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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.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceandblackenthecorrespondingletteronthe
2、Answersheet。 Passage1 Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage: ThemostfamouscollectionsoffairytalesaretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.TheydisappearingGermanfolkculture.Theirfirstedition(版本)wasascholarlybookthatcarefull
3、yrecordedtheoraltales.Theyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestoriesmightbeinterestingtochildren。 ButtheGrimmsneededmoney.Theyhadmadeabaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbook.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouse
4、onecouldsitonwithoutworryingitwouldbreak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemmuchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterjudgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould。 TheGrimms
5、’fairytalesalsohaveonecharacteristicthatwouldseemtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”eatenbyawolf.Whenherevisedthetalesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexample,inthefirstedition,the
6、oneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspeck(啄)outtheireyes。 Why,then,havetheGrimms’fairytalesbecomeclassicofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s? Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedintomoderntimes.Thefirstedit
7、ionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itwasdownto50.Andtadayonlyadozenorsoofthetalesareoftenreprintedinchildren’scollections。 (76)Butthedeeperansweristhatthetalesthathavelastedaremagicaladventuresthathelpchildrendealwiththestrugglesandfearsoftheireverydaylives。 WhydidWi
8、lhelmGrimmsetouttoadapthisbookforchildren? Todealwithreaders
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