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　　Do you know the history of the use of cosmetics（化妆品）? Probably when 1 first painted their faces, many thousand years ago, it was for the purpose of 2 their enemies in war. But there are records of women in Egypt 3 cosmetics more than four thousand years ago. These women not only painted their eyebrows, they also added a thick dark line under 4 , and had different kinds of 5 for different seasons of the 6 .

　　Women in ancient Rome used cosmetics, too. 7 used Egyptian KOHL for darkening the eyelids, powdered chalk for whitening the skin, and a red colouring matter for the cheeks. 8 rich Roman lady spent many hours over her dressing, arranging the hair and putting on make-up, 9 by a crowd of young slaves of many nationalities. The Roman writer Oind 10 a book on cosmetics, which gives a description of what we now call a face-pack, made 11 flour, eggs and other materials. The use of this, he says, will make the face smoother and brighter than a mirror.

　　In 12 , it was the custom, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, for all ladies of fashion to paint 13 faces and to blacken their eyebrows. In the nineteenth century there was a change of taste, however, and until about the end of the century, ladies who made up were 14 accepted in high society. Girls were advised, just before 15 the ballroom, to bite and lick（舔）their lips and slap their cheeks 16 so as to bring some 17 to the face.

　　Today the use of cosmetics is accepted everywhere, and it is 18 to see women and girls making up in public. The 19 industry is one of the largest in some countries, and large sums of money go to the 20 of beauty parlour（美容院）.

(1)A.women	B.man	C.men	D.Egyptians
(2)A.inviting	B.driving 　　 off	C.hunting	D.frightening
(3)A.taking	B.making	C.using	D.selling
(4)A.an	B.neither	C.one	D.each
(5)A.purpose	B.reasons	C.paint	D.clothes
(6)A.year	B.month	C.century	D.week
(7)A.Men	B.They	C.Soldiers	D.Those
(8)A.Some	B.A	C.Another	D.That
(9)A.taken	B.brought	C.helped	D.caught
(10)A.wrote	B.bought	C.sold	D.did
(11)A.into	B.from	C.up 　　 of	D.with
(12)A.France	B.some 　　 countries	C.a 　　 country	D.England
(13)A.her	B.their	C.them	D.they
(14)A.already	B.also	C.not	D.easily
(15)A.cleaning	B.leaving	C.sharing	D.entering
(16)A.hard	B.softly	C.quickly	D.slowly
(17)A.colour	B.cosmetics	C.dirt	D.materials
(18)A.common	B.necessary	C.unusual	D.important
(19)A.cosmetics	B.powder	C.chalk	D.eggs
(20)A.shops	B.owners	C.women	D.girls

Answer 1

答案：C;D;C;D;C;A;B;B;C;A;B;B;B;C;D;A;A;A;A;B
解析：

(1) 由后文可知，这里说的是古代战场上作战的战士。

(2) 古代战场上，士兵们在脸上涂上颜料是为了恐吓敌人。

(3) 指埃及妇女们使用化妆品的记载。

(4) 指在每只眼睛下画一条很浓很黑的线。

(6) 这里是指妇女在一年中不同的季节，用不同类型的化妆品来打扮自己。

(7) 前句已提到women，所以这里当然用they指代。

(8) 因为此句中的lady用的是单数形式，所以可排除选项A。不定冠词与单数名词使用可表种类。这里泛指所有有钱的罗马女士。

(9) 古罗马贵族妇女通常由许多奴隶帮助其化妆。

(10) 根据常识推理，Oind既然是一个作家，当然是写书。

(11) be made from“由……制成”。那时她们用的化妆品是用面粉、鸡蛋和其他原料配制而成的。

(12) 根据逻辑推理，这里应是指某些国家的习俗。

(13) 前文有all ladies提示。

(14) 本句中有however一词表示转折，所以可推出下文所说的情况与上文不同。故这里应用not。

(17) 女孩子进舞厅前，通过咬、舔嘴唇和使劲拍打脸颊来给脸部带来颜色。

(18) 当今，妇女们化妆是普遍现象。

(19) 化妆品工业已成为一些国家的最大产业之一。

(20) 妇女们既然要买化妆品，要美容，当然就要花很多的钱，那么得利的自然是美容院的老板们。