【解析】考查虚拟语气。But for表示与过去事实相反，句子谓语动词用would / should / could / might + have done结构，故选B。【答案】B。
第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
【解析】文章通过Stephen Guyer给他的三个孩子讲述他们祖父艰苦创业的故事而未引起孩子们的共鸣的例子说明了一个观点：在给孩子们讲故事时，要采用眼神的交流和孩子们易于接受的形式，不要只是一味的讲道理。 Children find meanings in their old family tales.
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 36 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 37 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 38 , he loaded his family into the car and 39 them to see family members in Canada with a 40 , “There are more important things in life than money. ”
The 41 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 42 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 43 that his children ,a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren’t. 44 , their reaction echoed （共鸣） their great-grandfather’s. What they 45 was how warm the people were in the house and how 46 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 47 hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing 48 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals.
A university 49 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to50 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The 51 is telling the stories in a way children can 52 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that 53 , “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow. ” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s 54 , and make eye contact （接触） to create “a personal experience”, We don’t have to tell children
55 they should take from the story and what the moral is . ”
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36. A. missed B. lost C. forgot D. ignored
【解析】根据后一分句中的动词lose可知此处选lost，【答案】B。
37. A. when
B. while
C. how
D. why
【解析】引导定语从句，先行词是times，指时间，也可指物，关系词做从句的状语，选when，【答案】A。 38. A. friendless
B. worthless
C. penniless
D. homeless
【解析】根据本句中的darkest times可知此处选penniless，【答案】C。
39. A fetched
B. allowed
C. expected
D. took
【解析】由本句中的he loaded his family into the car可推断出此处选took，【答案】D。
40. A. hope
B. promise
C. suggestion
D. belief
【解析】根据后文的直接引语可推断出所填词的意思是：信念，选belief，【答案】D。
41. A. tale
B. agreement
C. arrangement
D. report
【解析】选项前的The表明选项在前文提到过，根据句意是指首句的tale，【答案】A。
42. A. large
B. small
C. new
D. grand
【解析】根据downsize可知此处选small，【答案】B。
43. A. surprised
B. annoyed
C. disappointed
D. worried
【解析】句意：他担心15岁的女儿和22岁的双胞胎儿子会不悦。选worried,【答案】D。
44. A. Therefore
B. Besides
C. Instead
D. Otherwise
【解析】此处意思转折，选Instead：而是,【答案】C。
45. A. talked about B. cared about
C. wrote about
D. heard about
【解析】由句意可知此处选cared about：关心，在乎，【答案】B。talk about：谈论，讨论；write about：写关于…的事；hear about：听说。 46. A. much
B. many
C. little
D. few
【解析】由修饰词their可知此处heart是不可数名词，故选much，【答案】A。
47. A. beyond
B. over
C. behind
D. through
【解析】句意是：度过艰难时期，选through，【答案】D。
48. A. argument
B. skill
C. interest
D. anxiety
【解析】句意是：故事专家们说此现象反映了人们对讲述家庭故事的兴趣越来越大，……。选interest，【答案】C。
49. A. study
B. design
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C. committee D. staff
【解析】根据上下文，选study：研究,【答案】A。
50. A. provide
B. retell
C. support
D. refuse
K5u【解析】根据选项的宾语stories，选retell：复述。句意是：一项大学对于65个有14到16岁孩子的家庭的研究表明：孩子们复述父辈艰苦故事时，能体验到父辈困境的几率很低。【答案】B。 51. A. trouble
B. gift
C. fact
D. trick
K5u【解析】句意：讲故事的技巧，计谋，选trick，【答案】D。
52. A. perform
B. write
C. bear
D. question
K5u【解析】句意：讲这种故事的技巧是用一种孩子们能接受的方式来讲。选bear，【答案】C。
53. A. means
B. ends
C. begins
D. proves
K5u【解析】由后文的直接引语可知这是故事的开头，故选begins，【答案】C。
54. A. needs
B. activities
C. judgments
D. habits
K5u【解析】句意：我们应该选适合孩子需要的故事，选needs，【答案】A。
55. A. that
B. what
C. which
D. whom
Ks5u【解析】选项引导宾语从句，并在从句中做take的宾语，指物，选what，【答案】B。
第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列段文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将项涂黑。
A
【解析】文章大意：新加坡Lanova Junior College大学举办了170名学生参加的博文写作大赛，而比赛结果是只有3名本国学生获奖，其余的15项奖励都被中国学生夺得。 Only three local students won Chinese Blog（博客）Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.
170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running , complete with many postings based on a theme of choice — all written in Chinese.
Themes ranged from local opinions － such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre － to food blogs.
The entries were judged on Language proficiency（ 熟练程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.
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Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.
In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list — the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.
K5u “No surprise. ”said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37 , teachers in charge from Ianova Junior Collage, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language. ”
One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts （播客）
Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible .
“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”
56. The competition was organized by A. the National University of Singapore C. Inova Junior College
B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao D. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College
【解析】细节理解题。根据第七自然段中的 …, teachers in charge from Ianova Junior College, which organized the event.。选Inova Junior College，【答案】C。 57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Chinese students won most of the awards.
B. Not all the themes were about local subjects
C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish. D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.
【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段的“15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.”，【答案】A。
58. What Miss Gao said suggests that
B. she has a sense of responsibility D. she loves to read valuable posts
A. she likes to blame the authorities C. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs
【解析】细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities”，【答
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案】B。
59. The passage in mainly about
A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs
C. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition
D. what the result of the competition was
【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章主题段——第一自然段，【答案】D。
B
【解析】文章大意：从下月起，英国将实行一项新交通法规：当外国司机在英国违反了交通法，将被处以900英镑的罚款。如被罚款的外国司机向法院申诉获胜，这笔罚款将被退还。 Foreign drivers will have a pay on-the-spot fines of up to ￡900 for breaking the traffic law to be carried out next month.
If they do not have enough cash or a working credit card, their vehicles will clamped（扣留）until they pay — and they will face an additional fee of ￡80 for getting back their vehicles.
The law will also apply to British citizens. The fines will be described officially as “deposits” when the traffic law take effect, takes effect, because the money would be returned if the driver went to court and was found not guilty. In practice, very few foreign drives are likely to return to Britain to deal with their cases.
Foreign drivers are rarely charged because police cannot take action against them if they fail to appear in court, Instead, officers often merely give warnings.
Three million foreign-registered vehicles enter Britain each year. Polish vehicles make up 36 percent, French vehicles 10 percent and German vehicles 9 percent.
Foreign vehicles are 30 percent more likely tope in a crash than British-registered vehicles. The number of crashes caused by foreign vehicles rose by 47 percent between 2003 and 2008. There were almost 400 deaths and serious injuries and 3,000 slight injuries form accidents caused by foreign vehicles in 2008.
The new Law is party intended to settle the problem of foreign lorry divers ignoring limits to weight and hours at the wheel. Foreign lorries are throe times more likely to be in a crash than British Lorries. Recent spot checks found that three quarters of Lorries that failed safety teats were
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