模块练测卷（一）
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1. —Have you completed the project?
—I’m sorry to tell you we ______ it when we found it cost too much.
A. completed B. abandoned
C. accepted D. conducted
2. —Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian have finished their season in NBA this year.
—Yes, they ______ better but for the injuries.
A. could have done B. can do
C. couldn’t have done D. can’t do
3. Since the general retired from the army, he ______ himself in writing his memories.
A. is devoting B. has been devoted
C. had occupied D. has been occupying
4. President Bush said if terrorists ______ the United States, war would be what they got.
A. declared a war for B. declared war to
C. declared a war on D. declared war on
5. Without proper lessons, you would ______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. pick up B. catch up
C. keep up D. give up
6. If we applied the special method to the Internet ______ people benefit a lot in daily life, it would be better.
A. in which B. through which
C. from which D. for which
7. No matter how the teacher tried to read it, the sentence didn’t ______ to me.
A. understand B. make sense
C. turn out D. make out
8. It is said that dogs will keep you ______ as long as you need when you feel lonely.
A. safety B. company
C. house D. friend
9. Thinking that her daughter was doing homework, the mother left the room, ______.
A. quickly and gentle B. quick and gentle
C. quickly and gently D. quick and gently
10. With great efforts she ______ realized her dream of being an actress.
A. unfortunately B. surprisingly
C. commonly D. eventually
11. In 1776 the United States’ the Declaration of Independence showed it intended to ______ from the British Empire.
A. put down B. break away
C. break into D. take off
12. —I failed in the exam again. How I wish I ______ harder!
—Come on! You can do it if you try.
A. have worked B. had worked
C. worked D. would work
13. The careful editor checked the articles for fear that
he might have ______ something.
A. viewed B. escaped
C. observed D. overlooked
14. We can’t help hating war when we see the ______
of the situation and so many deaths.
A. mess B. condition
C. mass D. sight
15. —Where shall we go travelling, around China or abroad?
—______.
A. It’s up to you B. It’s your opinion
C. I don’t care D. That’s my decision
Ⅱ. 阅读表达
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。
No first lesson is more important than the one on personal safety for kids. The first lesson of the New Semester, a TV documentary（纪录片）about how to protect oneself in times of emergency, is meant to provide school students with the knowledge on self-protection. It will help students in case of natural disasters, snowstorms or floods. There are times when one can be helpless and hopeless in many life-threatening situations. But that does not mean we _______ the end of life at that time. Many examples show that enough knowledge about self-protection along with enough courage and determination can help many survive. ?The most recent example is from May earthquake in Sichuan Province. When thousands of school kids were killed by collapsed（坍塌的） school buildings, all students from a middle