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
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are the friendly,people-loving characters that appear in Disney films,and in some folktales they are
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and cause much human suffering.This is true in the tales about the Changeling.These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows
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and pale and has changed so much that it is almost
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to the parents.It was then
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that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and
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the human baby with a fairy Changeling.There were many ways to prevent this from happening:hanging a knife over the baby抯 head while he slept or covering him with some of his
father抯 clothes were just two of theha recommended
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.However,hope was not lost even if the baby had been
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.In those cases there was often a way to get the
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baby back.You could
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the Changeling on the fire梩hen it would rise up the chimney,and you would hear the sound of fahiries?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.Ah.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
答案
21.C
22.B
23.A
24.D
25.A
26.C
27.D
28.B
29.D
30.C
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Mrs Green was a science teacher. She believed very strongly in 1 work as a means of teaching science effectively, and she wanted her pupils’ parents to see how 2 their children were learning by her methods. She 3 arranged for all the parents to come and see the 4 of one of the children’s experiments on a Saturday evening, when all of them were free. The children had been 5 the growth of plants, and they had 6 four pots of beans a few weeks before. They had put 7 soil in one pot, to see what effect this would have on the 8 of the beans in it, and good soil in the other three pots. Then they had kept one of the pots in the 9 for several days, and had given a third pot no water for the same length of 10 .
At the end of the lesson on Friday afternoon, Mrs Green put little notes on the four 11 , “The beans in this pot were planted in poor soil.” “This pot has been 12 in the dark for four days.” “These beans have had no water for four days.” “These beans have had good soil, plenty of light and 13 water.” Then she went home.
When she arrived on 14 evening, half an hour before the 15 were due to come, Mrs Green found this note beside the pots:
We 16 your notes to the school servant and thought we would 17 him, so we watered all the plants, 18 the earth in the one with poor soil, and 19 the light above the one which had been left in the dark for four days. We 20 that the plants will now grow well.
Your friends,
The Boy Scouts
1. A. practicalB. actualC. activeD. hard
2. A. graduallyB. wellC. exactlyD. equally
3. A. howeverB. thereforeC. evenD. instead
4. A. progressB. methodC. purposeD. result
5. A. studyingB. consideringC. destroyingD. preventing
6. A. boughtB. broughtC. plantedD. found
7. A. goodB. poorC. wetD. dry
8. A. tasteB. smellC. shapeD. growth
9. A. sunshine B. dark C. rainD. sand
10. A. restB. researchC. timeD. distance
11. A. plantsB. beansC. experimentsD. pots
12. A. putB. keptC. trappedD. buried
13. A. cleanB. coldC. warmD. regular
14. A. FridayB. SaturdayC. SundayD. Monday
15. A. childrenB. studentsC. parentsD. teachers
16. A. readB. wroteC. answeredD. passed
17. A. persuadeB. rescueC. remindD. help
18. A. changed B. threwC. checkedD. tested
19. A. put onB. took onC. left onD. came on
20. A. hopeB. dislikeC. wonderD. suggest
参考答案167.ABBDA CBDBC DBDBC ADACA： When I was a teenager，probably about 13，my mother taught me a very valuable lesson I’ve never forgotten.We were shopping in a small grocery store one day
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I noticed a family come in.It looked like a mother，her daughter，and her granddaughter.They were clean but dressed in
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clothes.They
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a cart through the store，carefully
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items，and all necessary foods.
My mother and I finished our shopping and
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toward the clerk to pay.As we got there，the family was
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us，with one person in between.As I watched the family place groceries on the conveyor belt，I heard the mother ask the clerk
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so often to subtotal(合计)，as she only had so much to
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.This took a while，and the person in front of me was getting noticeably
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.When the store clerk did a final
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，the woman did not have enough money，so she began pointing to different food items to
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.My mother reached in her purse，pulled out a twenty dollar bill and handed it to the woman.The woman looked very
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and said，“I can’t take that！” My mother looked
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at the woman and quietly replied，“Yes，you most certainly can.
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it a gift.There’s nothing in that cart you don’t really need.” The woman then
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and took the money，squeezing my mom’s hand for just a moment with tears running down her cheeks.
I know I left the store with tears in my eyes，and it is something I will
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forever.You see，my parents
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six children and didn’t have a whole lot of money themselves，although I can never remember
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anything.I’m very happy to say that I inherited her
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heart.I have given selflessly before，and there is not a
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feeling in the whole world!
1．A.as
B．because
C．when
D．although
2．A.fashionable
B．worn
C．new
D．patched
3．A.pulled
B．took
C．pushed
D．brought
4．A.buying
B．selling
C．examining
D．selecting
5．A.headed
B．rushed
C．ran
D．shouted
6．A.behind
B．in front of
C．at the side of
D．below
7．A.both
B．none
C．each
D．all
8．A.cost
B．waste
C．buy
D．spend
9．A.angry
B．puzzled
C．impatient
D．impolite
10．A.total
B．money
C．amount
D．number
11．A.put aside
B．put back
C．take in
D．take down
12．A.excited
B．disappointed
C．surprised
D．puzzled
13．A.directly
B．closely
C．anxiously
D．eagerly
14．A.Look
B．Consider
C．Forget
D．Mention
15．A.reached out
B．handed out
C．checked out
D．looked out
16．A.remind
B．value
C．focus
D．congratulate
17．A.raised
B．supported
C．taught
D．brought
18．A.looking for
B．wanting for
C．asking for
D．needing for
19．A.pleasing
B．worrying
C．caring
D．astonishing
20．A.worst
B．worse
C．better
D．best
Ⅰ. 1．C 2．B 3．C 4．D 5．A
6．B 7．C 8．D 9．C 10．A
11．B 12．C 13．A 14．B 15．A
16．B 17．A 18．B 19．C 20．C