第一节完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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
1 are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are
2 and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows
3 and pale and has changed so much that it is almost
4 to the parents. It was then
5 that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and
6 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
7 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been
8 . In those cases there was often a way to get the
9 baby back. You could
10 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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