【牛津译林版】讲练结合 模块1 综合测评（解析版）

短文改错
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)．并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错词下面画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
【题干】Hello, boys and girls! Today, I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off．If you hear the alarm, stand in line at the door and wait your teacher to lead you outside．Stay close to your teacher and classmate．Don't panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly．Soon the firefighters will come and put out a fire．lf it's a false alarm and there is no fire, your teacher will lead us back to the classroom．If you notice that when someone is missing and hurt, tell your teacher immediately．
【答案】1．第二句：with→about
2．第二句：go→goes
3．第三句：在wait后面加for
4．第四句：classmate→classmates
5．第五句：trying→try and
6．第五句：calmly→calm
7．第六句：a→the
8．第七句：us→you
9．第八句：删掉when
10．第八句：and→or
【解析】1．talk with sb．和某人交谈：talk about sth．谈论某事。
2．主语是afire alarm，谓语动词要用单数形式。
3．wait for sb．to do sth．等待某人做某事。
4．classmate是可数名词，根据语境可知不止有一个同学，所以要用复数形式。
5．连接的是两个并列的祈使句，前面是表示否定的祈使句，后面应是肯定的祈使句，所以要用动词原形。
6．此处作系动词remain的表语，所以应用形容词，和quiet并列。
7．此处应该是特指上文提到的防火警报。
8．人称代词错误。前文用的是人称代词you，所以此处也应该是you。
9．引导词使用重复，that已经引导宾语从句，所以when多余，而且不符合语境。
10．此处应该是选择关系而不是顺承关系。
语法填空
【题干】
Directions : Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
We can choose our friends, but usually we cannot choose our neighbors．However, to get a happy home life, we have to get along with l _as well as possible．
An important quality in a neighbor is consideration for 2 ． People should not do things 3 will disturb their neighbors un-necessarily．For example, television sets need not be played at full volume(音量) 4 loud pop music should not be played very late at night．By avoiding things likely to upset your neighbors, you can enjoy 5 friendly relationship with．them．
An equally important quality is tolerance．Neighbors should do all they can to avoid disturbing other people, 6 there are times when some level of disturbance is unavoidable． 7 neighbors want to get along well with each other, they have to show their tolerance． In this way, everyone will live 8 peace．
【答案】1．Them 2．Others 3．which/that
4．And 5．a 6．But 7．If/When 8．in
【解析】1．考查代词。我们不得不尽量和他们相处好。
2．考查代词。好邻居的一个重要品质就是为他人着想。
3．考查定语从句。对于那些没必要去打扰邻居的事情不应该去做。
4．考查连词。此处为并列关系，所以用and。
5．考查冠词。a friendly relationship一种友好的关系。
6．考查连词。邻居应该尽量避免打扰他人，但是总有一些时候，某种程度的打扰是无法避免的。此处为转折关系，故用but。
7．考查连词。此处引导条件状语从句或时间状语从句。
8．考查介词。in peace为固定短语，意思为“安详地，和平地”。
阅读填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
【题干】Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a large woods 1 he found a big blackboard 2 (hang) on an old tree trunk． It came complete with a box of chalks, and bright sparks were flying from the tips of every piece of chalk．The boy took a piece of chalk and started to draw on the blackboard: first a tree, then a rabbit, then a flower．．．
Magically, whenever he finished a figure, it came to life and jumped out of the blackboard．Before long, the place became a wonderfully green and fertile forest full of animals playing happily． 3 (excite), the boy also drew his parents, his brothers and his
sisters enjoying a picnic, with their sandwiches and cold meats．He also drew the paper plates and the empty tins of sardines(沙丁鱼) left on the ground, 4 always happened on their picnics．But when these bits of litter came to life, 5 awful happened．Around every paper plate and every empty tin, the forest turned grey, and this greyness started spreading quickly everywhere: to the grass, to the flowers, to the animals．．．The boy realized the litter was 6 (blame) for all the greyness, so he ran through the forest with the blackboard rubber in his hand to rub it out wherever it 7 (land)．
He was quick and lucky, and didn't leave a single piece of litter．The forest and its animals managed to recover, and they played together for the rest of the day．
