2023年河南省普通专升本考试《公共英语》真题+答案.docxVIP

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2023年河南省普通高等学校

选拔优秀专科毕业生进入本科阶段学习考试

公共英语

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PartIReadingComprehension(2x20)

Directions:Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorincompletesentences.Foreachofthemthereare4choicesmarkedA.B.CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.

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Doyouusesoapeveryday?Doyouknowwhenpeoplestartedusingsoapandhowitismade?ThewordofsoapcomesfromtheCelticwordsaipo,whichmeans“fat,thematerialthatsoapismadefrom.Theoldestsoapdatesbackto3,000BC,whenpeopleinMesopotamiauseditforcleaningthewool.Overthefollowingcenturies,soapcontinuedtobeusedtocleaneverythingbutthehumanbody.

Inthesecondcentury,aGreekdoctornamedGalenwroteaboutthepracticeofusingsoaptocleanthebody.However,bathingwithsoapwasstillnotcommon.ItwasntuntiltheseventeenthcenturythatsoapwasusedforbathinginEurope,butonlythewealthycouldaffordit.Inthenineteenthcentury,thesoapbecameavailabletomostpeople.Asaresult,cleanlinessstandardsimprovedinmanyplaces.

Onereasonthatsoaphasbeensocommothroughouthistoryisthatitisnthardtomake.Tomakeit,takesomealkali(碱)andmixitwithfatoroil.Onceeverythingismixed,leavethesoapinamold(模具)untilitbecomeshard.After24hours,itsreadytocutintopieces.Butyoullneedtobepatiet.Thatsbecausethesoapstillneedsaroundtwotothreeweekstobecomehardenoughbeforeyoucanuseit.

Beingeasytomake,soaphashelpedhumansstaycleanallthewaytothemodernage.Youcouldevensayitsoneofthemostimportantinventionsinhumanhistory.

1.WhatwastheoriginalpurposeofsoapinMesopotamia?

A.Towashfaces.

B.Towashdishes.

C.Tocleanthewool.

D.Tocleanthewood.

2.Whendidsoapbecomeavailabletomostpeople?

A.Inthesecondcentury.

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