40. A. from B.
behind C.
over D. towards
答案：26---30ABCCD 31---35 ABACD 36---40 BDACB
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河南省淮阳中学10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
Some myths(神话) are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for
natural happenings . The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 16
is about Demerter , 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 17 of the gods , to give Persephone to him
as his 18 . 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 19 it . Hades , therefore , decided to ta
ke
the girl without 20 .
When Persephone was picking flowers in the
garden , he seized her and took her to the underworld . When Demeter 21
what happened to Persephone , she became so 22
that she caused all plants to
23 . People were in 24
of starving(挨饿) . But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 25 her daughter, Persephone, was returned
to her. 26 , still
not wanting to disappoint Hades , decided upon a condition for
Persephone’s 27 . She could go back to her mother if she
had not 28 anything while she was in the underworld
. Demeter 29 it because she did not know that Persephone
had eaten several Pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld
.
When Zeus 30
this , he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with
her 31 , but he added that since she had eaten
the seeds , she must spend part of the year in the underworld . And so it 32
that when Persephone is in the underworld , Demeter is sad and
therefore 33 not let the crops grow .
That is 34
we have winter when plants do not grow . When Persephone returns ,
Demeter is 35 , it is spring , and plants begin to
grow again .