school survives even without a single one being hurt. That’s because of their timely and orderly escape, which they had been drilled in every semester. Japan has set a good example for us in safety lessons. Survival exercises are held in Japanese schools every year. With different kinds of competitions and training, schools help the students be aware and capable of surviving disasters. It’s good to see this program is the core（核心）of a national campaign to warn students the importance of personal safety. Chinese Education Ministry has called on all schools nationwide to give lessons on self-protection knowledge in times of emergency every semester. Life is weak but can be strengthened when one is equipped with enough knowledge on how to best survive. 16. What will be helpful for students to survive nat-
ural disasters? (Please answer within 15 words.) ________________________________________
17. Fill in the blank in paragraph 2 with a proper phrase or words. (Please answer within 2 words.) ________________________________________
18. What is the purpose of the passage? (Please answer within 15 words.) ________________________________________
答案与解析
1. B 句意：“你们已经完成这项工程了吗？”“很遗憾地告诉你，当我们发现这项工程耗资太大时就放弃了。”A项意为“完成”；B项意为“放弃，遗弃”；C项意为“接受”；D项意为“指导”，故只有B项符合语境语义。
2. A 句意：“姚明和易建联已经结束了在NBA本赛季的赛事。”“是的，要不是因为有伤在身，他们能够做得更好。”根据语境可判断出是与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，故用情态动词+have done。
3. D 句意：将军从部队退休后，一直在忙于撰写回忆录。occupy oneself in doing sth.意为“从事，忙于，专心于”，符合语境语义。同时注意句子时态表示从过去某个时间开始一直持续到现在的动作，强调的是持续性，用现在完成时。A、B、C三项在结构上均存在错误。
4. D 句意：布什总统说如果恐怖分子向美国宣战，那么他们得到的就是战争。用固定短语declare war on/against…表示“对……宣战”，符合语境语义。A、B、C三项在结构上均存在错误。
5. A 句意：如果没有正确的指导，弹钢琴时就会染上许多坏习惯。catch up赶上；keep up维持；give up放弃；而A项pick up学会，搭车，拾起，收听到，无意中学会……，符合语境语义要求。故选A。
6. C 句意：如果我们把这种特殊的方法运用到网络上，人们在日常生活中可以从中得利，效果会更好。注意benefit from是固定短语，把from提前与which连用引导定语从句，符合语境语义及结构要求。其余介词搭配均有错误。故选C。
7. B 句意：无论老师怎么读这个句子，我就是不能够理解它的意思。understand意为“理解”，但不能与to连用；turn out意为“结果是，证明是”，不符合句意和结构要求；make out意为“理解，辨认出”，但不能与to连用；而B项make sense意为“讲得通，有道理”，符合语境语义及结构要求。故选B。
8. B 句意：据说当你感到孤独时，只要你需要，狗都会一直陪伴你。safety安全；company陪伴；house房屋；friend朋友。用固定短语keep sb. company表示“陪伴某人”，符合题意，故选B。
9. B 句意：考虑到她的女儿在做作业，母亲快速地悄悄地离开了房间。根据句子结构和语义可知应该用形容词作状语，B项符合题意要求。A、D两项错在形容词和副词并列混用，C项虽然都是副词，但条件是left the room后不能加逗号。
10. D 句意：付出了巨大的努力后，她最终实现了当演员的梦想。A项意为“不幸地”；B项意为“令人惊讶地”；C项意为“常见地”；D项意为“最终”。故只有D项符合语境语义。
11. B 句意：1776年美利坚合众国发表的《独立宣言》表明当时它想摆脱大英帝国的控制。A项意为“写下，放下，镇压”；B项意为“摆脱，脱离”，常和from搭配；C项意为“破门而入”；D项意为“起飞，成功”。A、C、D三项均不与from搭配，故只有B项符合语境语义。
12. B 句意：“我考试又没及格。我多么希望我更努力地学习过啊！”“加油！如果努力，你准能行。”wish后面的宾语从句用虚拟语气。根据句中的过去时态，可知与过去事实相反，故用过去完成时。
13. D 句意：这个细心的编辑仔细检查这些文章生怕忽略了什么东西。A项意为“观看”；B项意为“逃脱”；C项意为“观察，注意”；D项意为“忽视，忽略”。A、B、C三项均不符合题意要求。故选D。
14. A 句意：当我们目睹战争所造成的混乱局面和众多伤亡时，我们对战争是恨之入骨。A项意为“混乱”；B项意为“条件，状况”；C项意为“（一）团，堆”；D项意为“情景，视力”，根据句意可知B、C、D三项均不符合题意要求。故选A。
15. A 句意：“我们到哪里去旅行呢，环绕中国国内还是出国？”“由你来决定好了。”根据语境语义可判断出A项是非常礼貌和委婉的回答方式，贴切情景。其余选项或生硬或语义不合适，均不符合要求。
16. knowledge about self-protection (along with enough courage and determination).
17. wait for/ arrive at/ get to/ reach
18. To call on all schools nationwide to give safety lessons in times of emergency.
模块练测卷（二）
Ⅰ. 单项选择 1. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, which ______ more than three hours, was completely great and special.
