Question

【題目】Are fables(寓言故事)and fairy tales(童話故事) different or the same? They are both stories for children, but fables are stories for adults, too.

Fables are stories which are passed down from grandparents to parents and then to children. People can learn much from them. The characters are mostly animals. They can talk and act like humans. The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop. There are many famous fables in Aesop’s Fables. The Lion and the Mouse and The Farmer and the Snake are two examples.

Fairy tales are usually stories for children. They are often about magic characters, for example, fairies and gods. Sometimes the characters are animals. We are able to enjoy these fairy tales because of the famous Brothers Grimm. They tried their best to collect these stories before people forgot. There are many fairy tales in Gimmes Fairy Tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Frog Prince and Snow White.

【1】 _________ are the main characters in fables.

A. Humans B. plants C. Gods D. Animals

【2】What do the underlined works “passed down” mean in Chinese?

A.采訪 B. 編輯 C. 流傳 D. 回收

【3】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. People can learn nothing from fables.

B. Children may love reading fairy tales.

C. Aesop collected fairy tales before people forgot.

D.The characters in fairy tales are all real people.

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Famous fables and fairy tales in the world.

B. The ways to collect fairy tales for kids.

C. The reasons why people can read fables.

D. Differences between fables and fairy tales.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了寓言故事和童話故事的區(qū)別。寓言是為孩子或成人的，是通過(guò)人們一代一代傳下來(lái)的故事，其主人翁往往是動(dòng)物，它們會(huì)說(shuō)話，行為像人一樣。著名的是《伊索寓言》。童話只是為孩子的，其主人翁往往有魔法，著名的是《格林童話》。

【1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：寓言的主要角色是什么？A. Humans人類；B. plants植物； C. Gods神；D. Animals動(dòng)物。由第二段的第三句：The characters are mostly animals.可知，寓言的主角往往是動(dòng)物。故選D。

【2】C 詞義猜測(cè)題。題意：有下劃線的 “passed down”的漢語(yǔ)意思是什么？A.采訪；B. 編輯；C. 流傳；D. 回收。句意：Fables are stories which are passed down from grandparents to parents and then to children. 寓言是祖父母pass down給父母，然后pass down給孩子的故事�？梢酝茰y(cè)出其意思與“傳”相關(guān)。故選C。

【3】B 推理判斷題。題意：下面哪一個(gè)是對(duì)的？A. People can learn nothing from fables.從寓言中，人們什么也學(xué)不到；B. Children may love reading fairy tales.孩子們可能喜歡讀童話故事；C. Aesop collected fairy tales before people forgot.伊索怕人們忘掉，收集了許多童話故事；D.The characters in fairy tales are all real people.童話故事中的人物都是真人。根據(jù)短文第三段，童話故事主要是為孩子們創(chuàng)作的，人物有魔法。使用孩子的特點(diǎn)。孩子們可能喜歡讀。故選B。

【4】D 主旨大意題。題意：短文主要講述的是什么？A. Famous fables and fairy tales in the world.世界上著名的寓言故事和童話故事；B. The ways to collect fairy tales for kids.為孩子收集童話故事的方式；C. The reasons why people can read fables.人們讀寓言故事的原因；D. Differences between fables and fairy tales.寓言故事與童話故事的區(qū)別。本文介紹了寓言故事和童話故事的區(qū)別。故選D。