北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012年5月真题及答案

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1、北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012.5.12    PartⅠReadingComprehension(30%)  Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedsomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswers

2、heet。 　　Passage1　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:　　ThemostfamouscollectionsoffairytalesaretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.TheydisappearingGermanfolkculture.Theirfirstedition(版本)wasascholarlybookthatcarefullyrecordedtheor

3、altales.Theyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestoriesmightbeinterestingtochildren。　　ButtheGrimmsneededmoney.Theyhadmadeabaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbook.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouseonecouldsitonwithoutwo

4、rryingitwouldbreak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemmuchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterjudgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould。　　TheGrimms’fairytalesalsohaveonecharacte

5、risticthatwouldseemtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”eatenbyawolf.Whenherevisedthetalesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexample,inthefirstedition,theoneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspec

6、k(啄)outtheireyes。　　Why,then,havetheGrimms’fairytalesbecomeclassicofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s?　　Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedintomoderntimes.ThefirsteditionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itw

7、asdownto50.Andtadayonlyadozenorsoofthetalesareoftenreprintedinchildren’scollections。　　(76)Butthedeeperansweristhatthetalesthathavelastedaremagicaladventuresthathelpchildrendealwiththestrugglesandfearsoftheireverydaylives。　　1.WhydidWilhelmGrimmsetouttoadapthisbookforchildren?　　Todealwi

8、threa