1．Who buy the presents？How much should we spend？Questions about money like these （50）B  during the holidays，and they can turn this wonderful season into the most （51）C  time of the year．
The （52）Dcause of holiday stress is money issues，according to a recent poll by the American Psychological Association （APA）．The survey found that 61percent of Americans （53）A lack of money as the top cause of family tensions，holiday blues and depression．
"People believe that they can go out and buy gifts because it's the holidays，（54）Bthey can't afford to do so，"says Dorothy Cantor，a noted psychologist and former APA president．"Not only is it stressful to feel that you have to buy everyone an expensive gift，but you will also be stressed for the rest of the year trying to pay your （55）D．You can show love and caring by giving something that you know is meaningful and （56）Cthat doesn't have to cost a lot．"
While managing money issues during the holiday season can be a （57）D，financial experts agree that you can （58）C pressure by planning ahead，exhibiting patience and managing expectations to make the holiday season enjoyable and worry-free．
For starters，make an agreement with family members to discuss holiday spending and finances before you make any （59）B．The goal here is to learn one another's thoughts and feelings about priorities and wishes．Be realistic，decide together on a budget and only use cash，rather than using credit cards．Avoid getting （60）Aunreasonable expectations．It makes no（61）Dto buy gifts you can not afford and put additional financial and emotional stress on yourself and your family that will cause problems long after the holidays are over．
Other ways to（62）A the burden of money-related holiday blues include an understanding that everyone faces money problems at one time or another．It's important to keep your （63）B situation in perspective，to learn from experience and then to proceed with your life．
And lastly，make focusing on financial solutions a part of your New Year's resolution．It's the perfect time to take a （64）D approach by doing some soul-searching，forgiving yourself，letting go of the past and dealing with your financial problems in a businesslike manner each day．

50．A．break upB．pop upC．put outD．wipe out
51．A．ridiculousB．inconvenientC．stressfulD．mysterious
52．A．immediateB．socialC．hiddenD．leading
53．A．listedB．feltC．resistedD．charged
54．A．a(chǎn)s ifB．even ifC．a(chǎn)s long asD．if only
55．A．priceB．lifeC．ratesD．bills
56．A．resistantB．randomC．personalD．profitable
57．A．successB．reminderC．pleasureD．challenge
58．A．polishB．postponeC．minimizeD．preserve
59．A．excusesB．purchasesC．statementsD．inquiries
60．A．caught up inB．ended up withC．put up inD．made up for
61．A．effortsB．revengeC．desireD．sense
62．A．easeB．resignC．launchD．transfer
63．A．inadequateB．financialC．internalD．private
64．A．reverseB．tenderC．grandD．positive

分析 本文是一篇議論文，圍繞假期中的金錢問題展開討論，金錢問題是造成假期壓力的一個(gè)首要原因，造成家庭關(guān)系緊張，假期抑郁問題．作者就此問題展開討論，舉出一些例子，并提出一些建議，通過提前做好計(jì)劃，具有足夠的耐心，認(rèn)真管理金錢問題使假期愉快來緩解假期壓力．

