11-12学年度第516期7版Quiz time答案：
D1
1. To promote yoga to young American students.
2. Yoga helps them relax from stress.
3.
1) Yoga is strongly connected with religion.
2) Yoga is only suitable for girls.
3) Yoga is just about sitting quietly.
4) Yoga practice doesn’t make you sweat.
4. 很多学生表示他们在这次活动之前对于瑜伽并不熟悉，而其他的学生曾因在练习陌生的动作时遭遇挫折而中途放弃。
5. The rising popularity of yoga among American youth.
D2 1-4 CCBB
D3 1-4 CDDC
D4 1-4 CCDA
D5 1-3 CDB
答案解析
D2
1. C。原文提到In some parts of Britain, it’s almost impossible for outsiders to understand locals. If a “Geordie” (someone from Newcastle) said “Gan canny!”, few non-Geordies would realize this meant “watch out!”. 可见口音问题并不是唯一的问题，在纽卡斯尔，当地人使用的一些词汇对于外来人来说可能完全听不懂。
2. C。原文提到Years ago, upper-class people were taught to speak “with a BBC accent” – a very clipped (短促但发音清晰的) accent like that of newsreaders on the BBC. 可知上层阶级的孩子从小就被要求模仿BBC播音员的发音。
3. B。原文提到To me, there’s nothing sadder, nothing more “lower-class”, than prejudice.可见作者反对根据口音来对别人做判断。她认为这种做法是一种偏见行为。
4. B。纵观全文，主要介绍了在英国不同的英语口音反映了说话者地域、阶层等不同层面的信息。
D3
1. C。原文第二段提到A new study suggests that performers and sports players tend to live shorter lives than average, reported BBC. 可见作为明星的代价就是寿命可能比较短。
2. D。原文提到Academics (学者) such as historians and economists died at 82 on average。比较文章提到的其他职业的平均寿命，可知学者的平均寿命比其他三项更长。
3. D。原文提到they are more likely to develop self-destructive (自我毁灭的) habits and are more willing to take risks，可知不良生活习惯会导致明星艺人们寿命缩短。
4. C。 原文提到“The success becomes like a drug to them,” Clifford told Reuters. “They are always worried about losing it so they push and push and work harder and harder. 可见在压力之下，艺人们会加大工作强度，前面也提到他们为了保持自己的创造力，维持竞争优势，会养成一些不了的生活习惯。这都会导致他们生命缩短。
D4
1. C。在文章第三段里，奥巴马着重表扬了那些在爆炸中不畏不惧地帮助受伤者的人们。ABD文中都没有提到。
2. C。这两个人物共通的地方是他们不放弃的精神，再联系最后一段，所以答案为C。
3. D。这部分摘录的主要内容是赞扬波士顿人民面对爆炸时友爱、自律和强大的精神。
4. A。奥巴马在这段演讲中着重强调波士顿人民不屈不挠的精神，鼓励人民从挫折中走出来。
