Warning: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.

    The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and found that 61 put up with severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience, composition and love. The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way.

These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other submissive female characters in fairytales, who were later rescued by a stranger prince or hero.

Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the characters as role models. “They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents’ behaviors,” she said. “Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The question,” said Ms Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door down herself.”

The passage is especially intended for _________.

    A. parents with young daughters

    B. girls who like reading fairy stories

    C. girls who think they can change their partners

D. parents with grown-up daughters

Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast are similar in that _________.

A. they all married some princes                        B. they all changed their partners with love

C. they were all abused by their partners             D. they all put up with abuse

Which of the following statements is true of the women in a control group?

A. They don’t believe in fairy tales.

B. They don’t believe in the transformational qualities of love.

C. They have also experienced abuse.

D. They survived abuse.

What does the underlined word “submissive” in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?

A. kind-hearted             B. passive                     C. gentle               D. easy-going

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

The other day, I bought six packages of ink for my printer, then I found a deal on better ink at the local computer store, so I went back to the $1 Store to exchange the ink for some other items.

    I put the ink into a plastic bag and tied it up. When at the store, I immediately showed the bag to a clerk and told her that I was returning some items, but she was obviously very busy. Then without thinking much, I just put the bag into a cart and started shopping.

    I was making my way through the crowd when a female employee suddenly yelled to stop me. I was told not to be allowed to carry a plastic bag of items around in the store and my bag should be checked.

    I was astonished. There was no need for her to yell. I opened the bag and showed her the receipt. “I’m returning these to exchange for some other items,” I said.

   “You should learn how to follow store regulations. Leave this bag here with the clerk. You can have it back when you check out”.

    I was embarrassed and did as told to. I felt like a shoplifter. By the time I had finished shopping and exchanged the items, I was angry and then went looking for her. I wanted an apology. I found her finally and asked what her name was. She yelled at me again, “Ursula!” and stormed away.

   Having got home, I called the store’s headquarters. I described my unpleasant experience. A customer service representative responded, “We will not tolerate such behavior. Give me your phone number and I will call you back.”

   Two days later, I received a phone call from the representative, “I’m sorry,” she said, “but there is no one at that store named Ursula. Can you describe her? I’ll find out who she is. We do not tolerate rude behavior, nor do we tolerate lying to customers.”

   By this time, I had calmed down, so I told the representative to forget about it.

41.The author wanted to exchange the ink for some other items because he found _______.

the ink was too expensive                   

he didn’t need so many packages

it could not match his printer       

there was better ink in another store

42.It can be inferred that _______.

the $1 Store had a very good business

the $1 Store sold items of poor quality

the clerks in the $1 Store were impolite

check-out items couldn’t be exchanged

43. Which of the following is the right order according to the story?

I found I was cheated.

I left the plastic bag with the clerk.

I finished shopping and exchanged the items

A female employee stopped me and yelled at me

I called the store’s headquarters

A. d, a, c, b, e     B. b, c, d, e, a        C. d, b, c, e, a      D. c, b, d, a, e

44. At the end of the story, _______.

A. the female employee apologized to me

B. Ursula was found out and lost her job

C. the representative forgot the matter

D. I forgave the female employee

--- It’s reported that over 100,000 people lost their lives in Haiti earthquake on January 12th.

--- Yes, _______ news came as _______ shock to me.

A. the; a              B. the; 不填        C. a; a                 D. a; the

 As        , a couple of pandas reached Taiwan Island smoothly.

  A. expected        B. expects              C. to expect           D. expecting

Only when the war was over_____ to go back to the village where he had lived for so many years.

A. was able he                   B. he was able                

C. able he was             D. was he able

第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加.删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear sir,

Thanks so much for your letter. I pleased to learn you went to Beijing for the winter holiday at the end of last year and that you had a great fun there. I also dream of going there one day. Thank you also for the stamps you sent to me for my collection. Most of them were those what I had been expecting for so a long time. You said by your letter that you wish have some photos of me. But I’m sorry to tell you that I have little photos good enough to send to others. Yet I will send you a photo of your family. Please write soon and tell me what you are getting on with your college life. I am looking forward to receive your letter.

