2010年外研高考模拟试题(一)

2010年外研高考模拟试题（一）
Class: Name: Marks: 满分（120）
（山东卷）
一、单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. — Is this your favorite?
—No. It’s the _______ place I want to visit.
A. worst
B. best
C. last
D. latest
2. He has made up his mind _______ his life _______ animals.
A. to devote; protecting
B. devoting; to protect
C. to devote; to protecting
D. to devoting; to protecting
3. The employee couldn’t ______ the pressure of the work, so he chose to leave the company.
A. get rid of
B. put up with
C. keep away from
D. make up for
4. — Where did you stay during your holiday?
—I’m not sure. _______ half a kilometer from the coast.
A. Merely
B. Hardly
C. Exactly
D. Approximately
5. There are 65 classes at our school, _______ over 50 students.
A. with each has
B. each having
C. which there are
D. each has
6. — David is always so friendly.
—In my eyes he’s _______ than friendly.
A. kind
B. kinder
C. more kind
D. less kind
7. If you find yourself _______ no one will help you, please call me.
A. where
B. when
C. which
D. what
8. They are all _______ little fish that you cannot make them out of water for _______ long, or they will die.
A. so; so
B. such; so
C. such; such
D. so; such
9. Regulations require ______ needs special diets ______ the cooking manager in advance.
A. who; informs
B. whom; informed
C. whomever; inform
D. whoever; inform
10. —You didn’t wait for Jane last night, did you?
—No. And we _______, since she didn’t turn up.
A. needn’t have
B. need have
C. needn’t hav e to
D. didn’t need to
11. These students will graduate next month, _______ they’ll have spent three years here.
A. by that time
B. by which time
C. by then
D. by what time
12. This chapter is _______ most difficult one, but not _______ most difficult in the book.
A. a; the
B. the; the
C. the; /
D. /; the
13. Henry would rather his mother _______ at his school where he is studying now.
A. not work
B. won’t work
C. didn’t work
D. hadn’t worked
14. The place he suggested to us _______ the meeting is a five-star hotel.
A. holding
B. to hold
C. hold
D. should hold
15. My neighbor is very kind. I’ll never forget the _______ she’s done for me.
A. actions
B. favors
C. deeds
D. help
二、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
Giving Generosity Another Chance
Lately I had started to question why I still would readily help someone, since recently my attempts at generosity usually turned around to end up hurting me.
Last week, when I was sitting at the station, a woman asked me if I had some 16 that she could have for a ticket. Without 17 , I reached for my 18 and fished out a $5 bill. When I heard her 19 growl (发咕噜声), I looked at a hamburger which I had gotten earlier and gave both the money and 20 to her with a smile.
When I did, I was able to get a 21 look at her. It seemed that she was not going through just one
22 day, but that she had experienced a couple of months of it. She 23 me and went to get her ticket.
A few minutes later, she came back over and asked if I could 24 anything else because she was still $5 25 . Going through my bag, I grabbed some coins, and then right 26 I gave them to her, I slipped a $20 bill in there as well. She thanked me and went back to the 27 .
About 5 minutes later she came back over to give me the $20 back. I told her to 28 it so she could get something else to 29 , in addition to just the hamburger. She 30 crying and hugged me.
Now when I have those 31 of why I should help 32 when it usually turns around to 33 me, I will remember this, because maybe I’m really making a 34 to someone. Even if it doesn’t seem to get noticed, or if sometimes I 35 doing it, it is still worth it.
16.A. knowledge B. water C. advice D. change
17.A. charging B. thinking C. looking D. reminding
18.A. umbrella B. drawer C. wallet D. cap
19.A. stomach B. mouth C. bag D. instrument
20.A. package B. food C. clothes D. jobs
21.A. careless B. polite C. good D. strange
22.A. comfortable B. dull C. nice D. hard
23.A. received B. thanked C. persuaded D. welcomed
24.A. discover B. collect C. cover D. spare
25.A. short B. rich C. long D. worth
26.A. unless B. before C. because D. if
27.A. counter B. stage C. playground D. cinema
28.A. donate B. treasure C. show D. keep
29.A. learn B. smoke C. eat D. play
30.A. started B. stopped C. enjoyed D. suggested
31.A. chances B. dreams C. ways D. thoughts
32.A. everyone B. no one C. someone D. anyone
33.A. hate B. bite C. admire D. respect
34.A. difference B. plan C. face D. secret
35.A. remember B. consider C. regret D. avoid
三、阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

