Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these
21 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are
22 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows
23 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost
24 to the parents. It was then
25 that the fairies had come 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 recommended
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 fire--then 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.
| 小题1: |
| A．babies |
B．believers |
C．fairies |
D．supermen |
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| 小题2: |
| A．powerful |
B．cruel |
C．frightened |
D．extraordinary |
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| 小题3: |
| A．sick |
B．slim |
C．short |
D．small |
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| 小题4: |
| A．uncomfortable |
B．unbelievable |
C．unacceptable |
D．unrecognizable |
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| 小题5: |
| A．feared |
B．predicted |
C．heard |
D．reported |
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| 小题6: |
| A．covered |
B．changed |
C．replaced |
D．terrified |
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| 小题7: |
| A．cases |
B．tools |
C．steps |
D．methods |
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| 小题8: |
| A．missed |
B．stolen |
C．found |
D．lost |
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| 小题9: |
| A．1ittle |
B．pale |
C．sad |
D．real |
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| 小题10: |
| A．seize |
B．burn |
C．place |
D．hold |
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