解答 答案：50-54．BCDAB  55-59．DCDCB  60-64．ADABD50．答案：B．考查動詞短語辨析．A．分手；B．彈出；C．撲滅；D．擦干．句意：假期時(shí)，關(guān)于金錢的類似問題被提出．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，B符合句意．故選B．51．答案：C．考查形容詞辨析．A．荒謬的；B．不方便的；C．有壓力的；D．神秘的．句意：他們可以把這美好的季節(jié)變成一年中最緊張的時(shí)光．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，C符合句意．故選C．
52．答案：D．考查形容詞辨析．A．立即的；B．社會的；C．隱藏的；D．領(lǐng)先的．句意：造成假期壓力的直接原因是金錢問題．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，D符合句意．故選D．
53．答案：A．考查動詞辨析．A．列舉；B．感覺；C．抵制；D．負(fù)責(zé)．句意：調(diào)查中列舉的百分之六十一的美國人因?yàn)槿卞X導(dǎo)致家庭關(guān)系緊張，假期抑郁．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，A符合句意．故選A．
54．答案：B．考查短語辨析．"People believe that they can go out and buy gifts because it's the holidays，even if they can't afford to do so"句意：人們認(rèn)為因?yàn)槭羌倨谒麄兛梢猿鋈�，買禮物，即使他們無法承受．A．好像；B．即使；C．只要；D．如果只有．故選B．
55．答案：D．考查固定短語．pay one's bills為固定短語，意為"支付賬單"．故選D．
56．答案：C．考查形容詞辨析．"You can show love and caring by giving something that you know is meaningful and personal that doesn't have to cost a lot"句意為"你可以通過送一些有意義的，有個(gè)性的東西，花費(fèi)不多的東西來表達(dá)愛和關(guān)心"．根據(jù)句意，C符合要求．故選C．
57．答案：D．考查名詞辨析．A．成功；B．提醒；C．高興的事；D．挑戰(zhàn)．根據(jù)文章上下文內(nèi)容知，假期中，管理好錢是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)．故選D．
58．答案：C．考查動詞辨析．A．磨光；B．推遲；C．最小化；D．保存．句意：你可以通過提前計(jì)劃，具有耐心和管理預(yù)期使假期愉快，無憂無慮的以使壓力最小化．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，C符合句意．故選C．
59．答案：B．考查名詞辨析．"make an agreement with family members to discuss holiday spending and finances before you make any purchases"句意為"在你買東西前和家人商量假期花費(fèi)和經(jīng)濟(jì)問題"．根據(jù)句意知，應(yīng)填purchases．故選B．
60．答案：A．考查動詞短語辨析．A．卷入；B．以…結(jié)束；C．提出；D．彌補(bǔ)．句意：避免卷入不合理的問題中．根據(jù)句意及所給選項(xiàng)，A符合句意．故選A．
61．答案：D．考查固定短語．句意：買你買不起的禮物毫無意義，不僅給自己造成額外的金融壓力，還給你和你的家人在假期結(jié)束后很長時(shí)間內(nèi)會造成情緒壓力．make no sense為固定短語，意為毫無意義．故選D．
62．答案：A．考查動詞辨析．句意：緩解與錢相關(guān)的假期憂郁負(fù)擔(dān)包括理解每個(gè)人都會面臨金錢問題．根據(jù)句意，此處應(yīng)填ease．故選A．
63．答案：B．考查形容詞辨析．句意：重要的是要保持你的財(cái)務(wù)狀況，從經(jīng)驗(yàn)中學(xué)習(xí)，然后繼續(xù)你的生活．根據(jù)句意，此處應(yīng)填financial．故選B．
64．答案：D．考查形容詞辨析．句意：這是一個(gè)最好的時(shí)間去采取積極的方式，做一些反思，原諒自己，放下過去，以務(wù)實(shí)的方式處理你的財(cái)務(wù)問題．A．反面；B．溫柔的；C．偉大的；D．積極的．根據(jù)句意，此處應(yīng)填positive．故選D．

點(diǎn)評 本文是一篇議論文，題目涉及名詞，動詞，形容詞，動詞短語辨析及固定用法及，做題時(shí)應(yīng)結(jié)合文章上下文內(nèi)容并根據(jù)所給選項(xiàng)的含義進(jìn)行分析，從而得出正確答案．切記胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據(jù)．

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C．Travelcards and Bus & Tram Passes
D．Pay as you go and Bus & Tram Passes
58．Where is the text probably taken from？A
A．A brochure．B．A report．C．A novel．D．An essay．

