单选题The American couple have _____ a two-year-old child, who lost his parents in an earthquake.A adjustedB affordedC approvedD adopted

第1题：

That a Japanese child adopted at birth by an American couple will grow up speaking English indicates ＿ of human language.

A. duality
B. cultural transmission
C. arbitrariness
D. cognitive creativity

答案：B

解析：

考查语言的本质特征。duality“二重性”：指语言的等级性，包括形位和音位；cultural transmission“文化传递性”：指语言要通过教学和学习才能获得；arbitrariness“任意性”：语言符号的形式与表示意义没有天然联系，语言音和义之间的任意性；cognitive creativity“认知创造性”。题干“日本小孩出生时被美国夫妇收养，长大后说英文”正是体现了语言的文化传递性。所以正确答案为B。

第2题：

Passage?One
The small number of newborn babies,which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women,is one of the most serious problems inAsia.When people talk about it,you can hear a word invented inJapan,"DINKS",which means Double Income No Kids.
In many majorAsian cities like Seoul,Singapore,and Tokyo,the cost of a house is extremelyhigh.A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about$300,000（though prices have fallen）.For a flat with one bedroom,onedining-room,a kitchen,and a bathroom,the couple will pay about$900 amonth.What′s more,if they want to have a child,the child′s education is veryexpensive.For example,most kindergarten charges are at least$5,000 a year.In such a situation,it′s difficult to afford children.
The number ofmarried women who want to continue working increases rapidly because they enjoytheir jobs.However,if they want to have children,they immediately haveserious problems.Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for ashort time to have a baby,they expect women with babies to give up their jobs.In short,if they want to bring up children properly,both parents have towork,but it is hard for mothers to work.Indeed,women who want to continueworking have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word,Asiangovernments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon aspossible.

According to the passage,which of thefollowing is TRUE?

A.It is easy for a couple to afford achild in Asia.
B.The prices of houses in Asia are quitelow now.
C.Fewer and fewer married women want tohave a job.
D.The word"DINKS"firstappeared in an Asian country.

答案：D

解析：

A．B、C三项都和文章涉及的内容相反。由第一段第二句“When people talkabout it，you can hear a word invented in Japan.‘DINKS’.which means Double Income No Kids.”可得出D项正确。

第3题：

Key James,Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State government,loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be middle-class,conservative,educated and still be truly black．Once,during an abortion debate,a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life．"If you understood what these women go through,"the woman said,"you would realize that abortion is their only choice."
James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare．She already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the family．Now she discovers another child is on the way．"How would you counsel that woman?"asked James.
"Have an abortion,"the woman responded．"That child would have a very poor quality of life."
"I have a vested interest in your answer,"James said．"The woman I described was my mother．I was the fifth of six children born into poverty．And,in case you're interested,the quality of my life is just fine!"

To mm the tablesmeans__.

A.to move the tables
B.to carry the tables away
C.to gain courage
D.to gain an advantage after having been at a disadvantage

答案：D

解析：

从上下文进行推测可知。

第4题：

Passage?One
The small number of newborn babies,which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women,is one of the most serious problems inAsia.When people talk about it,you can hear a word invented inJapan,"DINKS",which means Double Income No Kids.
In many majorAsian cities like Seoul,Singapore,and Tokyo,the cost of a house is extremelyhigh.A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about$300,000（though prices have fallen）.For a flat with one bedroom,onedining-room,a kitchen,and a bathroom,the couple will pay about$900 amonth.What′s more,if they want to have a child,the child′s education is veryexpensive.For example,most kindergarten charges are at least$5,000 a year.In such a situation,it′s difficult to afford children.
The number ofmarried women who want to continue working increases rapidly because they enjoytheir jobs.However,if they want to have children,they immediately haveserious problems.Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for ashort time to have a baby,they expect women with babies to give up their jobs.In short,if they want to bring up children properly,both parents have towork,but it is hard for mothers to work.Indeed,women who want to continueworking have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word,Asiangovernments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon aspossible.

To buy a flat and send a child tokindergarten,how much will a couple pay each year?

A.$5,000.
B.$5,900.
C.$10,800.
D.$15,800.

