12-13学年度S1第18期7版测试答案与解析
D1 1. celebrations 2. gather 3. welcome 4. countdown 5. ground 6. fireworks 7. Spain 8. strikes 9. sign 10. custom
D2 DBCA
D3 BCAD
D4 GCAED
D5 CACCA
D2:
1. D. 原文提到But you might change your mind if you knew that musical training could make you smarter especially if you start young according to The New York Times. 早年接受音乐训练能让孩子更聪明，这对孩子的成长来说是一个优势。根据Although scientists later found that it wasn’t IQ that had been improved, but temporary (短时的) reasoning ability可知A,C都是错误的。文中也没有提到音乐训练是必须的。
2. B. 原文提到“To learn to read, you need to have good working memory, the ability to disambiguate (分辨，消除歧义) speech sounds, make sound-to-meaning connections,” Professor Nina Kraus from Northwestern University told The New York Times. “Each one of these things really seems to be strengthened with active engagement in playing a musical instrument.” 可见音乐训练能够在在三个方面促进阅读能力的提高。
3. C. 根据After all, music is about pleasure, instead of just a tool.可知学习音乐最重要的就是培养兴趣，而不仅仅把它当做工具。
4. A. 纵观全文，主要介绍了一项最新的研究成果：即早年学习音乐有助于孩子成长。
D3
1. B。从第二段的“Failure is how we learn”和最后一段的“remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time”可以得此答案。
2. C。作者提到虽然现在小女儿的这一套杂技动作已经很熟练和成功了，但是她觉得学不到新东西感受不到乐趣，所以决定要改掉这套动作。结合全文的中心意思，作者对小女儿的做法应该是肯定的。
3. A。文章分别以厨师、作者自己、小女儿为例，讲述了各自不畏失败的经历。
4. D。作者提到自己写专栏的时候，每次都很努力，努力使自己将要写的东西不要成为自己最差的文章。
