Perfume Ornaments

题目与答案

1. 31 The museum started displaying perfume ornaments when
   • a collection was donated
   • the public showed an interest in them
   • an expert decided some of them were valuable

   答案：an expert decided some of them were valuable

   原文定位：Up until relatively recently, the large collection of perfume ornaments held in store, donated by Lady Walden at the beginning of the last century, was not considered to be of much interest and was not on show to the general public. Then, as late as nineteen eighty-nine, a visiting professor from the Victoria and Albert Museum commented that some of the objects were worth a great deal, and so the display was created much as you see it here today

   同义替换：「display」↔「on show」，「expert」↔「professor」，「valuable」↔「worth a great deal」

2. 32 People needed to wear perfume in the 11 century because
   • washing was considered dangerous
   • soap was not generally available
   • water shortages were common

   答案：washing was considered dangerous

   原文定位：In the West, perfumery really began as late as the eleventh century. Bathing and laundering were considered hazardous undertakings because even though there were ample supplies of water, it was often dirty or even infected. As a consequence, as you can imagine, the air was heavy with unpleasant smells, which had to be countered or covered up

   同义替换：「washing」↔「bathing」，「dangerous」↔「hazardous」

3. 33 The perfume ornament known as a 'pomander took its name from
   • the substance it was made of
   • the liquid inside it
   • the person who invented it

   答案：the substance it was made of

   原文定位：These pomanders are solid paste balls made of ambergris impregnated with fragrance. The name was derived from the French for apple of ambergris

   同义替换：「took its name from」↔「The name was derived from」

4. 34 In medieval times it was thought that wearing perfume made people
   • more wealthy
   • more attractive
   • more cheerful

   答案：more cheerful

   原文定位：But only recently, researchers at our museum have found that they were also believed to significantly raise the spirits of the wearer

   同义替换：「thought」↔「believed」，「more cheerful」↔「raise the spirits」

5. 35 Craftsmen found ways of preventing liquid perfume from
   • being spilled
   • drying up
   • losing its scent

   答案：drying up

   原文定位：With the advent of liquid perfume from the mid-eighteenth century, craftsmen had to use precision techniques to ensure there was an airtight seal on the container. It is clear that however beautiful these seemingly fragile objects were, they were essentially utilitarian, designed to stop the extremely valuable substances inside them from evaporating

   同义替换：「preventing」↔「stop」，「drying up」↔「evaporating」

6. 36 The perfume in a vinaigrette was
   • preserved in solid form
   • absorbed by a sponge
   • heated over a flame

   答案：absorbed by a sponge

   原文定位：The vinaigrette was a miniature box which opened on a hinge containing a tiny sponge soaked with perfume

   同义替换：「absorbed by」↔「soaked with」

7. 37 Which part of the vinaigrette was made of gold?
   • the inside
   • the outside
   • the lid

   答案：the inside

   原文定位：The outer box could be made of any material, but the lining was gold because the perfume tended to corrode other substances

   同义替换：「inside」↔「lining」

8. 38 Perfume bottles used in the mid- 19"century
   • were imports from outside Europe
   • could be bought by large numbers of people
   • were usually made of horn

   答案：could be bought by large numbers of people

   原文定位：From the mid-nineteenth century, vinaigrettes were replaced by more conventional bottles;By now, these beautiful objects were more affordable. This was the age of the Industrial Revolution in Western Europe, and the bottles were mass-produced and thus available not just to the very wealthy

9. 39 Tiffany bottles
   • were produced by a number of companies
   • could only be bought from catalogues
   • showed skilled use of crystal

   答案：showed skilled use of crystal

   原文定位：In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, one company above all became associated with the design and production of perfume bottles, the Tiffany Company. They developed a wide range of designs, most notably based on those of the furniture of the period. Their particular achievement was their stylish and clever working of crystal. Although these perfume ornaments were very expensive, Tiffany & Co were able to use catalogs to reach a wider clientele

   同义替换：「showed skilled use of crystal」↔「clever working of crystal」

10. 40 The 'Vanity' was
    • used for storing cosmetics
    • the smallest perfume ornament ever made
    • developed in the 1950s

    答案：used for storing cosmetics

    原文定位：The most notable was probably the vanity. This was an ingeniously designed case used not only for holding perfume, but also makeup in a whole maze of tiny additional compartments

    同义替换：「storing」↔「holding」，「cosmetics」↔「makeup」