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【题目】Soap is widely used in our lives around the world. Once soap was a dangerous-to-make hair P【1】 But it is something that it would be difficult to live without today.

Soap is everywhere. We use it every day and c【2】 it as something important in our lives. It also has an amazing h【3】, in Babylon around 2800 B. C., the e【4】 known soap was made and used. Ancient Egyptians also made soap. At one time, soap-making was not s【5】That’s because lye(碱液)b【6】chemical burns or even made people blind in the making process. Other dangerous materials were also m【7】with animal fats and oils. Later. soap became a【8】in stores and people gradually stopped making it in their homes.

Originally (最初), soap was not mainly used for c【9】 Instead,it was used as gel(凝胶) for making hair stay in place or smell good. The Arabs first made the soap that we know today. They created colored, liquid, and hard soaps. They even had soaps which were used for shaving(刮胡子).

Soap became people's f【10】in the late 1800s. Advertising in Europe and the US helped people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health. Now. Soap is something we wouldn't want to live without.

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【答案】

【1】product

【2】consider

【3】history

【4】earliest

【5】safe

【6】brought

【7】mixed

【8】available

【9】cleaning

【10】favorite / favourite

【解析】本文主要介绍了肥皂这种产品在今天广泛应用，以及它的历史。肥皂在19世纪后期成为人们的最爱，在欧洲和美国的广告帮助下，人们懂得清洁和健康之间的联系。现在肥皂是我们离不开的东西。

【1】句意：从前肥皂是一种生产过程很危险的护发产品。结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填product。

【2】句意：我们每天都使用它，并把它看作是我们生活中重要的东西。并列连词and，它连接连接的前后动词或句子时态一致；结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填consider。

【3】句意：它也有令人惊异的历史，大约在公元前2800年的巴比伦，最早的已知肥皂被制造和使用的。结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填history。

【4】句意：它也有令人惊异的历史，大约在公元前2800年的巴比伦，最早的已知肥皂被制造和使用的。。结合句意、定冠词the、语境和首字母提示可知填earliest 。

【5】句意：同时，制皂是不安全的。根据下文“这是因为碱液车带来化学烧伤或甚至让人失明在制作过程。” 结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填safe。

【6】句意：这是因为碱液车带来化学烧伤或甚至让人失明在制作过程。主句是过去式，because从句也应一般过去式，结合并列连词or后面的动词是过去式（or连接的两个动词或句子的时态一致），可知用过去式，结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填brought。

【7】句意：其他危险物质也混入动物脂肪和油脂中。本句是一般过去式的被动语态，其构成：was/were + done sth.；结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填mixed。

【8】句意：后来，肥皂在商店里很容易买到，人们逐渐停止在家里制作肥皂。available：空闲的，容易获得的；结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填available。

【9】句意：起初，肥皂不是主要用于清洁，而是用作凝胶。使头发保持在适当的位置或气味良好。for介词，后面跟动名词，名词或代词，短语be used for doing sth.：被用来做某事；故用动名词cleaning。

【10】句意：肥皂在19世纪后期成了人们的最爱。结合句意、语境和首字母提示可知填favorite / favourite。