13. A. curious B. nervous C. guilty D. angry
12. A. wife B. sister C. mother D. daughter
11. A. group B. team C. couple D. crowd
60. [答案]C
[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析及语境理解。A展示；B使…满意；C理解；D破坏；后来，在和Eleanor交流也真正理解了我的迟到对她产生的影响，我努力让自己准时。本句表示能够理解对方的想法了。故C正确。
[长难句解析]
Thinking more about Ken’s words, I gradually recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It’s the result of the action that really matters
[翻译]想想Ken的话，我逐渐地认识到我们之间的分歧的根本原因了。真正重要的是行动的结果。
[分析]本句中的现在动词短语thinking more about Ken’s words在句中充当伴随状语，因为动词think与句子主语I构成逻辑上的主动关系吗，所以使用现在分词做状语。后面句子It’s the result of the action that really matters是强调句型，强调的是句子的主语，本句的谓语动词是不及物动词matter“重要，有关系”。
十一（2014山东卷）
A
There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a 11 walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your 12 is really ugly.” The man got very 13 and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just 14 my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over, 15 the bird, took it into the “black room,”shook it a bit, 16 out a few feathers, and said,“Don’t ever, ever say anything to 17 my customers again. You got that！！！”
With that 18 he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its 19 and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks 20 and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”
59. [答案]D
[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析及上下文串联。A比较；B报告；C完成；D挽救；我应该先向她道歉，说明我的行动影响到了她，事后再向她解释我迟到的原因，甚至永远都不要解释。故D正确。
58. [答案]A
[试题解析]考察连词辨析。A如何；B为什么；C何时；D什么；…的事情；我本应该通过表达我的行动如何影响到affected Eleanor开始我们的谈话，也就是说要道歉。故A正确。
57. [答案]B
[试题解析]考察动词词义辨析。A鼓励，激励；B重要，有关系；C提高，改善；D挑战；本句是一个强调句式：真正重要的是行动的结果。我本应该通过表达我的行动如何影响到affected Eleanor开始我们的谈话。故B正确。
56. [答案]D
[试题解析]考察副词词义辨析。A通常；B只不过，仅仅；C几乎不；D逐渐地；想想Ken的话，我逐渐地认识到我们之间的分歧的根本原因了。在于我们看待问题的角度不一样。故D正确。
55. [答案]C
[试题解析]考察代词辨析。这是一件我和我妻子之间的事情，所以使用both表示两者都..；结果我们两个都感觉到被误解了，也都很生气。
54. [答案]A
[试题解析]考察连词辨析。A然而，当…时；B在…之后；C直到；D除非，如果…不…；他指出，我关注的是目的然而Eleanor关注的是结果。我强调我不想迟到，迟到不是我的目的，而Eleanor认为迟到影响到了她。上下文之间有转折关系，故A正确。