非选择题(共50分)

四、填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

A)根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为41—45的相应位置上。

41. Too    ▲    (多) homework often leads us to studying late into night.

42. Surprisingly, new research shows that most people are more    ▲    (相似)  to their fathers.

43. As the old saying goes,    ▲    (三月) is the best time to visit Yangzhou.

44. Qingtuan is a traditional Qingming snack for people living    ▲    (南方) of the Yangtze

River.

45. Your room is always in a    ▲    (混乱) , Bennie. Why not clean it right now?

B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为46—50的相应位置上。

46. After three    ▲    (year) hard work, all the students in our class will realize their dreams.

47. The toy I like most is a toy bear I got on my    ▲    (eight) birthday. It was from my best friend Judy.

48. Liu Xiang, one of    ▲    (good) athletes in the world, announced his retirement (退役) several days ago.

49. Over forty countries around the world are expecting    ▲    (join) the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank (AIIB) (亚投行).

50. It is    ▲    (correct) for the Japanese government to turn away from the facts in the war.

C)根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答卷纸标号为51—55的相应位置上。

Tired of puzzling over a problem? Sleep on it! Research by a group of German scientists shows that getting enough sleep makes people better    51    solvers.

They found that people    52    sleep for at least eight hours each night are better at solving problems and thinking creatively. For their research study, the scientists    53    106 people into groups. The group that got eight hours of sleep was twice as likely to find a shortcut for solving a math problem than the group that had stayed awake all night.

Skimping on sleep has become a bad habit for many American kids.    54    a survey by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids ages 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 P.M. or later on school nights.

This is important information for parents and for kids. Getting enough sleep can    55

a kid’s performance at school.