听下面一段独白，回答22至25四个小题。
()22. Which age group was included in the study?
A. People aged from 18 to 68.
B. People aged from 18 to 86.
C. People aged from 28 to 76.
()23. What were the people in the study asked to do during the concert?
A. Sing along with the music.
B. Say if the concert was good or bad.
C. Take down familiar pieces when hearing the music.
()24. What did the study find about musical memory?
A. It gets better as people age.
B. It doesn't change as people get older.
C. It becomes much worse after age 60.
()25. How might scientists use this research?
A. To make new musical instruments.
B. To help people with memory problems.
C. To teach kids music more easily.

22.B 23.C 24.B 25.B

()26. —Would you mind making some room for the elder?
—. I’ll do it at once.

A.Better not
B.Of course not
C.It depends
D.No, thanks

26.B

【分析】首先理解对话语境：问句询问对方是否介意为长辈腾出空间，答句后半句“我马上做”表明对方不介意，需选择符合该态度的应答语。逐一分析选项含义，排除不符合语境的选项，确定正确答案。
【解析】翻译对话：——你介意给长辈腾点空间吗？——______，我马上做。选项A“Better not”意为“最好不要”，与答句“马上行动”的态度矛盾；选项B“Of course not”意为“当然不介意”，契合答语的积极回应；选项C“It depends”意为“看情况而定”，不符合答句的明确态度；选项D“No, thanks”用于拒绝他人提供的帮助，与本题语境不符。因此正确答案为B。
【答案】B
【知识点】情景交际
【点评】本题考查日常情景对话的应答，需结合上下文语境选择恰当答语，属于基础题型。
【难度系数】0.8

()27. —You are not yourself today. ?
—I stayed up all night. My head hurts a lot.

A.What's wrong
B.What should I do
C.How do you like it
D.What about you

27.A

【分析】本题是情景交际题，需结合上下文语境选择合适的表达。上句提到对方状态不对，下句说明熬夜头疼的情况，因此问句应是询问对方状况的内容，逐一分析选项即可得出答案。
【解析】根据答语“I stayed up all night. My head hurts a lot.”可知，上文是询问对方状况的句子。A选项“What's wrong”意为“怎么了”，用于询问对方出现的状况，符合语境；B选项“What should I do”意为“我该做什么”，C选项“How do you like it”意为“你觉得它怎么样”，D选项“What about you”意为“你呢”，均不符合上下文语境，排除B、C、D，故答案为A。
【答案】A
【知识点】情景交际用语
【点评】本题考查日常对话中询问对方状况的常用表达，属于基础情景交际题，只需结合上下文语境判断选项即可，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.9

()28. —Could you please wash the dishes?
—. I just had my finger cut and I'm trying not to get it wet.

A.No problem
B.Glad to hear that
C.Yes, sure
D.I'm afraid I can't

28.D

【分析】首先明确对话语境：问句是请求对方洗盘子，答句说明自己手指刚割伤，不能弄湿，需要选择表示礼貌拒绝的答语。先逐一分析各选项含义，结合语境匹配正确答案。
【解析】对话中，上句提出洗盘子的请求，下句说明自身受伤无法完成请求，需选拒绝类答语。A选项“No problem”表示同意请求，不符合语境；B选项“Glad to hear that”用于回应好消息，与请求无关；C选项“Yes, sure”表示同意，不符合；D选项“I'm afraid I can't”是礼貌拒绝请求的常用表达，符合语境。
【答案】D
【知识点】情景交际；日常用语
【点评】本题考查日常情景交际用语，需结合对话语境判断答语，属于基础交际题，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.8

()29. —There are more and more volunteers working here.
—Yeah. They really help make the a better place to live.

A.community
B.school
C.store
D.factory

29.A

【分析】首先通读对话理解语境：第一句提到有越来越多志愿者在此工作，第二句回应志愿者帮助让某个地方成为更适合居住的场所。需结合选项词义和“适合居住”的语境，判断志愿者服务的常见场景对应的词汇，再逐一排除不符合的选项。
【解析】先翻译对话：“——有越来越多的志愿者在这里工作。——是的，他们真的帮助让______成为更适合居住的地方。”分析选项：A. community（社区）是居民居住的区域，符合“live（居住）”的语境，且志愿者常服务于社区；B. school（学校）、C. store（商店）、D. factory（工厂）均不是主要的居住场所，不符合语境，因此选A。
【答案】A
【知识点】名词词义辨析；语境理解
【点评】本题考查英语名词词义辨析，需结合对话语境选择合适词汇，属于基础交际类题目，侧重日常场景的词汇运用。
【难度系数】0.6

()30. The heavy snowstorm the whole city, making the roads wet and traffic difficult.

A.covered
B.found
C.took
D.showed

30.A

【分析】首先理解句子语境：“暴风雪______整个城市，使道路湿滑、交通困难”，接着辨析四个选项动词的含义，结合语境选择符合句意的动词。
【解析】A选项covered意为“覆盖”，代入句中表示“暴风雪覆盖了整个城市”，符合语境；B选项found意为“找到”，不符合句意；C选项took意为“带走”，不符合；D选项showed意为“展示”，不符合。因此选A。
【答案】A
【知识点】动词词义辨析，语境运用
【点评】本题考查基础动词的词义辨析，需结合句子语境判断合适词汇，难度较低，属于英语基础题型。
【难度系数】0.5