It has been more than two thousand years since we began to use an umbrella on rainy days. However, people often felt it not________to hold an umbrella while walking. Then the rubber（橡膠）raincoat was invented by an Englishman named Macintosh in 1823.

In 1492, Columbus, a well-known Italian voyager,________the New World—America. He brought a lot of things to Europe from South America. Rubber was one of them,______ people didn’t know its use at that time. In 1770, people found that the rubber could be used________erasers.

Macintosh was a worker in an eraser factory in Scotland. One day_________spilled （灑出）some rubber liquid （液體）over his coat______when making erasers. He was too busy to clean it and went back home wearing the_______coat. On the way home, it rained heavily. Having no______, Macintosh had to run home quickly. When he got home, he_____ the wet coat. To his surprise, the area of the______with rubber wasn’t wet.“Why not make a rubber raincoat?” Macintosh______. The next day he brushed the rubber liquid all over his coat. He wore the “rubber coat”on_______days and took a walk outside to test if it could really keep off the rain.______, the clothes inside the“rubber coat”weren’t wet at all. The rubber raincoat was created in this way________.

The rubber raincoats soon appeared on the market. Year after year, people______improving the raincoats, Today raincoats are widely used in our daily life.

1.A. important B. possible C. convenient D. correct

2.A. invented B. created C. described D. discovered

3.A. and B. but C. or D. if

4.A. as B. to C. from D. by

5.A. he B. she C. they D. we

6.A. slowly B. quickly C. carelessly D. carefully

7.A. new B. cold C. clean D. dirty

8.A. eraser B. umbrella C. money D. watch

9.A. took off B. put on C. took out D. put off

10.A. body B. coat C. house D. liquid

11.A. suggested B. replied C. thought D. explained

12.A. cloudy B. windy C. snowy D. rainy

13.A. Especially B. Suddenly C. Surprisingly D. Normally

14.A. by accident B. at first C. in total D. in person

15.A. forgot B. missed C. minded D. kept

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