"Our main hope out of all of this was to encourage people that are going to be facing what we had to face，" Christy said.

　　But Neil said coming to the bee had motivated (激发) him to study even harder, so he can return next year.

　　"It's just fun and I want to do it again，" Neil said.

　　【文章大意】　本文是一则新闻报道。文章介绍了一名失聪儿童参加拼字比赛的故事。

　　5．What makes it difficult for Neil to enter the competition?

　　A．He is naturally shy.

　　B．He is unable to talk.

　　C．He has a hearing disability.

　　D．He is undergoing medical treatment.

　　解析：C　细节理解题。根据第一段中的for 11­year­old Neil Maes, being born deaf made his journey especially unlikely可知，由于Neil天生失聪，因此参加拼字比赛对他来说显得尤其艰难。

　　6．What does the underlined word "it" (in Para. 5) refer to?

　　A．The tip from Neil's parents.

　　B．The coach's pronunciation.

　　C．The meaning.

　　D．The word.

　　解析：D　篇章结构题。根据上文内容可知，Neil是一名有听力障碍的孩子，因此在参加比赛时，父母让他每次都请求考官给出单词的定义，这样便于Neil核实自己是否听准了所要拼写的单词。

　　7．What did Michael think of Neil?

　　A．He's amazing.

　　B．He's very lucky.

　　C．He should study harder.

　　D．He should use his imagination.

　　解析：A　推理判断题。根据Michael医生在第六段中说的he's able to actually imagine what that sounds like in his head and spell the word. It's actually quite impressive和There's a lot that goes into training your brain to do that可知，他认为Neil非常了不起。

　　8．What's the best title for the text?

　　A．Hard training will finally pay off.

　　B．We can do more for disabled children.

　　C．Spelling bees are becoming more popular.

　　D．Deaf 11­year­old competes in National Spelling Bee.

　　解析：D　标题归纳题。文章第一段就点明了文章的主题：11岁失聪儿童参加全国拼字比赛，下文围绕该话题继续展开。由此可知，D项概括了文章主旨，适合做文章标题。

　　Ⅲ.七选五

　　New kinds of tourism

　　People are travelling more than ever before. The World Tourism Organisation says that by 2020 the number of international travellers will be more than 1.6 billion people per year. __1__ Here are four different kinds of tourism that have appeared recently.

　　Medical tourism can be for a lot of things, from operations to visits to the dentist. __2__ A few of the popular countries offering medical tourism are India, Cuba, Thailand and Jordan.

Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants, and dining is one of the top three tourist activities. But if