to Douglas: "Having got hold of my life you didn't know what to do with it... and so you broke it."

　　Reason and logic are tools for understanding the world. We need a means of understanding ourselves, too. That is what imagination allows. When a child reads of a Nightingale who bleeds her song into a rose for love's sake, or of a statue who feels the suffering of the world more keenly than the Mathematics Master who scoffs ( 嘲笑) at his pupils for dreaming about Angels, the child knows at once both the mystery and truth of such stories. We have all at some point in our lives been the overlooked idiot who finds a way to kill the dragon, win the treasure, marry the princess.

1. What has caused people to reevaluate Wilde's fairytales?

　A. Wilde's fairytales are well written.

　B. The Happy Prince and Other Tale marks the beginning of his true creativity.

　C. Children's stories are regarded as important as other literary works.

　D. Unlike other fairytales, Wilde's stories have sad ends.

2. Which is closest in meaning of the underlined word "note" (paragraph 4)?

A. Message. B. Theme. C. Tone. D. Attention.

3. Wilde's focus on loss because of _______.

A. Douglas' betrayal B. avoidance of being moralistic

C. the rise and fall of his life D. his belief in the soul

4. The missing words in paragraph 8 should be "_______".

A. Indifference to B. Applause for C. Reflection on D. Condemnation of

5. What does the author think is the most valuable feature of Wilde's fairytales?

A. Sentimentalism. B. Imagination. C. Loss. D. Sacrifice.

6. What does the author mean in the last paragraph?

　A. It is necessary for children to read some fairytales.

　B. Fairytales should be read differently from serious works.

　C. Everybody goes through a period of fantasy in his life.

　D. Fairytales constitute an important part of one's growth.

第二节 任务型阅读

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

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