2020年高考英语模拟考试试卷试题【可编辑、附答案和详细解释】15.docx

第 = PAGE 8*2-1 15页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 11*2 22页 ◎ 第 = PAGE 8*2 16页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 11*2 22页 第 = PAGE 7*2-1 13页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 11*2 22页 ◎ 第 = PAGE 7*2 14页 共 = SECTIONPAGES 11*2 22页 2020年高考英语模拟考试试卷试题 【可编辑、附答案和详细解释】 II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections： After reading the passage below， fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word， fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word； for the other blanks， use one word that best fits each blank. ? 1. Once upon a time …Once upon a time there lived in Germany two brothers． At school they met a wise man who led them to a treasure ﹣ a library of old books with tales more fascinating than any they had ever heard．（1）________（inspire）， the brothers began collecting their own stories， listening to the folktales people told them． Soon they produced their own treasure ﹣ a book of fairy tales that would charm millions in faraway lands for generations （2）________（come）．The brothers Grimm， Jacob and Wilhelm， named their story collection Children's and Household Tales and published it in Germany in 1812． The collection （3）________（translate） into more than 160 languages up to now． The stories and their characters continue to feature in virtually every media： theatre， opera， comic books， movies， paintings， rock music， advertising and fashion．Such fame would have shocked the modest Grimms． During their lifetimes the collection （4）________（sell） few copies in Germany． The early editions were not even aimed at children． They had no illustrations， and scholarly footnotes took up almost as much space as the tales （5）________． Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their work at a time （6）________ Germany had been occupied by the French under Napoleon． The new rulers restricted local culture． As young scholars， the brothers Grimm began to work on the fairy tale collection in order to save the endangered oral storytelling traditio