泽熙美文Section 1 Cloze Test
Directions: The following passage contains 49 blanks, which represent the words that are missing from the contexts. You are to read the passage through before providing the missing word or phrase for each of the blanks so that the whole text is completed.
Grooming and Personal Hygiene
Grooming and personal hygiene have been around for ages. It’s hard to imagine a time when people weren’t concerned with taking care of their appearance and their bodies. Perhaps these practices started when Adam first took a bath and combed his hair before going on a date with Eve. Or maybe they began when Eve put on some herbal makeup to make herself more beautiful. No matter where they started, grooming and personal hygiene have become an important part of everyone’s daily routine. You might think that all modem societies would have the same grooming and personal hygiene practices. After all, doesn’t everybody take baths? Most people do recognize the need for hygiene, which is the basis for cleanliness and health and a good way to keep one’s friends. Grooming practices include all the little things people do to make themselves look their 1 , such as combing their hair and putting on makeup. However, 2 most modem people agree that these things are important, people in different 3 take care of themselves in different ways.
There used to be an old 4 in America that people should take a bath 5 a week, whether they need one or not. In fact, 6 , Americans generally take a bath or, more commonly, a 7 every day. But in contrast to some cultures, most Americans 8 their shower in the morning, so they can start the day 9 . And instead of going to a beauty parlor for a shampoo, many Americans prefer to wash and 10 their own hair. So if Americans have a “bad hair day,” they have no one to 11 but themselves. But most people in America do 12 for the beauty parlor or barber shop 13 for a haircut, a perm or just some friendly conversation.
Americans are known for having very 14 noses. In America, “B.O.” (body odor) is socially unacceptable. For that 15 , Americans consider the use of deodorant or anti-perspirant a 16 . Ladies often add a touch of perfume for an extra fresh 17 . Men may splash on after-shave lotion or manly-smelling cologne. Another 18 no-no in America is bad breath. Americans don’t like to 19 what other people ate for lunch especially onions or 20 . Their solution? Mouthwash, breath mints and even brushing their teeth after meals.
1.
正确答案：
best
2.
正确答案：
while
3.
正确答案：
cultures
4.
正确答案：
joke
5.
正确答案：
once
6.
正确答案：
though
7.
正确答案：
shower
8.
正确答案：
get
9.
正确答案：
fresh
10.
正确答案：
style
11.
正确答案：
blame
12.
正确答案：
head
13.
正确答案：
occasionally
14.
正确答案：
sensitive
15.
正确答案：
reason
16.
正确答案：
must
17.
正确答案：
scent
18.
正确答案：
cultural
19.
正确答案：
smell
20.
正确答案：
garlic
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He had the emotional stability of a six-year-old child. When he felt out of sorts, he would rave and stamp, or sink into suicidal gloom and talk darkly of going to the East to end his days as a Buddhist monk. Ten minutes later, when something pleased him, he would rush out of doors and run around the garden, or jump up and down on the sofa, or stand on his head.
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