51. 答案：better

解析：由句意，“便条是与孩子交流的更好方式”可判断填better

50. 答案：or

解析：该空填并列连词or，并列三个名词

48. 答案：When/After

解析：该空引导时间状语从句，句意为：“当他们的孩子们放学回来的时候/以后，他们经常不在家”

49答案：an

解析：根据空后的单数可数名词note及after以元音音素开头可判断填an

55.C考察形容词及篇章理解。“她对我的信任激励我完成以前认为不可能的事情”， “never imagined possible” 等于 “imagined impossible.” 认为不可能的，贴合文意。Accessible 容易取得的 enjoyable 有趣的 favorable 有利的赞同的 均不合文意。

Passage 3

(10·湖南)

Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home 　48 when/ after their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write 　49 an 　after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator, 　50 or 　another place where their children are sure to find it. A note is often a 　51 better 　　way to "talk" with a child than using the telephone. For one thing, parents have time to think about 　52what　 　they want to say before they write. 　For53　 　another, the note lists all the information in one place. It is easy to read again and again People often forget all the details that 　they 54　 　hear in a telephone call. Finally, cell phones can be turned 　55 off 　　or telephone calls not answered. For these reasons, after-school notes are very popular with parents.

54.A 考察名词及篇章理解。Trust 信任。通读全文会发现文中多次提到Mrs. Neidl对作者的信任，并在第三段明确使用了trust这个词，因此推断出答案。Patience 耐心，curiosity好奇心，interest兴趣，文中均无体现。

53.D 考察形容词及句意理解。Be afraid害怕。前面说Take chance 冒险，后面理所当然说不要怕(失败)，而且前文反复出现了afraid 这个词，是全篇的关键词。Bored 无聊的，lazy 懒惰的，sad 伤心的，在文中均无体现。

52.B 考察动词及篇章理解。“她教会我不要去在乎别人认为我该怎么做”，care 在乎，符合文意。Accept 接受，judge 判断 ，wonder 怀疑 均不合文意。

51.B 考察动词。发现了一项爱好和一个未知的世界，选discovered. 迷惑项是developed , 这个词可以与interest 连用表示形成了某种爱好，但是不可以与world连用表示“形成一个未知世界，”故排除。Take interest 取利，foster 培养，均不合适。

50.A 考察介词。Being with sb 与某人在一起。这里不能选of是因为全文第一句话，Mrs. Neidl是“ one of the directors”，所以不能说是她的团队。Below 和 by 搭配错误。

49.C 考察动词。解题关键词是“want ”。作者意识到自己想要的是什么，所以用realized. 迷惑项是decided 决定。可以说决定要什么，但不可以说决定想什么，因为想法是不可控制的。Confirm 证实 acknowledge 承认，与题意差别较大。