2007-2010年广东高考英语完形填空

2008年广东高考英语完形填空

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, therewas (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these ___ 21___ are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are ____22____and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows ____23____and pale and has changed so much that it is almost____24____to the parents. It was then   ____25____that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and____26____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 ___27___. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been___28___. In those cases there was often a way to get the ____29___ baby back. You could ___30___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.

21. A. babies      B. believers    C. fairies       D. supermen

22. A. powerful    B. cruel        C. frightened    D. extraordinary

23. A. sick      　B. slim         C. short         D. small

24. A. uncomfortable  B. unbelievable  C. unacceptable   D. unrecognizable

25. A. feared        B. predicted     C. heard         D. reported

26. A. covered       B. changed      C. replaced      D. terrified

27. A. cases         B. tools        C. steps          D. methods

28. A. missed        B. stolen       C. found         D. lost

29. A.1ittle         B. pale         C. sad          D. real

30. A. seize        B. burn         C. place         D. hold