Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of (36) _______ is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the ( 37) _______ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his (38) _______. Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he (39) _______ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without (40) _______. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter (41) _______ what happened to Persephone, she became so (42) _______ that she caused all plants to ( 43 ) _______. People were in (44) _________ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow (45 ) _______ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. (46) __________, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's (47) ______ . She could go back to her mother if she had not (48) ________ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter (49) ________ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate (石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus (50) ______ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her (51) _______, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it (52) ________ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore (53) _______ not let the crops grow. That is (54) ______ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is (55)______ , it  is spring, and plants begin to grow again.

36. A. periods             B. seasons              C. time                       D. age

37. A. winner              B. ruler                 C. advisor                    D. fighter

38. A. wife                   B. lover                 C. partner                    D. daughter

39. A. forbid                       B. forgive              C. admit                      D. accept

40. A. arrangement        B. warning                  C. reason                     D. permission

41. A. let out                B. worked out      C. thought out      D. found out

42. A. excited               B. tired                       C. angry                      D. serious

43. A. grow fast            B. start growing   C. stop growing     D. grow slowly

44. A. danger             B. hope                       C. turn                        D. case

45. A. since                  B. until                       C. after                        D. when

46. A. Persephone         B. Zeus                       C. Demeter            D. Hades

47. A. return                 B. change                    C. marriage                 D. journey

48. A. stolen                 B. found                     C. eaten                 D. heard

49. A. understood        B. refused              C. doubted                   D. accepted

50. A. discovered         B. studied                   C. forgot                      D. prepared

51. A. daughter          B. mother                   C. god                         D. ruler

52. A. works                      B. remains                  C. happens           D. starts

53. A. should              B. can                         C. dare                        D. will

54. A. where                B. because             C. why                        D. how

55. A. nice                         B. friendly                    C. fresh                       D. happy


第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A man had a little daughter--an only and much-loved child. He lived for her – she was his  36  . So when she became ill, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and  37  to bring about her restoration to health.
His best efforts, however, proved  38  and the child died. The father became a bitter recluse, shutting himself  39  from his many friends and  40  every activity that might restore his poise (平静) and bring him back to his  41  self.   42  one night he had a dream.
He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child  43  . They were marching  _44  a line passing by the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic child 45  a candle. He   _46  that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the  47  candle was his own little girl.  48  to her, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked, "How is it, darling, that your candle alone is  49 ?"
"Daddy, they often relight it, but your  50  always put it out. " Just then he awoke from his dream. The  51  was crystal clear (晶莹), and its effects were  52 .  53  that hour on he was not a recluse(隐者), but mingled freely and cheerfully with his  54  friends and associates. No longer would his darling’s candle be  55  by his useless tears.
36. A. time                  B. life                     C. possession         D. family
37. A. earth                 B. hospital           C. home                   D. field
38. A. good               B. hard              C. useless              D. useful
39. A. out                B. down             C. up                D. away
40. A. agreeing             B. permitting               C. refusing                 D. joining
41. A. normal             B. regular            C. common          D. gentle
42. A. Therefore            B. So               C. But              D. As
43. A. girls                B. angels            C. babies             D. gods
44. A. on                 B. at                C. under                   D. in
45. A. took                  B. brought           C. carded            D. caught
46. A. noticed              B. observed          C. watched           D. recognised
47. A. light               B. dark              C. bright             D. black
48. A. Walking             B. Jumping           C. Rushing          D. Climbing
49. A. unlighted            B. burning           C. lit                D. lighting
50. A. hearts              B. tears               C. wind              D. sweat
51. A. lesson              B. experience         C. dream            D. result
52. A. soon               B. fast              C. immediate         D. slow
53. A. After               B. Since                   C. From             D. In
54. A. former             B. older              C. regular            D. before
55. A. put on               B. put off            C. put up             D. pat out

D

My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could

make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to

be called Pip.

As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first imagination regarding what they were like, were unreasonably from their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father’s gave me a strange idea that he was a square, dark man , with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the words, “Also Georgiana Wife of the Above,” I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled(长雀斑的)and sickly.