A. lasted B. occupied
C. performed D. played
2. Because American parents believe that knowledge leads to a meaningful life, they try to give youngsters many opportunities to develop skills and ______ interests.
A. worth B. worthy
C. valuable D. worthwhile
3. It is easy to ______ my car from others in the parking place; it has an advertisement for Panasonic TV on the back of it.
A. make up B. find out
C. pick up D. pick out
4. ______ being busy, I am still working hard on my writing and I am pleased to announce that I will have a new book published soon.
A. Despite B. Besides
C. But for D. Due to
5. About 150 people lost their lives in the plane crash, but two children ______ the accident.
A. survived B. survived through
C. survived from D. survived in
6. He ______ his being imprisoned because of robbery ten years ago to all his workmates.
A. declared B. announced
C. published D. proclaimed
7. A child will ______ half an hour of your complete attention.
A. delight B. estimate
C. consider D. appreciate
8. The lost car of Tom was found ______ in the woods off the highway.
A. vanished B. abandoned
C. scattered D. rejected
9. Had the boy worked harder, he ______ the exams.
A. must have got through
B. could get through
C. ought to get through
D. would have got through
10. I don’t suppose anyone will volunteer, ______?
A. do I B. don’t I
C. will they D. won’t they
11. You must ______ your old passport when applying for a new one.
A. resign B. quit
C. surrender D. abandon
12. He ______ a Chinese saying that “Nothing venture, nothing gain” to illustrate his points.
A. cited B. quoted
C. deduced D. quenched
13. ______ all the snow in the valley, the cabin still remained warm and comfortable.
A. Despite B. In spite of the fact
C. Despite of D. Although
14. In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the “r” sounds at the end of the words ______.
A. are dropped B. drop
C. are being dropped D. have dropped
15. On your way to New York, William will keep you ______, if you don’t want to be lonely.
A. company B. companion
C. safety D. friend
Ⅱ. 完形填空
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They are very busy working to 16 the family. They don’t act in the 17 ways that I read in books or I see on TV. 18 flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more 19 .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（被子）. I 20 sat down beside her and looked at her. “Mom, is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a 21 voice.
My mother stopped and raised her head with 22 in her eyes. She didn’t answer immediately. Then she 23 her head and continued to sew the quilt. At last my mother said, “Susan,” she said, “look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it 24 in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and 25 . If life is a quilt, then love should be a 26 . It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is 27 .”
The next spring, my father suddenly got sick seriously. When they returned from the hospital, mother looked rather pale and it seemed 28 of them had had a serious illness. Every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father 29 slowly on the country road. My father had never been so 30 . Along the country road, there were many beautiful flowers, green grass and trees. The sun gently glistened through the leaves. All of these 31 the most beautiful picture in the world.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
He said gently, “ 32 , I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” 33 his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
34 I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this 35 , I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and lasting.
16. A. hold B. support
C. live on D. keep
17. A. romantic B. friendly
C. lovely D. active
18. A. Taking B. Passing
C. Buying D. Sending
19. A. no problem B. out of question
C. out of the question D. in question
20. A. silently B. eagerly
C. peaceful D. anxiously
21. A. loud B. low
C. gentle D. tender
22. A. interest B. fear
C. excitement D. surprise
23. A. bowed B. raised
C. hang D. lowered
24. A. loses B. turns out
C. disappears D. comes up
25. A. warm B. lasting
C. long D. comfortable
26. A. needle B. cloth
C. thread D. sheet
27. A. in the quilt B. out of the quilt
C. outside D. inside
28. A. either B. both
C. neither D. every
29. A. walk B. run
C. stand D. exercise
30. A. rude B. polite
C. gentle D. careful
31. A. came up B. turned up
C. called up D. made up
32. A. In other words B. To tell the truth
C. In my opinion D. On the contrary
33. A. Seeing B. Reading
C. Watching D. Observing
34. A. Once B. Though
C. When D. Unless
35. A. process B. way
C. matter D. experience
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
A
Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food
9:00-9:45a.m. Blue Tent
Panelists: Jami Bernard, David Kamp, Marion Nestle and Peter Singer.
