第三部分：閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

Most children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens(過敏原), prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?

A study finds that, contrary to many parents’ fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child’s risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study’s lead author, Dr. Dennis Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, said that even he was “very surprised” by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first years of life to those who were not.

By using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.

Even more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps “exercise” their immune（免疫的） systems early in life so that they’re better able to resist allergic diseases later.

“There’s something very important in the first years of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain it away from an allergic response,” said Dr. William Davis.

And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child’s allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there’s no need to get rid of them.

56．Why do the researchers feel “very surprised” by the results of the study?

A. Because the results are contrary to what they have expected.

B. Because so many families are going to get rid of their cats and dogs.

C. Because parents are so much worried about their children.

D. Because children with animals may develop allergies easily.

57．Compared with children who have pets, those who haven’t ________.

A. will lose the chance to develop immune system

B. may suffer allergic diseases more often

C. will reduce the harm from bacteria

D. are more likely to resist allergic diseases

58.．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. pets are ill-treated by their owners

B. fewer families would like to own cats and dogs

C. keeping pets is a good way to keep children healthy

D. the results of the study can make families with pets feel at ease

59．The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph refers to ________.

A. the early life                       B. an allergic disease

C. immune system                     D. something important

60．What may be the best title of the passage?

A. How to protect your kids from allergies.  B. Your pets may be helping your kids.

C. Bacteria do good to your kids.          D. Advantages of owning pets.

China reported blistering growth for the last three months of 2009, raising expectations of interest rate increases and other measures to head off inflation.

   China has declared that it is recovering from the global economic crisis.

   Ma Jiantang, of the National Bureau of Statistics, said Thursday the country's economy grew by 10.7 percent in the last three months of 2009.

   Ma says China has managed to quickly hold back what he described as “the sliding of the national economy.” He says China has become the first country, on the whole, to achieve economic recovery and stabilization.

   According to previous estimates, Ma says China's gross domestic product for 2009 rose 8.7 percent to nearly five trillion dollars.

   This goes beyond the official growth rate target of eight percent. The government has long considered eight percent growth essential to creating enough jobs for the country's more than one billion people.

   At the same time, Ma says some problems and contradictions are natural.

   Ma says the Chinese government will give more priority to economic restructuring and improving peoples’ livelihoods.

   To reduce the effects of the global economic crisis that began in 2008, China loosened lending practices, cut interest rates and began massive spending programs. But the government wants to make sure those measures do not contribute to inflation, which can be politically sensitive in a country where hundreds of millions of people remain poor.

   Beijing resident Ms. Wang says she is worried. She says she thinks prices are rising really fast. She points to the price of cabbage, which has increased more than 10 times in the past year.

   The head of the Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission, this week said the government will step up monitoring of banks and rein in lending to prevent speculative bubbles (投機(jī)泡沫)in real estate(房地產(chǎn)) and other assets.

   The World Bank on Thursday released a report that predicts China's economy will grow by nine percent this year. This contrasts with forecasts of 2.5 percent growth rate for the United States and one percent growth for European economies in 2010, because of weaknesses remaining from the global financial crisis.

68. What does the underlined phrase in the first paragraph mean?

A. prevent               B. begin                       C. continue             D. reduce

69. How many measures did China take to reduce the sliding of the national economy?

A. 2                          B. 3                   C. 4                       D. 5

70. The global economy in 2010 will ________.

A. increase more quickly than in 2009

B. recover immediately if proper measures are taken

C. remain weak as a result of the global financial crisis

D. remain the same standard as that in 2009

71. The passage is mainly about ________.

A. jobs created for more than one billion people

B. lending practices loosened in China in the new year

C. rapid growth of Chinese economy in last months of 2009

D. fast growth in economy leading to inflation

It is generally considered unwise to give a child ________ he or she wants.

A. however                   B. whatever                  C. whichever                D. whenever

——What do you think of your step—mother?

——There are some things that are not easy to______，but on the whole she is a good mother．

A．come up with  B．put up with    C．break up with D．get along with

To make _______ matters worse, Mr. Burrough lost his job last year. So the family are struggling to make _______ ends meet.

A. 不填; the      B. the; 不填    C. 不填; 不填      D. the; the

In our class there are 60 students, of ____________ two thirds are boys.

A. which       B. them       C. whom          D. who  

第三部分：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

One of today’s hottest topics among women (and to an extent among men too now) is anti aging and how to reverse the signs of age. The beauty industry has responded to this by offering a wide collection of anti aging creams and other anti aging products aimed at all pocketbooks, ranging from economical to highly priced.

And the question is “do any of these often much-vaunted(被過度吹噓的) anti aging creams actually work?” And if they do, how precisely do they perform their miracles?

Well, the appropriate response to that is that they do work—after a fashion. There certainly are anti aging creams available for a relatively modest price that will reduce the appearance of wrinkles in a comparatively short period of regular application. But this really is the limit of their powers: they won’t actually undo skin damage or eradicate(根除) all signs of age; they will simply modify them, some more effectively than others.

The way they work is like so: they remove upper layers of dead skin cells and make deeper layers absorb water, serving to plump them up and make them look fuller and healthier. But since such anti aging creams only go skin deep, as it were, skin damage will reappear once you stop using the anti aging wrinkle(皺紋) cream.

This means fairly heavy regular use, which might be costly depending on your choice of product. However, if you can afford it or think it’s worth the cost, it won’t be such an issue. After all, what woman wants to look older than her years when looking good is so tied up with many women's self-esteem(自尊) and sense of identity.

A compromise(折中) solution for those on a tighter budget is to use the cheaper creams. In addition, it’s always wise to be a little experimental to make sure you end up with the one that suits your skin best.

So, to sum up: an anti wrinkle face cream will work within limits, depending on your objective.

41.   This passage mainly tells us something about _____.

A. anti aging creams                          B. anti aging foods

C. anti wrinkle face                           D. anti wrinkle skin

42.   According to the author, we can infer _____.

A. anti aging creams must reverse the signs of age

B. skin damage must not reappear after using creams

C. anti aging creams should be properly used

D. skin damage will disappear forever after using creams

43.   The benefits from anti aging creams are the following except that _____.

A. they remove upper layers of dead skin cells

B. they make deeper layers absorb water

C. they make layers look fuller and healthier

D. they make wrinkle faces rough

44.   The meaning of the underlined phrase “on a tighter budget” is _____.

A. having a larger amount of money

B. having a smaller amount of money

C. having no money at all

D. having a lot of money

45.   Fairly heavy regular use will make you _____.

A. spend much money on your choice of product

B. easily afford your choice of product

C. think your choice of product wrong

D. believe your choice of product right

       Reading Chicken Soup for the Soul may be _____, but it is very rewarding, especially for your cloze test.

A. time-spending                                           B. time-consuming

C. enjoyable                                             D. remarkable

— Can you please lend me some money?

   — Sorry, I’ve got       at hand myself. I’ve spent all of my money buying the computer.

   A. none            B. nothing      C. no             D. not

---Is the book Lock And Key in the library?

    ---         . The school has just bought many new books.

       A．Shall be    B．Would be  C．Might be   D．Should be