The boy never again saw that blackboard, but now, every time he goes to the countryside with his family, he 8 remember that adventure and is the first 9 (pick)up any litter．And he is sure to remind the others that anything 10 (leave)in the woods can do more damage to the environment than they ever would have expected．
【答案】41．When 42．Hanging 43．Excited
44．Which 45．Something 46．to blame
47．had landed 48．Will 49．to pick
50．left
【解析】语篇解读本文为记叙文。作者通过描述一个小男孩在森林里的离奇经历告诉读者要保护环境，不要乱丢垃圾。
41．考查“be doing sth．when．．．”（正在做某事，这时……）句型。
42．考查非谓语动词作宾补。此处表示“黑板挂在树干上”，表示状态，hang在这里是不及物动词，故用其现在分词形式作宾补。
43．此处表示小男孩兴奋不已，故填Excited。
44．考查非限制性定语从句。关系词在定语从句中作主语，故用which引导。
45．根据语境和空格后的形容词awful可知设空处填something。
46．be to blame for为固定短语，意为：应对……负责。
47．考查时态和语态。本句表示“垃圾落地”这一自然现象，故判断land在此句中为不及物动词，不能用被动语态；land这一动作发生在ran through之前，表示“过去的过去”，故用过去完成时。
48．考查时态。ever time在这里引导时间状语从句，从句中用了一般现在时，主句应用一般将来时。
49．考查非谓语动词作定语。设空处前的the first相当于the first person，常构成the first to do sth．结构，故本题答案为to pick。
50．考查非谓语动词作定语。被修饰词anything与leave为逻辑上的被动关系且设空处表示完成，故用过去分词left作定语。
阅读填空
根据短文内容，从下面的A~G选项中选出最佳选项填入文中，选项中有两项为多余项。
【题干】Business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want．The word business also refers to an organization that provides these goods and services．Most businesses seek to make a profit(利润)—that is, they aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business． 16 Commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental service providers． 17 ．
Business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction, and control of the operations of a business． 18 one is the establishment(制定)of broad basic policies with respect to production; sales; the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies; and accounting． 19 The third relates to the establishment of standards of work in all departments．Direction is concerned primarily with supervision(监管) and guidance by the management in authority． 20
A．Control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work．
B．In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management．
C．Examples of nonprofit businesses include such organizations as social service agencies and many hospitals．
D．However, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs．
E．The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments．
F．In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects．
G．Planning in business management has three main aspects．
【答案】16．D 17．C 18．G 19．E 20．A
【解析】语篇解读 本文为说明文，题材为社会与热点。本文介绍什么是商业及商业管理。
16．上文谈盈利，下文与其相反，谈非盈利，所以表示转折。
17．紧跟上文举例说明。
18．由下文中的One is．．．The third relates．．．可知G项符合。
19．上面说的是One is．．．下面说的是The third．．．，那么这里应该是第二。
20．由本段开头中的planning，direction，and control of．．．及后面内容中对planning，direction的说明可知A项符合。
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
【题干】It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor．We had 21 to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock．I felt a little uneasy, but to my 22 ,I had a good excuse: A business meeting had 23 and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner．
When I arrived at the 24 ,I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late．She screamed," You never mean to．" Well, I 25 tell she was angry．"I'm sorry but it was not 26 ,"I said． Then I told her about the business meeting． 27 ,my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive 28 mad as well．
Several weeks later, when I 29 the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You 30 a classic mistake．You're stuck 31 your own way of thinking．You didn't 32 to be late．But that's not the point．What is 33 in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor．" He pointed out that I focused on the intention 34 Eleanor focused on the result．Thus, 35 of us felt misunderstood and crazy．
Thinking more about Ken's words, I 36 recognized the root cause of such disagreement．It's the result of the action that really 37 ．I should have started the conversation by expressing 38 my actions affected Eleanor and． 39 the discussions． about my intention for later, much later and even never．
Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really 40 her experience of the results of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently．