Moderated（主持）by Denise Grady, science writer for The New York Times.
How does what we eat not only affect our bodies, but also the world? This group of food and nutrition experts will discuss global health and food politics.
Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game
9:50-10:35a.m. Blue Tent
Panelists: Christine Brennan, Ira Rosen, Joe
Wallace and Joe Drape.
Moderated by William C. Rhoden, sports writer
for The New York Times.
Whether catching that key moment of victory or defeat, or covering breaking news, sports writers are anything but audience. Listen as some of the industry’s professionals discuss the special experience in reporting of sports news.
The Art of the Review
11:15-12:00a.m. Green Tent
Panelists: John Freeman, Barry Gewen, David Orr, Celia McGee and Jennifer Schuessler.
Moderated by Sam Tanenhaus, editor for The New York Times Book Review.
How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales? Join this group of critics as they discuss the reality of the book review and best-seller lists, and how they choose books for review.
New York Writers, New York Stories
3:00-3:45p.m. Green Tent
Panelists: Cindy Adams, Richard Cohen, Ric Klass and Lauren Redniss.
Moderated by Clyde Haberman, columnist（专栏作家）for the City section of The New York Times.
Join this inspired group of New York—centric writers as they talk about why New York is a gold mine of ideas for their work.
36. We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. according to New York—centric writers, The
New York Times is a gold mine of ideas
B. book reviews may affect book sales
C. in the first topic, the experts will mainly discuss
the fact what you eat may weaken your health
D. sports writers are also a type of audience
37. Sam Tanenhaus moderated ______.
A. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food
B. New York Writers, New York Stories
C. The Art of the Review
D. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game
38. About the four activities, we know that they _________.
A. are all about writing
B. will all last 45 minutes
C. can all be attended freely
D. will attract many readers
39. If you are free in the afternoon, you can only attend _________.
A. Health, Wellness and the Politics of Food
B. New York Writers, New York Stories
C. The Art of the Review
D. Sports Writing: For the Love of the Game
40. If you like sports writing, you will most probably_______.
A. attend The Art of the Review
B. enjoy Jami Bernard’s talk
C. listen to Christine Brennan
D. go to Blue Tent at 11:15a.m.
B
Baby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl, while boys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown. The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.
Psychologists Dr. Brenda Todd from City University London carried out an experiment involving 90 babies aged 9 months to 36 months. The babies were allowed to choose from seven toys. Some were typically boys’ toys—a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy. The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set. They were placed a meter away from the toys, and could pick whichever toy they liked; their choices and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.
Of the youngest children (9 to 14 months), girls spent significantly longer playing with the doll than boys, and boys spent much more time with the car and ball than the girls did. Among the two and three-year-olds, girls spent 50 percent of the time playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. The boys spent almost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched. There was no link between the parents’ view on which toys were more appropriate for boys or girls, and the children’s choices.
Dr. Brenda Todd said, “Children of this age are already exposed to much socialization. Boys may be given ‘toys that go’ while girls get toys they can care for, which may help shape their preference. But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There could be a biological basis for their choices. Males through evolution have been adapted to prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能）, while girls prefer warmer colors such as pink, the color of a newborn baby.”
41. Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because ______.
A. baby boys are much more active
B. baby girls like bright colors more
C. their parents treat them differently
D. there is a natural difference between them
42. Both baby boys and baby girls like to play with
______ according to the study.
A. a ball B. a teddy
C. a car D. a doll
43. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?
A. Nine-month-old baby boys don’t play with
dolls at all.
B. Two-year-old baby girls sometimes play
with cars and balls.
C. The older the babies are, the more obvious their preferences are.
D. Parents should teach their babies to share
each other’s toys.
