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沈阳铁路实验中学2015—2016学年度上学期期中测试 高二英语 第Ⅰ卷（选择题 共 115 分） 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A Los Angeles: Love for Mom is necessary, but buying flowers on her big day may not be. A slump in flower sales since late last year was likely to continue through Mother’s Day, another example of Americans cutting back on spending due to recession fears, which is a period of reduced trade and business activity, and increasing food and gasoline prices. “if you look at what has happened on Valentine’s Day and Christmas, the market for flowers has cooled,