Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15 小题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中选出一个最

佳选项。

Many, many years ago most people did not have beautiful books. Some families did not have

books at all. The people _________ did have books had only a few.

Instead of _________ books, people told stories. They would remember things _________

happened to them and would retell these tales to friends.

Some stories you read in books today _________ to children many years ago by their

fathers and mothers. _________ those girls and boys grew up, they, in turn, told their children the

same tales.

Sometimes the stories changed as one man told ___________. That is why today there are

different beginnings and different endings to the same folk tales. You __________ different names

for all kinds of characters in the different versions(版本) of the tales. In this way the stories almostseem ___________ different ones and not your favorite tales at all.

Some people ___________ stories. They would suppose ___________ things which had

happened could not really have happened. Such people became __________ as storytellers.

In many of the tales, animals did the talking. In others, good men came to help bad men.

Strange, exciting things _________. The different ideas made interesting stories.

Some of the early tales, ___________ them Mother Goose verses were told in rhyme. The

poems were learned by boys and girls at home and at school.

What Mother Goose rhymes do you know and remember? Do you think there was

__________ a Mother Goose? Mother Goose stories and rhymes are _________ good ones

that we read and enjoy them today, years after they were first told.

1.A. which        B. whom           C. who               D. when

2.A. read         B. to read         C. reads             D. reading

3.A. who          B. that            C. what              D. where

4.A. tell        B. told           C. was told          D. were told

5.A. When        B. Though        C. While             D. Which

6.A. other     B. another       C. the other         D. the others

7.A. even find    B. even found     C. will even find    D. would even find

8.A. is           B. are             C. will be           D. to be

9.A. made in     B. made up        C. made of          D. made from

10.A. that         B. what           C. when              D. where

11.A. know       B. knew            C. known              D. to know

12.A. happen       B. happened        C. are happened      D. were happened

13.A. in          B. of             C. among              D. between

14.A. real        B. really          C. to be real       D. to be really

15.A. such       B. so             C. such a             D. so many

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.B

13.C

14.B

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了生活中一些人讲故事的现象。

1.C考查关系词与语境理解。A. Which哪一个； B. Whom谁；C. Who谁；D. When什么时候。句意：那些确实有书的人也只有几本。此空是考查定语从句的关系词，先行词是人且在定语从句中作主语，所以用关系词who，故选C。

2.D考查动词与语境理解。A. Read读；B. to read读；C. reads 读；D. reading读。句意：不读书人们讲故事。Of是介词，所以后面跟动词的ing形式，故选D。

3.B考查关系词与语境理解。A. Who谁；B. that ；C. what 什么；D. Where哪里。句意：他们会记住发生在他们身上的事情并把这些故事重述给他们的朋友。此题是考查定语从句，先行词是物且在定语从句中作主语，所以用that，故选B。

4.D考查动词与语境理解。A. Tell讲；B. told讲；C. was told讲；D. were told讲。句意：你今天所读的一些故事许多年前就被爸爸妈妈们讲给了他们的孩子。根据句意及语境此题应用被动语态，主语是复数，所以选D。

5.A考查疑问词与语境理解。A. When当……时候；B. Though虽然； C. While当……时候； D. Which哪个。句意：当这些男孩女孩们长大后同样把这些故事讲给他们的孩子们。根据句意此题应选A，while要和延续动词连用。

6.B考查代词与语境理解。A. Other其他；B. Another另一个；C. the other其他；D. the others其他。句意：有时这些故事在一个人讲给另一个人会改变。根据句意及语境此空是三者或三者以上的另一个，故选B。

7.C考查动词与语境理解。A. even find 甚至发现；B. even found甚至发现；C. will even find将来甚至发现；D. would even find过去将来会发现。句意：在不同的故事版本中甚至你将会发现各种各样的角色的不同的名字。根据句意及语境此空应用一般将来时态，故选C。

8.D考查动词与语境理解。句意：在这种方式下这些故事似乎变得不同并且也不是你最喜欢的故事。根据句意及语境seem后面要跟动词不定式，故选D。

9.B考查动词与语境理解。A. made in在哪里制作；B. made up编造；C. made of由……制作； D. made from由……制作。句意：有些人编造故事。根据句意及语境此题应选B。

10.A考查引导词与语境理解。A. That； B. What什么；C. When何时；D. Where哪里。句意：他们会猜测那些发生的事情可能确实没有发生过。根据句意及题干分析此题是考查宾语从句的引导词，宾语从句是陈述句，所以用that引导，故选A。

11.C考查动词与语境理解。A. Know知道；B. knew知道；C. Known闻名的，著名的；D. to know知道。句意：这些人作为讲故事者而著名。根据句意及语境此空应选C，闻名的。

12.B考查动词与语境理解。A. Happen发生；B. happened发生；C. are happened ；D. were happened。句意：奇怪的，令人激动的事情发生了。根据句意及语境此题应用一般过去时态，happen无被动形式，故选B。

13.C考查介词与语境理解。A. In在里面； B. Of.……的； C. Among在三者或三者以上之间；D. Between在两者之间。句意：一些较早的故事中鹅妈妈这个故事是按韵律讲述的。根据句意及题干分析是在三者或者三者以上之间，故选C。

14.B考查形容词与语境理解。A. Real确实；B. Really确实地；C. to be real；D. to be really句意：你认为真有一个鹅妈妈吗？根据句意及语境此空应用副词，故选B。

15. Such如；B. So如此；C. such a如此一个；D. so many如此多的。句意：鹅妈妈的故事和韵律是如此好的一些以至于我们今天还读和欣赏。根据句意及语境空后中心词是名词复数，所以用such，故选A。

考点：文化类短文阅读