In this age of Internet chat, videogames reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied.Yet, despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories.
　　There is no shortage of這個是一個雙重否定結構，基本就是新概念第三冊第9課的原句重現"New York is the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shortage of tall buildings."
　　在這個句子中應該理解成"現在很多不需要用腦的活動充斥著小孩的生活"再由后面根據competition這個詞可以知道這些活動是一種競爭關系。由此57題"A lot of distractions compete for children's time nowadays."答案是正確的。
　　As a writer I know about winning contests, and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories.
　　Win contests 在新概念第二冊第8課里出現過這樣的用法。表達"贏得比賽"。
　　該句中涉及到only to do...表示遺憾的結果，這個的語法結構在新概念第三冊30課涉及到。Live up to a reputation這樣的結構在新概念第二冊58課出現過表達"做到之前創造的好口碑"。該句表達"作為一個作家，我體驗過成功和失敗。我知道在努力付出后被出版商拒絕的滋味，我也有高處不勝寒的壓力"由此可以知道58題選擇"Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations"。
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　　68題中be tied to是新概念第三冊中的重點短語表示"和....有關系，和....相連"。
　　70題的選項中的related和associated也是新概念第三冊35課中的重點單詞，它們都表達"和....有關聯"。relate 和to搭配使用，但是associate卻和with搭配使用。
　　74、75題的答案是并列連詞but，和negative只要能判斷前后兩句話表達的是一種轉折關系就很容易得出答案了，前后兩句是"when our friends are happy and "up", that trends to influence us positively, __74__ when they are "down", that can have a __75__ impact on us."并列連詞在新概念第二冊的第25課詳細的講到了。前后一個"up"一個"down"是一個鮮明的轉折。所以74題的答案是but,75題的答案是negative。
　　77題的答案consistent 應該是四級考試的老朋友了，該單詞在新概念第二冊38課老師講到continual的時候一定會很大家比較continuous continual consistent單詞的區別。Consistent表達"一貫的"而且往往是這樣的搭配"be consistent with"。
　　79題根據前后的邏輯關系可以看出來在這里一定是填一個正面評價的單詞，很明顯答案應該是選擇favorable表達"有利的，起促進作用的"，這個單詞在新概念第三冊28課出現過。
　　80題 前后兩句都是陳述"mood state"對消費者的影響,前后是遞進關系。很顯然選擇moreover。關于遞進關系的結構在新概念第二冊52課詳細的講到，除了moreover 還有what's more, furthermore。
　　86題考的是in turn這個詞組，表達"相應的"，完全和去年湖北省高考的高考題完全一樣，這個考點在新概念第二冊的11課，老師就一定是反復強調了。