【正文】 the fairies had e and stolen the baby away and 26 the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby?s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father?s clothes were just two of the remended 27 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been 28 . In those cases there was often a way to get the 29 baby back. You could 30 the Changeling on the firethen it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies? laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby. 21. A. babies B. believers C. fairies D. supermen 22. A. powerful B. cruel C. frightened D. extraordinary 23. A. sick B. slim C. short D. small 24. A. unfortable B. unbelievable C. unacceptable D. unrecognizable 25. A. feared B. predicted C. heard D. reported 26. A. covered B. changed C. replaced D. terrified 27. A. cases B. tools C. steps D. methods 28. A. missed B. stolen C. found D. lost 29. B. pale C. sad D. real 30. A. seize B. burn C. place D. hold 第二節(jié) 語法填空 (共 10小題 ， 每小題 ， 滿分 15分 ) 閱讀下面短文 ， 按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求 ， 在空格處填 入 一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空 ， 并將答案填寫在答題卡標號為 31～ 40的相應(yīng)位置上。 Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people?s daily life. 31 these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop 32 (help) it grow”, is based on the following story. It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help 33 rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about 34 day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected. One day, he came up with an idea 35 he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day. He was very tired 36 doing this for a whole day, 37 he felt very happy since the crop did “grow” 38 (high). His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither. This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their 39 (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often 40 (result) in the contrary to our intention. Ⅲ 閱讀 (共兩節(jié) ， 滿分 40分 ) 第一節(jié) 閱讀理解 (共 15小題；每小題 2分 ， 滿分 30分 ) 閱讀下列短文 ， 從每題所給的 A、 B、 C和 D項中 ， 選出最佳選項 ， 并在答題卡 上 將該項涂黑。 A Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing? Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16yearold daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager. “I would never have said to my mom, ?Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it??” says Ballmer. “There was just a plete gap in taste.” Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits. Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are fortable and mon. And parent— child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue int0 adulthood. No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.” But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There?s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.” Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open munication and a more d