Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15 小题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中选出一个最

佳选项。

Many, many years ago most people did not have beautiful books. Some families did not have

books at all. The people _________ did have books had only a few.

Instead of _________ books, people told stories. They would remember things _________

happened to them and would retell these tales to friends.

Some stories you read in books today _________ to children many years ago by their

fathers and mothers. _________ those girls and boys grew up, they, in turn, told their children the

same tales.

Sometimes the stories changed as one man told ___________. That is why today there are

different beginnings and different endings to the same folk tales. You __________ different names

for all kinds of characters in the different versions(版本) of the tales. In this way the stories almostseem ___________ different ones and not your favorite tales at all.

Some people ___________ stories. They would suppose ___________ things which had

happened could not really have happened. Such people became __________ as storytellers.

In many of the tales, animals did the talking. In others, good men came to help bad men.

Strange, exciting things _________. The different ideas made interesting stories.

Some of the early tales, ___________ them Mother Goose verses were told in rhyme. The

poems were learned by boys and girls at home and at school.

What Mother Goose rhymes do you know and remember? Do you think there was

__________ a Mother Goose? Mother Goose stories and rhymes are _________ good ones

that we read and enjoy them today, years after they were first told.

1.A. which B. whom C. who D. when

2.A. read B. to read C. reads D. reading

3.A. who B. that C. what D. where

4.A. tell B. told C. was told D. were told

5.A. When B. Though C. While D. Which

6.A. other B. another C. the other D. the others

7.A. even find B. even found C. will even find D. would even find

8.A. is B. are C. will be D. to be

9.A. made in B. made up C. made of D. made from

10.A. that B. what C. when D. where

11.A. know B. knew C. known D. to know

12.A. happen B. happened C. are happened D. were happened

13.A. in B. of C. among D. between

14.A. real B. really C. to be real D. to be really

15.A. such B. so C. such a D. so many

Answer 1