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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1

36.B　 37.B　38.A　39.A　40.D　41.D　42.C　43.C　44.A　45.B　

46.B　 47.A　48.C　 49.D　50.A　 51.B　52.C　 53.D　54.C　55.D

解析:

36.解析：seasons季節(jié)。根據(jù)下文中的spring可判斷出這里說的是季節(jié)的變化。

37.解析：根據(jù)“he asked Zeus ... to give Persephone to him”可判斷出Zeus是神的統(tǒng)治者。

38.解析：根據(jù)下文中的the marriage可判斷出Hades想娶Persephone為妻。

39.解析：forbid禁止。上文的agree與forbid是反義詞，既不同意，也不禁止。

40.解析：permission允許根據(jù)上文所提供的情景可判斷出Hades決定不經(jīng)過允許而得到這個女孩。

41.解析：find out發(fā)現(xiàn)真相。發(fā)現(xiàn)什么事發(fā)生在Persephone身上。

42.解析：發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的女兒被別人抓去了，自然會生氣。

43.解析：stop growing停止生長。根據(jù)下文中的“was determined not to let crops grow”可確定答案。

44.解析：be in danger of starving處于挨餓的危險。因為植物停止了生長，人們沒有東西吃只得挨餓。

45.解析：not until直到……才……。直到她的女兒回到了她的身邊，才讓莊稼生長。

46.解析：根據(jù)上文中的“Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter”可判斷出這里指的是Zeus。

47.解析：return回來。從下文的go back可以看出，Zeus決定在一定的情況下可以讓Persephone回來。

48.解析：根據(jù)下文“had eaten several pomegranate seeds”可判斷出如果Persephone不吃任何東西，她就可以回到她媽媽的身邊。

49.解析：accept接受。根據(jù)because引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句可判斷出她接受了這個決定。

50.解析：discover發(fā)現(xiàn)。發(fā)現(xiàn)她吃了幾粒石榴。

51.解析：根據(jù)上文的“go back to her mother”可判斷出Zeus同意她與自己的母親待半年。

52.解析：happen發(fā)生。it作形式主語，that從句作真正的主語，表示發(fā)生了什么事情。

53.解析：will愿意。根據(jù)上文中的sad可判斷出Persephone在地獄時，Demeter很傷心，她不愿意讓莊稼生長。

54.解析：why引導(dǎo)表語從句，表示原因，為什么冬天植物不生長的原因。

55.解析：回到媽媽的身邊自然是一件令人高興的事。