Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide. But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have 　1 　the world with no other covering--though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man.

　　It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we　 2 　that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the 　3 　, or with our need for warmth. For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to　 4 　to make ourselves, if possible, look more　 5 　than we are. Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the 　6　 itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or 　7 　in a way that we think looks nice--though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time. Besides decorating us, our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live. We feel 　8　 if they do not "look right" or if they are not 　9 　to those which other people of our age, sex, country andp eriod are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel of charm. These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or 10　 evil or illness, or because it is connected with their religious beliefs.

　　【答案解析】

　　1.wandered about。【精解】空格處缺少一個(gè)動(dòng)詞或動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，并且是過(guò)去分詞形式。wandered about表示“四處游蕩”，說(shuō)明早期人類(lèi)的生活狀態(tài)。

　　2.realize�！揪�解】空格處缺少一個(gè)動(dòng)詞。本句為強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，空格后面的that引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，空格前半句意為“只有當(dāng)我們開(kāi)始多多少少地考慮這件事時(shí)……”。由此不難得知，空格處應(yīng)填一個(gè)表示“認(rèn)識(shí)，意識(shí)”的動(dòng)詞。

　　3.climate�！揪�解】空格處缺少一個(gè)名詞。climate“天氣”與后面的“我們保暖的需要”相呼應(yīng)。

　　4.decorate ourselves�！揪�解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。decorate ourselves表示“打扮自己”，decorate與下文中的look及decoration相對(duì)應(yīng)。

　　5.graceful�！揪�解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞。9raceful表示“優(yōu)雅的，漂亮的”。

　　6.material。【精解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)名詞。根據(jù)下文中的of a kind and color以及and is cut可知，這里應(yīng)填人material“(制衣)材料”。

　　7.arranged�！揪�解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去分詞形式，表示被動(dòng)。arranged表示“排列，布置”。

　　8.uncomfortable�！揪�解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞。根據(jù)后半句的if they do not“l(fā)ook right”可推測(cè)，這里應(yīng)填入uncomfortable“不舒服的”。

　　9.similar�！揪�解】空格處需要填入一個(gè)形容詞。根據(jù)句意可知，這里應(yīng)該表示與其他人穿的類(lèi)似。similar表示“類(lèi)似的，相似的”。

　　10.protect them from。【精解】空格處應(yīng)該填入一個(gè)動(dòng)賓短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)后面的evil or illness可知，這里應(yīng)該填入protect them from，表示“使他們遠(yuǎn)離邪惡與疾病”。

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