答案：D

解析：

文中提到“For a flat with one bedroom，one dining—room，akitchen，and a bathroom，thecouple will pay about$900 a month.What’s more，if they want to have a child，the child’s education is very expensive.For example，mostkindergarten charges are at least$5，000 a year.”我们可做出计算：900×12+5000=15800，故D项正确。

第5题：

共用题干
Self-reliance

The most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).
You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized.
_______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beings
who have their own opinions.
_______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'
objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life.

_________(57)
A:prefer
B:refuse
C:choose
D:like

答案：A

解析：

词义辫析题，devotion的意思是“热爱”。例如：His devotion to work is highly appreciated．人们很欣赏他对工作的热爱。trust“信任”、faith“信仰”、belief“信仰”均不合适。
根据语法和词义判断选项B正确，since意为“自从”，本句为“自人生的早期起他们就被训练……”。
根据上下文含义和句子逻辑可以看出美国人自小就被培养成对自己的人生境遇和命运负责的独立的人。separate在这里意为“独立”，所以此题选D。
逻辑题。在前面说到美国人接受的教育是让他们成为独立的个体，所以他们就不应把自己看作是某些组织体成员。interdependent意为“互相依赖的”，因为是用来描述家人之间的关系，所以比起dependent“依赖的”更合适。
family , religious groups , nation都是collectivity，即“集体”的一种形式，所以选择C。
opportunity意思是“机会”，用在“每个小孩子都被给予_____来作决定”这个句子中很合适。
原句的意思是“美国人给孩子自己选择的机会，甚至在选择哪种糖果棒上都要问孩子更喜欢哪个”，因此prefer“更喜欢”比choose“选择”和like“喜欢”更合适。
这里需要一个表示在两者间选择的词，所以whether表示“其中的一个” 合适。本句的意思是“他是想坐在妈妈身边还是爸爸身边”。
前面提到的是让孩子选择更喜欢什么或更想要怎么做，这些都可以用 preference来归纳。其意思是“偏爱”，放在此句中最符合逻辑。
根据语法，through符合要求。through作为介词意思是“通过”，这里的意思是“通过这种惯常的做法……”。其他三项在此处都不能和practice搭配。
此段开始讲美国有许多书都指出家长们的目标是培养出一名负责任的、独立的个体，很明显是对前面几段的承接，只有表示肯定的indeed(确实）合适。
这里考查的是词汇的使用。此处是“关于如何抚养孩子的书”,raise意为 “养育”用在，这里是正确的。feed意为“喂养”,grow意为“成长”，而bring若要表示“养育”的意思，通常需要和up搭配。例如：It must have been very difficult to manage to bring up four children.
make有“使成为……”的意思，符合句意。本句意思是“家长们的目标是使他们的孩子成为一名负责任的、独立的个体”。
前面提到在美国家长均志在培养出“a responsible, independent individual"，所以根据逻辑孩子到了18岁就应该做好搬出父母家的准备。move out:搬出，符合句意。 withdraw：撤退，abandon:抛弃，give up：放弃，均不符合句意和使用习惯。
固定搭配题。这里要表达的意思是“靠自己谋生”。 make a living为固定搭配，而其他各项均无此意，因此选C。

第6题：

If the doctor had been available, the child （）

Awould not die

Bcould not have died

Cmight not die

Dshould not have died

B
略

第7题：

单选题

Jackie Robinson, the first Black American who was to play baseball in the majorleagues, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

A

the first and a Black American who

B

was the first Black American

C

the first Black American

D

the Black American who first

正确答案： A

解析：
结构应用。通过句子结构分析可知，两个逗号之间的部分是插入语，其余是主句成分。划线部分指的是“Jackie Robinson是第一个美国黑人球员”，根据形容词作前置定语的词序，可知正确顺序应该是the first Black American，因此C为正确答案。

第8题：

单选题

A foreign graduate student who applies for immigrant status must have ______.

A

a U. S. employer’s sponsorship.

B

financial capital to create ten jobs.

C

a job in an American company.

D

the help of an immigration lawyer.

正确答案： C

解析：
细节理解题。根据题干信息定位到第三段，可知现在获得博士学位后希望留在美国的大学毕业生必须得到他们雇主的担保，A选项符合文意；根据第二段中的“A foreigner who invests one million dollars in a commercial enterprise established…status”可知，那些能够带来一定数额的金融资本（这些金融资本能够创造就业机会）的外国公民可以获得移民身份，外国大学毕业生申请移民资格的不一定要一定数额的金融资本，故B 选项错误；根据第四段第五句“But things may not go right…an immigration lawyer”可知，情况可能不会那么顺利：在每个阶段都可能出现问题。因此，雇主或者移民申请人必须雇佣一个负责处理移民事务的律师，即只有当移民申请过程中遇到问题时才需要律师的帮助，故D选项错误。所以本题答案为A项。

第9题：

单选题

The American couple have_____a two-year-old child, who lost his parents in an earthquake.