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6．Plants are very important living things．Life could not go on if there were no plants．This is because plants can make food from air，water and sunlight．Animals and man cannot make food from air，water and sunlight．Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals．Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live．This is why we find that there are so many plants around us．
If you look carefully at the plants around you，you will find that there are two kinds of plants：flowering plants and non-flowering plants．
Flowering plants can make seeds．The seeds are  protected by the fruits．Some fruits have one seed，some have two，three or four，and some have many seeds．But a few fruits have no seeds at all．An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit．
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds．They grow from spores（胚芽）．Spores are very small．Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air．We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds．When these spores are all on wet and shady places，they usually grow into new plants．

40．The main idea of the first paragraph is thatA．
A．plants are important for life      
B．plants cannot grow without air
C．there are many plants in the world 
D．we can not live without water
41．What can we infer（推斷） from the passage？D
A．Of all living things animals are most important
B．Spores are seeds
C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds
D．Without plants，man will die out
42．This passage may be taken fromC．
A．a(chǎn) medicine book                    B．a(chǎn) novel
C．a(chǎn) science magazine                 D．a(chǎn)n experiment report
43．The underlined word"protected"in the third paragraph can be replaced byC．
A．damaged     B．polluted      C．prevented        D．guarded．

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13．The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a blackboard is a thing of the past．With the coming of new technologies like computers and smartphone，writing by hand has become something of nostalgic （懷舊的） skill．However，while today's educators are using more and more technology in their teaching，many believe basic handwriting skills are still necessary for students to be successful-both in school and in life．
Virginia Berninger，professor of educational psychology at the University of Washington，says it's important to continue teaching handwriting and help children acquire the skill of writing by hand．
Berninger and her colleagues conducted a study that looked at the ability of students to complete various writing tasks-both on a computer and by hand．The study，published in 2009，found that when writing with a pen and paper，participants wrote longer essays and more complete sentences and had a faster word production rate．
In a more recent study，Berninger looked at what role spelling plays in a student's writing skills and found that how well children spell is tied to how well they can write．"Spelling makes some of the thinking parts of the brain active which helps us access our vocabulary，word meaning and concepts．It is allowing our written language to connect with ideas．"Berninger said．
Spelling helps students translate ideas into words in their mind first and then to transcribe （轉(zhuǎn)換）"those words in the mind into written symbols on paper or keyboard and screen，"the study said．Seeing the words in the"mind's eye"helps children not only to turn their ideas into words，says Berninger，but also to spot（發(fā)現(xiàn)）spelling mistakes when they write the words down and to correct them over time．
"In our computer age，some people believe that we don't have to teach spelling because we have spell checks，"she said．"But until a child has a functional spelling ability of about a fifth grade level，they won't have the knowledge to choose the correct spelling among the options given by the computer．"

56．What makes writing by hand a thing of the past？A
A．The use of new technologies in teaching．
B．The absence of blackboard in classroom．
C．The lack of practice in handwriting．
D．The popular use of smartphones．
57．Which of the following best shows the role of spelling？B
A．Spelling improves one's memory of words．
B．Spelling ability is closely related to writing ability．
C．Spelling benefits the translation from words into ideas．
D．Spelling slows down finding exact words to express ideas．
58．What conclusion could be drawn from the passage？D
A．Functional spelling ability develops fast in the fifth grade．
B．Computers can help people with their choice of words．
C．Spell checks can take the place of spelling teaching．
D．Handwriting still has a place in today's classrooms．

