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【题目】C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给): (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】本文主要介绍雨伞的历史。

【1】句意：然而，当下雨的时候，雨伞不是被发明来挡水的。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填invented。

【2】句意：没有人知道谁首先第一个发明雨伞的，但是很久以前就被使用了。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填Nobody。

【3】句意：在欧洲，希腊人第一次使用伞挡太阳。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填first。

【4】句意：在中世纪，人们不用伞。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填stopped。

【5】句意：到了18世纪，在整个欧洲伞再次被用来挡雨。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填against。

【6】句意：在这个时期，伞在形状上不再改变，然而在重量上已经变得轻多了。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填shape。

【7】句意：在20世纪，女士伞被制成各种各样的颜色。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填kinds。