北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试

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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.YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswersheet。

2、　　Passage1　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:　　ThemostfamouscollectionsoffairytalesaretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.TheydisappearingGermanfolkculture.Theirfirstedition(版本)wasascholarlybookthatcarefullyrecordedtheoraltales.Th

3、eyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestoriesmightbeinterestingtochildren。　　ButtheGrimmsneededmoney.Theyhadmadeabaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbook.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouseonecouldsitonwithoutworryingitwouldb

4、reak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemmuchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterjudgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould。　　TheGrimms’fairytalesalsohaveonecharacteristicthatwouldsee

5、mtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”eatenbyawolf.Whenherevisedthetalesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexample,inthefirstedition,theoneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspeck(啄)outtheireyes。　　Why

6、,then,havetheGrimms’fairytalesbecomeclassicofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s?　　Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedintomoderntimes.ThefirsteditionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itwasdownto50.Andtadayonlyado

7、zenorsoofthetalesareoftenreprintedinchildren’scollections。　　(76)Butthedeeperansweristhatthetalesthathavelastedaremagicaladventuresthathelpchildrendealwiththestrugglesandfearsoftheireverydaylives。　　WhydidWilhelmGrimmsetouttoadapthisbookforchildren?　　Todealwithreaders