to

　course in French. Since I have learned to say German well in Germany, I

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　thought it might be interested to begin studying another language. At

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　the first class, the teacher asks us to do a pronunciation exercise in it

　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　asked　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 which

　he would say a word or two in French, and each student would do their best to

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　copy. When he got to me, he kept having me to say more words, and I finally asked

him why.“I find it a great fun,”he explained it.“In 25 years of teaching at

school,it^,s the first time I∧heard an American speak French with a German

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accent.”　

2. 解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段的中“...not be all that different from the ones children played with 1,000 years ago ...”可知，作者用“骰子”这个例子来证明有些玩具历经千年也不“过时”，故选C。

3. 解析：选C。推理判断题。A项的内容在文章中并没有提及；根据第一段的“children have played with toys and they help to prepare children for adult life”可知,玩具对他们将来的生活有影响，故B项错；第一段的“Plastic is a modern, man?made material that did not exist in the past”只是说塑料在过去不存在，但是不能推出它是最好的材料，故D项的说法也是不正确的；根据第一段的“Developments in science and technology have had a big effect on the toys that children play with”可知,科技的发展影响着玩具的发展，故正确答案为C项。

4. 解析:选B。细节理解题。根据第二段的“One thing we know is that kids in early years need to be in touch with the real world, ...unless their hands or feet have a direct role in such activity”可知,电子玩具阻止孩子和真正世界的接触。故选B。

5. 解析:选A。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段提到的“...that increase a child’s creativity and imagination ...be used in group settings”及“...they teach children what the world is made of”不难发现传统玩具的好处包括了B、C、D三项，文章没有提到帮助孩子学习好的问题。故选A。

10. 解析:选D。考查交际用语。上句句意为:研究表明,气候越热，肥胖的人就越少。根据下句中“When it’s hot, I don’t feel like eating a lot”可知，下句与上句的观点一致。It makes a great difference 意为“有很大差别”；It couldn’t be worse意为“没有比这更糟的了”；It drives me crazy意为“我快要发疯了”；That makes sense意为“那是有道理的”。故选D。

9. 解析:选C。考查词义辨析。offer 提供；produce 生产，产出；generate 产生(电、热等)，强调通过物理或化学变化而产生；create 创造，创作。根据句意选C。

8. 解析:选B。考查date相关短语的用法。date back to相当于date from，意为“追溯到；始于”，无进行时，无被动语态，常用一般现在时。故选B。

7. 解析:选D。考查形容词词义辨析。influential 有影响的；fascinating 极有吸引力的，迷人的；boring 令人厌烦的；ridiculous 荒唐的，可笑的。根据后半句中“most of us couldn’t believe it”可知,选D。

5. It takes us 30 minutes to walk from here to the station.

被动语态。realize是及物动词，后需带宾语。故选C。

4. When I was going to jump down from the tall tree, my teacher held me back.

3. It doesn’t make sense to read such a boring novel.

2. This kind of computer has been out of date