●What prevents depression：tea，coffee or hot chocolate?

Women who drink for or more cups of coffee a day are a fifth less likely to become depressed．Drinking two or three cups reduces the risk by 15 percent. This is the result of a study of 51,000 women over ten years, published in the Journal of the American Medicine Association.

One theory is that caffeine reduces the effect of the chemical adenosine(腺苷) in the brain, which can make us feel sleepy by slowing down nerve cell activity. Some anti-depressants also work by blocking the adenosine receptors. Coffee was found to be far more influential on depression levels than hot chocolate or tea due to the high caffeine content.

●How many eggs can we healthily eat: one a day or two a day?

Neither-eat them freely. We’ve long been warned to stick to two or three eggs a week because of their high cholesterol(胆固醇)content. But according to the Food Standards Agency, there is no recommended limit to how many eggs we can healthily eat, unless you have been told to cut down by your doctor.

There is no evidence that eating eggs raises cholesterol levels, and researchers found that eggs contain less cholesterol than in the past because hens are no longer given bone meal, which was banned in the 1990s after the BSE(疯牛病) cresis.

Research by the British Egg Council found that a medium egg gives you around 100 mg of cholesterol, a third of the 300mg recommended daily limit.

60．What is considered to fight depression best?

　 A．Tea．　 B．Chocolate．　 C．Adenosine．　 D．Coffee．

61．We can infer from the text that 　　．

　 A．too much caffeine will probably make people sleepy

　 B．coffee contains less caffeine than tea or hot chocolate

　 C．one is depressed if his brain chemical adenosine is active

　 D．tea and hot chocolate have no effect on men’s depression

62．What can we learn about eggs from the text?

　 A．We should stick to two or three eggs a week in general．

　 B．Eat as many eggs as you like unless your doctor advises you not to．

　 C．Eggs contain more cholesterol at present than ever before．

　 D．One egg daily and you’ll get more cholesterol than recommended．

①Researches show what we already suspected: Three out of four babies who died of SIDS(婴儿猝死) involved co-sleeping. We’ll say it again. The safest course is not to sleep with babies.

②We know the argument: Bad parenting, not co-sleeping, is to blame for the dozens of babies’ deaths. Some parents stick to co-sleeping because it helps them bond with their newborns. They say those who give co-sleeping a bad name either had been drinking, used drugs or were too tired to notice that they rolled over on their children.

③But, most of the cases did not involve drugs or alcohol. There’s a “but” here, however. Submitting to a test for drugs or alcohol in these cases is voluntary, so it’s difficult to know with certainty.

④Organizations like the Black Health Coalition and others have explained the safe way to co-sleep. While we understand those arguments, we also know that mistakes can happen and that it only takes one time for something to go terribly wrong. The risk outweighs the benefit.

⑤In all likelihood, parents will continue to co-sleep, and some will do so without ever having an incident, but babies are too vulnerable(易受伤的) for parents to take such chances. Therefore, the best place for babies to sleep is in their own beds, on their backs, with no pillows, blankets or toys. No parent wants a tragedy to occur. The best way to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen is to allow babies to sleep alone in their own cribs.                                         

1.According to the author, most of the SIDS cases happened because of ________.

A. drugs    B. co-sleeping    C. drinking     D. bad parenting

2. Some parents think sleeping with their babies can ________.

A. keep the babies healthy

B. give co-sleeping a good name

C. prevent themselves from drinking

D. develop a good relation with their babies

3. The author holds the opinion that ________.

A. parents can sleep with babies, but cautiously

B. co-sleep helps to bring babies closer to parents

C. parents can’t take chances to sleep with their babies

D. accidents only happen to those careless parents

4. Which of the following best describes the structure of the text?

A.  ①         B.  ①②      C.  ①         D.  ①

↙↘              ↓         ↙↓↘        ↙↓↓↘

②③  ④        ③④    ②③④       ②③④⑤

↘ ↙         ↓        ↘↓↙

⑤               ⑤          ⑤

Researches show what we already suspected: Three out of four babies who died of SIDS(婴儿猝死) involved co-sleeping. We’ll say it again. The safest course is not to sleep with babies.

We know the argument: Bad parenting, not co-sleeping, is to blame for the dozens of babies’ deaths. Some parents stick to co-sleeping because it helps them bond with their newborns. They say those who give co-sleeping a bad name either had been drinking, used drugs or were too tired to notice that they rolled over on their children.

But, most of the cases did not involve drugs or alcohol. There’s a “but” here, however. Submitting to a test for drugs or alcohol in these cases is voluntary, so it’s difficult to know with certainty.

