第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~20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。
Once there was a girl called Arachne who was very proud of her skill at weaving. Many people came to see her 1 her threads in red, blue, green or yellow that made her 2
pictures glow with life. “The goddess Athene 3 have given you such a gift,” they said. But Arachne tossed her head. “No,” she replied 4 “I’ve taught myself everything I know. ” 5 those words, the goddess Athene decided to teach her a lesson. First she 6 herself as an old woman and 7 Arachne’s door. When she opened it, the goddess warned her, “You shouldn’t compare yourself with the great Athene. You should be more 8 .” At that Arachne grew very angry. “ Let her come here and have a 9 with me. Then we’ll see who’s better at weaving! ” 10 Athene threw off her disguise and the contest began.
All day the two contestants wove bright 11 into marvellous pictures. Arachne’s was definitely 12 in skill and design. At that Athene grew 13 angry that she hit Archne. At once the girl became smaller and smaller. Her head disappeared and her body became 14 . Her human arms and legs disappeared to be replaced with twice as many thinner insect-like 15 . As Arachne ran to hide, Athene laughed 16 “You may live, Arachne, but you will do your weaving 17 from now on. ” Hearing those words, Archne began to 18 a thread and to weave a pattern in the air. She had become the first 19 . Since then she has continued to recreate her lost 20 beautiful masterpiece in her webs, and all other spiders have followed her.
