44. 　A. danger 　　　 B. hope 　　　　　　 C. turn 　　　　　　 D. case 　 农作物不生长，人们当然就会面临着饿死的危险。

43. 　A. grow fast 　　 B.　start growing 　　　 C. stop growing 　　 D. grow slowly 　 根据下文“was determined not to let crops grow”可以推断答案stop growing

42. 　A. excited 　　　 B. tired 　　　　　　 C. angry 　　　　　 D.　serious 　 因为女儿被带走了，当然是生气了。

41. 　A.　let out 　　　　 B.　worked out 　　　 C. thought out 　　　 D.　found out 　 find out发现真相。发现什么事发生在Persephone身上

40. 　A. arrangement 　 B.　warning 　　　　 C. reason 　　　　　 D.　permission 　 Hades因此只能是在未经许可的情况下带走了那个女孩。

39. 　A. forbid 　　　　 B. forgive 　　　　　 C. admit 　　　　　 D.　accept 　 通过neither…nor可以得知“Zeus既不同意也不愿阻止这桩婚事。

38. 　A. wife 　　　　 B. lover 　　　　　　 C. partner 　　　　 D. daughter 　 根据下文中的marriage 一词可以判断Hades想娶Persephone为妻

37. 　A. winner 　　　 B.　ruler 　　　　　　 C. advisor 　　　　 D.　fighter 文中谈到四个人：Demeter, (who is the goddess of the harvest); her daughter, Persephone ; Hades and Zeus。有了问题要去请示的人，当然就应是有权威，有能力的人，说话有份量的人。ruler of the gods。

36. 　A.　periods 　　　 B. seasons 　　　　　 C. time 　　　　　 D. age 　 从后文可以看出整个文章在讲述有关季节为什么有变化的一个神话

55. A. praised　　　　　 　 B. said　　　　　　 　 C. answered　　　　 D. advised

根据直接引语可确定选said.我惟一希望的是那些使我灰心丧气的人说：“我信任你。你会成功。”这是作者通过自己的经验得出的结论。

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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. 　 　36~40. BBAAD　　　　 41~45. DCCAB　　　　 46~50. BACDA　　　　 51~55. BCDCD