Pygmalion was a very famous sculptor in ancient Greece. He loved his work,and would spend hours 1        beautiful ivory statues. One day,he chose a large,beautiful 2       of ivory,and 3       diligently at it,chiseling and hammering until he finished. It was a statue of a beauti?ful lady. Pygmalion 4       the figure,gave it jewels,and named it Galatea ( sleeping love) . Pygmalion went to the temple of Aphrodite (Venus) ，the 5       of love and beauty to pray for a 6       just like the statue in his home.

  When Aphrodite heard him,she went to the 7        of the sculptor to see 8        all the fuss was about. She was 9        when she saw Galatea. She thought it looked a lot like herself,so she brought it to 10       . When the sculptor 11        home,he went straight up to the 12       . As he gazed at it,a change came over it. A faint 13        appeared on its cheeks,a gleam shone from its eyes and its lips opened into a sweet smile. Pygmalion stood 14        when Galatea be?gan to move towards him. She was simple and sweet and alive!Soon the room was ringing with her sliver voice. He found Galatea 15       ,and threw himself at her feet. Galatea 16       down at him. They soon got married,and Pygmalion didn't forget to 17        Aphrodite for his good fortune. He and Galatea brought girls to her altar (祭壇) 18       they lived. Aphrodite blessed them with happiness and love in return.

  The Pygmalion effect (also known as Rosenthal effect) ，19       after the ancient myth of Pygmalion and his statue,is 20       by saying：People tend to behave as you expect they will.

(   ) 1. A. loving   B. drawing   C. using   D. carving

(   ) 2. A. pair   B. handful   C. piece   D. set

(   ) 3. A. made   B. worked   C. put   D. stayed

(   ) 4. A. buried   B. met   C. clothed   D. turned

(   ) 5. A. goddess   B. princess   C. hostess   D. actress

(   ) 6. A. daughter   B. wife   C. son   D. friend

(   ) 7. A. ivory   B. fortune   C. home   D. altar

(   ) 8. A. why   B. which   C. what   D. when

(   ) 9. A. scared   B. bored   C. frightened   D. delighted

(   ) 10. A. life   B. death   C. certainty   D. safety

(   ) 11. A. found   B. stayed   C. arrived   D. returned

(   ) 12. A. statue   B. fortune   C. door   D. window

(   ) 13. A. power   B. dot   C. color   D. line

(   ) 14. A. quiet   B. silent   C. speechless   D. mute

(   ) 15. A. active   B. alive   C. lovely   D. helpful

(   ) 16. A. shouted   B. smiled   C. looked   D. set

(   ) 17. A. pray   B. bless   C. work   D. thank

(   ) 18. A. as long as   B. as far as   C. as soon as   D. as many as

(   ) 19. A. looked   B. used   C. mentioned   D. named

(   ) 20. A. discovered   B. invented   C. created   D. expressed

1 -5   DCBCA   6-10 BCCDA 

11-15  DACCB    16 -20 BDADD

皮格馬利翁是古希臘神話中的塞浦路斯國王，相傳，他喜歡獨(dú)居，擅長雕刻。他用象牙雕刻了一座他理想中的女性的美女像，然后他愛上了少女雕像，并來到阿芙羅狄蒂的神殿請求幫助。女神被他的愛和癡情所感動，將少女雕像變成了真人，成了他的妻子。人們通常這樣形象地說明皮格馬利翁效應(yīng)：要想使一個人發(fā)展得更好，就應(yīng)該給他傳遞積極的期望。

1. D從前文"sculptor"可推測，此處應(yīng)是講雕亥ij,即carve。

2. C用一塊象牙雕刻而成，C符合文意。pair "雙";handful"把";set"套"。

3. B從后文的"at it"可以看出。work at sth. 是固定短語，意為"從事,致力于……"。

4. C根據(jù)"gave it jewels,and named it Galatea"可以看出C符合題意，表示給美女雕像"穿衣"。

5. A從"love and beauty"可以看出是女性，并且能使雕像變活的肯定是神,A項符合題意。

6. B從后文可知:皮格馬利翁禱告的目的是想得到像美女雕像一樣的妻子，B符合句意。

7. C該句句意是:愛情與美麗之神到皮格馬利翁家里一探究竟。C符合句意。

8. C see后是一個賓語從句，what在賓語從句中作about的賓語。

9. D愛情與美麗之神能使雕像變活，說明她看到雕像時很"高興",D符合文意。

10. A從后文美女雕像做出的一系列動作可以看出她有"生命"。A符合文意，且bring to life是固定短語，含義是"使復(fù)活"。

11. D home是地點(diǎn)詞,return home回家。

12. A皮格馬利翁深深地愛上了美女雕像，因此一到家肯定去看"雕像"，A符合文意。

13. C 這里的color與后文的gleam正好對應(yīng)。

14. C quiet意為"安靜的，輕聲的"，強(qiáng)調(diào)不嘈雜、喧鬧的氛圍或特征；silent意為"無聲的，寂靜的"，強(qiáng)調(diào)沒有聲的或不出聲的；mute 意為"沉默的，無聲的，啞的"；speechless意為"因感情強(qiáng)烈而說不出話來"，符合句意。

15. B他此時才意識到Galatea由無生命的雕像變成了活生生的人，即她已有生命了。

16. B此處是講她也向他表達(dá)了善意。

17. D愛情與美麗之神能使雕像變活，皮格馬利翁才得以娶妻，因此他非常"感謝"愛情與美麗之神。

18. A只要是在他們有生之年，他們都會去祭拜愛情與美麗之神。A符合文意。as far as

"根據(jù)，遠(yuǎn)至，和.. 一樣遠(yuǎn)"；as soon as" —.. 就"；as many as"和.. 一樣多"。

19. D name after"以……命名"。

20. D被表達(dá)出來。

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