Echo was a magical nymph (仙女). She lived in the   1   and everyone knew two things about her. She had a beautiful voice and she was very   2   .

One day Zeus ran into the forest. He wanted to hide from his   3   , Hera. Hera was angry with him because he did not love her enough. Zeus saw Echo. “Please help me,’ he said. Echo was   4   Zeus at first. But because she was kind, she agreed to help him.

A few   5   later, Hera came into the forest, looking for Zeus. She was   6  . Echo stopped her and started to chat. “Hello, Hera, how are you today?” she asked. Hera chatted   7   Echo and soon she forgot about Zeus.

After that day,   8   Zeus wanted to hide from Hera, he went to the forest and looked for Echo. Every time Hera went to look for Zeus she found Echo. They chatted for a while and Hera forgot about her husband.

   9   , Hera understood that Echo was helping Zeus. She was very angry. She decided to punish(惩罚) Echo. She went to the forest and took away Echo’s   10  . From that day on, Echo could only repeat (重复) the last few sounds she heard. She never spoke again.

Today we call a sound that is repeated again and again “an echo”.

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1.1.

A mountain

B lake

C forest

D river

解析：选C。C 考查名词辨析。根据第二段第一句“One day Zeus ran into the forest.”以及后文中Zeus遇到了Echo可知，Echo住在森林里。故选C。

2.2.

A clever

B shy

C strong

D kind

解析：选D。D 考查形容词辨析。根据第二段最后一句“because she was kind, she agreed to help him.”可知，Echo很善良。故选D。

3.3.

A aunt

B wife

C mother

D sister

解析：选B。B 考查名词辨析。根据第二段第三句“Hera was angry with him because he did not love her enough.”以及第四段最后一句的“Hera forgot about her husband”可知，Hera是Zeus的妻子。故选B。

4.4.

A afraid of

B sad about

C glad about

D surprised at

解析：选A。A 考查短语辨析。根据后面的“But because she was kind, she agreed to help him.”可知，但由于Echo的善良，所以她决定帮助Zeus，因此一开始她不是这样的，可推测她一开始面对Zeus的突然造访可能感到惧怕。故选A。

5.5.

A weeks

B days

C hours

D minutes

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据前文可知Zeus跑到森林里来躲避生气的Hera，因此可推测没多久Hera跑到森林里来找Zeus，因此填minutes。故选D。

6.6.

A happy

B relaxed

C unhappy

D sorry

解析：选C。C 考查形容词辨析。根据第二段第三句“Hera was angry with him because he did not love her enough.”可知，Hera很生气，由此可知她不开心。故选C。

7.7.

A on

B for

C with

D of

解析：选C。C 考查介词辨析。chat with sb.表示“和某人聊天/闲聊”。故选C。

8.8.

A every time

B all time

C next time

D last time

解析：选A。A 考查连词辨析。every time每次，all time总是，next time下一次，last time最后一次；结合下一句中的“Every time Hera went to look for Zeus...”可知此处填every time。故选A。

9.9.

A Especially

B Finally

C Actually

D Recently

解析：选B。B 考查副词辨析。 最后Hera终于明白了，Echo每次找她聊天是在帮助Zeus。故选B。

10.10.

A sound

B noise

C singing

D voice

解析：选D。D 考查名词辨析。根据第一段最后一句中的“She had a beautiful voice”以及后文“She never spoke again.”可知，Hera拿走了Echo的嗓音。故选D。