Question

　　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 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 to hire a machine and an attendant (f~ ~). 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 stopped 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. 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.

2. 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 bathing dress out of water

3. In the 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　　D. d,a,e,b,f,c

Answer 1

1--3  ADB  

解析:

本文是介紹英國民間風俗的文章：十九世紀英國婦女游泳的情況。

1.細節(jié)理解題。短文第三、四兩句這樣交代：Women did not walk about on the beach in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine.（婦女們不穿她們浴用連衣裙在沙灘上步行。他們租用一臺洗浴機。）從此可知使用洗浴機的人就是洗浴的婦女。故A是正確的答案。

2.細節(jié)理解題。文章第五句說上A bathing machine was used for changing in…（洗浴機被用來更換服裝……）顯然，在這個機器里更衣是為使洗澡人在下水之前不被人看見了。

3.細節(jié)理解題，只是要與整篇文章所提供的活動順序聯(lián)系起來，其活動的順序正是該題檢測的內(nèi)容：付錢、租車、換衣、去沙灘、出洗浴機、下水。所以B項是正確的答案。