Before you cut off the tags(标签)and put on your newest clothing, you may want to make a stop at the washing machine. Although new clothing may look clean and fresh, it could actually be bad for your health.

According to Donald Belstio, MD, a professor at Columbia University Medical Center, new clothes do cause some risks of health problems when they are worn without washing. For starters, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Dr. Belstio explained that dyes(染料)found on new clothes can hurt the skin. Pre-washing of new clothes will prevent any dyes from doing bad to our skin or other things, like chairs, as New York City doctor Hilary Baldwin, MD, told Real Simple. But there's more.

Dr Belstio also warns that lice(虱子)can come to you from clothing tried on the store dressing room, and there are certain illnesses that can be passed along through clothing. Dr Baldwin advises people that it's especially critical to pre-wash pieces like underpants and swimsuits. You may not want to imagine this, but maybe you're not the first person to try on that new clothing一perhaps it's been tried on in the dressing room, and that's just the first of many cases of possible skin contact. Another point is that your clothing came into contact with many people during the producing, shipping, and selling processes. "There's just no real way of knowing how many hands or other body parts have touched your clothing," Dr Belstio warns "Washing your new clothes is a very smart thing to do," Dr Belsotio said. "I've seen examples of some strange things, so I don't take any chances."

To wash new clothes, simply put them in very hot water (if they can stand that temperature一check the tag first), and hang them to dry. While you prepare your new clothes for their first fashion show, here are other common laundry(洗衣)mistakes you want to avoid.

1.What does the underlined word "critical" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Attractive. B. Difficult. C. Important. D. Common.

2.What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A. We should pay attention to the dyes on new clothes.

B. We should wash new clothes before wearing them.

C. We should try to avoid illnesses caused by clothes.

D. We should put new clothes in hot water when washing.

3.What would the text talk about next?

A. Why new clothes should be washed.

B. When we should wash new clothes.

C. How we can avoid buying ditty clothes.

D. What mistakes we make widen washing clothes

Where is Love? How can we find Love? Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. Once again she smiled. The boy was very happy.

They sat there all afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐) on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.”

At the same time, the old woman’s son was also surprised at his mother’s pleasure and asked why. “I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”

If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.

1.When the little boy saw the old woman, she was________.

A. looking for a seat in the park B. passing the street

C. looking at some birds D. having a pizza

2.The little boy gave the old woman a Coke because_________.

A. the old woman still felt hungry B. he wanted to see the smile again

C. he didn’t like the drink D. the old woman paid him for it

3.The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smile________.

A. after the little boy went home B. before it grew dark

C. when she was drinking Coke D. after the little boy hugged her

4.Which of the following(下面的) is TRUE?

A. The little boy failed to find Love.

B. Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last.

C. The little boy decided never to go home.

D. The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him

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Holmes was talking about the Baskerville case with me.

The picture showed us that Stapleton was indeed a Baskerville. He was the s1.of Roger Baskerville, who was Sir Charles’ younger brother. Roger was a criminal who ran from prison. Everyone thought he had died unmarried, but that was not true. He m2. and had one son, a3. called Roger, whom we knew as Stapleton. Stapleton discovered that he would inherit(继承)the Baskerville lands i4. Sir Charles and Sir Henry both died. When he met Sir Charles, he heard the story of the hound---huge dog. He also learned that Sir Charles believed these super natural stories, and that he had a w5.heart.

Stapleton bought a huge hound and used the phosphorus( 磷 )to make it shine l6. the hound in the story.

Then Stapleton made Laura Lyons write a letter to b7. Sir Charles to the moor gate on that sad night. The hound, which was s8. with phosphorus, ran after Sir Charles. Sir Charles was so afraid that his heart s9., and he died, but the criminal did not touch the dead body.

The hound had run on the grass, so it left no footprints. Neither he nor the hound had touched Sir Charles so there was no sign of murder. The only two people who might suspect him---his wife and Mrs Lyons could not be certain about what he had done. Anyway, n10. of them would tell the police about him.

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