【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 kfast won’t do a bit of harm D. skipping breakfast will help one lose weight 47. In the word “breakfast”, “fast” probably means _____. A. “moving quickly” B. “going without food ” C. “unlikely to go fast” D. “fast food ”48. Special tests were organized to analyze how participants’ bodies functioned when ______. A. they had skipped breakfasts B. they had had breakfasts C. they had eaten special breakfasts D. they had had all three meals BFor shopoholics, the postChristmas period means only one thing sales! Across the country, prices are reducing sharply on clothing, electronics and home furniture, but London is the place for serious shopping, and you can certainly pick up some amazing bargains. The sales start on Boxing Day — 26th December, and continue for the month of January, but the keenest bargain hunters get there early to be first through the doors. In Oxford Street queues formed outside shops ahead of beforedawn openings for the start of their sales. At Brent Cross, in north London, more than 1,000 people were queuing at am for the ‘Next’ clothing store’s sale which began at 4 am. Some eager individuals even camped outside the shops to be first in the line. Consumers who hit the shops were rewarded with discounts of as much as 80% as department stores joined the bargain sales. The shops are very crowded as the sales reached the boilingpoint, with more than half a million people gathering on London’s West End. Famous sales include the biggest, most popular shops such as Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty and John Lewis. Department stores are always a good bet — you’re likely to find everything you need under one roof, including muchneeded food and drinks! It’s a good time to stock up on cheap small tools, and there’s no better time to invest in some designer clothes. Some people are taking their partners shopping with them, and buying their Christmas presents in the salea practical but unromantic way of making sure you get the gift you really want. For a less exciting but less stressful shopping experience, online sellers are also getting in on the act with January sales of their own. The most organized of all are those who are already doing their present shopping for next Christmas, in the January sales! 49. In the sales, people can buy, at a very low price, all of the following except ______. A. fashionable clothing B. bestseller C. TV sets D. bookcases50. We can learn from the passage that the sales ______. A. actually start before the end of December B. generally last for two months C. basically benefit none of the people D. are a time to buy Christmas gifts in a romantic way51. “Hit the shops” in the third paragraph means to ______. A. attack the shops B. arrive at the shops C. affect the shops D. find the shops52. What is the best title for this passage? A. January Sales B. Sales in London at Christmas C. Practical but Unromantic Shopping D. Shopping under One RoofCI start to wonder what else had changed since I’d been gone.My parents are in an awkward puzzle, wondering how to treat me nowwhether to treat me—still their daughter—as one of them, an adult, or as the child they feel they sent away months earlier.I run into two of my best friends from high school。 we stare at each other,expressionless. We ask the simple questions and give simple answers.It’s as if we have nothing to say to each other.I wonder how things have changed so much in such a small amount of time.We used to laugh and promise that no matter how far away we were, our love for each other would never change.Their interests don’t interest me anymore, and I find myself unable to relate my life to theirs.I had been so excited to e home, but now I just look at it all and wonder: Is it me? Why hadn’t the world stood still here while I was gone? My room isn’t the same, my friends and I don’t share the same promise, and my parents don’t know how to treat me—or who I am, for that matter.I get back to school feeling halfsatisfied, but not disappointed. I sit up in my bed in my dorm room, surrounded by my pictures, dolls.As I wonder what has happened, I realize that I can’t expect the world to stand still and move forward at the same time. I can change and expect that things at home will stay the same.I have to find fort in what has changed and what is new。 keep the memories, but live in the present.A few weeks later, I’m packing again, this time for winter break.My mom meets me at the door. I have e home accepting the changes, not only in my surroundings, but most of all in me.53. What can we infer about the writer? A. She is a high school student. B. She is a college student. C. She is a clerk in a school. D. She is a traveler.54. What surprises the writer most? A. The living conditions of her parents. B. The decorations in her room. C. The meeting with her best friends. D. The things still stay