A．started B．agreed
C．continued D．managed
22．A．relief B．surprise
C．regret D．sorrow
23．A．broken out B．closed down
C．faded away D．run over
24．A．house B．room
C．restaurant D．supermarket
25．A．could B．must
C．will D．might
26．A．movable B．comfortable
C．acceptable D．avoidable
27．A．However B．Therefore
C．Moreover D．Otherwise
28．A．her B．him
C．me D．them
29．A． spread B．wrote
C．translated D．described
30．A．knew B．made
C．found D．took
31．A．in B．beyond
C．for D．against
32．A．need B．prove
C．pretend D．intend
33．A．funny B．important
C．possible D．simple
34．A．while B．after
C．until D．unless
35．A．all B．none
C．both D．neither
36．A．usually B．merely
C．hardly D．gradually
37．A．inspires B．matters
C．improves D．challenges
38．A．how B．why
C．when D．what
39．A．compared B．reported
C．finished D．saved
40．A．showing B．satisfying
C．understanding D．destroying
【答案】21．B 22．A 23．D 24．C 25．A
26．D 27．A 28．C 29．D 30．B 31．A
32．D 33．B 34．A 35．C 36．D 37．B
38．A 39．D 40．C
【解析】语篇解读本文为夹叙夹议文，题材为社会生活类。作者通过对约会迟到的经历及结果的叙述，阐述了由此引发的看法。人们需要站在对方的角度考虑问题，多注意交流和相互理解。
21．我们约定7点在饭店见面。agree to do sth．约定做某事。
22．to one’s relief让某人宽慰的是。
23．一个商业会议超时了。run over超过预定时间。break out突然发生；close down关闭；fade away逐渐消失。
24．由上文的meet at the restaurant可知选C。
25．考查情态动词。此处表示一种能力，我能看出她生气了。
26．我很抱歉，但是这是不可避免的。avoidable可以避免的；movable可移动的；comfortable舒适的；acceptable可以接受的。
27．此处表示转折。然而我的解释似乎使事情变得更糟。
28．这也开始把我逼得发狂。由句中的as well可确定答案为me而不是her。
29．因为是跟朋友Ken Hardy讲起这件事，所以选D。describe描述；spread传播，散布；translate翻译。
30．考查动词。make a mistake犯错误。
31．考查介词。be stuck in陷入。
32．此处与上文第二段第一句中的“I didn’t mean to be late”照应。故选D。intend to do打算做。
33．在你的表达中最为重要的是你的迟到行为对Eleanor造成了怎样的影响。
34．此处表示两个对比的方面。我注重意图而Eleanor注重结果。
35．因此，我们两个都感到被误解了并且都感觉要发疯。
36．我逐渐地意识到这种争吵的根源。因为受到朋友的启发，所以想法逐渐改变。gradually逐渐地；usually通常；merely只不过，仅仅；hardly几乎不。
37．行为的结果才是真正重要的。本句为强调句。It is．．．that really matters．……才是真正重要的。matter要紧，有关系；inspire启发思考，赋予灵感；improve提升；challenge挑战。
38．通过表达我的行为是如何影响到了Eleanor，how引导宾语从句。
39．我本该留到以后，再晚些说我的意图，或者甚至不说我的意图。save．．．for保留……
40．后来，在与Eleanor交流和真正理解了她对我迟到后果的感受之后，我设法经常做到准时了。understand理解。
阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
【题干】 A
When I was an official of a school in Palo Alto, California, Polly Tyner, president of our board, wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times．Polly's son, Jim, had great difficulty in school．He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers．But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room．His parents knew his difficulties, but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride．Shortly after Jim finished high school, he was killed in a motorcycle accident．After his death, his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper．
"Today we buried our 20-year-old son．He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night．How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time．lf I had only known that, I would have said to him,' Jim, I love you and I'm al-ways so proud of you．' I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him．l would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile, his laughter, and his genuine love to other people．"
"When I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating(恼人的) things such as the radio that was always too loud, the haircut that wasn't to our liking, the dirty socks under the bed, etc．, I find that the irritations really don't amount to much．"
"I won't get another chance to tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear, but, other parents, do have a chance．Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it were your last conversation．The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died．He called me to say,' Hi, Mom! I just called to say I love you．You have to go to work now．Bye．' That day, he gave me something to treasure forever．"
If there is any purpose at all for Jim's death, maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people, especially family members, that they should take the time to let each other know just how much they care．You may never have another chance． Do it today!
