Despitethefactthatithasneverbeenseenalmosteveryoneisfamiliarwiththelegendaryunicorn(独角兽).Descriptionsofunicornshavebeenfounddatingfromancienttimes.ThegreatphilosopherAristotletheorizedthatthereweretw

　　Despitethefactthatithasneverbeenseenalmosteveryoneisfamiliarwiththelegendaryunicorn(独角兽).Descriptionsofunicornshavebeenfounddatingfromancienttimes.ThegreatphilosopherAristotletheorizedthatthereweretwotypesofunicorn---theso-calledIndianAssandtheOryxakindofantelope.Unicornsareoftenusedinthelogoofanoblefamilytowncounciloruniversityastheirspecialsign.EvenScotlandisrepresentedbyaunicorn.

　　Accordingtothelegendanyoneattemptingtocatchaunicornhadtobeextremelycarefulasitwasveryfierceanddangerous.Aclevertricksuggestedbyunicorn-trappersinordertocatchthisamazinganimalwithoutbeinghurtbyitshornwasforthehuntertostandinfrontofatreeandthentomovequicklybehinditastheunicorndashedangrily.Hopefullythecreaturecouldthenbecaughtwhenitshornwasstuckinthetree.

　　Whenhollowedoutandusedasadrinking-cuptheunicorn’shornwassaidtohavethepowertoofferprotectionagainstperson.Itwasbelievedthatnobodycouldbeharmed-bydrinkingthecontentsofaunicorn’shorn.RightupuntiltheFrenchRevolutionin1789theFrenchcourtwassaidtohaveusedcupsmadeof“unicorn”horninordertoprotecttheking.Inadditionthehornwassaidtohavemedicinalvaluesomuchsothatitcouldbesoldformorethantentimesthepriceofthesameweightofgold.Whatthenwas“unicorn”horn?Weknowattimestherhino(犀牛)wasconfusedwiththislegendarycreature.Adrinking-cupsupposedlymadeof“unicorn”hornwasdiscoveredtobemadeofthehornofarhino.

　　【小题1】

　　WhichofthefollowingisTRUEoftheunicorn?

　　A．ItwasnothistoricallyrecordedB．ItshornwasfirstusedinFranceC．ItwassimilartotheIndianAssandtheOryxD．Itcouldbethesymbolofauniversity【小题2】

　　Tocatchaunicorntheunicorn-trappershadtotryallofthefollowingEXCEPT____.A．attractingtheunicorntoattackB．makinguseofthetreeasadefenseC．hidingquicklybehindtheunicornD．havingtheunicornhornstuckinthetree【小题3】

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