2012年上半年北京地区成人英语三级考试

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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