Best wishes.

                     Yours,

                     Jason

 She _______ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.

    A. picked out   B. brought about   C. worked out   D. picked up

 Varieties of household goods are sold here, ____from babies’ toys to old men’s walking sticks.

   A. changing      B. exchanging   C. ranging     D. classifying

（本题12分）已知某种从太空带回的植物种子每粒成功发芽的概率都为，某植物研究所分两个小组分别独立开展该种子的发芽实验，每次实验种一粒种子，假定某次实验种子发芽则称该次实验是成功的，如果种子没有发芽，则称该次实验是失败的．

(1) 第一小组做了三次实验，求实验成功的平均次数；

(2) 第二小组连续进行实验，求实验首次成功时所需的实验次数的期望；

(3)两个小组分别进行2次试验，求至少有2次实验成功的概率．

More than three years after moving from Australia to this remote part of England, we are still learning how things are done here.

　　Not too long after we arrived and unpacked, we were invited for “a drink on Sunday morning” by a retired couple nearby. We got there about noon, to find the living-room crowded — lots of chat and discussions, and in all a very jolly occasion.

　　Trouble was, there was no food — no self-respecting Australian would regard a tray of crisps as food. In Sydney, when you are invited for a drink any time after midday on a Sunday, you know you will be fed as well as watered and you plan accordingly. Meaning the hardworked little woman makes no plans to cook lunch because you are eating out.

　　By one-fifteen my stomach was sending up “please explain” to me. Even the crisps had gone. There was nothing we could do except wait, and wonder if the hostess was going to perform some magic and feed us fashionably late. Then, as quickly as if word had spread that there was free beer at the local pub, the room emptied. By one-forty-five there were only a few guests left, so we decided to go home. Tinned soup for lunch that day because the little woman was not really interested in real cooking for us.

　　A few weeks ago we were invited out for “supper” and the hostess suggested 8:15. Ah, we thought greedily, “this is going to be the real thing.”

　　We dressed with some care — I putting on a dark suit — and arrived on time. My wife looked pretty good, I thought, a little black dress and so on. But when we walked in I had a terrible feeling we had got the night wrong because the hostess was dressed in a daytime kind of way and the husband was in jeans and an open-neck shirt. But no, we were greeted and shown into the sitting-room.

　　After a drink I looked around and saw that this was indeed a superior cottage because it had a (more or less) separate dining-room. But there were no signs of a table-setting. Not again! I thought. Were we meant to eat before we came? I decided that in future my wife and I would always carry a chocolate bar. About 9:28 our hostess went out of the room, saying something about food. Ten minutes later she returned and asked us to follow. We were led out to the kitchen. There on the table were country style plates and a huge bowl of soup, rough bread and all the makings of a simple meal. And that is what it was. In other words we had not read the signals right when we were invited for “supper”. If they want you to come to dinner, they say so, and you know that means dark suits and so on. If they mean supper, they say it, and you get fed in the kitchen.

When the author and his wife were invited out for “a drink on Sunday morning”, they thought _______.

       A. they would be the only people there

       B. they would be given lunch as well

       C. they would be taken to a restaurant for lunch

       D. they would be asked to take some food with them

The “party” had been going on for about an hour and three quarters when _________.

       A. the hostess decided to feed her guests      B. everyone had tinned soup for lunch

       C. most of the guests went to lunch at the pub     D. the author realized he would go home hungry

When invited out for “supper” a few weeks later, the writer _________.

       A. expected to be served a proper dinner

       B. arrived on the wrong evening

       C. interpreted the invitation correctly this time

       D. realized there was no dining-room in the cottage

As the evening went on, the writer became aware that _________.

       A. no one used their dining-rooms in the countryside

       B. he should have had a meal before going out

       C. “supper” meant a simple, informal meal

　    D. he should, in future, eat only chocolate in the evening