A
Dear Marc,
You may consider this an anonymous(匿名的) testimonial.
We came to your seminar(研究班) with many difficulties and near violent anger, definitely emotionally
violent. After taking your course we learned and practiced many of the techniques and principles you taught in the seminar we attended last year. It not only saved our relationship but improved our individual lives. For months and months we had all your rules taped to our walls (with 3M temporary double-sided removable pad tabs) in the bathroom above the sink, on the fridge and in my office and in the utility room. They kept reminding us of the proper ways to handle conflict and it has curtailed the damaging effects of emotional escalation(扩大) that really ruined any chance to a loving peaceful life. Although we both are far from where we’d like to be, we are thousands of miles ahead of the painful place where we were before attending your course. Spending the time with you and other couples helped us see that we were not alone and encouraged us to move through this awful phase of our relationship to a happier and more satisfying relationship. We were both motivated to learn and sincere when we came. We participated honestly and we received great rewards then and now. I believe that we have integrated your techniques into our lives to our benefit.
Thank you for your life’s work and course that has helped us grow and create a relationship that is so much more satisfying and pleasant.
We appreciate your part in our lives.
Yours,
Bill & Lori
36. The passage above can be best regarded as a letter of _______.
A. appreciation
B. apology
C. recommendation
D. suggestion
37. When the writers first came to the seminar, _______.
A. their relationship nearly came to an end
B. they had lost hope in life
C. they had lost the desire to learn something new
D. they had just got to know each other
38. People attending the seminar mentioned in the letter wanted to learn _______.
A. how to improve their interpersonal skills
B. how to control their bad emotions
C. how to deal with difficulties in their work
D. how to make a successful career
39. The underlined word “curtailed” in the passage probably means “_______”.
A. let out
B. pointed out
C. reduced
D. realized
40. The writers of the letter are probably _______.
A. father and son
B. mother and daughter
C. teacher and student
D. husband and wife
B
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, yo u must come to see the daffodils(黄水仙) before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. “I will come next Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call.
Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn’s house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, “Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see!”
My daughter smiled calmly and said, “We drive in this all the time, Mother. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience.”
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read, “Daffodil Garden.”
We got out of the car and each took a child’s hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight. There were five acres of flowers. “But who has done this?” I asked Carolyn. “It’s just one woman,” Carolyn answered. “That’s her home.” Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio(露台), we saw a poster. “Answers to the Questions I Know You Are
Asking” was the headline.
The first answer was a simple one. “50,000 bulbs(球茎),” it read. The second answer was, “One at a time, by one woman.” The third answer was, “Began in 1958.”
I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun — one bulb at
a time — to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top.
41. The author didn’t go to see the da ffodils at first because _______.
A. she was not interested in them
B. they were growing on a mountain top
C. the weather was not good enough
D. it was a long drive to her daughter’s house
42. Which of the following best describes the author’s feelin g seeing the daffodils?
A. Amazed.
B. Disappointed.
C. Confused.
D. Moved.
43. What do we know about the woman living in the A-frame house?
A. She must be out of mind.
B. She acted as a gardener here.
C. It took her great determination to grow the daffodils.
D. She was poor and made her living by selling daffodils.
44. What would be the best title of the passage?
A. A Wonderful Daffodil Garden
B. A Remarkable Woman
C. One Bulb at a Time
D. I Love Daffodils
45. What could the author probably learn from this experience?
A. Nothing is too difficult if you put your heart into it.
B. We must put the interests of others above our own.
C. We can change the world through our own efforts.
D. It’s never too late to learn.
C
Every Sunday morning, as most people line up outside neighborhood breakfast spots, watch TV news shows, or head for church, Chloris Noelke-Olson is tuning up her fiddle. She’s preparing to enjoy bluegrass music the old-fashioned way: with friends, at home, for free.
“To be able to play with other people face to face and have that sort of connection, it’s spiritual,” Ms. Noelke-Olson said of the weekly house concerts in Chicago she participates in. “It’s like a good conversation with instruments —something that doesn’t seem to happen much anymore because everyone is blabbering(饶舌) on their cell phones.”
She is among a growing group of Americans who are finding it pleasant to unplug from the digital grid, at least temporarily. While there is no exact data to track how many people are forming knitting groups, hosting house concerts, or organizing family game nights, it is possible to connect the dots between the rising price of entertainment and the rising sales of board games (棋类游戏) and craft supplies.
Between 2007 and 2008, the prices for restaurant meals, concert tickets, and movie tickets all increased. At the same time, board games sales rose 6 percent, while total toy sales decreased 3 percent.
These trends are expected to continue because of the struggling economy. Instead of outfitting their homes with expensive home entertainment systems, consumers are more likely to be interfacing the old-fashioned way: eye-to-eye. Families are rediscovering ways to come together that have nothing to do with high tech.
“People are turning inward to build in enjoyment time for family and home,” said Linda Bettencourt, an interior designer in San Francisco whose clients typically live in million-dollar homes. Over the past six months, Ms. Bettencourt has been hired to redesign living spaces to foster the kind of connectivity that doesn’t invol ve wires. “The big game table is back,” she says. “People want to sit around and see each other’s faces rather than facing a flat-screen TV.”
46. Why is Chloris Noelke-Olson enjoying bluegrass music the old-fashioned way?
A. Because she likes playing musical instruments.
B. Because she wants to provide free music for her friends.
C. Because she doesn’t like talking on the cell phone.
D. Because she likes to form a close connectivity with people.
47. Ms. Bettencourt has been hired to _______.
A. connect the rich people with others
B. redesign living space for the rich people
C. give some advice to people on connectivity
D. help people to save money
48. We can infer from the last paragraph that _______.
A. home designing has become a big business
B. rich people usually pay more attention to their living space
C. even rich people are changing their ways of entertainment
D. rich people spend more on home entertainment
49. This passage is about _______.
A. a new trend in people’s entertainment i n America
B. the present economic situation in America
C. the modern family life in America
D. the change of people’s interest in America
50. If this passage is posted on the web, it most probably appears in the section of _______.
A. people
B. travel
C. environment
D. lifestyle
D
December 21, 2012 marks the completion of the 5,125 year Great Cycle of the Ancient Maya Long Count Calendar.
Rather than being an end-point, this cycle that is closing is naturally followed by the start of a new cycle. What this new cycle has in store for humanity is a mystery that has yet to unfold...
The recent “2012” movie serves to alert a targeted 140 million people, in case they too haven’t already heard the news. Unfortunately, however, the movie does a dis-service because it distorts the message of this ancient prophecy (预言) by associating it with fear and destruction, as described by the movie’s global disaster scenario (场景), rather than the themes of transformation and renewal the prophecy is actually based on.
In other words, the global scenario of the 2012movie is not based on any facts. As Emmerich clarifies, “We only used the fact that the Mayan calendar ends. That gave us the year.” Emmerich said after checking out the range of 2012 books on Amaz on, he realized, “...there are so many (theories) that, in a way, you can just create your own.” He shares that “2012” was tacked on as a title to his disaster movie because it is something “people believe” and it made the movie seem more “real.”
Interest ingly, Emmerich’s underlying motivation for the movie seems to be genuine concern about the course we are all on as modern society. As he states, “I hope we are not ruining our planet. I really believe that, if we keep going and doing what we are doing, we will not be leaving the planet how it should be, for our kids. That has been going on for generations. It’s just very sad to see and read the news, every day, and see what these people are fighting over. It’s like they don’t understand that the clock is t icking.”
51. According to the Ancient Maya Long Count Calendar, December 21, 2012 is the day on which _______.
A. the world will end with many disasters
B. the old age will end and a new one will begin
C. there will be a world flood
D. the world can survive many disasters
52. Which of the following is TRUE about the movie 2012?
A. It is intended to explore what is in store in the new cycle.
B. It tells us about the Ancient Maya Long Count Calendar as it is.
C. It is just based on the director’s id eas.
D. It describes the ancient prophecy vividly.
53. What Emmerich says suggests that _______.
A. he is quite concerned about the present situation on the earth
B. he is regretful that people have misunderstood his movie
C. he himself believes what is described in the movie
D. he just wants to attract viewers by the disaster scenario
54. By this passage, the author intends to _______.
A. tell us about what the movie 2012 is all about
B. help the director to promote his film
C. tell us what we should learn from the movie 2012
D. explain whether we can trust the ancient prophecy
55. The underlined word “distort” in the passage probably means _______.
A. change something in a wrong way
B. convey the original meaning
C. describe something clearly
D. give more proof to something
四、书面表达(共两节，满分45分)
第一节阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

