1、I have goals for my life, but they are not fame or fortune. But that does not mean I can just sit 1. still, doing nothing at all. I want 2. adventure, something unusual, exciting and even dangerous sometimes. One dream I have is to be 3. strappedinto the harness of a jet and fly at twice the speed o
2、f sound. Or, I could go into space and 4. defygravity. On an outer space adventure, I could 5. orbitthe Earth in a spacecraft. I also would like to jump from an airplane, 6. flyin the sky and parachute (跳伞) to the ground. Or maybe Ill climb steep mountain 7. peaksin China. Its also possible for me t
3、o 8. exploretropical jungles in Brazil. No, Im not 9. desperatefor the spotlight. I dont want to join the 10. conquestof fame. I simply dont want my life to be 11. boring. I could go on a fantastic 12. mission. I could uncover 13. submergedtreasures in the mysterious Bermuda triangle or become a cap
4、tain on a naval aircraft carrier and 14. cruisethe seven seas. Maybe Ill investigate crimes or be an attorney for the public and 15. accuselarge corporations of terrible crimes. I could catch them as they are 16. cheatingcitizens out of their hard-earned money. Or, I could be a government agent and
5、17. spyon foreign countries. I could find out if they are planning a(n) 18. invasionof our mother country. On second thought, this all seems quite 19. complicated. I take back everything that I have said. A(n) 20. idlelife is for me. I think that I will simply sit back in my big comfortable chair wi
6、th the air-conditioning set at a perfect 24 degrees centigrade and read about someone else doing those dangerous things. This book about mining for gold will do fine.A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in identically the same words, but this should not l
7、ead parents to treat printed fairy stories as sacred (上帝的) texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual circumstances of the time and the individual child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A cha
8、rge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or arousing his sadistic (施虐狂的) impulses. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often guilty of cruelty than those who had not. As to fear,
9、 I think, we also need well-documented cases of children being dangerously terrified (恐惧) by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There
10、 are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches (女巫),two-headed dragons, magic carpets (魔毯), etc., do not exist; and that, instead of indulging (沉溺) his fantasies in fairy tales, the child should be taught how to adapt to reality b
11、y studying history and mechanics. I find such people, I must confess, so unsympathetic and peculiar that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a broomstick (女巫乘骑的扫帚柄) or covering a teleph
12、one with kisses in the belief that it was their enchanted (中魔法的) girl-friend. No fairy story ever claimed to be a description of the external world and no sane (精神健全的) child has ever believed that it was. 1. The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is _.A. repeated without v
13、ariationB. treated with respectC. adapted by the parentD. set in the present2. Some people dislike fairy stories because they feel that they _.A. tempt people to be cruel to childrenB. show the primitive cruelty in childrenC. lend themselves to undesirable experiments with childrenD. increase a tend
14、ency to have sadistic impulses in children3. According to the passage great fear can be stimulated in a child when the story is _.A. set in realityB. heard for the first timeC. repeated too oftenD. dramatically told4. The authors mention of broomsticks and telephones is meant to suggest that _.A. fa
15、iry stories are still being made upB. there is confusion about different kinds of truthC. people try to modernize old fairy storiesD. there is more concern for childrens fears nowadays5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Fairy stories are anything but beneficial t
16、o the growth of children.B. Fairy stories teach children the way to adapt to the society.C. No fairy story should be taken as the true description of the reality.D. No fairy story should be told to the children without modification.Questions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Standing a
17、lone at the Browns party, Anna Mackintosh thought about her husband Edward, establishing him clearly in her minds eye. He was a thin man, forty-one years of age, with fair hair that was often untidy. In the seventeen years theyd been married he had changed very little; he was still nervous with othe
18、r people, and smiled in the same embarrassed way, and his face was still almost boyish. She believed she had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any. She had, over the years, become neurotic (神经机能病的) about this fact and in the end, quite some time ago no
19、w, she had consulted a psychiatrist (精神病学家), Dr. Abbat, at Edwards pleading (恳求). In the Browns rich drawing room, its walls and ceiling gleaming (发微光) with a metallic (金属般的) surface of imitation gold, Anna listened to dance music coming from a tape recorder and continued to think about her husband.
20、 In a moment he would be at the party, since they had agreed to meet there, although by now it was three-quarters of an hour later than the time he had promised. The Browns were people he knew in a business way, and he had said he thought it wise that he and Anna should attend this gathering of thei
21、rs. She had never met them before, which made it more difficult for her, having to wait about, not knowing a soul in the room. When she thought about it she felt hard done by, for although Edward was kind to her and always had been, it was far from considerate to be as late as this. Because of her n
22、ervous condition she felt afraid and had developed a sickness in her stomach. She looked at her watch and sighed. 6. Why did Anna feel awkward at the party?A. She came to the party too early.B. She was neglected by the host.C. She felt uncomfortable with the atmosphere of the party.D. She didnt know
23、 anyone there.7. What made Anna feel inadequate?A. She did not make a good mother to her children.B. She was unable to satisfy her husbands desire to have children.C. She did not get along well with her husband.D. She was unable to have a better understanding of her husband.8. As time went by, Anna
24、started to get angry as _.A. she found the Browns were much wealthier than they wereB. her husband was usually more thoughtfulC. she noticed that no one was willing to talk to herD. her husband was bad-mannered in the party9. According to the passage, Edward wanted Anna to attend the party because _
25、.A. he wanted her to have more of a social lifeB. he tried to distract her from some unpleasant thoughtsC. he needed her supportD. he thought she would impress the Browns10. What kind of woman Anna was according to the passage?A. Sensitive and worried.B. Open and talkative.C. Imaginative and cheerful.D. Sensible and easygoing.
