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　　Passage1

　　Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　ThemostfamouscollectionsoffairytalesaretheonesbyJakobandWilhelmGrimm.TheGrimmspublishedtheirfirstfairy-talecollectionin1812.TheydisappearingGermanfolkculture.Theirfirstedition（版本）wasascholarlybookthatcarefullyrecordedtheoraltales.Theyweresurprisedwhensomeoftheirearlyreaderssuggestedthatthestoriesmightbeinterestingtochildren。

　　ButtheGrimmsneededmoney.Theyhadmadeabaddealwiththeirpublisherandreceivedlittlepaymentfortheirfirstbook.AtonepointWilhelmcomplainedtherewasn’tachairinhishouseonecouldsitonwithoutworryingitwouldbreak.Sohetookthehintandsettoworktomakeabookthatwouldbesuitableforchildren.Heselectedafewofthetales,madethemmuchlonger,andpolishedupthelanguage.Hedidn’taddmorals,buthedidslipincharacterjudgmentsandmoralizingcommentswhereverhecould。

　　TheGrimms’fairytalesalsohaveonecharacteristicthatwouldseemtomakethemunsuitableforchildren.Manyofthemincludeviolentincidents.In“HanselandGretel”eatenbyawolf.Whenherevisedthetalesforchildren,WilhelmGrimmretainedtheviolence.Infact,hesometimesevenrampeditup.Forexample,inthefirstedition,theoneintendedforchildren,thatherbirdspeck（啄）outtheireyes。

　　Why,then,havetheGrimms’fairytalesbecomeclassicofchildren’sliterature,somuchsothatitishardtoimagineachildwhodoesn’tknowCinderella’sstoryorSnowWhite’s?

　　Oneansweristhatonlyafewofthetalessurvivedintomoderntimes.ThefirsteditionoftheGrimms’fairytaleshad210tales.By1825itwasdownto50.Andtadayonlyadozenorsoofthetalesareoftenreprintedinchildren’scollections。

　　（76）Butthedeeperansweristhatthetalesthathavelastedaremagicaladventuresthathelpchildrendealwiththestrugglesandfearsoftheireverydaylives。

　　WhydidWilhelmGrimmsetouttoadapthisbookforchildren?

　　Todealwithreaders’complaints。

　　Toimprovehisfinancialsituation。

　　Attherequestofhispublisher。

　　Topreservetheancientstoriesinprint。

　　Whenrevisingthefairytales,WilhelmdidallofthefollowingEXCEPT_______。

　　A.addingcharacterjudgments. 

B.makingthetalesmuchlonger

　　C.deletingtheviolentscenes 

D.polishingupthelanguage

　　3.Whatdoestheexpression“rampeditup”inParagraph3probablymean?

　　A.Started 

B.Allowed 

C.Classified 

D.Increased

　　4.WhichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheGrimms’fairytalesisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

　　A.Theywereoriginallyintendedtobechildren’sstories。

　　B.Generallyspeaking,thetalesthathaveenduredcanhelpchildrendealwiththechallengeslifebringtothem。

　　C.Alargenumberofthetalesmadeittothemodernage。

　　D.Theyarelessviolentthanthechildren’sstoriesbeingwrittentoday。

　　5.Whatisthepassagemainlyconcernedwith?

　　A.Historyoffairytales。

　　B.Waystopreservetheoraltradition。

　　C.TheGrimms’fairytales。

　　D.Violenceinfairytales。

　　Passage2

　　Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

　　Astheschoolyearkicksoff,parentsareonceagainstrugglingtocajole（哄骗）and,ifneedbe,dragtheirexhaustedteensoutofbed,Thatimagemaymakeyoulaugh,butlackofsleepisnojoke.（77）Teenagerswhodon’tgetenoughresthavemorelearning,health,behaviorandmoodproblemsthanstudentswhogetatleastninehoursanight.Long-termlackofsleeoistiedtoheartdisease,overweight,depressionandashortenedlife.Lackofsleepcanbeespeciallydeadlyforteens;

caraccidentsaretheleadingcauseofdeathamongteenagers,andsafetyexpertsbelievesleepydrivingisamajorfactor。

　　Unfortunately,fewteenagersgetthesleeptheyneed.Inasurveyofmiddle-andhigh-schoolstudents,UniversityofColoradoresearchersfoundthat82percentsaidtheywokeuptiedandunrefreshed,andmorethanhalfhadtroubleconcentratingduringthedayatleastonceaweek。

　　Blamemultitaskingforsomeofthis.Manystudentsarejugglingafter-schoolactivities,homeworkandpart-timejobs.Evenwhentheymanagetofulfilltheseobligationsbyareasonablehour,television,theinternet,videogames,phonecallsandtextmessagetofriendsoftenkeepthemawakedeepintothenight.Takingsodaandenergydrinkslateinthedayandgoingtolate-nightpartiesonweekendsaddtosleepformostteenstofallasleepbefore11pm.Classusuallybe