11-12学年度第506期7版Quiz time答案：
高二版
D1 1. He thinks it’s fun, enjoyable and relaxing.
2. Teens get to have fun without being disturbed by adults.
3. They have to obey the law.
4. 1) They played table tennis.
2) They watched a comedy named Just Go with It.
3) They played a video game called Call of Duty.
5. 比赛结束时已经是凌晨一点半了，但是没有一个人感觉到时间的流逝。
D2 1-3 DCB
D3 1-5 BADCB
D4 1-5 CBADA
D5 1-3 DBD
答案解析
D2
1. D。纵观全文，主要介绍了人们对爱尔兰人的一些成见以及这些成见背后的故事。
2. C。原文提到These characteristics are all based on the common Irish stereotypes (成见): that the Irish are hot-tempered (暴脾气的) drinkers who love to fight and will do anything to avoid a day’s work. 可见针对爱尔兰人的成见之一就是他们很懒。
3. B。原文提到So where did the negative Irish stereotypes come from? They can be traced (追溯) back to the 19th century, which was a very bad time to be Irish. At that time, Ireland was poverty-stricken and starving. Many Irish moved to the US to escape famine, but there they had to compete…爱尔兰人在19世纪面临大饥荒而不得不大举迁徙到美国，他们在海外谋生的历程给人们留下了深刻的印象，也促成了很多成见的形成。
D3
1.B. 文章开篇提到陨石撞击导致恐龙灭绝。但是很多人早已放松了警惕：People have come to believe that we are free of threats from asteroids and everything else out there in the universe. 所以开篇是为了引起人们对外太空来客给地球带来的风险的关注。
2. A vulnerable表示“脆弱的”意思。
3. D. 原文提到The latter fell in Russia, injuring 1,200 people,可知在俄罗斯坠落的陨石给当地带来了巨大的损失。但是后文提到这颗陨石直径比小行星要小，NASA的观测系统并没有发现它，人们一直在关注的是小行星2012 DA14。
4. C. 原文提到Which method is best depends on the asteroid’s size, orbit (轨道), and most importantly -- how much time we have to stop it.越早发现天外来客，我们就越有把握采取方法避免它带来危害。
5. B. 纵观全文主要介绍了来自小行星等天外来客的撞击威胁以及相关的应对措施。
D4
1. C。根据第一段的“Holly looked confused…”以及第三段的“Holly murmured an unconvincing ‘thanks’.”可以判断，Holly不明白Susan为什么要送给自己这样一个礼物，而且也不是很喜欢它。Unimpressed，未受感动的；sympathetic，同情的。
2. B。由第七段的“Although her voice carried a “so what?” attitude, I sensed that she wanted to go”可以得此答案。
3. A。Susan家境贫穷，但是仍送Holly生日礼物，后面还邀请Holly和作者去她家玩，从这两点可以看出她珍视和Holly的友谊。第二段里提到Susan送礼物的时候有点结巴，由此判断她也觉得自己的礼物可能不够好，B不对。CD文中没有提到。
4. D。Holly开始没有意识到Susan送给自己的礼物的价值，甚至把它扔进了垃圾桶。后来在认识到Susan的实际家庭情况以后，她意识到那块破毛毯是一个很珍贵的礼物。
5. A。作者以Holly母亲的视角，讲述了一块毛毯使两个女孩之间的友谊跌宕起伏。各个细节的描述说明作者是个观察力很强的人；看见女儿把象征Susan友谊的毯子扔掉，她默默地捡回来保存好，这是她的明智之处。
