The British Heart Foundation dropped its three-egg-a-week limit in 2005. However, almost half of Britons blieve the limit still applies.

52.From Mr.Obama’s message we know      

A. relations between Japan and US will be strengthened

B. US will open “a new chapter”for relations with Korea

C. Iran has good relations with the rest of the world

D. US will improve its relations with Iran in economy

D

Starting the day on an egg could kee

p your blood pressure(血壓)under control, research suggests. Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs.

The research ,from the University of Alberta in Canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes(酶)they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors effective , but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body.

Earlier this month, British researchers declared that, contrary to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an egg. They concluded that the type of cholesterofl(膽固醇)found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks.

Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin, from the University of Surrey, said:“The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected . The aumout of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs. The UK public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat. They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of natuee’s most nutritious foods.”

51.The Seattle Post Intelligencer probably will          

A. try to sell itself at a lower price

B. stop its online edition next Tuesday.

C. increase the price of its print edition

D. cut the number of its employees.

50.The Japanese electrionics firm has decided to         

A. drop the workers’ bonuses by 20% at most

B. lower the workers’ bonuses to 4 months’pay

C. freeze its managers’ salaries starting from April 1

D. reduce the managers’ yearly bonuses to 6 months’pay

49.Who was fined for not doing things as promised?

A. Sony Corp    B. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

C.Rain.    D. The New York-based Hearst Corp.

48. The purpose of the text is to           .

A. introduce an English teaching method

B. give advice on how to teach students

C. encourage teachers to keep in touch with parents

D. show us how Dorothy Peselli makes teaching plans

C

Court rules Rain pay $8M

The agents for South Korean star Rain said they are discussing with their lawyers after a US

Court ordered him to pay more than $ 8 million for calling off a concert in Honolulu in 2007,AFP reported Friday. “This is a result we would never have expected,” Jung Wook of JYP Entertainment said .“We will becide our future course of legal action with lawyers in a few day.”

Sony freezes staff pay

Japanese electronics firm Sony Corp. said Thursday it had decided to freeze its workers’salaries(薪金)for the year starting from April 1 to improve profitability, Reuters reported . The workers’ bonuses(獎金)will also be lowered to 4 months’ pay from 6 months , and managers’yearly bonuses will be dropped by 10-20%.

Newspaper goes Web-only

The New York-based Hearst Corp. declared Monday it would publish its last print edition of the 146-year-old newspaper the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tuesday and move its operation completely online. The newspaper said delivery would be stopped to about 118,000 weekday readers. Hearst had pur the Seattle P-I up for sale since January ,but there was no buyer. It is not clear how many of the paper’s 150 employees will lose their jobs.

EU has high hopes for US message to Iran

In a videotaped message marking Nowruz-the Persian New Year , Mr.Obama said US seeks a future with Iran that includes renewed exchanges and greater opportunities for partnership and economy .

The European Union is hopeful that U.S.President Barack Obama’s message to Iran can help improve relations between Teheran and much of the world.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in Brussels Friday that the broadcast could help open “a new chapter”for relations with Iran. He also talked about U.S.’s ralations with Japan and Korea.

47.We can infer from the last paragraph that          

A. parents were satisfied with Peselli’s way of working

B. Peselli means to surprise parents by writing students

C.Peselli seemed to be populat among boy students

D. all Peselli’s children are studying in high schools

46.The underlined word “it”in the fourth paragraph refers to         

A. the handbook   B. the requirment   C. the school   D. the letter

45.We may learn from the text that            

A. most teachers are writing letters to parents and students

B. the handbook is used to list supplies and give encouragement

C. Peselli believe it important for teachers to exchange information with parents

D. Peselli mainly introduces her background and teaching experiences in the letters

44.Talking of his high school years, the author feels     

A. regretful    B. lonely   C. angry   D. pleased

B

More teachers are starting off the school year with letters to parents and students to introduce themselves and set a tone (基調(diào))for the year. The lettters are a good way to start positive communication with parents, several teachers told Education World.

“I think it’s professional (專業(yè)的)，”said Dorothy Peselli, an English teacher at Sparta High School in Sparta, New Jersay, Peselli, who gives out the letters the first day of school, told Education World.“It gives parents an image of you as a professional. If you start communication off in a positive manner, you will have the parents on your side when you need them.”

In her letter to parents, Peselli encourages them to call or e-mail her with specific concers about their children. “I want to work as a team to make sure that your child becomes an independent lifelong learner,”Peselli wrote to parents last September. She also telephones the parents of all her students at the beginning of the year.

Peselli includes with the letter a classroom handbook (手冊)listing plans and rules . And she requires that both parents and students read and sign statements (included in the letter!) that they read the handbook. The student letter also lists needed supplies and gives encouragement. “Please come to class ready to work and learn. This will be an exciting year for all of us,” it says

Last year, Peselli taught at a different high school and parents there were”shocked”, but appreciative, that she had so much contact with them,“I received roses and a thank-you note from one boy and his mother”.Peselli said. She wished her own children’s teachers would take the time to write notes as well. “I never got a letter home from any of my daughter’s high school teachers.”she said .”It would be nice to know the background of some of the people who are teacheing my daughter.”