Almost all of us have bad habits. We all want to get rid of (摆脱) them, but we don’t know good ways. Here’s some advice.

●Write down all the reasons why you want to stop some bad habits. Look at the reasons very often.

●It’s clever to do something else when you want to stop your bad habits. If you get angry easily, for example, you can go out for a walk.

●You can get a prize if you really get rid of your bad habits.

●If you get too heavy, keep junk food out of your house.

●Bad habits develop(发展) over years, so you can’t get rid of them very soon. So you should be patient(耐心的).

●Don’t be afraid to ask others for help because everyone may have difficulties in their lives. You can talk to your friends, family or other people. When you talk to them, they can give you some advice.

How to get rid of bad habits
If you get angry easily,	you can 1.________________
If you2.	you can get a prize.
If you want to be thinner,	don’t eat 3.________________
If you 4.	you can ask others for help.

 

 

What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary(日记). It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often. Sound like a fashion? In fact, It’s another trend (流行趋势). And the word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online. Are you a blogger?　　
Many bloggers are teenagers who log (进入) onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about their parents and homework. They share diaries, post(发布) songs from the latest bands and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their girlfriends or boyfriends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.　　
However, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using the language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words.” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two children.　　
Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place where it can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them. 　　
【小题1】 The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph means ________.　　
A. the fashion          B. the Internet       C. the blog    　　
【小题2】 Which of the following is NOT TRUE？　　
A. Teenagers don’t tell about their personal life in their blogs.　　
B. Teenagers mostly write down what they do every day in their blogs.　　
C. Teenagers complain about their parents and homework in their blogs.　　
【小题3】 What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?　　
A. Many parents don’t understand kids’ language in their blogs.　　
B. Many parents are worried about these young bloggers. 　　
C. Many parents can understand why their kids don’t like studying.　　
【小题4】 Many parents think it’s         for their children to get messages from strangers.　　
A. dangerous     B. interesting        C. surprising 　　
【小题5】 We can learn from the last paragraph that         .　　
A. It’s easy for many teenagers to give up blogging on the Internet                 　　
B. It’s safe for many teenagers to put their personal information on the Internet　　
C. It’s popular for many teenagers to use blogs on the Internet　

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”
【小题1】The aim of the two experiments is to ________.

A．explain when people can have a sixth sense

B．show how people act while being watched in the lab

C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D．prove why humans have a sixth sense

【小题2】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A．value

B．result

C．performance

D．connection

【小题3】 In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B．could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.

C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

【小题4】What can be learned from the passage?

A．People are born with a sixth sense.

B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D．People have a sixth sense in all places.