Question

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 ___1___ 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 ___2___ of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his ___3___. 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 ___4___ it. Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without ___5___. When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter ___6___ what happened to Persephone, she became so ___7___ that she caused all plants to ___8___ People were in ___9___ of starving. But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow ___10___ her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her. ___11___, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s ___12___. She could go back to her mother if she had not ___13___ anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter ___14___ it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴) seeds in the underworld. When Zeus ___15___ this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her ___16___, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld. and so it ___17___ that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore ___18___ not let the crops grow. That is ___19___ we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns, Demeter is ___20___, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again.

1. A. periods   B. seasons       C. time    D. age

2. A. winner   B. ruler   C. advisor       D. fighter

3. A. wife       B. lover   C. partner       D. daughter

4. A. forbid    B. forgive       C. admit  D. accept

5. A. arrangement   B. warning     C. reason D. permission

6. A. let out    B. worked out C. thought out D. found out

7. A. excited   B. tired   C. angry  D. serious

8. A. grow fast       B. start growing     C. stop growing     D. grow slowly

9. A. danger    B. hope   C. turn    D. case

10. A. since    B. until   C. after   D. when

11. A. Persephone   B. Zeus   C. Demeter     D. Hades

12. A. return   B. change       C. marriage    D. journey

13. A. stolen   B. found  C. eaten   D. heard

14. A. understood   B. refused       C. doubted      D. accepted

15. A. discovered   B. studied       C. forgot D. prepared

16. A. daughter      B. mother       C. god     D. ruler

17. A. works   B. remains      C. happens      D. starts

18. A. should  B. can     C. dare    D. will

19. A. where   B. because      C. why    D. how

20. A. nice      B. friendly      C. fresh   D. happy

Answer 1

1-5BBAAD 6-10DCCAB 11-15BACDA 16-20BCDCD

解析:

本文通常一個(gè)希臘神話說(shuō)明了四季變化的由來(lái)

1. B。根據(jù)文章最后幾句話可知，文章講的是季節(jié)(season)的更換。

2. B。Zeus是宇宙之神，是眾神的統(tǒng)治者。從下文可以看出，不僅Demeter和Hades之間的矛盾的需要Zeus的調(diào)解，而且他們的想法也要取得Zeus的同意。

3. A。根據(jù)上文的Hades…fell in love with Persephone 以及后文的…agree to the marriage 可知，Hades想娶Persephone為妻。

4. A。此處指的是Zeus既不會(huì)同意這樁婚事，也不會(huì)禁止。

5. D。根據(jù)下文可知，Hades是搶走Persephone，即沒(méi)有得到允許。

6. D。比較：find out查明真相；let out放開(kāi)，放出；work out 算出；think out 想出。只有選項(xiàng)D最符合語(yǔ)境。

7. C。后文說(shuō)Demeter 決定要讓所有植物停止生長(zhǎng)，可見(jiàn)她很生氣(angry)。

8. C。根據(jù)第54空處的內(nèi)容可知，此處指她使所有植物停止生長(zhǎng)。

9. A。比較：in danger of 處于……的危險(xiǎn)中；in the hope of 懷有……的希望；in turn 依次；in case of 以防萬(wàn)一。根據(jù)后文的starving 可知，此題填空in danger of 最佳。

10. B。not...until 意為“直到……才”，此處指的是她要直到她女兒回來(lái)才讓植物生長(zhǎng)。

11. B。根據(jù)其后的still not wanting to disappoint Hades可知答案。

12. A。此處指Persephone回到她母親身邊。

13. C。根據(jù)下文的Persephone had eaten several pomegranate seeds可知答案。

14. D。根據(jù)上下文的語(yǔ)境看，Demeter 接受了Zeus的條件。

15. A。此處指“發(fā)現(xiàn)”事情真相。

16. B。根據(jù)下文的she must spend part of the year in the underworld可知出此處應(yīng)選with her mother。

17. C。句中的it 為形式主語(yǔ)，真正的主語(yǔ)是that 引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句。此處的意思是“……就這樣發(fā)生了”。

18. D。比較四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有will 最合語(yǔ)境。

19. C。That’s why… 的意思是“這就是為什么……”“這就是……的原因”。

20. D。當(dāng) Persephone 回來(lái)時(shí)，Demeter很高興，所以就是春天，植物開(kāi)始生長(zhǎng)。