Organizations like the Black Health Coalition and others have explained the safe way to co-sleep. While we understand those arguments, we also know that mistakes can happen and that it only takes one time for something to go terribly wrong. The risk outweighs the benefit.

In all likelihood, parents will continue to co-sleep, and some will do so without ever having an incident, but babies are too vulnerable(易受伤的) for parents to take such chances. Therefore, the best place for babies to sleep is in their own beds, on their backs, with no pillows, blankets or toys. No parent wants a tragedy(悲剧) to occur. The best way to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen is to allow babies to sleep alone in their own cribs(摇篮).                                         

1.According to the author, most of the SIDS cases happened because of ________.

A. drugs

B. co-sleeping

C. drinking

D. bad parenting

2.Some parents think sleeping with their babies can ________.

A. keep the babies healthy

B. give co-sleeping a good name

C. prevent themselves from drinking

D. develop a good relation with their babies

3.The author holds the opinion that ________.

A. parents can sleep with babies, but cautiously

B. co-sleep helps to bring babies closer to parents

C. parents can’t take chances to sleep with their babies

D. accidents only happen to those careless parents

4.Which of the following best describes the structure of the text?

A.   ①                               B.  ①②                     C.   ①                          D.   ①

↙↘                                               ↓                     ↙↓↘              ↙↓↓↘

②③ ④                         ③④                        ②③④            ②③④⑤

↘ ↙                                              ↓                    ↘↓↙

⑤                                      ⑤                       ⑤

Researches show what we already suspected: Three out of four babies who died of SIDS(婴儿猝死) involved co-sleeping. We’ll say it again. The safest course is not to sleep with babies.

We know the argument: Bad parenting, not co-sleeping, is to blame for the dozens of babies’ deaths. Some parents stick to co-sleeping because it helps them bond with their newborns. They say those who give co-sleeping a bad name either had been drinking, used drugs or were too tired to notice that they rolled over on their children.

But, most of the cases did not involve drugs or alcohol. There’s a “but” here, however. Submitting to a test for drugs or alcohol in these cases is voluntary, so it’s difficult to know with certainty.

Organizations like the Black Health Coalition and others have explained the safe way to co-sleep. While we understand those arguments, we also know that mistakes can happen and that it only takes one time for something to go terribly wrong. The risk outweighs the benefit.

In all likelihood, parents will continue to co-sleep, and some will do so without ever having an incident, but babies are too vulnerable(易受伤的) for parents to take such chances. Therefore, the best place for babies to sleep is in their own beds, on their backs, with no pillows, blankets or toys. No parent wants a tragedy(悲剧) to occur. The best way to make sure the tragedy doesn’t happen is to allow babies to sleep alone in their own cribs(摇篮).                                         

According to the author, most of the SIDS cases happened because of ________.

A. drugs

B. co-sleeping

C. drinking

D. bad parenting

Some parents think sleeping with their babies can ________.

A. keep the babies healthy

B. give co-sleeping a good name

C. prevent themselves from drinking

D. develop a good relation with their babies

The author holds the opinion that ________.

A. parents can sleep with babies, but cautiously

B. co-sleep helps to bring babies closer to parents

C. parents can’t take chances to sleep with their babies

D. accidents only happen to those careless parents

Which of the following best describes the structure of the text?

A.   ①                       B.  ①②                       C.   ①                    D.   ①

↙↘                                   ↓                    ↙↓↘              ↙↓↓↘

②③ ④                    ③④                   ②③④            ②③④⑤

↘ ↙                                  ↓                   ↘↓↙

⑤                              ⑤                    ⑤

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题； 每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文, 然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
In England, afternoon tea, taken between four o’clock and five o’clock is the most informal meal of the day. If you are a friend of the family, you may drop in for tea without an invitation or telling you are coming. Very often it is not served at table. The members and visitors take tea in the sitting-room. Each person has a cup and saucer(一套杯碟), a spoon and a small plate for bread-and-butter and cake. By the way, do not help yourself to cake first, but bread-and-butter first, then cake if there is any. Another piece of advice: do not put more than one piece of bread or cake at the same time.
56. In England, tea is usually taken _______.
A. early in the morning        B. shortly after lunch                    
C. between lunch and supper    D. any time in the afternoon
57. A typical（典型的） English tea consists of__________.
A. either tea or food   B. tea food and vegetable
C. both tea and food   D. the same thing as other meals
58. If you want to have tea in a friend’s home, __________.
A. it is important to wait for his invitation;
B. you must send him a message before you start out;
C. you call on him any time you think proper;
D. you should ask for his permission first.
59. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? __________.
A. Very often people can share a set of tea things;
B. Tea is often had in the sitting-room;
C. The things do not consist of cups and spoons only;
D. Cake is not always served at tea.