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   

解析：文章主要的介绍了在古代人们是如何来解释自然现象的。从文章中的the goddess of the harvest可以知道指的是季节的变化。

37.B  

解析： ruler意思为“统治者”，这也可以根据我们所了解的一些希腊神话得到答案。

38.A   

解析：从后面的marriage一词可以知道，指的是要那Persephone（宙斯）作为他的妻子。

39.A   

解析：从前面的意思可以看出Zeus即不拒绝也不承认。

40.D   

解析：既然这样的话，Hades就把Persephone（宙斯）带走，而没有经过许可。

41.D   

解析：find out的意思为“查明”；而let out为“发出”；work out为“算出，解决”。

42.C   

解析：Demeter很是生气的。

43.C   

解析：因为她是the goddess of the harvest，所以她让所有的庄稼都停止了生长。

44.A   

解析：人们也就处在挨饿的危险中。

45.B  

解析： 知道Demeter看到她的女儿回来才让庄稼生长，注意此处为not…until句型。

46.B   

解析：根据上文的意思可以看出是Zeus不想让Hades失望。

47.A   

解析：表示回来。

48.C 

解析：根据后面句子中的意思可以判断出正确答案的。

49.D   

解析：表示Demeter接受了这个意见。

51.B   

解析：根据文章的意思Persephone可以和她的母亲呆上一段时间。

52.C   

解析：这样的事情也就会发生的。

53.D  

解析： 既然她很伤心的，所以她就不会让庄稼生长了。

54.C   

解析：从这里来说明原因。

55.D   

解析：根据后面的情景，可以看出Demeter是很高心的。