44. What conclusion did Dr. Brenda Todd draw
from the results of the study?
A. Adults purposely influence their babies’
preference.
B. Babies’ preference isn’t affected by social
surroundings.
C. Baby boys preferring to moving toys will be
good at hunting.
D. Baby girls preferring warmer colors will be
warm-hearted.
45. We may read this article in a ______ section of a
newspaper.
A. science B. health
C. education D. entertainment
C
Forget counting sheep, next time you are having trouble going to sleep, try putting on a jazz CD. Researchers have shown just 45 minutes of relaxing music before bedtime can make for a restful night. The Taiwanese researchers studied the sleeping patterns of 60 elderly people with sleep problems. They told the Journal of Advanced Nursing how the technique was easy to learn and lacked the side effects of other treatments.
The study participants were either given a choice of music to listen to before going to sleep or nothing at all. The music group was able to choose from six tapes that featured soft, slow music—around 60~80 beats per minute—such as jazz, folk or orchestral pieces. Listening to music caused physical changes that aided restful sleep, including a lower heart and respiratory（呼吸的） rate, the researchers found. The people in the music group reported a 35% improvement in their sleep, including better and longer night-time sleep and less dysfunction（机能障碍）during the day. Lead author Professor Hui-Ling Lai of the Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital and the University of Taiwan said, “The music group reported a 26% overall improvement in the first week and this figure continued to rise as they mastered the technique of relaxing into sedative（有镇静作用的） music.” Professor Jim Horne, from the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University, said, “If anyone is a bit worried before they go to bed, then anything that can help calm them down and relax is a good thing.” “Some say making sure older people sleep less in the afternoon and get plenty of exposure to daylight can help them get a better night’s sleep.”
46. In the researchers’ opinion, listening to music is better than other treatments because ______.
A. listening to music can save time and money
B. other treatments have no effect at all
C. people suffer too much when trying other treatments
D. listening to music is easy to learn and lacks side effects of other treatments
47. The Journal of Advanced Nursing is probably
______.
A. a medical organization
B. a radio station
C. an academic magazine
D. a research centre
48. Which of the following facts can aid restful sleep?
A. Reading exciting stories in the day.
B. Staying longer in daylight.
C. Doing some exercise before sleeping.
D. Counting sheep when feeding them.
49. Professor Jim Horne’s opinion is ______.
A. completely different from Professor Hui-Ling Lai’s
B. that only by listening to sedative music can help one get restful sleep
C. that anything that can calm the slightly-worried down and relax will aid restful sleep
D. exactly the same as Professor Hui-Ling Lai’s
50. Which one is not included in the benefit of listening to music?
A. Helping people calm them down and relax.
B. Causing a lower heart.
C. Causing respiratory rate.
D. Helping old people sleep less in the daytime.
D
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy—who could not have been more than seven or eight years old—replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed” ,that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why? Human development is depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation（揭示）machine has been installed in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control covering the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
51. According to the author, feeling depressed is ________.
A. a sure sign of a mental problem in a child
B. a mental state present in all humans, including children
C. something that can’t be avoided in children’s mental development
D. something hardly to be expected in a young child
52. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ________.
A. through connection with society
B. gradually and under guidance
C. naturally without being taught
D. through watching television
53. According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from ______.
A. the widespread influence of television
B. the poor arrangement of teaching content
C. the fast pace of human scientific development
D. the rising standard of living
54. What does the author think of communication through print for children?
A. It enables children to gain more social information.
B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.
