【正文】 參考詞匯：百科全書 ——encyclopedia. 詞數(shù)： 100 左右。 Do you know the history of the use of cosmetics(化妝品 )? Probably when 26 first painted their faces many thousand years ago, it was for the purpose of 27 their enemies in war. But there are records of women in Egypt 28 cosmetics more than four thousand years ago. These women not only painted their eyebrows, they also added a thick dark line under 29 eye, and had 30 kinds of paint for different seasons of the 31 . Women in ancient Rome used cosmetics. 32 used Egyptian KOHL for darkening the eyelids, powdered chalk for whitening the skin, and a red coloring matter for the cheeks. A rich Roman lady spent many hours over her dressing, arranging the hair and putting on makeup, 33 by a crowd of young 34 of many nationalities. The Roman writer Oind 35 a book on cosmetics, which gives a description of what we now call a facepack, made 36 flour, eggs and other materials. The use of this, he says, will make the face smoother and brighter than a mirror.. In 37 , it was the custom, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, for all ladies of all ladies of fashion to paint 38 faces and to blacken their eyebrows. In the nieenth century there was a change of taste, however, and until about the end of the century, ladies who used make up were 39 accepted in high society. Girls were advised, just before 40 the ballroom, to bite and lick(舔 ) their lips and slap their cheek 41 so as to brink some 42 to the face. Today the use of cosmetics is accepted everywhere, and it is 43 to see women and girls making up in public. The 44 industry is one of the largest in some countries. And large sums of money go to the 45 of beauty parlor(美容院 26. A. woman B. men C. man D. Egyptians 27. A. making B. hunting C. driving off D. frightening 28. A. making B. selling C. using D. inventing 29. A. one B. an C. both D. each 30. A. all B. both C. different D. every 31. A. year B. month C. century D. week 32. A. Men B. They C. Soldiers D. Those 33. A. taken B. brought C. helped D. caught 34. A. peoples B. girls C. slaves D. women 35. A. wrote B. bought C. sold D. did 36. A. into B. from C. up of D. with 37. A. France B. some countries C. a country D. England 38. A. her B. their C. his D. your 39. A. already B. also C. not D. easily 40. A. sharing B. leaving C. closing D. entering 41. A. hard B. difficulty C. quickly D. slowly 42. A. color B. cosmetics C. dirt D. materials 43. A. mon B. usually C. unusually D. necessary 44. A. cosmetics B. power C. chalk D. eggs 45. A. shops B. owners C. women D. girl 第三部分 閱讀理解（共 20小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(xiàng)（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答 題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 well B. are。 after all B. of losing your face。 weakness D. develops。 weaknesses B. develops。 before long C. to be cut down。 to C. to。 in the benefit of D. benefit from。 put down D. heavy in debt。 said D. find out。 fix 4. You boys really _______ on the seats that were reserved for the old and the pregnant when you took the bus here. A. not ought to have sat B. ought to have not sat C. ought not to have sat D. ought not to sit 5. Fried foods are said to be junk foods but _______, many people, especially young children enjoy eating them a lot. A. strange enough B. strangely enough C. enough strangely D. enough strange 6. ________ is what most fat girls dream about. A. Lose weight and stay slim B. Losing weight and staying slim C. Losing weight as well as s