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10．CThe iPhone，the iPad，each of Apple's products sounds cool and has become a fashion．Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter"i"-and many other brands are following suit．The BBC's iPlayer-which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet-adopted the title in 2008．A lovely bear-popular in the US and UK-that plays music and video is called"iTeddy"．A slimmed down version of London's Independent newspaper was launched last week under the name"i"．
In general，single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s，when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into use．
Most"i"products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of Independent"i"，it's no surprise that they've selected this fashionable name．
But it's hard to see what's so special about the letter"i"．Why not use"a"，"b"，or"c"？According to Tony Thorne，head of the Language Center at King's College，London，"i"works because its meaning has become ambiguous．When Apple uses"i"，no one knows whether it means Internet，information，individual or interactive，Thorne told BBC Magazines．"Even when Apple created the iPad，it seems it didn't have one clear definition．"He says．
"However，thanks to Apple，the term is now associated with portability（輕便）．"Adds Thorne．
Clearly the letter"i"also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual．Each person believes they have their own needs，and they love personalized products for this reason．
Along with"Google"and"blog"，readers of BBC Magazines voted"i"as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade．
But as history shows，people grow tired of fashion．From the 1900s to 1990s，products with"2000"in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern．However，as we entered the new century，the trend disappeared．
61．People use iPlayer toD．
A．listen to music   B．make a call  C．read newspapers  D．watch TV programs online
62．We can infer that the Independent"i"is aimed atC．
A．fashionable women       B．old readers     C．young readers    D．engineers
63．The underlined word"ambiguous"in Paragraph 4 meansB．
A．popular      B．uncertain      C．definite       D．unique
64．The writer suggests thatA．
A．the popularity of"i"products may not last long       
B．iTeddy is a live bear
C．the letter"b"replaces letter"i"to name the products  
D．"i"products are often of high quality
65．Nowadays，the"i"term often reminds people of the products which areA．
A．portable        B．environmentally friendly     C．a(chǎn)dvanced      D．recyclable．

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11．A year ago I went through one of the most difficult times in my life．I had（11）Dall my business within a month．I chose a less crowded area for tourists to see if I could gain my（12）Bin life again．I booked a day trip to sec the13）AI sat in a little motor boat with 5 other people to see the whales．
We（14）Dsaw a couple of water spouts （水柱），which our guide said were whales．To my amazement，all of a sudden，one（15）Bright in front of my face．Everyone（16）Cto take pictures of her under the water（17）Ashe swam away．She looked me right in the eye．I（18）Dout to touch her．She stayed out of the water long enough for me to（19）Cher．It was an amazing feeling．Then she swam away．A little later，the guide（20）A．that two whales were coming close to the boat．It was my new friend with her baby．It was （21）Bto see how she pushed her baby towards our boat．She was bringing her baby to（22）Bme!
On the trip back everyone was（23）Dtalking about the experience．The guide told us that only once before had he witnessed a whale allowing（24）Ato touch it．Why did this happen？I have no‘（25）Bfor why she chose me for the special advantage．Maybe the mother whale（26）Amy sadness，She helped me to see the light，（27）BI was in a very dark place．
That（28）Cmeeting paved the way for me to put life back into perspective（遠(yuǎn)景）•That huge beautiful creature made me（29）Dthat despite the obstacles life puts in your way，there is always an opportunity for a new（30）CYou must never give up．
11．A．recoveredB．gainedC．doneD．lost
12．A．wealthB．confidenceC．victoryD．experience
13．A．whalesB．friendsC．spoutsD．pictures
14．A．stillB．a(chǎn)lreadyC．a(chǎn)lsoD．soon
15．A．sankB．surfacedC．divedD．escaped
16．A．fearedB．hesitatedC．triedD．pretended
17．A．beforeB．whenC．a(chǎn)fterD．while
18．A．climbedB．swamC．jumpedD．reached
19．A．smellB．catchC．feelD．see
20．A．yelledB．warnedC．urgedD．insisted
21，A．boringB．unbelievableC．frighteningD．uncomfortable
22．A．a(chǎn)ttackB．meetC．scoldD．thank
23．A．carelesslyB．naturallyC．regretfullyD．cheerfully
24．A．someoneB．meC．everyoneD．him
25．A．excuseB．explanationC．reasonD．responsibility
26．A．sensedB．predictedC．enjoyedD．shared
27．A．forB．even thoughC．ifD．a(chǎn)s though
28．A．regularB．normalC．magical．D．common
29．A．thinkB．rememberC．recallD．understand
30．A．boatingB．swimmingC．beginningD．meeting

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