第六節(jié)完形填空The umbrella is a very common object.It keeps the 1 and the sun off the people.Most umbrellas can be folded up(折疊)so it is 2 to carry them.However，the umbrella was not always as 3 as it is now.In the past，it was a symbol of importance.Some African countries still use umbrellas in this 4 Someone carries an umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.Umbrellas have a long history.People in different parts of the world began to 5 umbrellas at different times.The Chinese had them more than 3，000 years ago.From there，umbrellas 6 to India and Egypt.In Greece and Rome， 7 wouldnt use them.They believed umbrellas were only for women.England was 8 the first country in Europe where common people used umbrellas against rain.The weather there is very 9 and umbrellas are very useful.Everybody uses umbrellas today.The next time you 10 one，thinking that for centuries only great men and women used them，youll feel you are the important person，too.1A.rain Bcloud Cair Dwater2A.lovely Bcheap Chard Deasy 3A.light Bheavy Ccommon Dspecial4A.way Bsize Creason Dplace5A.discover Buse Cexamine Ddiscuss6A.walked Btravelled Crode Dflew 7A.children Bparents Cmen Dwomen 8A.probably Balready Csuddenly Dimmediately9A.sunny Brainy Csnowy Dwindy10A.sell Breturn Cborrow Dcarry參考答案1A解析：此句中的主語it 指代前文中的the umbrella，雨傘能夠擋雨，故選A。2D解析：lovely “可愛的”；cheap “便宜的”；hard “困難的”；easy “容易的”。由前面的“大多數(shù)雨傘能被折疊起來”可知“因此它們?nèi)菀讛y帶”。故選D。3C解析：light“輕的”；heavy“重的”；common“普遍的”；special“特殊的”。由下文的“在過去，它是重要性的象征”可知，此句句意為：然而，雨傘過去并不總是像現(xiàn)在一樣普遍。故選C。4A解析：in this way“這樣，以這種方式”，是固定短語。故選A。5B解析：discover“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；use“使用”；examine“檢查”；discuss“討論”。由下文可知此處指人們開始“使用”雨傘，故選B。6B解析：walk “走；步行”；travel“傳送”；ride“騎”；fly“飛”。句意：雨傘從那里傳到了印度和埃及。故選B。7C解析：由后句句意“他們認(rèn)為雨傘只適合婦女”可知，此句句意為：在希臘和羅馬，男人不使用雨傘。故選C。8A解析：此處表推測，故選A。9B解析：由空格后的umbrellas are very useful 可知，“那里的天氣是多雨的”，故選B。10D解析：由前文Everybody uses umbrellas today.可知，此處carry“攜帶”符合題意。故選D。