Dolls through the ages

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题目与答案

1. Dolls

   Earliest known dolls

   ·represented religious figures

   ·used as toys

   Egypt 2000 BC

   ·bodies were made of wood

   ·1_____ was used for the hair

   答案：clay

   原文定位：Dolls constructed of flat pieces of wood, painted with various designs, and with hair made of clay, have often been found in Egyptian graves dating back to 2000 BC. Egyptian tombs of wealthy families have included pottery dolls

   同义替换：「2000 BC」↔「2000 BC」，「bodies were made of wood」↔「constructed of flat pieces of wood」，「was used for the hair」↔「with hair made of clay」

2. 10 Only dolls made of cotton or linen are classified as cloth dolls.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：Cloth doll' refers to a subset of rag dolls made of linen or cotton

   同义替换：「cloth dolls」↔「Cloth doll」，「classified as」↔「refers to a subset of」，「cotton or linen」↔「linen or cotton」

3. 11 Dolls made of celluloid tended to lose their colour.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：However, celluloid fell out of favour because of its extreme flammability and propensity to fade in bright light

   同义替换：「celluloid」↔「celluloid」，「tended to lose their colour」↔「propensity to fade」

4. 12 Composition dolls lasted longer than the plastic dolls that were made in the 1940s.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Hard plastic dolls were manufactured in the 1940s. They resembled composition dolls, but they were much more durable

   同义替换：「Composition dolls」↔「composition dolls」，「plastic dolls that were made in the 1940s」↔「Hard plastic dolls were manufactured in the 1940s」，「lasted longer」↔「much more durable」

5. 13 Doll collectors prefer a doll to be dressed in its original clothing.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

   原文定位：Although most dolls are now mass-manufactured using these modern materials of the past to make collectible dolls

   同义替换：「doll collectors」↔「collectible dolls」，「prefer」↔「」，「be dressed in its original clothing」↔「」

6. Ancient Greece and Rome

   ·dolls were given to 2_____ by older girls

   答案：goddesses

   原文定位：Girls from ancient Greece and Rome offered their wooden dolls to goddesses after they were too 'grown-up' to play with dolls

   同义替换：「Ancient Greece and Rome」↔「ancient Greece and Rome」，「dolls were given to」↔「offered their wooden dolls to」，「older girls」↔「too 'grown‑up' to play with dolls」

7. ·600 BC

   ·3 realistic dolls had separate clothes and _____ that could be put in different positions

   答案：limbs

   原文定位：That ideal led to the creation of dolls with movable limbs and removable garments, dating back to 600 BC

   同义替换：「realistic dolls」↔「That ideal」，「separate clothes」↔「removable garments」，「could be put in different positions」↔「movable limbs」

8. 17th and 18th centuries

   ·4 dolls made of _____ became more common

   答案：wax

   原文定位：In addition to wooden dolls, wax dolls grew in popularity in the 17th and 18th centuries

   同义替换：「17th and 18th centuries」↔「17th and 18th centuries」，「dolls made of」↔「wax dolls」，「became more common」↔「grew in popularity」

9. ·5 moulds made of _____

   答案：plaster

   原文定位：Wax dollmakers would model a doll's head in wax or clay, and then cover it with plaster to create a mould

   同义替换：「17th and 18th centuries」↔「17th and 18th centuries」，「moulds made of」↔「cover it with plaster to create a mould」

10. 1800s

    ·new manufacturing process developed

    ·6 new group of mixtures known as _____

    ·recipes for these mixtures kept secret

    答案：composition

    原文定位：Composition' is a collective term for mixtures of pulped wood or paper that were used to make doll heads and bodies

    同义替换：「new group of mixtures」↔「collective term for mixtures」，「recipes for these mixtures kept secret」↔「Manufacturers closely guarded the recipes for their mixtures」

11. 7 Bisque dolls appear less realistic than dolls made of china.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：Bisque, which is porcelain fired twice with colour added to it after the first firing, looked more like skin than china did

    同义替换：「Bisque」↔「Bisque」，「china」↔「china」，「appear less realistic」↔「looked more like skin」

12. 8 French dolls tended to cost more than German bisque dolls.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：TRUE

    原文定位：Although the French dolls were unrivalled in their artistry, German bisque dolls became quite popular because they were not as expensive

    同义替换：「French dolls」↔「French dolls」，「German bisque dolls」↔「German bisque dolls」，「tended to cost more」↔「they were not as expensive」

13. 9 The first rag dolls were made in the 1850s.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：FALSE

    原文定位：For many centuries, rag dolls were made by mothers for their children;Commercially produced rag dolls were first introduced in the 1850s by English and American manufacturers

    同义替换：「rag dolls」↔「rag dolls」