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　　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

答案：B;B;A;A;D;D;C;C;A;B;B;A;C;D;A;B;C;D;C;D
解析：

1．通读全文即可知道，这段文字叙述的是有关四季变化的神话故事，所以该题应为seasons. 2．由文章内容知Zeus在Demeter和Hades之间起了调节矛盾的作用，所以其身份应该是众神的管理者． 3．上句出现了Hades fell in love with Persephone，所以该空格应该是Hades请求Zeus将Persephone给他当妻子。 4．该空格所在的句子说明了Zeus的态度，他不会同意这桩婚事，也不会禁止这桩婚事。 5．由下文可知Hades将Persephone在未经Demeter同意的情况下带走了。 6．let out表示“泄露”；work out表示“计算出，制定出”，think out表示“对……做出决定，对……仔细考虑好”，find out表示“发现真相”，根据故事发展的情况，此处应表示“发现真相”之意。 7．由后文的叙述Demeter决心让所有植物停止生长可知，Demeter对此非常生气。 8．由后文That is ___19___ we have winter when plants do not grow.可知，此处应表示停止生长。 9．in danger of处于……的危险中；in the hope of怀着……的希望；in turn依次，后来；in case of以防万一……. starving为贬义性。所以用in danger of. 10．该句中的but表示转折，该句意义为“但是Demeter决定不让植物生长直到Persephone被归还给她。”用until引导时间状语从句。 11．在此情况下，Zeus不想使Hades失望，所以作出调解矛盾的决定。 12．因为后文给出的是Persephone回到母亲身边的条件，所以此处应该使用return. 13．由下文because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate seeds in the underworld可知，此处应该是如果她在underworld没有吃过东西，就可以回到她母亲身边。 14．由上下文的情形看Demeter接受了Zeus的条件。 15．当Zeus发现了事实时，他同意Persephone可以在一年中有部分时间和她母亲呆在一起。 16．该空格所在句子与下一句构成对比，既然下一句是she must spend part of the year in the underworld，那么上一句就该是Persephone could spend part of the year with her mother. 17．该句中it指代when Persephone is in the underworld the crops don't grow；所以该句中动词用happen表示“事情发生”。 18．当Persephone呆在underworld时，Demeter很悲伤，因此她在此期间不让庄稼生长，用will表示一种倾向。 19．该句为总结句，上文以故事的形式讲述了为什么会有四季的轮换，讲述了为什么冬季的作物不会生长的原因。 20．当Persephone回来时，Demeter很高兴，所以春天就来临了。