[1] It seems parents have long been right. Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep and helping adolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported.
[2] A lack of sleep among youngsters may cause depression and suicidal (自杀的) thoughts, according to the study.
[3] “Our results are consistent with the theory that inadequate sleep is a risk factor for depression, working with other risks and protective factors through multiple possible causal (因果的) pathways to the development of this mood disorder,” said lead author James Gangwisch. “Adequate quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against depression and a treatment for depression.”
[4] The study followed the nightly habits of some 15,659 college and high-school students, and found those who consistently went to bed after midnight had a 24 percent higher risk of depression than those who turned in before 10:00 pm. They also ran a 20 percent higher risk of battling suicidal thoughts.
[5] The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that adolescents should sleep at least nine hours or more a night. Those who went to bed before 10:00 pm reported they slept on average about eight hours and 10 minutes. But that amount of sleep dropped significantly for those in bed after midnight. Adolescents who slept five hours or less a night were 71 percent more likely to suffer depression and 48 percent more at risk of becoming suicidal, the study said.
[6] “It is a c ommon view and social expectation that adolescents do not need as much sleep as pre-adolescents, yet studies suggest that adolescents _____________________,” said Gangwisch. “Studies have found that adolescents do not go to bed early enough to make up for earlier school start times, and earlier school start times have been shown to be associated with significant sleep deprivation (剥夺).”
56. What’s the main idea of the passage? (within 10 words)
________________________________________________________
57. List two bad effects that lack of sleep may have on adolescents based on the passage. (within 6 words)
(1) _____________________ (2) _____________________
58. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?
As a consequence, people, having enough high quality sleep that can be a cure for depression, are less likely to become upset.
________________________________________________________
59. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 6 with proper words. (within 5 words)
________________________________________________________
60. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese.
______________________________________________________________
第二节写作(满分30分)
为适应素质教育和新课改的要求，山东省各高中大力拓展选修课的范围，并实行学分管理和综合素质
评价，向全体学生提供多样化选择的余地和发展的个性空间。

