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¡¡¡¡Section¢òReading Comprehension

¡¡¡¡Part A

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¡¡¡¡Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A£¬B£¬C or Dª±Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1ª±£¨40 points£©

¡¡¡¡Text 1

¡¡¡¡New figures from France£¬Germany and Italy¡ªthe three biggest economies in the 12 country Eurozone¡ªsuggest the continent¡®s economic woes may have been exaggerated.In France£¬evidence emerged that consumer spending remained solid in July and August£¬rising 1.4%and 0.6%respectively.Forecasters had generally expected the July figure to show a 0.1% slippage£¬with August unchanged.But the figures were flattered slightly by a down grade to the June figure£¬to 0.7% from1.5%.

¡¡¡¡With manufacturing in the doldrums across Europe and the US£¬consumer spending has been increasingly seen as the best hope of stopping the global economic slowdown from turning into a recession.The French government said the news proved that the economy was holding up to the strain of the slowdown.

¡¡¡¡Meanwhile in Germany£¬new regional price figures went someway towards calming fears about inflation in Europe¡®s largest economy¡ªa key reason for the European Central Bank¡¯s reluctance to cut interest 15 states said consumer prices were broadly stable£¬with inflation falling year on year.The information backed economists¡®expectations that inflation for the country as a whole is set to fall back to a yearly rate of 2.1%£¬compared to a yearly rate of 2.6% in August£¬closing in on the Euroª²wide target of 2%.The drop is partly due to last year¡¯s spike in oil prices dropping out of the yearª²onª²year calculation.

¡¡¡¡The icing on the cake was news that Italy¡®s job market has remained buoyant.The country¡¯s July unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% from 9.6% the month before£¬its lowest level in more than eight years.And a business confidence survey from quasiª²governmental research group ISAE told of a general pickª²up in demand in the six weeks to early September.But the news was tempered by an announcement by Alitalia£¬the country¡®s biggest airline£¬that it will have to get rid of 2£¬500 staff to cope with the expected contraction as well as selling 12 aeroplanes. And industrial group Confindustria warned that the attacks on US targetsmeant growth will be about 1.9% this year£¬well short of the government¡¯s 2.4% target. And it said the budget deficit will probably be about 1.5%£¬nearly twice the 0.8% Italy¡®s government has promised its European Union partners.