A

adjusted

B

afforded

C

approved

D

adopted

正确答案： D

解析：

第10题：

单选题

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend. No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is （）.

A

in a realistic setting

B

heard for the first time

C

repeated too often

D

told in a different way

正确答案： B

解析： [解析] 细节题。根据this arises(出现)from the child having heard the story once. 可推知此题答案为B。

第11题：

单选题

From this passage we know that ______.

A

every American cannot have guns

B

only soldiers and police can have guns

C

every American citizen can own guns

D

teachers have no money to buy guns

正确答案： B

解析：
推理判断题。文章主要说明由于对枪支的管制不严，导致学生能随便携带枪支进校，因而发生了很多暴力事件，所以可以推断，在美国公民是可以持有手枪的。故C项正确。

第12题：

问答题

Practice 2　　Good manners represent our values concerning social style. Manners signal our respect for other people and are essential in gaining the acceptance of others. Two-year-old children playing on a slide will stand in line, respecting each other’s turn. If an aggressive child crowds in, the “line” will decide as a group whether to allow it or to shove him out. By the age of 2, a child is already expected by his game-mates to respect the rules of the game. And rules, like manners, define the behavior that others expect from us. A child who is either too aggressive or too retiring to follow the rules is labeled an undesirable by the other children.

正确答案：
【参考译文】
有礼貌代表了我们对社会风尚的价值观。有礼貌表示我们尊重他人,同时也是和别人打成一片所必需的。两岁的孩子坐滑梯会排队,遵守先后次序。如要有个爱逞能的孩子加塞儿,那么站在队里的孩子就会一起来决定是随他去,还是把他推出去。孩了到了两岁,在玩游戏时,其他的小伙伴就认为他应当懂得游戏规则。规则,就像礼貌一样,定义了别人对我们的期望。一个爱逞能或是过于腼腆而不守规则的孩子,不会受到其他孩子的欢迎。

解析：暂无解析

第13题：

共用题干
That scientists have cloned a sheep sends academics and the public into a panic at the prospect that humans might be next. That's an understandable reaction.(46)___________,so it's not unreasonable to be concerned that it might threaten human society and dignity.Yet much of the ethical oppo-- sition seems also to grow out of an unthinking disgust. And that makes it hard for even trained scientists and ethicists to see the matter clearly.While human cloning might not offer great benefits to humarnty,no one has yet made a persuasive case that it would do any real harm,either.
(47)_______That would surely be true if a cloned individual were treated as a lesser being, with fewer rights or lower stature.But why suppose that cloned persons wouldn't share the same rights and dignity as the rest of us?A leading ethicist has suggested that cloning would violate the "right to genetic identity".(48)________It makes perfect sense to say that adult persons have a right not to be cloned without their voluntary,informed consent. But if such consent is given,whose "right"to genetic identity would be violated?
So who will likely take advantage of cloning?Perhaps a grieving couple whose child is dying. (49)________But a cloned child born to such dubious parents stands no greater or lesser chance of being loved,or rejected,or warped than a child normally conceived.Infertile couples are also likely to seek out cloning. That such couples have other options(in vitro fertilization or adoption)is not an argument for denying them the right to clone.Or consider an example raised by Judge Richard Posner:a couple in which the husband has some tragic genetic defect. Currently,if this couple wants a genetically related child,(50)________They can reproduce naturally and risk passing on the disease to the child.They can go to a sperm bank and take a chance on unknown genes.They can try in vitro fertilization and dispose of any afflicted embryo though that might be objectionable,too.Or they can get a male relative of the father to donate sperm,if such a relative exists.This is one case where even people unnerved by cloning might see it as not the worst option.
Even if human cloning offers no obvious benefits to humanity,why ban it?In a democratic society we don't usually pass laws outlawing something before there is actual or probable evidence of harm.Most important,human cloning should be governed by the same laws that now protect human rights.A world not safe for cloned humans would be a world not safe for the rest of us.

