1998年6月真题

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1、北京地区成人三级英语网www.pkucet.com.cn北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统一考试2012年5月12日PartIReadingComprehension(30%)Directions:Therearethreepassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice

2、andblackenthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheet.Passage1Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:Themostfamouscollectionsoffairytales(童话)aretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.Theydidn’tthinktheywerewritingforchild

3、ren.TheythoughttheywerepreservingdisappearingGermanfolkculture.Theirfirstedition(版本)wasascholarlybookthatcarefullyrecordedtheoraltales.Theyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestoriesmightbeinterestingtochildren.ButtheGrimmsneededmoney.Theyhadmade

4、abaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbook.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouseonecouldsitonwithoutworryingitwouldbreak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemm

5、uchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterjudgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould.TheGrimms’fairytalesalsohaveonecharacteristicthatwouldseemtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”a

6、noldwomanisburnedtodeathinanoven,andin“LittleRedRidingHood”achildiseatenbyawolf.Whenherevisedthetalesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexample,inthefirsteditionofthetales,Cinderellaforgiveshersistersattheend.It’sonlyinth

7、esecondedition,theoneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspeck(啄)outtheireyes.Why,then,havetheGrimms’fairytalesbecomeclassicsofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s?Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedin

8、tomodemtimes.ThefirsteditionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itwasdownto50.Andtodayonlyadozenorsoofthetalesareoftenreprintedinchild