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1、北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012年5月12曰PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAns
2、werSheet.Passage1Questionslto5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Themostfamouscollectionsoffairytales(童话)aretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.Theydidn’tthinktheywerewritingforchildren.TheythoughttheywerepreservingdisappearingGermanf
3、olkculture.Theirfirstedition(版本)wasascholarlybookthatcarefullyrecordedtheoraltales.Theyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestonesmightbeinterestingtochildren.ButtheGrimmsneededmoney•Theyhadmadeabaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbo
4、ok.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouseonecouldsitonwithoutworryingitwouldbreak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemmuchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterj
5、udgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould.TheGrimms’fairytaiesalsohaveonecharacteristicthatwouldseemtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”anoldwomanisburnedtodeathinanoven,andin“LittleRedRidingHood”achildiseatenbyawolf.Whenherev
6、isedthetaiesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexamplejnthefirsteditionofthetales,Cinderellaforgiveshersistersattheend.It’sonlyinthesecondedition,theoneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspeck("豕)outtheireyes.Why,then,havetheGrimms’fairy
7、talesbecomeclassicsofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s?Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedintomodemtimes.ThefirsteditionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itwasdownto50.Andtodayonlyadozenorsoofthetale
8、sareoftenreprintedinchildren’scollections.(76)Butthede
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