2、With big handbags becoming a key fashion accessory（配件）for working women, health experts are warning they can also become a key health concern.

Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer, resulting in many users complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.

“I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up,” said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas. “We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they're anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds...We're really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze.”

William Case, a physical therapist（临床医生）in private practice in Houston, Texas, urged designers “to place a cute, educational caution tag（标签）on all bags to inform of potential neck and shoulder dangers.” Above all, he recommended correct posture while carrying big purses, keeping the head and shoulders upright. Patients should also frequently change the size and weight of purses carried.

"The extra-large purses are quite phenomenal. They look beautiful when the women wear them, but I don't know how aware they are of the potential problems," Case said.

Placing objects on one shoulder was one of the least efficient（有效率的）ways of carrying a load, according to a professor from Cornell University in New York State. “This causes a great imbalance,” he said. “If a big bag is a fashion accessory, then occasional and symbolic use is fine. If not, then keep it light.”

61. Bags for women are designed to be bigger because they _____.

A. are supposed to carry more things           B. are more comfortable to wear

C. make the wearers look nicer                    D. show the status of the wearers

62. Jane Sadler would “look for their purse and pick it up” in order to see whether the purses _____.

A. contained enough money                        B. were worth a lot of pounds

C. were too heavy                                     D. were too large

63. Which correctly explains the meaning of the underlined word “posture” in the 4^th paragraph?

A. The way you position your body.

B. The part of your body where you place a weight.

C. The strength you use to carry a weight.

D. The height of the weight you carry.

64. Which of the following belongs to the kind of bags causing the health problems?

A                            B.                             C.                           D.

1、A 13-year-old Chinese girl, Fan Yi (Nancy), who had her primary education in US, recently published her first fairy tale, Swordbird. The English fairy tale was listed as the bestseller of children's fiction in the US, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.

Fan Yi was greatly interested in observing birds ever since she was a little girl. In Hanmilton, New York, where she lives, she often watches kingfishers and woodpeckers flying over her house from the small woods nearby. And the inspiration for writing the book Swordbird actually came from one of her dreams. At that time, she was studying American history in school and happened to read many articles in magazines about the 9?11 terrorist attacks. One day, she had a dream in which some rosefinches and bluejays were controlled by some black birds and began to fight with each other. When she woke up, she decided to turn her dream into a story and to convey her message for peace to the public.

In order to get her book published in China, Fan translated the entire English version into Chinese.

“It is a learning process. Since I didn't know many Chinese idioms, I had to get help from my mom and dad from time to time. For another thing, a lot of poems in the original story are written in rhyme. So when I translated them into Chinese, I wanted to make sure that they were in rhyme, too,” she said.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She stayed in Beijing until she finished her first grade of primary school. Then she moved with her parents to the United States when she was seven. Two years later, she started to write her English story.

In March, this year, the book was published by Harper Collins Publishers. It was selected as the week's bestseller of children's fiction by the New York Times soon after it was published.

In future, Fan Yi might write more series for her book. It is expected that her Swordbird Prelude（序篇）might come off the press next year.

56. The underlined words “rosefinches” and “bluejays” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to ______.

A. outer-space creatures                                   B. different kinds of birds

C. different kinds of planes                               D. people from different races

57. Her book was related to the 9?11 terrorist attacks in that ______.

A. it was being written when the attacks happened

B. it expressed her desire for peace against terrorism

C. they both involved fighting in the air

D. the attacks were mentioned in her book

58. Fan Yi thinks of the process of ______ as “a learning process”.

A. writing her book                                          B. writing the poems

C. translating her book                                      D. getting her book published

59. Fan Yi spent ______ years or so writing her book.

A. two                    B. three                     C. four                    D. five

60. What else can we learn about Fan Yi from the article?

A. She’s believed to be writing more Swordbird stories.

B. Her Chinese version of Swordbird was published in US.

C. Swordbird was re-published by the New York Times.

D. She’s likely to become a professional writer.

40、It is difficult to           the exact meaning of some words when you translate them into a foreign language.

A. show off          B. turn out                   C. bring out                 D. take to

39、We can see monuments here and there. Those who have made great          to human beings and society will never be forgotten.

      A. advance            B. progress                  C. contribution             D. achievement

38、Recently, there ________ a boom in population mobility, and according to the survey in 2000, 17 percent of the population _______ every year.

       A. is; moves          B. has been; moves             C. is; move                   D. has been; move

37、Anyone who has spent time with children          the difference in the way boys and girls           similar situations.

       A．aware of; respond to                           B．is aware of; respond to

       C．aware; responding                               D．is aware of; respond

36、If the safety protections against the accidents         , the miners         a chance to survive then.

       A．were taken; would have                        B．had been taken; didn’t have

       C．had been taken; would have had            D．were taken; would have

35、D

34、

I wouldn’t think it ____ to ask him to ____ the club.

A. worthwhile; join                B. worthwhile; join in    

C. worthy; join                      D. worthy; join in