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重庆市成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
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PartⅠ Reading Comprehｅnsion (30%）
Directions: Ｔheｒe are threｅ ｐａssagｅｓ iｎ tｈis pａrt. Each pasｓage iｓ foｌlowed ｓome queｓtｉoｎs or unfｉnｉｓheｄ sｔａtementｓ. Ｆｏｒ eaｃh of them tｈere aｒｅ four chｏiｃes marｋeｄ A,B,C aｎd D． Yｏu shoｕld deciｄｅ oｎ tｈe best ｃhoice and ｂlaｃｋen ｔhe ｃoｒreｓｐonding letteｒ on thｅ Anｓwｅｒ sheeｔ。 Passａge 1
Quｅstiｏnｓ １ to 5 are bａsed oｎ ｔhe follｏwing ｐassage:
The mｏｓt ｆamous coｌlｅcｔｉonｓ oｆ fairy tales aｒe the onｅs ｂy Jakoｂ anｄ Wiｌhｅlm Grimｍ. Thｅ Ｇriｍms published ｔheir fｉrst fairｙ-tale colｌｅctｉｏn in 1812.Tｈey disappearing Gｅrｍａn folk culｔｕre. Ｔｈeir first ｅditｉon （版本) ｗas a ｓcｈolaｒlｙ ｂｏok ｔhat ｃarefuｌlｙ rｅｃorｄed the orａl ｔaｌeｓ. Ｔheｙ wｅre sｕｒpｒiｓed wheｎ ｓoｍｅ of their eａrly ｒeaｄｅrs sｕgｇestｅd ｔhat the sｔorieｓ ｍight be iｎｔｅrｅｓｔing to cｈildrｅn。
But the Grimms nｅeｄed moｎｅy. Ｔhey ｈａd maｄe ａ bａd deal wｉth their pubｌiｓher and reｃeｉveｄ ｌittle paymｅnｔ for tｈｅir first bｏｏｋ. Ａt one pｏｉnt Wilｈｅlm ｃｏmplaiｎed there wａsｎ’t a cｈair ｉn his hｏuｓｅ one coｕld sｉt on without worrｙinｇ ｉt wｏuld ｂｒeaｋ. So he ｔｏｏk tｈe hｉnt anｄ set to woｒk ｔo make a boｏk thａt wouｌd be suitable for cｈilｄｒen. Ｈe ｓelectｅd a fｅｗ of ｔｈe tales, made tｈｅm mｕch longｅr , aｎd pｏlｉshed uｐ ｔhe ｌanguagｅ． Hｅ diｄn’t adｄ mｏｒals , but ｈe ｄid sｌｉp iｎ chaｒacter judgmenｔs ａnd morａｌｉｚｉng ｃommｅｎｔs ｗhereｖer he coｕlｄ。
The Griｍｍs’ fａiｒｙ tales aｌsｏ have ｏne cｈａｒａcteｒｉstic that wｏuld seem ｔo mａｋe them unｓｕitable fｏr chｉｌdren. Mａny of ｔｈeｍ ｉncludｅ violent incideｎts. In “Ｈaｎsel and Ｇreｔel” ｅateｎ ｂy a ｗolf. Ｗhｅn he ｒevｉｓed the taｌes ｆor childｒｅn, Wiｌhelm Ｇrimm ｒeｔaｉned ｔhｅ ｖiolencｅ. Ｉn ｆacｔ， he sｏｍetｉmes even ｒampｅd ｉt up. Foｒ exａmple, in the ｆirst ediｔiｏｎ, ｔhｅ one inteｎded fｏr children, that her birｄs pｅｃｋ（啄)ouｔ tｈeir ｅyeｓ。
Why, ｔhｅn， have the Ｇｒｉmms’ fairｙ tａlｅs bｅcomｅ clasｓic of cｈiｌｄren’s lｉｔeratuｒe， so muｃh so ｔhａｔ it is hard to imａgｉne a ｃhiｌd who ｄｏesｎ’t ｋnow Ｃindereｌｌa’s story ｏr Snｏw Wｈite’ｓ?
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重庆市成人本科学士学位英语统一考试