_______（49）
A:they have four not altogether pleasant options.
B:This might seem psychologically twisted.
C:Theologians contend that to clone a human would violate human dignity.
D:Parents might clone a child to have"spare parts"in case the original child needs an organ transplant.
E:Cloning is a radical challenge to the most fundamental laws of biology.
F: Where did he come up with such a right?

答案：B

解析：

文章第一段主要描述了人们对于克隆的偏见。该空的后一句是说“担心克隆会威胁人类社会和尊严不无道理”，因此前一句应该是使得人们产生这种担心的理由，我们应当选择E项，即“克隆是对生物学最基本法则的极端挑战”。
文章第二段作者主要驳斥了“克隆侵犯了人们基因身份的权利”这一观点。与此相关的仅有选项C，即“神学家们坚持认为克隆人侵犯了人的尊严”。
该空与前一个空在一个段落里，前一句讲到一位重要的伦理家提出克隆会侵犯人们“拥有基因身份的权利”。与之相关的仅有选项F，即“这种权利是从哪里来的呢”。
本段作者举例证明了人们是可以从克隆中获益的，该空的前一句是说“一对伤心夫妇的孩子正奄奄一息”，只有选项B最符合题意。
该空后面提到了四种生育方法，包括自然生产、求助于精子库、试管婴儿及父亲一方的男性亲戚捐献精子。因此与此有关系的仅有选项A，即“他们有四种不太满意的选择”。

第14题：

Key James,Secretary of Health and Human Resources in the Virginia State government,loves to turn the tables on those who don't think it's possible to be middle-class,conservative,educated and still be truly black．Once,during an abortion debate,a woman in the audience angrily told James she was so middle-class she didn't have a clue about real African American life．"If you understood what these women go through,"the woman said,"you would realize that abortion is their only choice."
James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare．She already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the family．Now she discovers another child is on the way．"How would you counsel that woman?"asked James.
"Have an abortion,"the woman responded．"That child would have a very poor quality of life."
"I have a vested interest in your answer,"James said．"The woman I described was my mother．I was the fifth of six children born into poverty．And,in case you're interested,the quality of my life is just fine!"

James'family led a__life when she was born.

A.miserable
B.happy
C.well-off
D.hardly

答案：A

解析：

从“a poor black mother on welfare”可得出答案，应选A。

第15题：

Passage?One
The small number of newborn babies,which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women,is one of the most serious problems inAsia.When people talk about it,you can hear a word invented inJapan,"DINKS",which means Double Income No Kids.
In many majorAsian cities like Seoul,Singapore,and Tokyo,the cost of a house is extremelyhigh.A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about$300,000（though prices have fallen）.For a flat with one bedroom,onedining-room,a kitchen,and a bathroom,the couple will pay about$900 amonth.What′s more,if they want to have a child,the child′s education is veryexpensive.For example,most kindergarten charges are at least$5,000 a year.In such a situation,it′s difficult to afford children.
The number ofmarried women who want to continue working increases rapidly because they enjoytheir jobs.However,if they want to have children,they immediately haveserious problems.Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for ashort time to have a baby,they expect women with babies to give up their jobs.In short,if they want to bring up children properly,both parents have towork,but it is hard for mothers to work.Indeed,women who want to continueworking have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word,Asiangovernments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon aspossible.

The writer seems to believe that Asiangovernments should__

A.let women stay at home and have a baby
B.allow only one of the parents to go outto work
C.care for the growing needs of women forjobs
D.punish the companies that permit womento leave

答案：C

解析：

文章最后两段谈论的是妇女们的两难境地：having children和keeping their jobs。根据最后一段“In a word，Asian governments must take steps to improve the present situationas soon as possible.”可以判断C项为最佳答案。

第16题：

Passage?One
The small number of newborn babies,which has been caused by high prices and the changing social situation of women,is one of the most serious problems inAsia.When people talk about it,you can hear a word invented inJapan,"DINKS",which means Double Income No Kids.
In many majorAsian cities like Seoul,Singapore,and Tokyo,the cost of a house is extremelyhigh.A young couple who want to buy their own house may have to pay about$300,000（though prices have fallen）.For a flat with one bedroom,onedining-room,a kitchen,and a bathroom,the couple will pay about$900 amonth.What′s more,if they want to have a child,the child′s education is veryexpensive.For example,most kindergarten charges are at least$5,000 a year.In such a situation,it′s difficult to afford children.
The number ofmarried women who want to continue working increases rapidly because they enjoytheir jobs.However,if they want to have children,they immediately haveserious problems.Though most companies allow women to leave their jobs for ashort time to have a baby,they expect women with babies to give up their jobs.In short,if they want to bring up children properly,both parents have towork,but it is hard for mothers to work.Indeed,women who want to continueworking have to choose between having children or keeping their jobs.
In a word,Asiangovernments must take steps to improve the present situation as soon aspossible.

