题目
Passage Four
Dressing fashionably was very important in fourteenth-century Spain. This was especially true for any man who considered himself an aristocrat or dandy. Before going out, a well-dressed man would put on his finest boots, one of his embroidered caps and his favorite beard, dyed to match the color of his clothing.
Believe it or not, false beards were once as popular as neckties are today. Beards had for years considered a sign of strength and manhood, and the bigger and thicker they were, the better. Those unfortunates who had little facial hair were forced by custom into wearing false beards made of horsehair. Soon, however man in the Spanish fashion world was wearing them too, while many quite substantial real beards were shaved off to make way for the false variety.
By day, the fashionable dandy might wear a yellow or a crimson beard to impress his friends, but in the evening a long black beard was proper for serenading his senorita, Any color or shape of beard could be had.
However, as you can imagine, the growth of this unusual custom created many interesting problems. People with similar beards were mistaken for one another. Creditors could not find debtors, and police often arrested the wrong people, while the real villain escaped wearing their hairy disguises. The price of horsehair skyrocketed. Finally, King Philip IV of Aragon put a stop to all the foolishness by outlawing the wearing of false beards.
46. What is the passage mostly concerned with?
A. The size of beards.
B. The color of beards.
C. Varieties of false beards.
D. The custom of wearing false beards.
第1题
The Olympic Games are held every four years in a different city in the world. (Passage 3)
第2题
What's the main idea of the passage?
A. Four skills for successful executives.
B. Some opinions about the success.
C. Specific traits for successful executives.
D. Qualifications and circumstances for climbing the ladder.
第3题
That’s because it’s impossible to pre-program a robot for everything it will encounter in the ever-changing real world
第4题
It can be learned from the passage that about four billion years ago ______.
A. the earth was in molten state
B. the earth surface temperature was above 100℃
C. the earth surface temperature was below 100℃
D. rain water could remain on the earth
第5题
According to the passage, the quad bike originally ______.
A.was a utilitarian vehicle
B.was popular in America
C.was used as a recreational vehicle
D.had four wheels in Japan
第6题
There are three important areas where the control of the laser beam has been put into use by scientists
第7题
Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap
第8题
I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young
第9题
A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity
第10题
When faced with a difficult learning task, one path to success is to concentrate on the positive aspects of the subject matter
第11题
According to the passage, the quad bike originally______.
A.was a utilitarian vehicle
B.was popular in America
C.was used as a recreational vehicle
D.had four wheels in Japan
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