Theword“plastic”comesfromtheGreekword“platicos”andisus...

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 The word “plastic” comes from the Greek word “platicos” and is used to describe     1     that can be easily shaped.

    The history of plastic is longer than you might     2    . In fact —    3     man-made plastic ever to appear

on the market was made over a hundred years ago. It was called “celluloid(賽璐珞)." It was discovered by both an Englishman and an American in the same year.     4     it was the Americans who first produced it on a large scale during the year 1860. Everybody was     5     by this new material which could he molded(用模子做) into shapes and     6     so cheap to Buy.

    Poor young men     7     in cities with lots of smoke and dirt were     8     to buy white celluloid collars(領子) collars were hard and uncomfortable. But they did not have to be sent to wash. The poor young men     9     rub them clean every evening with soap and water! Poor mothers.     10     had not been able to afford playthings     11     their children, were now able to buy them playthings —    12     of celluloid. But celluloid had one very serious fault. It caught fire very easily. In fact it burned even more quickly than wood or cloth. There were many terrible accidents, particularly     13     children. For years scientists worked hard to find a better plastic material than celluloid. I'hey had     14     success. Then in 1932, an American scientist called Baekeland produced a hard plastic material which did not burn.     15     became known     16     Bakelite(*醛塑料). Other plastic materials like Bakelite were     17     produced. They     18     to make electrical fittings, plates and cups. Poor people liked them because they were both cheap and rich people     19     them because they were cheap,and because they could only he made     20     dark colours.   

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【回答】

1.A; 2.B; 3.D; 4.B; 5.C; 6.C; 7.D; 8.D; 9.A; 10.B;

11.A; 12.D; 13.C; 14.D; 15.C; 16.A; 17.C; 18.C; 19.D; 20.A

解析：1.這句話表示plastic這個單詞來源於希臘語platicos,而且被用來描述容易成形的東西。 2.塑料的歷史要比你可能想到的歷史長。 3.這裏表示最早的、最先的。 4.這裏表示雖然英美兩國同年發現,但是美國人率先生產。 excited by,"因為......而激動”。 6.它的主語是which,而which指的是this new material, 所以用單數。 ing in cities是現在分詞短語作後置定語,這裏指的是在城市裏工作的貧窮的年輕人。 able to表示“能夠” d表示“能夠”。 10.這是一個非限定*定語從句,who指的是前邊提到的poor mothers, 在非限定*定語從句中作主語。 11.表示“為”,在這裏指的是那些貧窮的母親給孩子們買不起玩具。 of表示“由……製成”。 g children表示“在孩子們當中”。 le success表示“沒有成功”。 指的是前面所提到的a hard plastic material。 known as“作為 而著名”。 表示“也”,這甩表示其他的塑料材料也被製造了出來。 used表示“被用來 ”。 ike表示“不喜歡”,這裏表示富人們不喜歡塑料製品。 dark colours這裏表示“深*,黑*”。

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