What is the main problem beingdiscussed in the passage?

A.The small number of newborn babies.
B.The changing social situation of women.
C.The high prices of houses andeducation.
D.The necessary steps of Asiangovernments.

答案：A

解析：

通过文章的第一句就可以判断A项是正确的，其他选项只是文章讨论的一个细节。

第17题：

共用题干
Self-reliance

The most important thing to understand about Americans is probably their_______(51)to "individualism".They have been trained_______(52)very early in their lives to consider them-selves as_______(53)individuals who are responsible for their own situation in life and their own destiny.They have not been trained to treat themselves as members of a tightly_______(54)family,religious groups or nation or other_______(55).
You can see it in the way American treat their children.Even young children are given _______(56)to make their own decision and express their own opinions.A parent will ask a one-year-old child which candy bar he would_______(57),or_______(58)he wants to sits next to mommy or daddy.The child's_______(59)will normally be recognized.
_______(60)this practice,Americans come to consider themselves as separate human beings
who have their own opinions.
_______(61),many American books on how to_______(62)kids state that the parents'
objective is to_______(63)their kid a responsible,independent individual who,by the age of 18,is ready to_______(64)the parents' house and make their own_______(65),and this advice is taken so seriously by Americans that every person beyond the age of 20 is supposed to lead an independent life.

_________(61)
A:Conversely
B:What's more
C:However
D:Indeed

答案：D

解析：

词义辫析题，devotion的意思是“热爱”。例如：His devotion to work is highly appreciated．人们很欣赏他对工作的热爱。trust“信任”、faith“信仰”、belief“信仰”均不合适。
根据语法和词义判断选项B正确，since意为“自从”，本句为“自人生的早期起他们就被训练……”。
根据上下文含义和句子逻辑可以看出美国人自小就被培养成对自己的人生境遇和命运负责的独立的人。separate在这里意为“独立”，所以此题选D。
逻辑题。在前面说到美国人接受的教育是让他们成为独立的个体，所以他们就不应把自己看作是某些组织体成员。interdependent意为“互相依赖的”，因为是用来描述家人之间的关系，所以比起dependent“依赖的”更合适。
family , religious groups , nation都是collectivity，即“集体”的一种形式，所以选择C。
opportunity意思是“机会”，用在“每个小孩子都被给予_____来作决定”这个句子中很合适。
原句的意思是“美国人给孩子自己选择的机会，甚至在选择哪种糖果棒上都要问孩子更喜欢哪个”，因此prefer“更喜欢”比choose“选择”和like“喜欢”更合适。
这里需要一个表示在两者间选择的词，所以whether表示“其中的一个” 合适。本句的意思是“他是想坐在妈妈身边还是爸爸身边”。
前面提到的是让孩子选择更喜欢什么或更想要怎么做，这些都可以用 preference来归纳。其意思是“偏爱”，放在此句中最符合逻辑。
根据语法，through符合要求。through作为介词意思是“通过”，这里的意思是“通过这种惯常的做法……”。其他三项在此处都不能和practice搭配。
此段开始讲美国有许多书都指出家长们的目标是培养出一名负责任的、独立的个体，很明显是对前面几段的承接，只有表示肯定的indeed(确实）合适。
这里考查的是词汇的使用。此处是“关于如何抚养孩子的书”,raise意为 “养育”用在，这里是正确的。feed意为“喂养”,grow意为“成长”，而bring若要表示“养育”的意思，通常需要和up搭配。例如：It must have been very difficult to manage to bring up four children.
make有“使成为……”的意思，符合句意。本句意思是“家长们的目标是使他们的孩子成为一名负责任的、独立的个体”。
前面提到在美国家长均志在培养出“a responsible, independent individual"，所以根据逻辑孩子到了18岁就应该做好搬出父母家的准备。move out:搬出，符合句意。 withdraw：撤退，abandon:抛弃，give up：放弃，均不符合句意和使用习惯。
固定搭配题。这里要表达的意思是“靠自己谋生”。 make a living为固定搭配，而其他各项均无此意，因此选C。

第18题：

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better.
A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered.
There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend.
No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.According to the passage, great fear can take place in a child when the story is （）.