Ours was wet country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on an unforgettable cold afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for certain, that this place overgrown with nettles(荨麻)was the churchyard(墓地);and that Philip Pirip, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children to the aforesaid, were also dead and buried. Suddenly I began to feel lonely and sad and afraid. I began to cry.

"Hold your noise!" cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the side of the church porch. "Keep still, you little devil, or I'll cut your throat!"

A fearful man, all in grey, with a great iron on his leg. A man with no hat, and with broken shoes, and with an old rag tied round his head. A man who had been shivered; and whose teeth chattered in his head as he seized me by the chin.

"Oh! Don't cut my throat, sir," I pleaded in terror. "Pray don't do it, sir."

"Tell us your name!" said the man.  "Quick!"

"Pip, sir."

"Once more," said the man, staring at me.  "Give it mouth!"

"Pip. Pip, sir."

“Show us where you live ,” said the man. “Point out the place!”

I pointed to where our village lay, among the alder-tree, a mile or more from the church. The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned mw upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a  piece of bread. When the church came to itself—for he was so sudden and strong that he made to go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple(尖塔)under my feet—when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombstone, trembling, while he ate the bread hungrily.

“You young dog,” said the man, licking his lips, “what fat cheeks you have got.”

I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong.

“Darn me If I couldn’t eat them,” said the man, with a threatening shake of his head.

I carefully expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.

“Now look here!” said the man. “Where’s your father?”

“There sir!” said I .

He started, made a short run, and stopped and liked over his shoulder.

“There sir!” I explained. “That’s his grave.”

“Oh!” said he, coming back.

“And mother’s there too, sir. And my five little brothers.”

67.Who do you think Alexander is?

A.Pip’s friend.                    B.Pip’s father.

C.One of Pip’s little brothers.     D.The fearful man.

68.It can be learned from the passage that               .

A.Pip’s mother was freckled and ill.

B.Pip imagined what his parents liked through their photographs.

C.Pip’s parents and little brothers were killed by the man.

D.Pip was probably shorter or thinner than most children of his age.

69.What is the fearful man most likely to be?

A.An escaped prisoner.       B.A minister of the church.

C.A tower watcher.           D.Pip’s parents’ enemy.

70.Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A.It was the words on the tombstones that made mw know of my parents’ appearance.

B.The man was so hungry that he wanted to cut his throat and eat his fat cheeks.

C.Pip’s parents were buried together in the churchyard 20 miles from the village.

D.He called himself Pip just because he was too young to pronounce his long name clearly.

 

Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of   21   is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much. Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the   22   of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his   23  . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he   24   it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without   25  . When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter   26   what happened to Persephone, she became so   27   that she caused all plants to   28  . People were in   29   of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow   30   her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her.   31  , still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone's   32  . She could go back to her mother if she had not   33   anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter   34   it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate (???) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus   35   this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her   36  , but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it   37   that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore   38   not let the crops grow. That is   39   we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is   40  , it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.

 

1.A. periods           B. time                C. seasons                D. age

2.A. winner           B. ruler               C. advisor                D. fighter

3.A. wife               B. lover               C. partner                      D. daughter

4.A. accept         B. forgive            C. admit             D. forbid      

5.A. arrangement   B. warning           C. permission         D. reason      

6.A. let out            B. worked out         C. thought out         D. found out

7.A. excited           B. angry                    C. tired                  D. serious

8.A. grow fast        B. start growing         C. stop growing         D grow slowly

9.A. danger           B. hope                     C. turn                      D. case

10.A. since         B. until                  C. after                     D. when

11.A. Persephone  B. Zeus                        C. Demeter                   D. Hades

12.A. return           B. change                         C. marriage            D. journey

13.A. stolen           B. found                    C. eaten                     D. heard

14.A. understood    B. refused                     C. doubted                    D. accepted

15.A. discovered    B. studied                     C. forgot                   D. prepared

16.A. daughter              B. mother                         C. god                          D. ruler

17.A. works           B. remains                    C. happens                    D. starts

18.A. should          B. can                          C. dare                         D. will

19.A. where           B. because                    C. why                         D. how

20.A. happy           B. friendly                    C. fresh                  D. nice

 

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