C. It helps children to read and write well.
D. It can control what children are to learn.
55. What does the author think of the change in today’s children?
A. He feels their adultlike behaviour is so funny.
B. He thinks the change worthy of note.
C. He considers it a rapid development.
D. He seems to be upset about it.
Ⅳ. 书面表达
假定你是李华，从互联网上得知一个国际中学生组织将在新加坡（Singapore）举办夏令营，欢迎各国学生参加。请写一封电子邮件申请参加。
内容主要包括：
1. 自我介绍（包括英语能力）；
2. 参加意图（介绍中国、了解其他国家）；
3. 希望获准。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Sir or Madam,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Regards,
Li Hua
Ⅴ. 短文改错(附加题)
假定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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
The water we drink and use was running short. We all have to learn what to stop wasting water. One of the steps that we should take are to find ways of reusing it. Today in the most large cities, fresh water is used only once and then it runs in the waste system. But that is possible to pipe the used water to a purifying factory, there the used water can be treated with chemical materials by the workers so that it can reused. But even if every large city purified and reused it’s water, we still would have enough water.
答案与解析
1. A last“持续”；occupy“占领”；perform“执行，表演”；play“表演”。根据空格所在处句意“2008年奥运会开幕式持续了3个多小时”可知选A。
2. D 句意：美国的父母认为知识使生活有意义，因此他们尽力为孩子们提供机会以发展他们的技能和值得花费精力的爱好。worthwhile“值得花时间、精力的”。
3. D make up“弥补，整理，编造”；find out“查明（真相，信息等）”；pick up“捡起，接人，偶然学会”；pick out“挑选出，辨认出”。
4. A 由busy与working hard可知，前后句为转折关系。故选A。
5. A 句意：大约有150人在这次飞机坠毁事故中丧生，但有两个孩子幸免于难。survive后接名词作宾语，表示“从……中幸存下来”。
6. A 句意：他向所有同事公开了他10年前因抢劫而坐牢的事。declare“公开让人知道”。
7. D 句意：如果你把半小时全部花在孩子身上，孩子会十分感激的。appreciate“感激，理解”。
8. B 句意：有人发现汤姆丢失的车被丢弃在高速公路旁的树林里。
9. D 考查虚拟语气。表示对过去的假设，主句的谓语用would have done，从句谓语用had done。
10. C 这道题表面上是否定了主句，但实际上I don’t suppose中的not是否定从句的。suppose表示“认为”时的用法与think和believe相同。
11. C surrender此处表示“让出，交出”。surrender your old passport意为“把你的旧护照交出来”。resign“退休，离职”；quit“中止，停止”，指停止做某事，后常接动名词；abandon“放弃，抛弃”。
12. B 句意：他引用了中国的一句格言“不入虎穴，焉得虎子”来解释他的论点。quote指直接用别人的话来表达某种思想，所引证的内容必须是原话；cite指用经典著作或确切的数据来说明自己的主张，引证内容只指出书名、人名，但不一定引用具体文字；deduce“推论，推断”；quench“扑灭（火）”。
13. A 句意：尽管山谷里都是雪，小屋里还是保持着温暖和舒适。despite“尽管”，介词，符合题意。
14. A 考查被动语态的用法。句意：在美国一些地区的口语中，单词末尾的“r”音被省略了。
15. A 句意：如果你不想在去纽约的路上孤单的话，威廉将陪伴你。keep sb. company“陪伴某人，给某人做伴”，是固定搭配。
16. B support“抚养，维持”；hold“容纳”；live on“以……为食”；keep“保持”。
17. A 他们从未像“我”在书中读到，或在电视中看到的那样有浪漫的举止。
18. D 此处句意为“更不用说在情人节送花这样的事了”。send flowers“送花”。
19. C 根据句意可知此处表示“不可能”，out of question“没问题”。
20. A 此处意为“我静静地坐在她旁边看着她”。
21. B 由上句中的silently，可判断此处应是in a low voice。
22. D 听了“我”的问题，母亲应该是感到“惊讶”。
23. A 上文是raised her head，所以then she bowed her head and continued，bow表示“低下”；选项C的形式不对，应是hung，lower有“使……低下”之意 ，所以都可排除。
24. C 由上文sometime it appears, but…，所以此处用disappears。
25. B 线使被子坚固持久。lasting是形容词，表示“持久的”。
26. C 如果生活就像一床被子，那么爱就是其中的线。
27. D 此处意为“爱是内在的”，已经由谈论线和被子升华到了“爱”。