1．What's the meaning of the underlined phrase "the educationally handicapped"
A．People who have learning difficulties．
B．People who have physical problems．
C．People who have psychological problems．
D．People who have communication difficulties．
2． According to the writer, which of the following about Jim is TRUE
A．He was always sad about his school marks．
B．His parents always scolded him about his bad school marks．
C．His study needed more attention from his parents and teachers．
D．He was killed in a car accident．
3．What did Polly think of Jim
A．He was a lovely boy with a beautiful smile who always loved others．
B．He was physically sick but always happy． ．
C．He was an irritating boy with some bad habits．
D．He seldom expressed his love for his parents．
4．The purpose of Polly's letter is to _________．
A．memorize her son
B．teach parents to appreciate their children
C．teach children how to be good boys
D．give some advice on how to deal with children's problems
【答案】1．A 2．C 3．A 4．B
【解析】语篇解读 Polly向公众展示了她写给儿子的信，告诉人们要抓紧机会表达对亲人的爱，因为有时人生再无第二次机会。
1．推理判断题。根据上句“Polly’s son，Jim，had great difficulty in school．”可知她儿子在学校里学习有困难，那么他应该被分类为学习困难的学生。故A正确。
2．细节理解题。根据第一段第三句中关键信息“．．．required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers．”可知C正确。
3．细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room．”可知A正确。
4．推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的．．．maybe it is to make other appreciate life more．．．可知B项正确。
【题干】 B
Women are friendly．But men are more competitive．Why Re-searchers have found it's all down to the hormone oxytocin(荷尔蒙催生素)．Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes differently．
"Women tend to be social in their behavior．They often share with others．But men tend to be competitive．They are trying to improve their social status, " said Professor Ryan．
Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions (互动)such as falling in love or giving birth．
But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy．
Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendship．
Professor Ryan's recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37．
Half of the participants (参与者) received oxytocin．The other half received placebo (安慰剂) ．
After a week, the two groups switched with participants．They went through the same procedure with the other material．
Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactions．Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions．The questions were a-bout telling friendship from competition．And their answers should be based on gestures, body language and facial expressions．
The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, men's ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better．
Professor Ryan thus concluded:" Our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise people's abilities to better distinguish different social interactions．And the behavior differences between men and women are caused by biological factors(因素)that are mainly hormonal．"
5．What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text
A．Placebo． B．Oxytocin．
C．The gesture． D．The social status．
6．What can we learn from Professor Ryan's previous experiment
A．Oxytocin affects our behavior in a different way．
B．Our body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love．
C．Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about others' success．
D．Oxytocin improves our abilities to understand people's behavior differences．
7．Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment
A．To test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactions．
B．To know the differences between friendship and competition．
C．To know people's different abilities to answer questions．
D．To test people's understanding of body language．
8．The author develops the text by____．
A．explaining people's behaviors
B．describing his own experiences
C．distinguishing sexual differences
D．discussing research experiments
【答案】5．B 6．C 7．A 8．D
【解析】语篇解读 本文为说明文，题材为科普知识类。文章通过Ryan教授的实验得知：荷尔蒙催生素可以使人们更好地辨别不同社交互动的能力，男女行为的不同主要是由荷尔蒙生理因素引起的。
5．细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句话可知：虽然荷尔蒙催生素被认为是爱情荷尔蒙，但是它对男女有不同的影响。所以答案是B项。
6．细节理解题。根据第四段可知：在先前的实验里Ryan教授发现，在消极的社交互动中，比如妒忌，荷尔蒙也可以在我们身体里被释放。所以答案为C项（当我们对别人的成功感到不高兴时，我们的身体也会释放荷尔蒙催生素）。
7．细节理解题。根据第五段可知：进一步的研究表明，荷尔蒙催生素可以提高男性认识竞争关系的能力，但是它可以提升女性认识友谊的能力。通过这个研究结果可以推断出来Ryan教授做这个实验的目的是检测荷尔蒙催生素对人们在认识社交互动能力方面的影响，故选A项。
8．推理判断题。第一段中提到Researchers have found．．．，第四段提到先前实验的发现，剩下文章详细介绍了最近实验的具体过程和结果，所以可以推断出作者是通过讨论研究实验来写这篇文章的，故选D项。
【题干】 C
Before I had my son, I spent two years working with children with disabilities．I learned that shouting and threats of punishment would result in a disaster．Coming up against their behaviour could only make the．job harder and their behaviour more extreme．I found something that worked, though．
There was a very naughty boy in the nursery and a teacher who was generally very confident with the children was asked to take charge of him．One day the boy joined a session in the room next to mine．His appearance created an atmosphere of tension．He spent the entire session running around, hitting and kicking, and destroying property．
I was in the craft room working with some other children when my co-worker told me that this boy's teacher was in tears, and could not get control of the situation．As we were talking, the boy ran in．l told my co-worker that I would take care of him．
I closed the door．He was full of energy, throwing things around and making a huge mess．But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me．He needed connection, and this was the only way he knew how to ask for it．So I sat back down and kept quiet．Then he slowed down and began making a rocket．l talked to him about it．We continued like this for a few minutes before I slipped into the conversation:
"So what happened today "
