Test 3

Passage 1

Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can be used only once.（将下列单词填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次）（共8分）

There have been some strange laws in the past. In the times of Peter Great in Russia, rich people weren't allowed to have beards（胡子）.If they wanted to keep their beards,they had to pay a 1 tax（税）to the government.

In eighteenth-century England, people had to pay “window tax” for each window in their houses. However, this law was finally 2 because many people chose to live in houses without windows so that they didn't have to pay!

In the nineteenth century,female（女性的）teachers in the USA couldn't get married,or even go out with men.If they got engaged（订婚）,they had to give up their jobs immediately. 3, male teachers could get married and have children without any problems!

If you travelled in any motor vehicle in nineteenth-century Britain, the law said that there must be someone in front of you, waving a red flag, or at night time a red 4. This meant, in practice, that you couldn't travel at more than about eight kilometers per hour!

In the Midwest of the USA in the 1880s, you were not allowed to eat ice cream sodas on Sunday. Restaurant owners solved this 5 by serving ice cream without soda, which became known as a “Sunday” or “sundae”.

Also there are some more unusual laws from around the world. In Singapore, people who like to chew gum（口香糖）must 6 Singapore.The government really wants to keep the city clean and will fine you for chewing gum.

In Thailand it's against the law to drive a car or motocycle without a shirt on, no matter how 7 it is.Punishments（惩罚）are different in different areas and can include warnings and tickets costing about $10. No joke—the local police will stop you.

Don't buy things using coins in Canada. The Law of 1985 doesn't allow using 8 coins to buy things. Even the use of the dollar-coin is limited. The shop owner has the right to choose whether to take your coins or not.