5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. We always hope to have twins for much good.　　

B. We are often attracted by twins because of the mystery.

C. The long-lost twins, Paula and Elyse, were reunited.

D. Life with twins is always wonderful.

4. Where is the passage likely to appear?

A. In a popular newspaper.　　　　　　 B. In a farming magazine.

C. On the website.　　　　　　　　　　 D. In a document of the UN.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B

Human beings have always been fascinated by twins. Romulus and Remus, Jacob and Esau, Mary-Kate and Ashley.

As children, many of us imagine having a twin: a permanent playmate, a partner in trouble, someone who’d love us unconditionally. Somewhere out there is someone who is exactly like us! What would it feel like to look into a face exactly like our own?

And what if she suddenly appears in my life? That’s essentially what happened to Brooklyn writer Paula Bernstein. I’d known Paula slightly for years; she wrote a lovely essay for Redbook many years ago refuting(驳斥) the persistent belief that all adoptees want to search for their birth parents. Her adoptive family was her family, she wrote; her adoptive mother was her mother. But then, out of the blue, an adoption agency called her and told her about the identical twin sister she didn’t know she had. Her sister, Elyse Schein, wanted to meet her.

I met them for coffee at Café Mogador, three years after their first meeting. Now 38, they have different haircuts, have made different choices in hair color, do their makeup differently. But they clearly look alike, with thick hair, upturned noses. They quickly discovered they had the same childhood habit of sucking their middle fingers, the same adult habit of forgetfully typing their thoughts on an invisible keyboard while thinking. Both edited their high school newspapers and studied film in college. Paula wrote film criticism; Elyse became a filmmaker. They both collected Alice in Wonderland dolls and kept them in the boxes.

They’re now regulars at Café Mogador. The women’s journey from strangers to sisters has clearly been rocky. But as they got to know each other, and struggled to piece together their history, their search united them.

“For me, the search began when I reached the age when my adoptive mother died,” Elyse said. “I realized that my birth mother could be dead. Time was passing. I was ready to solve the mystery that had shadowed my life.” Elyse had always felt a part of her was missing. “I’d felt so different from my adoptive family.” she said.

Paula was raised in a more typical Jewish intellectual family, and was at first a little threatened by Elyse’s appearance in her life. “My first response was both fear and excitement. The moment we met, I felt I was meeting my long-lost best friend. I could tell her anything. And then as that first excitement wore off, I thought, oh my God, I’ve committed to a long-term relationship with a stranger. I wished we hadn’t been separated, but also that I hadn’t been contacted. What would it mean to be in each other’s lives?”

3. We can infer from the passage that the purpose of designing the game is to______.

A. supply more rice to feed the hungry people in poor countries

B. promote English learning in non-English speaking countries

C. attract more people to learn English to stop hunger

D. combine English learning with helping hungry people

2. People of different levels of learning can surf FreeRice because_______.

A. it offers a large vocabulary

B. it adjusts to the player’s level of vocabulary

C. it is free of charge to play the game

D. it is designed to meet the needs of people in different fields

1. Playing the vocabulary game at Freerice enables you to do the following EXCEPT______.

A. be admitted to a top university　　　　 B. perform better in a speech contest

C. help the needy people in the world　　　 D. improve your performance at work

29. When I saw mum nod _______ to me, I calmed down and went on with my acting.

A. encouragingly　　　 B. amazingly　　 　　　　 C. increasingly　 　 D. accordingly

[答案] A

[解析]考查副词辨析。词类的考查异军突起，在高考试卷中所占比例越来越大。考查的着重点更多是从语境和词汇的含义去把握和选择，很少考查同义词或近义词的辨析。语境说妈妈对我点头，我冷静下来，从这些信息看，本题选A，妈妈用手势语鼓励我。

28. -Good morning，Doctor Brown’s office.

-Hello, this is Tom Smith. Could you please tell Doctor Brown I　　　 ? My car　　　　 start.

A. was delayed, doesn’t 　　　　　　　 B. will be delayed, won’t

C. am delayed, didn’t 　　　　　　　　 D. would delay, mustn’t

[答案] B

[解析]考查动词的时态和情态动词用法。从语境看，第一空用一般将来时表示对将来情况的预测，第二空用won’t/wouldn’t表示无可奈何的感觉，“偏不，就是不”。

27. -I found my mom not feeling well this morning. I’m afraid she is ill.

-_________.

A. Don’t worry too much 　　　　　　　　　 B. It’s nothing at all

C. I’m sorry to hear that 　　　　　　　　　　 D. Take it easy

[答案] C

[解析]考查交际用语。本题的交际语境是如何表示安慰。对方说他母亲生病了，此时应该表示安慰，帮对方分担忧虑，选C，而不是A、D项空泛地让对方别着急，也不是B，没事。

26. ---You shouldn’t have taken pictures before the carved stones.

---____ .

A. Pardon me　　　 B. Yes, I will　　　 C. Never mind　　　 D. Don’t mention it

[答案]A

[解析]考查交际用语用法。语境表示责怪及回答。从四个选项看，这里应该表示道歉，选A，表示没听清楚对方的话。