It was purely a question, no blame or anger in my tone．I believe that if I had criticized him, the gate that was slowly opening would have shut firmly closed．He told me that the teacher didn't let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked．He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game: I explained that his teacher had not seen it as a game and was very upset．This "again was stated simply as a fact．I suggested that next time he had a session, he talk about what he hoped to do at the start, which might be easier for everyone． He agreed and was quiet for a moment．Then he looked at me with tears in his eyes before quietly asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize．
9．The boy made trouble for his teacher because he_________．
A．was blamed for creating an air of tension
B．was made to do things against his will
C．was told not to yell at other children
D．was accused of destroying property
10．Why didn't the author do anything about the boy's bad behavior at first
A．She hadn't thought of a coping strategy．
B．She was tired of shouting and threats．
C．She didn't mind the huge mess at all．
D．She didn't． want to make it worse．
11．The author managed to get the boy to talk to her by____________．
A．avoiding making critical remarks
B．describing his teacher's feelings
C．giving him a good suggestion
D．playing games with him
12．Why did the boy have tears in his eyes in the end
A．He was sad for the author's misunderstanding．
B．He was fearful of the author's warning．
C．He was regretful about his behavior．
D．He was sorry about his reputation．
【答案】9．B 10．D 11．A 12．C
【解析】语篇解读 本文为记叙文，题材为人物故事类。文章讲述了作者通过和一个调皮的男孩进行心贴心的交流，让他意识到自己的错误，并想主动向老师道歉的故事。
9．细节理解题。根据第六段第三句He told me that the teacher didn’t let him do what he knew well due to safety but asked him to do what he disliked．可知小男孩制造麻烦的主要原因是老师让他做他自己不喜欢做的事。故选B项。
10．推理判断题。根据第四段第四句He needed connection，and this was．．．to ask for it，和第六段第二句I believe that if I．．．have shut firmly closed．可知，作者开始不采取任何措施的原因是不想把事情弄得更糟糕。故选D项。
11．推理判断题。根据第四、第五和第六段可知，作者通过心贴心的谈话和小男孩进行了有效的交流。故选A项。
12．细节理解题。根据第六段最后一句中asking if he could go to find his teacher to apologize可知小男孩对自己的错误行为感到后悔。故选C项。
【题干】 D
One of the latest trends(趋势)in American childcare is Chinese au pairs．Au Pair in Stamford, Conn．, for example, has got increasing numbers of requests for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4,000 since 2004．And that's true all across the country．
"I thought it would be very useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age," Joseph Stocke, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year-old son．"I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future．" After only six months of being cared for by a 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can al-ready understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says．
Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China: She didn't want her children to miss out on their roots．"Because I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触) the language and culture," she says．
"Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom," says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of children．" But parents must understand that just one year with an au pair is unlikely to produce wonders．Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12．"
The popularity of au pairs from China has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn Chinese．It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years．
13．What does the term "au pair" in the text mean
A．A mother raising her children on her own．
B．A child learning a foreign language at home．
C．A professor in language education of children．
D．A young foreign woman taking care of children．
14．Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them__________．
A．to live in China some day
B．to speak the language at home
C．to catch up with other children
D．to learn about the Chinese culture
15．What can we infer from the text
A．Learning Chinese is becoming popular in America．
B．Educated women do better in looking after children．
C．Chinese au pairs need to improve their English skills．
D．Children can learn a foreign language well in six months．
【答案】13．D 14．D 15．A
【解析】语篇解读 本文为说明文，题材是社会文化类。在美国开始盛行雇用中国换工互惠生来照看孩子，因为越来越多的父母希望孩子可以尽早学习汉语。
13．词义猜测题。根据第二段可知，Joseph Stocke让一名来自中国的25岁女性照看他的儿子，希望对儿子未来的汉语学习有所帮助。由此推断，au pair指的是D项。
14．细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中to keep exposed to（接触）the language and culture可知选D。
15．推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句．．．by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn Chinese．可推断出，学习汉语在美国越来越流行。
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作为中学生的你，在生活中碰到了两个问题：
【题干】1．你的父母对你要求近似苛刻，总要求你取得好成绩。尽管你已经养成了每天弹一小时钢琴的习惯，但父母却要求甚至威胁你不要弹钢琴，多把注意力放到英语学习上；
2．你为自己的体重感到羞愧。尽管你已经听从医生的建议（多运动、少饮食）了，但还是在发胖。为此你感到很窘迫，明知吃减肥药对身体有害，但还想冒险一试。
请以Worried Angel的名义向Mr． Advice写一封120词左右的求助信。
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Dear Mr． Advice,
I am quite upset by two problems and don't know how to deal with them．
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Please give me some suggestions on how to get out of the terrible situation．
Sincerely yours ,
Worried Angel
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One possible version:
Dear Mr．Advice，
I am quite upset by two problems and don’t know how to deal with them．
My parents are hard on me and always want me to achieve high grades at school．Though I have developed a habit of playing the piano for one hour every day, my parents just require me to pay more attention to English study．They even want to punish me if I don’t drop it．
I am quite ashamed of my weight．I follow my doctor’s advice and insist on working out every day．I pay attention to my diet as well, but I am still．putting on weight! My weight just makes me feel embarrassed all the time．Do I really have to risk my health for a slim figure and take any weight-loss pills They have side effects on our health!
Please give me some suggestions on how to get out of the terrible situation． Sincerely yours,
Worried Angel