A．has trapped in B．had trapped by

C．was trapped with D．was trapped in

答案　D　[be trapped in困在......中。]

13．He would rather _____lectures to the students than _____to different boring conferences.

A．to give；be invited B．give；be invited

C．giving；be invited D．giving；being invited

答案　B　[would rather后跟动词原形，than后与前面为平行结构。]

14．No one really knows for sure ________makes a person become right­handed rather than left­handed.

A．whatever B．who C．what D．whoever

答案　C　[know后所跟的是宾语从句。句意：没人能确切地知道是什么使一个人用右手而不用左手。what什么，作从句主语。whatever无论什么；who谁；whoever无论谁，不符合句意。]

15．-I'm sorry I didn't make it to your party last night.

-________.I know you're busy these days.

A．Of course B．No kidding

C．That's all right D．Don't mention it

答案　C　[句意：--对不起，我昨晚没能去参加你的聚会。--________，我知道你最近忙。对于对方的道歉，应表示"没关系"，所以C项正确。Of course.当然(可以)；No kidding.不开玩笑；That's all right.没关系；别客气；Don't mention it.不用谢，不客气。]

Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　When you're surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home，do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly？And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?

　　According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal，all it takes is a tiny file in a computer－a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters－to record the computer user's age，gender，location，favorite movies and hobbies.

　　The newspaper reports that Lotame Solutions Inc.，a New York company，uses a sophisticated (先进的) software.called "beacon"to capture what people are typing on a website.

Lotame packages that data into profiles (个人资料) about individuals，only without their names，and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers.Batches of such data may be sold for a few dollars.