听力题

听下面一段独白,回答第18至第20题。

单选题

Who brought silk to Europe in the thirteenth century?

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

此题为一道简单的细节题,而且稍有这方面背景知识的都知道是Marco Polo将丝绸带到欧洲,原文为 “In the thirteenth century Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road and  brought silk to Venice.” 题干中只不过将Venice换成了Europe,干扰项使用了文中提到的其他名人。

单选题

What do we know about silk today?

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

此题为一道略有难度的细节题,原文中带有双重否定的句子“There are no world-class dress designers who have not used Italian cloth materials made of Chinese silk.”非常关键。干扰项C的设计是因为原文提到画家达芬奇。

单选题

Why does the speaker give the talk?

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

【听力原文】
It is no secret that many famous people including Napoleon,Caesar theGreat,and even the queen of England loved silk clothes.In the l3th century,Marco Polo traveled the Silk Road and brought silk to Venice.You canbe sure that Italians value this precious material greatly.Some of the designsadded into their clothing wele copies of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci.today there are no world—class dress designers who have not used Italian clothmaterials made of Chinese silk.A famous poet said,“What diamonds dofor the hand silk does for the body.”Silk has a comfortable and expensivequality.Silk dresses and suits certainly add beauty and style to one’S clothescollection.You want to be considered as successful as those who know whatquality is,don’t you?No one who was anyone should be without this special material.Come and buy a silk dress or a shirt today.