28. B 两个人应该用both。
29. A 空格所在处句意为“母亲都会搀扶着父亲在乡村的小路上漫步”。
30. C 父亲从未如此温和过。careful只是表示“细心的”，不合题意。
31. D 此处意为“这一切形成了一幅世间最美好的画面”。make up“构成，组成”；come up“出现，露面”；turn up“露面”；call up“打电话”，均可排除。
32. B 此处意为“说实话，我喜欢和你妈妈一起散步的感觉”。on the contrary“相反地”，不合题意。
33. B read有“读懂”之意，而watch和observe都有“观察”之意，可排除。
34. A once意为“从前，曾经，一度”。
35. D 此处意为“但是经历了这些之后，我理解了……”。experience表示“经历；阅历”。选项中的matter表示“（抽象的）事情”，可排除。
36. B 推理判断题。最后一段中的New York应该指的是New York City，而不应该是The New York Times，故A项不对。在第一个话题中，专家们将会谈论饮食在个人、全球健康中的作用和食物方面的政治观点，因而C项错误。在第二个话题中，sports writers are anything but audience说明sports writers并不是观众，故D项不正确。在第三个话题中，从How much of an effect does the book review have on book sales?可推知书评对书的销售应该有影响。
37. C 细节理解题。由文章的第三个活动介绍可知，The Art of the Review是由Sam Tanenhaus所主持的。
38. B 细节理解题。文章所列四个活动的具体时间都是持续45分钟。选项A、C与文章事实不符，而选项D无从判断。
39. B 细节判断题。四个活动中只有New York Writers, New York Stories是在下午举行的。
40. C 推理判断题。因为是关于体育写作的，所以要参加文章的第二个活动内容。
41. D 根据第一段中的“The findings, the first to show differences in very young babies, suggest there is a biological basis to their preferences.”可知孩子的选择有天性因素。
42. B 根据第二段中的“Some were typically boys’ toys—a car, a digger, a ball and a blue teddy. The rest were girls’ toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking set.”可得知答案。
43. C 根据第三段可知A、B两项错误，D项文章中没有出现。故选C。
44. B 根据第四段中的“But these findings agree with the former idea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There could be a biological basis for their choices.”可知答案为B。
45. A 由文中多次出现a study，the findings等词可知是关于科学研究的文章。
46. D 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句“They told the Journal of Advanced Nursing how the technique was easy to learn and lacked the side effects of other treatments.”可知。
47. C 推理题。根据文章第二段最后一句可知They是研究人员，所以排除A、B两项。而本篇是有关音乐和睡眠的问题，应该是学术研究范畴，故选C。
48. B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知。
49. C 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知。
50. D 细节理解题。综合全文介绍的听音乐对睡眠的好处可知。
51. D 推理题。根据文章第二段中的“This incident stuck in my mind…”可知“我”很吃惊，发生在孩子身上的事情是“我”难以预料的。
52. B 细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句“Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.”可知。
53. A 细节理解题。根据文章第五段可知。
54. D 文章最后一段表明作者的观点：孩子们读书必须从简单的开始。
55. B 文章大意题。全文围绕话题“现在的孩子感到压抑”以及所提到的原因及对策可知作者认为这需要注意。
One possible version:
Dear Sir or Madam,
I’m Li Hua, a middle school student from China. I read the announcement of the summer camp in Singapore that you have posted on the Internet and I am interested in it. I know that you welcome students from different countries and I’d like to take part in it. I’ve been learning English for ten years, and I speak English fluently. What’s more, I’ll be able to tell students from other countries about China and learn about their countries as well. I hope I will be accepted as a member of your summer camp.
Looking forward to your reply!
Regards,
Li Hua
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