Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   1are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   2and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   3and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4to the parents. It was then   5that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   6the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   7. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   8. In those cases there was often a way to get the   9baby back. You could   10the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

11A. babies         B. believers            C. fairies          D. supermen

12A. powerful       B. cruel                C. frightened           D. extraordinary

13A. sick           B. slim             C. short                D. small

14A. uncomfortable      B. unbelievable        C. unacceptable     D. unrecognizable

15A. feared         B. predicted            C. heard                D. reported

1.A. covered        B. changed          C. replaced             D. terrified

2.A. cases          B. tools            C. steps                D. methods

3.A. missed         B. stolen             C. found         D. lost

4.A.1ittle          B. pale            C. sad              D. real

5.A. seize          B. burn            C. place                D. hold

第二节 语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   6.these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   7.(help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help   8.rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   9.day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

One day, he came up with an idea   10.he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

He was very tired   11.doing this for a whole day,   12.he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”  13.(high).

His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   14.(nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   15.(result) in the contrary to our intention.

Answer

1.C   指前文句子中提及的 “a belief in fairies”, 和下文“they”一致。

2.B   从半否定句子“Not all of these … are the friendly, people-loving…”，可知文中所提fairies非友善、受人爱戴之类型；frightened, 用于修饰人的自身感觉，此处不合适。

3.A   从并列的形容词“pale”和动词 “change” 可知。

4.D   从句中“change so much” 可知。

5.A   It was heard that… 听说……

6.C   固定搭配 replace…with …替代。

7.D   呼应前文所述“many ways”。

8.B   前文有“the fairies had come and stolen the baby away…” 。

9.D   仙女用“Changeling” 把婴儿调包了。用这两种方法要把真正的孩子找回来。

10.C   固定搭配，把Changeling 放在火上

11.Behind   “behind the story/ the proverbs…” 在故事/预言背后。

12.to help   动词不定式做目的状语。

13.his/the   此处有“help sb. do sth.”，所以，不该再填入其他动词，而选用his/the特指“他自己的庄稼”。

14.this/it   指代前文所提到的事情：主人公想要庄稼快点长大的愿望。

15.that     that 引导后面的句子，作同位语从句。