathing machine stoped in
the water and the bather went down the front steps into the water.
If she did not want to get into the sea, the attendant pulled her in.
1 A 19th century English lady
bathing in the sea would wear something like:
2 Who used the bathing machine?
A. Women bathers.
B. Both men and women bathers.
C. Bathers who couldn't swim.
D. Bathers who couldn't walk.
3. A bathing machine was mainly
used for .
A. giving the bather a pleasure
ride on the beach
B. giving the bather some exercise
before getting into the water
C. protecting the bather from
catching cold from the sea wind
D. protecting the bather from
being seen in a bathing dress out of water
4 In 19th century people who
used the bathing machine usually did the following things. Which is
the right order for doing them?
a. Changing into bathing clothes
b. Getting out of the bathing
machine
c. Paying 2 pence
d. Getting into the bathing
machine
e. Being taken down the beach
f. Getting into the water
A. e, d, a, b, f,
c B. c, d, a, e, b, f
C. c, d, e, a, b,
f C. d, a, e, b, f, c
