Baths and bathing have been considered of an important medical therapy to man. I

Baths and bathing have been considered ofan important medical therapy to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a bathtub and water system built over 3 000 years ago. The Romans had warm publicbaths. In some public baths as many 3 000 persons could bathe at the same time.

Treating diseases by bathing has beenpopular for centuries. Modern medical bathing, or hydrotherapy, first becamepopular in Europe and by the late 1 700’s also became popular in the UnitedStates.

For many years frequent bathing wasbelieved to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean wasavoided, and perfume(香水) was used to cover up body and smell.

By the 1 700’s doctors began to say thatsoap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for peopleto be clean. Slowly, people began to bathe more frequently.

In the United States ordinary bathing wasslow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, manyAmericans were known as “the great unwashed”. In one American city, forexample, a person could only take a bath every 30 days! That was a law.

Frequency of bathing today is partly amatter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanliness is important tohealth. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase that chance ofdisease.    

Therefore in the United States peoplegenerally bathe often.

1．What does the word “hydrotherapy” underlined in the second paragraphrefer to?

A．A bathingtub.            B．Medical bathing.

C．Ordinarybathing.           D．Warm public baths.

2．Until when did doctors believe that ordinary bathing was good forhealth?

A．Until the 16th century     B．Until the 17th century.

C．Until the 18th century.    D．Until the 19th century.

3．Where did the ordinary bathing first become popular according to thepassage?

A．In Africa.        B．InEurope.      

C．In theUSA.            D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

4．Which of the following statements is not true?

A．Bathing was important to Greeks and Romans.

B．The Greek built water systems.

C．The Greek had warm public baths.

D．The Greek used bath tubs.

5．The passage is mainly about ______.

A．bathing in the USA

B．the good points and bad points of bathing

C．the history of bathing

D．the modern medical bathing

试题答案

【答案】

 B

 C

 B

 C

 C

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