UGG boots have been a winter-weather fashion for several years now, combining function, comfort, warmth and even some style. What many UGG-enthusiasts don’t know is that their boots are a breeding ground for bacteria and cause foot problems.
Doctors believe the boots, which are particularly popular among young teenage girls, are leading to a rise in the number of people suffering pains in their feet and knees.
Dr. Ian Drysdale，head of the British College of Osteopathic Medicine，believes because the foot does not get the proper support on the inside，it will lead to more ankle，knee，hip and back problems. “These boots are not designed for outside wear. Just because something becomes a trend or fashionable doesn’t mean it’s good or right，” he said, “The particular problem with this type of footwear is that it is unsupported. It’s a slipper. You wouldn’t normally expect to be doing outdoor activities from something that’s indoor. If you decide to wear your pajamas outside all. the time, someone will come up and say it’s not a good idea. ” Dr. Drysdale explained that the feet issues become a particular problem among young teenage girls，whose bones are “ plastic ” and developing when they are growing. “ If that structure is developing in an inappropriate way,” he said, “then the ultimate structure will be deformed ”
Mike 0，NeiU, a consultant surgeon, said, “As the foot slides around, you get wear and tear (磨损）on the joints on the inside of the foot The ankle is m the wrong position, the thigh bone also changes position, and you get an abnormal movement in the pelvis, which leads to back problems. ”
UGG AustraUa₉ who makes the designer version of the boots, told The Daily Mirror that their boots are “comfort” rather than “performance” footwear and consumers should be aware of “knockoffs”（仿制品)which lack reinforced heels in their boots.
【小题1】Teenage girls prefer to wear UGG boots because of the following except______

1..  The best title of the 3^rd advertisement would be _______________.

2..  ．According to the information above, if your child has hearing problems, you can turn to _______________.

3..  From the advertisements above, we can learn that ____________.

CHANGSHA，Feb．14（Xinhua）――Areas of China affected by the recent severe weather have shifted from emergency work to reconstruction，with transport and power supplies returning to normal．

The government of central Hunan Province．one of the areas hardest hit by the worst weather in half a century，said that it would offer a subsidy of 5，000 yuan（694 U. S. dollars）to each household whose residence was destroyed．Around 67，000 houses in Hunan collapsed in the snowy weather，which persisted from mid-January through late in the month．

The provincial civil affairs authorities have started checking those in need of government help，pledging they could move to new houses by May．

According to the latest official statistics，snow-related catastrophes killed 107 people and caused 111.1 billion yuan in direct losses．In a11，21 provinces，autonomous regions and municipalities have been affected．A total of 354,000 houses collapsed and 1.5 million people were evacuated．

Seven provinces―Hunan，Guizhou，Jiangxi，Anhui，Hubei，Zhejiang and Sichuan-and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were the worst-hit areas，the Ministry of Civil Affairs said．

In Guangxi，l,332 schools were damaged and more than l,200 classrooms became dangerous．

Yu Yizhong，director of the region’s education department，urged local education administration bureaus and schools to try to raise funds and launch repair and reconstruction work as soon as possible to ensure the spring term opens as scheduled．

The extreme weather aim affected nearly 24.4 million hectares of farmland and 18.6 million ha of forests．Agricultural technicians have been organized to go to rural areas to help farmers with crop planting．

On Thursday，nearly 30 agricultural experts in eastern Anhui Province set out for a week-long service journey to snow-stricken rural areas．They will check damage and help farmers replant vegetable fields? Similar technical teams have been organized in other provinces such as Jiangxi to help farmers restore agricultural production．

Also in Jiangxi，rural credit cooperatives have provided farmers with loans totaling 3.5 bil1ion yuan．

56．According to the report，the severe weather lasted about        ．

A．one week                B．two weeks                     C．one month              D．two months

57．         was／were hit hardest by the winter storm．

A．Hunan Province      B．7 areas                 C．21 areas                 D．8 areas

58．The underlined word in Paragraph 4 means        ．

A．weather                 B．great disaster        C．great destruction      D．great hit

59．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．China’s snow disaster areas shifting focus to reconstruction work．

B．Heavy snow in East and South China．

C．Severe disaster in China．

D．Great losses in snow-hit areas in China．