夜也要把拼图游戏做完。

　　2．In the letter, the author's mom wanted to ________.

　　A．show her support for the author's decision

　　B．give the author advice about his future career

　　C．talk about the author's first year in law school

　　D．persuade the author to continue attending school

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第二段中的"'This is a terrible idea，' and listing all the reasons why."可知，妈妈认为辍学去从事和谜题有关的工作不是个好主意，并列出了原因。由此不难看出，妈妈是想劝作者完成学业。

　　3．Which of the following can best describe the author's work?

　　A．Submit, check and type.

　　B．Read, respond and edit.

　　C．Plan, comment and reply.

　　D．Design, examine and test.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"Every puzzle has to be looked at and responded to ... I check anything that I'm not 100% sure of. I also edit for the proper level of difficulty ..."可以看出，作者的工作包括审阅投稿并回复，此外，作者还进行编辑工作，包括核对正误、调整难度等。

　　4．From the text, we know the author is ________.

　　A．imaginative and friendly

　　B．energetic and generous

　　C．humorous and ambitious

　　D．creative and determined

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第二段中的"In eighth grade, I decided to be a professional puzzle maker."及最后作者从事和谜题有关的工作可以看出，作者意志坚定，实现了从小立下的志愿；根据第三段中的"invented hundreds of varieties of puzzles"及"about half the clues in the puzzles are mine"不难推断，作者很有创造力，创造了很多谜题游戏。

　　B

Many little girls like flowers, watching butterflies and riding small horses. A lot of them also like cars, robots and spaceships. But most girls' clothing only has pictures of flowers, butterflies or horses.