答案1.C [根据文章第二段第一句的描述可推知，应该是给公司里的人造成很多压力。]
2.C [根据“I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work”可知，作者觉得这项工作压力太大，因此这里应选“糟糕的”。]
3.B [这里的工作压力太大，所以作者想在别处找一个轻松些的工作。]
4.D [联系上下文，这位“年轻的女士”的行为是对作者的鼓励，改变了作者之前的想法和认识。]
5.B [根据上文“I am so appreciative of this young lady.”可知B正确。]
6.B [根据“I came into the office”及段末的“the rest of the day”，可知作者是“开始”一天的工作，而非“结束”工作。]
7.D [根据下文的“...buy me anything?”可知D正确。]
8.B [作者不清楚Crystal为什么突然送自己礼物，因此感到很“迷惑”。]
9.B [根据该段第一句“That day I came into the office”可知答案。]
10.A [根据上文的“see your lighthouses”可知，灯塔让这个女士看到了光明。]
11.D [作者的灯塔给了这位女士鼓励;她希望她的礼物也可以对作者产生相同的效果。]
12.B [根据上段的“I am so appreciative of this young lady.”及后文的“I don’t think she knows how much that small act...”可推知作者对这位女士心怀感激。]
13.C [这位女士送给作者礼物以示鼓励，是一种善意的举动。]
14.B [第二段提到作者感到沮丧，再根据上文的“changed my day”，可知答案为B。]
15.C [该文的主旨是：善良的举动，无论多么微小，都可以对其他人产生影响。这种举动不一定就是送礼物，因此排除A;gesture在这里意为“something that you say or do，often something small，to show how you feel about someone or something”，与上文的act对应。]
16.down [从下文的needed a ride可知，她的车坏了。break down意为“抛锚”。]
17.decided [整篇文章均使用过去时态叙事，这里也应用一般过去时，故用decided。]
18.to help [stop doing sth.意为“停止做某事”，stop to do 意为“停下来去做某事”;根据句意此处应为stop to do sth.。一个年轻的白人停下来帮她的忙。]
19.safety [在介词to后要用safe的名词形式。本句意为：那个男子把她带到了一个安全的地方。]
20.him [那个男子帮了她，应该是感谢那个男子，故用him。]
21.a [从句子结构和语境可知，这里指有人敲门。此处knock意为“敲门声”，是可数名词。]
22.To [to one’s surprise“令某人惊奇的是”。]
23.for [thank sb.for doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“感谢某人做某事”。]
24.but [从下文提到的事情可知，这个妇女要赶去见丈夫最后一面，当车抛锚时感到非常绝望，所以说雨水不仅淋湿了她的衣服，而且击垮了她的精神。此处用到的是not only...but also...结构，其中also可省略。]
25.dying [husband是名词，要用形容词修饰。dying意为“临终的”。]
26.D [细节理解题。根据第三段首句可知答案为D。]
27.A [词义猜测题。airways与skin，eyes同是身体部位，因此排除C、D两项;根据后面的“may worsen asthma”，再根据构词法知识(air与way合成airway)可知A是正确答案。]
28.C [细节理解题。根据第四段“Chemicals likely come from a range of sources，so it is not always clear how to...”可知答案为C。]
29.B [推理判断题。根据第五段的“such as using fragrancefree washing liquid (比如使用无香的洗涤液)”，可以推出带有芳香剂的日常用品可能含有有害的化学物质。]
30.D [细节理解题。根据文章最后一句“wanted‘more rather than less’information on the issue”可知，她们希望知道更多相关的信息。]
31.B [细节理解题。根据第二段第三、四句“They choose their wives in the dark.They can only hear them—not see them.”可知，雄性企鹅选择妻子只是在黑暗中通过听的方式。]
32.B [推理判断题。根据第二段倒数第三句“Male penguins never fight—unless a penguin leaves a chick for a minute.”可以得知B项为正确答案。]
33.C [细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句“When a penguin wants to walk through its neighbor’s ground，it must ask permission.If it does not do that，it will have to fight.”的描述可知C项为正确答案。如果选D项，则each penguin应为each pair。]
34.D [推理判断题。根据常识可知此时为极夜，故到处漆黑，没有光线。]
35.A [细节理解题。根据第二段第六句“The males take care of the eggs.”可知是雄性而非雌性企鹅照顾这些蛋。]
36.C [主旨大意题。全文主要讲述了欧洲文艺复兴的发展，其中以音乐风格的变化为主要例证。]
37.B [词义猜测题。讲述故事时用now表示“那时，当时”，即故事发生的时候。]
38.C [推理判断题。根据第一段第五句“To these scholars this meant a return to human—as opposed to spiritual values.”可知，文艺复兴时期的思想家寻求的是对人的价值的重视。]
39.A [推理判断题。根据第二段的“...although they could read the writings of classical philosophers，poets，essayists，and music theorists that were becoming available in translation.They learned about the power of ancient music to move the listener and wondered why...”可推知选A。]
40.D [推理判断题。从第二段最后的描述中可以看出，Bernardino Cirillo对他那个时代中的模仿的音乐非常失望，敦促音乐家来向古代雕塑家、画家、建筑师和学者学习，这说明他认为他那个时代的音乐依赖性太强。]
41.C [根据第一段首句和第二段末句可知答案。]
42.D [第三段主要讲述了proms由简朴到奢华的发展过程。]
43.D [答案依据在文章末段。因为传统proms给部分学生带来心理压力，故催生了一些替代形式。]
44.C [20世纪90年代之前，不论简朴还是豪华，proms都属传统型的(conventional)，后来才产生了非传统型的，据此排除A项;全文提到的proms的举办场地有学校体育馆、大饭店等，但没有一处提到church，故排除B;第三段说自20世纪30年代proms普及以来，中学生及家长越来越重视，将其看作中学生重大社交活动。据此可确认答案为C;根据第二段可知，19世纪90年代prom还只是成人间的社交舞会，根本未进入学校，故排除D。]
45.A [第三段首句、第四段第二句和第一段首句分别明确而具体地交代了B、C、D选项中的信息，只有选项A中的信息在第四段中有暗示“who do not secure dates”，此处的“dates”指约会的恋人。]
46.F 47.C 48.A 49.D 50.B
第一节 基础写作
参考范文
September 9th,2011
Today is the Double Ninth Festival，the traditional Chinese festival for the elderly;we visited the Nursing Home to celebrate the special day.
When we got there，we visited the elderly in their rooms in groups，presenting them with flowers and selfmade cards to show our respect and love.Then we did some cleaning and washing for them with the help of the nurses.As some old people felt lonely，we chatted with them about their old days，changes of our city，or anything they are interested in.
The elderly have done so much for their families as well as for our country，so I think we should take more care and respect for them.
第二节 读写任务
参考范文
Get Yourself Changed When Facing Something Unchangeable
A religious master and a painter tried to change themselves when they were faced with something unchangeable，and as a result they both achieved an eventual change of the world around them.
The stories remind me of my cousin who used to complain about English learning.He thought it unnecessary to learn a foreign language and ignored it at all.As a result，he fell behind the others in his class and even failed in the exam.After realizing that it was not only a main subject but also the most widely spoken language in the world，he developed a good attitude.Thanks to his English teacher，he was well involved in English classes.He practiced listening and speaking English after class.What’s more，he kept an English diary，which helped him think in English.A year later，he became one of the top ten students in his class.Believe it or not，he was even awarded in an English contest in his school.
As far as I’m concerned，change your attitude when you find the environment unchangeable.Only in this way can you achieve an eventual change of the world around you.
