单选题Questions 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
单选题
What did the word "window" mean?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]23-25 The first English window was just a narrow opening in the wall. It was cut long, so that it would let in as much light as possible, and narrow, to keep out the bad weather. However, the opening let in more wind than light. This is why it was called "the wind's eye". The word window itself comes from two old Norse words for wind and eye. Before windows were used, the ancient halls and castles of northern Europe and Britain were dark and smoky. Their great rooms were high, with only a hole in the roof to let out the smoke from torches and cooking fires. As time went on, people wanted more light and air in their homes. They made the wind's eyes wide so as to admit air and light.
[精解] 题干问:“‘window’的意思是什么?”听力材料中说“However,the opening let in more wind than light.This is why it was called‘the wind's eye’”.即window的意思是wind's eye,所以本题的答案选D。
单选题
Why did the window get its name?
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“window的名字怎样来的?”从上面一题的答案解析“However,the opening let in more wind than light.”可得知,所以本题的答案选C。
单选题
How did smoke go out in the ancient castles?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问:“古代城堡中的烟是如何散出去的?”材料的后面说“Their great rooms were high,with only a hole in the roof to let out the smoke from torches and cooking fires.”所以本题的答案选D。