1.Standing on a bookshelf in our living room, the book was like something I avoided.

[翻译]站在起居室的书架前面，这本书就像是我要避开的东西。

[分析]本句是一个省略句，在standing前面省略了When I was…；同时本句中还有一个定语从句something I avoided,其中的something是先行词，在后面省略了that，因为昨晚动词avoid的宾语，所以可以省略。

61. The underlined sentence “The book weighed on me” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.

　　　 A. the book is too heavy for the author to carry

　　　 B. the author feels stressful facing the book

　　　 C. the book is full of powerful viewpoints

　　　 D. the author keeps reading the book　　

60.　 What does the author think about the book his grandmother gave him?

A. Boring.　　　　　　　　　　 B. Interesting.　　　　　　　 C. Puzzling.　　　　　　　　　 D. Disappointing.

五．B

My grandmother Adele loved culture and was generous with its gifts. When I was a child, she took me to museums, restaurants, dances. She showered me with gifts from her travels around the world. But I can only remember her giving me one book—a book that, to this day, I have not read. She presented me with her own favorite childhood book: Hans Brinker. My grandmother was happy to share this book with me. She even decorated the title page with her proud writing.

I tried to read it. I adored reading, and would dive into a new pile of books from the library all at once. But something about Hans Brinker just wouldn’t let me in. The story was set in Holland, a long time ago. It felt dull and unfamiliar—even though I was a fan of classics of other times and places. I simply read the first pages over and over. I could not progress.

Standing on a bookshelf in our living room, the book was like something I avoided. It scolded me for not being interested, for not trying hard enough, for disappointing my grandmother.

The book started to fit in, almost forgotten, until Adele asked. Had I read it? Did I like it? Always determined, she wanted to know the answer. I would make some kind of excuse, feel bad, and open it again, hoping for a new reaction. The book weighed on me.

Years passed and finally Adele and I both accepted that I would never read Hans Brinker. Eventually I cleared the book from the shelf. The Hans Brinker experience led me to set a rule that I’ve lived by ever since: Do not ask about a book given as a gift. Don’t ask, despite your desire to discuss it to grow closer. The desire for such connection is what gives book-giving with special meaning—and increases the owner’s possibility to be a letdown.

　Guilt is basically the same as for all gifts, though. If the giver doesn’t have the pleasure of seeing or hearing about the gift being enjoyed, and asks whether it is, then the owner—unless she can truthfully say “yes”—either has to admit to not liking the present, or else lie on the spot. Neither is pleasant. So, don’t ask.

59. When the author was a kid, his grandmother ________.

A.　　　 took him to travel around the world a lot

B.　　　　 loved to take him to museums and stores

C.　　　　 shared her childhood stories with him

D.　　　 gave him many gifts

2.As our country is trying to reduce the obesity numbers, eating disorder statistics continue to increase due to the push for thinner people.

[翻译]因为我们国家正在努力减少肥胖人的数量，由于人们都追求成为更瘦的人，饮食错乱的数据就会不断增加了。

[分析]本句是一个主从复合句。主句的主语是eating disorder statistics，这是一个动名词短语在句中做主语，表示经常性习惯性的事情。

1.　　　 In the email Krause attacked her, writing,“Your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years.

[翻译]在这封邮件里，Krause共计了她，写道：在过去的很多年里，你的体型都没有改善。

[分析]本句中含有一个分词做状语用法，因为动词write与句子主语Krause构成逻辑上的主动关系，所以使用现在分词做状语。

28.　 [答案]C

[试题解析]推理题。根据文章最后2句Beauty is not defined by size; it is defined by how we treat others and respect ourselves. In the words of the talented film actress Kirstie Alley, “There’s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.”可知Kirstie Alley认为：在生活里有更多比你有多胖或者多瘦的东西。相当于前面一句：美丽不是由体重身高决定的，而是由我们对待他们和尊敬他人决定的。故C项说法是正确的。

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27.　 [答案]A

[试题解析]推理题。在第二段最后一句In my opinion, it seems that “fat” has become the new“ugly”作者提出了现在社会上把肥胖等同于丑陋。接着在第三段里列举了Livingston收到别人的邮件指责她太胖影响了别人。这个例子正是说明有人把肥胖等同于丑陋。故A正确。

26.　 [答案]B

[试题解析]推理题。根据前面一句While obesity is a serious medical condition that can lead to many health problems, many of us try to lose weight for appearance purposes.尽管肥胖是一个严重的医学问题，能够导致很多健康问题，为了让自己更漂亮，很多人都努力减肥。本句是指甚至连小学生也开始担忧自己的体重问题。所以下划线的句子表示的是B项含义。