I. 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分) 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. little B. pale C. sad D. real 10. A. seize B. burn C. place D. hold II．语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为11～20的相应位置上。 Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life. 11 these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 12 (help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 13 rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 14 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea 15 he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 16 doing this for a whole day, 17 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 18 (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 19 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 20 (result) in the contrary to our intention. Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager. “I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits. Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent—child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood. No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.” But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.” Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say. “My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side,” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun&n
