Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (弯曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.
【小题1】Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?

A.The leg muscles.B.The back muscles
C.The hipsD.The knees
【小题2】Many people hurt their backs when they lift something because _______.
A.they are not strong
B.the things are very heavy
C.the way to lift the things is not correct
D.they are very heavy
【小题3】The muscles are stronger if you _______.
A.keep your back, hips and waist in a line
B.bend over from your waist
C.lower yourself
D.get down on your knees
【小题4】To lift heavy things, the most important of all is to _________.
A.stand up slowly
B.keep your back straight
C.bend your knees
D.put one knee on each side
【小题5】What does “In other words” mean? ________
A.总而言之B.换句话说C.在其它话中D.在其它单词中

阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Do you get angry at your friend’s singing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do,you need to control your feelings and try to (1) s_______ getting angry. Getting angry with people can make you (2) l______ friends. They won’t be with you!
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It (3) t____ teenagers how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems (4) w_________. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act. It is just a bad (5) h________, like smoking. The book says that you can control your anger easily ------ all you have to do is telling (6) y______ not to be angry.
When a baby falls, it only cries if its (7) p______ are watching it. Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do .
The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. Here are our top three.
① Keep a record. Every time you get angry, (8) w_____ down why you are angry. Look at it later, and you will see you get angry too easily.
② Ask your friends to stop talking to you and be (9) q______ when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
③ Do something (10) d_______. When you get angry, don’t keep thinking about the problem. Walk away from it and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!

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