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Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes of natural happenings. The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 1 is about Demeter， the goddess of the harvest. She had a daughter， Persephone， whom she loved very much. Hades， god of the underworld， fell in love with Persephone， and he 2 Zeus， the ruler of the gods， to give Persephone to him as his 3 . Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter， so he said he would not agree to the marriage， but neither would he 4 it. Hades， therefore， decided to take the girl without 5 . When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden， he seized her and took her to the underworld. When Demeter 6 what happened to Persephone， she became so 7 that she caused all plants to 8 growing. People were in danger of 9 . But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 10 her daughter， Persephone， was returned to her. Zeus， still not wanting to 11 Hades， decided upon a condition for Persephones 12 . She could go back to her mother if she had not 13 anything while she was in the underworld. Demeter 14 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate（石榴）seeds in the underworld. When Zeus 15 this， he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 16 ， but he added that since she had eaten the seeds， she must spend part of the year in the underworld. And so it 17 that when Persephone is in the underworld， Demeter is sad and therefore will not let the 18 grow. That is 19 we have winter when plants do not grow. When Persephone returns， Demeter is 20 ， it is spring， and plants begin to grow again.

1. A. periods B. seasons C. time D. history

2. A. advised B. asked C. thought D. ordered

3. A. wife B. lover C. partner D. assistant

4. A. forbid B. forgive C. admit D. accept

5. A. arrangement B. warning C. reason D. permission

6. A. recognized B. saw C. considered D. knew

7. A. excited B. tired C. angry D. serious

8. A. finish B. delay C. stop D. avoid

9. A. starving B. disappearing C. freezing D. fighting

10. A. since B. until C. after D. when

11. A. see B. disappoint C. help D. call

12. A. return B. change C. marriage D. journey

13. A. stolen B. found C. eaten D. heard

14. A. allowed B. refused C. doubted D. accepted

15. A. discovered B. studied C. forgot D. prepared

16. A. daughter B. mother C. god D. husband

17. A. works B. remains C. happens D. begins

18. A. seeds B. people C. flowers D. crops

19. A. where B. because C. why D. how

20. A. moved B. friendly C. surprised D. happy

語法填空

閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個(gè)單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

A farmer once organized a 1 （compete） between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields， and 2 （hide） a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to find out which animal would find them first.

The cheerful and optimistic rabbit threw 3 （him） into looking for the carrot， 4 （dig） here and there， totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog， after sniffing around for a bit， lay down and began to complain about how difficult it was 5 （find） one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug for hours， and with every new hole the dog complained even 6 （much） about how difficult this was. 7 the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field 8 （leave） to dig， the rabbit dug a hole right to 9 the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to the right place 10 the very beginning but failed to find the bone because he only complained and didnt try at all.

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短文改錯(cuò)

My secret of staying young is simply： Keeping your mind awake and you will stay young. Take an interest in the world around you. Dont think that you are ever too old to go back school. I know a man who entered into a medical college at 70. He got her degree with honors and become a famous doctor. Other man went to a law school at 71 and is now an active lawyer. You may say that staying young is easy only for those who is living in the future. In fact， you can do it whether you care enough to try to keep your mind awake and active， which is the only ways to be always young.