Narcissus was a beautiful looking boy. He had long, flowing, blond hair, beautiful, bright, blue eyes and even, white teeth. Many young ladies fell in love with him including the nymph（女神）: Echo.
Nymphs were lively spirits who lived near streams and lakes and protected trees in the forest. Echo had upset the Queen of the Gods; Hera. As a punishment Hera made Echo unable to speak except to repeat the last three words of the person she was talking to.
Poor Echo fell in love with Narcissus but could never tell him how she felt. Narcissus teased her and she ran away with tears pouring down her face. Aphrodite, the goddess of love saw what happened and decided to punish Narcissus. As he came to a pool of water Narcissus saw his reflection (影子)and fell in love with the vision he saw. It was of course his own reflection.
Poor Narcissus watched his own reflection, every time he tried to touch the face of the vision he loved it broke up on the shimmering surface of the water. Narcissus stopped eating, lost his beautiful looks and desired to get his love. In the end he anguished gradually and died.
Aphrodite took pity on him and made a flower grow in his place on the bank of the lake. Narcissus flowers (水仙花) can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees.  
小題1:Echo fell in love with Narcissus because_________.
A．Narcissus was good-looking.
B．Echo was a lively spirit
C．Narcissus loved her, too.
D．Echo took pity on Narcissus
小題2: Why did Aphrodite, the goddess of love, punish Narcissus?
A．Aphrodite envied Echo because she loved Narcissus
B．She thought Narcissus didn’t respect and made Echo sad.
C．Narcissus fell in love with the vision, not Echo.
D．Echo was trapped in love and didn’t protect trees in the forest any longer.
小題3:What does the underlined word “anguished” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A．become increasingly thin and weak
B．become very hungry
C．become very fat
D．become out of mind
小題4:What is the main purpose of writing the passage?
A．To tell people a sad love story
B．To tell people how Narcissus flowers came
C．To tell the true meaning of beauty and ugliness
D．To tell people not affect others’ love

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:B

小題1:理解細節(jié)題。由第一段可知答案為A。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。由第一段 “Narcissus teased her and she ran away with tears pouring down her face.”可知答案為B。
小題3:推測詞語含義題。根據(jù) “stopped eating, →lost his beautiful looks →desired to get his love.→anguished gradually →died.這一線索可以推測的意思為 “become increasingly thin and weak”。故A為正確答案.
小題4:判斷作者寫作目的題。由最后一段中 “Narcissus flowers (水仙花) can be found to this day growing wherever you can find water and trees.”可知作者的寫作目的。
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