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:

本文是介绍英国民间风俗的文章：十九世纪英国妇女游泳的情况。

1.细节理解题。短文第三、四两句这样交代：Women did not walk about on the beach in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine.（妇女们不穿她们浴用连衣裙在沙滩上步行。他们租用一台洗浴机。）从此可知使用洗浴机的人就是洗浴的妇女。故A是正确的答案。

2.细节理解题。文章第五句说上A bathing machine was used for changing in…（洗浴机被用来更换服装……）显然，在这个机器里更衣是为使洗澡人在下水之前不被人看见了。

3.细节理解题，只是要与整篇文章所提供的活动顺序联系起来，其活动的顺序正是该题检测的内容：付钱、租车、换衣、去沙滩、出洗浴机、下水。所以B项是正确的答案。