假如你是李华，你校与澳大利亚某中学是友好学校，对方校刊来信了解你校选修课的开设情况。

请你根据下表提供的学生问卷调查，用英语写一封回信介绍你校情况。

词数要求120~150。

（信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）
____________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案：
单项填空
1. C。

the last + n.表示“最不……的”，如: He is the last man that is suitable for this job.“他是最不适合做这项
工作的人”。

本题句意：这是我最不愿去的地方。

2. C。

make up one’s mind to do sth. 意为“下定决心做某事”；devote one’s life to doing sth.意为“致力于做某事”。

句意：他已下定决心毕生致力于保护动物。

3. B。

get rid of“摆脱，除去”；put up with“容忍，忍受”；keep away from “使不靠近，远离”；make up for“弥补”。

4. D。

merely意为“仅仅、只是”；exactly“精确地”；approximately“大约”，相当于about。

根据语境I’m not sure可知答话者对他所处的地方不确定。

句意：在离海岸大约半公里的地方。

5. B。

本题考查独立主格结构。

A项中has应改为having，C项which应改为where(意思不同)，D项应在each 前加and。

6. C。

more A than B结构意为“与其说……不如说……”。

A和B可以是形容词、名词等。

句意：依我看，与其说他友好不如说他善良。

7. A。

where在此句中相当于in the place / situation where。

句意：如果你发现你处在没人帮忙的境地，请给我打电话。

8. B。

9. D。

考查宾语从句的连接词和虚拟语气。

第一空所填词在从句中充当主语，因此可排除B和C；require 后接从句，谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即“should+动词原形”，should可省略。

