[单项选择]Silk ______ soft and smooth.
A. touches
B. feels
C. pats
D. shows

[单项选择]Silk ______ soft and smooth.
A. touches
B. feels
C. pats
D. shows

[单项选择]Silk, although it is considered a delicate fabric, is in fact very strong, but it is adversely affected by sunlight.
A. soft
B. sheer
C. fragile
D. refined

[单项选择]Silk, printing, paper, the compass and powder originated in China, and ______ introduction in the west had far reaching effects.
A. these
B. their
C. those
D. its

[单项选择]—Which of those silk shirts do you like most
— ______ of them. They are both nice and comfortable to wear.


A. Both
B. Neither
C. All
D. None

[单项选择]Silk（）by Chinese for thousands of years now.
A. has used
B. has been used
C. was used
D. is used

[单项选择]The silk that spiders （） for their webs has a stretching strength superior to most flexible products made by people.
A. spin
B. split
C. spray
D. spoil

[单项选择]英译汉：silk；garment；toy( )。
A. 玩具；丝绸；服装
B. 服装；玩具；丝绸
C. 丝绸；玩具；服装
D. 丝绸；服装；玩具

[单项选择]This cloth is obviously ______ real silk.
A. inferior than
B. inferior to
C. inferior for
D. inferior on

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Cotton, like silk, was discovered and made (61) cloth by man before the historical period (62) . Its first recorded use was in India (63) cotton cloth of very fine texture, almost (64) silk, was made. When the Spanish (65) in the New World, they found that the Incas, the Mayas, and the Aztecs knew (66) cotton cloth. (67) of the cotton cloth made in Peru, even before the days of the Incas, (68) that it is kept in museums.
Cotton is the most important of (69) textiles. Even now, with many artificial materials (70) ,more than half of all textile products are made of cotton.
Cotton comes (71) a plant of that name. When the plant is mature, the cotton grows in a white ball around the seed. To (72) the cotton for market, the seed (73) from the cotton fiber. This (74) by a machine called the cotton gin. Then cotton is (75) into huge bundles called bales, (76) <
A. there
B. where
C. which
D. that