A、in a realistic setting
B、heard for the first time
C、repeated too often
D、told in a different way

正确答案:B

第19题：

单选题

A

An American couple.

B

A British man.

C

A school teacher.

D

A jewelry dealer.

正确答案： A

解析：
录音介绍第二个罪犯时提到，他憎恨一对美国夫妇，在网上发布信息招募杀手。故答案为A项。

第20题：

单选题

According to Karen Norberg, ______.

A

among children born out of wedlock there were more girls than boys.

B

the chance of a woman giving birth to a girl is higher if she has been living with a man before the child was conceived.

C

for parents who were not cohabiting, boys were born 51.5% of the time.

D

women who have not been living with a man are more likely to have daughters.

正确答案： A

解析：
录音中Karen Norberg在研究中发现“the chance of a woman giving birth to a boy rather than a girl is higher if she has been living with a man before the child was conceived”，可见在他看来一个女人在怀孩子之前与一个男人一起生活那么她生男孩的几率就相对较大，因此选项D的推断正确。
【录音原文】
Can household arrangements affect the human sex ratio? According to Karen Norberg, of the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they can. In a review of data from almost 60, 000 American families, Dr Norberg found that the chance of a woman giving birth to a boy rather than a girl is higher if she has been living with a man before the child was conceived. To be specific, for parents who were living together, boys were born 51.5% of the time, while when the parents were not cohabiting only 49.9% of births were male. This difference may seem small, but statistically it is highly significant, which suggests it is the result of evolution.

第21题：

单选题

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend. No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.The author considers that a fairy story is more effective when it is （）.

A

repeated without any change

B

treated as a joke

C

made some changes by the parent

D

set in the present

正确答案： A

解析： [解析] 细节题。根据It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. 可推知此题答案为C。

第22题：

单选题

A child who has once been pleased with a tale likes, as a rule, to have it retold in almost the same words, but this should not lead parents to treat printed fairy stories as formal texts. It is always much better to tell a story than read it out of a book, and, if a parent can produce what, in the actual situation of the time and the child, is an improvement on the printed text, so much the better. A charge made against fairy tales is that they harm the child by frightening him or making him sad thinking. To prove the latter, one would have to show in a controlled experiment that children who have read fairy stories were more often sorry for cruelty than those who had not. As to fears, there are, I think, some cases of children being dangerously terrified by some fairy story. Often, however, this arises (出现) from the child having heard the story once. Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. There are also people who object to fairy stories on the grounds that they are not objectively true, that giants, witches, two-headed dragons, magic carpets, etc. do not exist; and that, instead of being fond of the strange side in fairy tales, the child should be taught to learn the reality by studying history. I find such people, I must say so peculiar (奇怪的) that I do not know how to argue with them. If their case were sound, the world should be full of mad men attempting to fly from New York to Philadelphia on a stick or covering a telephone with kisses in the belief that it was their beloved girl-friend. No fairy story ever declared to be a description of the real world and no clever child has ever believed that it was.The advantage claimed (提出) for repeating fairy stories to young children is that it （）.

A

makes them less fearful

B

develops their power of memory

C

makes them believe there is nothing to be afraid of

D

encourages them not to have strange beliefs

正确答案： C

解析： [解析] 细节题。根据Familiarity with the story by repetition turns the pain of fear into the pleasure of a fear faced and mastered. 可以得出此答案。

第23题：

单选题

The American couple have ______ a two-year-old child, who lost his parents in an earthquake.

A

adjusted

B

afforded

C

approved

D

adopted

正确答案： A

解析：
句意：这对美国夫妇收养了一个在地震中失去双亲的两岁小孩。本题考查动词辨析。adopt“收养，采取”符合题干语境。因此D项正确。adjust调整，适应。afford提供，给予，负担得起。approve批准，赞成。

第24题：

单选题

The couple wanted to（）the black child they had been fostering.

A

adapt

B

cultivate

C

communicate

D

adopt

正确答案： A

解析：暂无解析

单选题The American couple have _____ a two-year-old child, who lost his parents in an earthquake.A adjustedB affordedC approvedD adopted

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