10. D。

解答此题的关键在于对答语中no的理解，意为“是的，没有等”。

根据since she didn’t turn up 可知“我们不必等”，故选D。

句意：——昨晚你们没等Jane，是吗？——是的，没有等，而且我们也不必等，因为她根本就没来。

11. B。

四个选项中只有which能引导定语从句。

句意：这些学生将于下个月毕业，届时他们将在此度过了三年时光。

12. A。

第一个most意为“非常、很”，相当于very，故用a；第二个most后有范围in the book，因此表示最高级，要用the。

句意：本章是非常难的，但不是这本书里最难的。

13. C。

本题考查虚拟语气。

would rather后接从句要用虚拟语气。

would rather (that) sb. did sth. 表示现在或将来宁愿做的事；would rather (that) sb. had done sth.表示宁愿过去已做了某事，(但实际上当时没做)。

从语境可知此句与现在事实相反：Henry宁愿他母亲不在他现在读书的学校上班。

14. B。

句意：他向我们建议开会的地方是一家五星级宾馆。

15. B。

do sb. a favor, do a favor for sb.意为“帮某人”。

完形填空
本文是一篇记叙文。

我帮助别人有时会给我带来伤害，这让我对助人是否值得产生了怀疑。

然而，一位贫穷而诚实的妇女打消了我的顾虑。

16. D。

从下句中$5推断：她遇到了困难，想跟我要点零钱(change)买车票。

17. B。

我不假思索(thinking)地从钱包(wallet)里拿出了5美元。

18. C。

同上。

19. A。

我把自己原来买的一个汉堡包也给了她是因为我听到她的肚子(stomach)在咕噜噜地叫。

20. B。

本空前hamburger提示：我把钱和食物(food)都给了她。

21. C。

下一句所描述她的情况显然是经过了我的仔细(good)观察。

22. D。

她现在没有钱，也没吃饭，所以她的日子过得很艰难(hard)。

23. B。

我帮助了她，她当然要向我表示感谢(thanked)。

24. D。

下文提到我又给了她一点钱，这说明她买票的钱还不够(short)，她问我是否能再给(spare)她一点。

25. A。

同上。

26. B。

就在我把那些零钱给她之前(before)，我又塞到她手里20美元。

27. A。

她要买票，就得去卖票的柜台(counter)那里。

28. D。

她要把那剩余的20美元还给我，而我却要她收下(keep)以便再买点别的东西。

29. C。

本空后hamburger提示：我知道她没钱买票，也没有吃东西，于是我就让她用这点钱再买点吃(eat)的。

30. A。

本来她要把钱还给我，但是我却不要。

此时，她感动地哭了起来(started)。

31. D。

由第一段可知：我对自己帮助别人是否值得产生了怀疑，而这个诚实的女人却打消了我的这个想法(thoughts)。

32. C。

本句末someone有提示：我经常帮助一些人(someone)。

33. B。

第一段hurting有提示：最近我的一些助人的举动最终给我带来了伤害(bite)。

34. A。

通过帮助他们，我知道自己可以在他们的命运中多多少少起点作用(difference)。

35. C。

即使我所做的默默无闻或者有时还有遗憾(regret)，但是，这终究还是值得的。

阅读理解
A
本文是一封感谢信，作者是一对夫妇，在参加了一个培训班后，能够利用所学到的技巧控制自己的怒气，消除了夫妻双方的矛盾，因此向培训班的举办者写信表示感谢。

36. A。

推理判断题。

从信的最后可知：作者写信的目的是向培训班的举办者表示感谢。

37. A。

细节理解题。

从文章开头以及It not only saved our relationship but improved our individual lives可断定：夫妻之间的关系曾经非常紧张，几近破裂。

