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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  41   are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are  42   and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows  43   and pale and has changed so much that it is almost  44   to the parents. It was then  45   that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and  46   the 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 47.  However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been  48 . In those cases there was often a way to get the  49   baby back. You could  50   the 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.

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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   21   are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   22   and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   23   and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   24   to the parents. It was then   25   that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   26   the 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   27  . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   28  . In those cases there was often a way to get the   29   baby back. You could   30  the 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    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  1  are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are  2  and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows 3  and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4  to the parents. It was then  5 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and  6 the 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  9  baby back. You could  10  .

    The 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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   21   are the friendly,people-loving characters that appear in Disney films,and in some folktales they are   22   and cause much human suffering.This is true in the tales about the Changeling.These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   23   and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   24   to the parents.It was then

   25   that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   26   the 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   27  .However,hope was not lost even if the baby had been   28  .In those cases there was often a way to get the   29   baby back.You could   30   the 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.

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

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

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

24.A.uncomfortable                                       B.unbelievable

C.unacceptable                                            D.unrecognizable

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

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

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

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

29.A.little                     B.pale                         C.sad                          D.real

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