38. B。

细节理解题。

综合信中所提到的培训班的情况，培训班教会人们如何消除不良情绪去获得平静的生活。

39. C。

词义理解题。

从书信的中间可知：培训班教会人们如何应对冲突，减少不良情绪积累带来的负面影响，以获得平静的生活。

40. D。

推理判断题。

信中提到参加培训班的其他夫妇，因此断定写信者也是夫妇，特别是前文提到参加培训班拯救了他们之间的关系。

B
本文是记叙文。

女儿邀请作者到山顶上看黄水仙，没想到漫山遍野的黄水仙竟然是一位老太太花了40多年时间所栽下的。

41. D。

细节理解题。

从文章第一段可知：从作者家到女儿家开车需要两个小时，因此她前两次都没有接受女儿的邀请。

42. A。

推理判断题。

从文章后半部分可知：这漫山遍野的黄水仙竟然是一位老太太花了40多年的时间栽下的，作者应该感到吃惊。

43. C。

推理判断题。

老太太花了40多年栽种黄水仙，说明她毅力非凡。

44. C。

主旨大意题。

从文章最后可知：老太太是一颗一颗地栽种的水仙，只有C项能体现老太太坚韧的毅力。

45. A。

推理判断题。

文章描述老太太花费40多年栽种黄水仙的情况，重在赞叹其毅力，因此A项符合逻辑。

C
本文是时文阅读。

因为受到经济危机的影响，人们的娱乐方式也发生了变化，人们开始注重家庭娱乐，跟家人、朋友围坐在一起，或听音乐，或下棋，或编织。

46. D。

细节理解题。

从文章第二段第一句可知：Chloris Noelke-Olson 跟朋友一起享受bluegrass music，目的是为了建立一种面对面的直接的联系。

47. B。

细节理解题。

从文章最后一段可知：Ms. Bettencourt被富人邀请去搞室内设计。

48. C。

推理判断题。

从文章最后一段可知：那些拥有豪宅的富人也重新装修居住环境，原因是他们也开始转向家庭娱乐。

49. A。

主旨大意题。

概括全文可知：本文主要论述的是美国人在经济危机的影响下，娱乐方式的转变，家庭娱乐正在成为一种潮流。

50. D。

推理判断题。

娱乐也应该是人们生活方式的一种，因此D项正确。

D
本文是议论文。

电影《2012》所描绘的人类末日的场景令人恐惧，但这些场景并不是以事实为依据，电影导演制作这部影片的意图是唤起人们保护地球的意识。

51. B。

细节理解题。

从文章前两段可知：根据玛雅古日历，2012年12月21日，仅仅是一个轮回的结束，
另一个轮回的开始。

52. C。

细节理解题。

从文章第四段可知：电影导演仅仅是根据自己对玛雅日历的理解来执导的电影，并没有事实依据。

53. A。

推理判断题。

从文章最后一段可知：电影导演的话说明了他对当前现状的担忧和对地球的保护意识。

54. C。

推理判断题。

综合分析文章信息，电影《2012》并没有反应现实，但其中描述的灾难场景对我们也有一定的启示，我们应该好好保护地球，文章最后一段第一句反映了本文的写作目的。

55. A。

词义理解题。

综合全文可知：电影并没有真实反映古玛雅日历，而是扭曲了其中的信息。

阅读表达
56. Going to bed early can help adolescents feel good.
57. (1) depression/feeling depressed (2) having suicidal thoughts
58. Adequate quality sleep could therefore be a preventative measure against depression and a treatment for depression.
59. may actually require more sleep / needs more sleep
60. 研究报告说，每晚睡眠时间为五小时或更少的青少年患抑郁症的几率高71%，出现自杀倾向的几率高48%。

书面表达
One possible version
Dear sir/madam,
I’m pleased to hear from you. In your letter you ask about the optional courses in our school. Now I’d like to tell you something about them. This term our school has offered more than 10 optional courses, from which students can choose according to their interest. The courses are given from 3:30 to 5:00 every Tuesday afternoon.
Students take great interest in the optional courses. Their favorites are computer, spoken English, arts and so on. They say they have got a great deal of practice and they have learned a lot that can’t be gained from textbooks. However, many students hope more optional courses will be included while their homework should be reduced. They suggest more trips and visits should be organized and they should take part in more social practice so that they can learn more about what is going on outside school.
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua。