Your smartphone can do a lot of things. It can call people. It connects to the Internet. It enables you to play fun games. But there is a dark side to this smart little equipment of yours----- it might also spread disease.
“People are just likely to get sick from their phones as from handles of the bathroom, ” Jeffrey Cain, the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians , told The Wall Street Journal.
This may be hard to believe, but scientists reached this conclusion after they tested eight cell phones from an office in Chicago. All the tested phones showed high numbers of coliforms (大肠菌), a kind of bacteria found in human waste , with about 2700 to 4200 units of the bacteria on each phone. The bacteria can cause flu, pinkeye and other diseases . That is right --- your phone is covered in our human waste.
Although computers, keys and pens carry germs (细菌) , our phones get far dirtier. They touch a lot of things, including our hands and the inside of our pocket or purse. We take them almost everywhere: the bus, the subway and who hasn’t played Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja while sitting on the toilet?
“Some things that we think are personal are actually more public than we imagine,” Cain said.  What is even worse is that after the phone returns from its dirty trip, it then spends most of its time cozying up to our faces. You don’t think about how often you touch your phone to your face, do you? Our noses, mouths and ears are all warm and rich in grease (油脂) , an environment that germs really like.
So how do you keep your phone clean? Alcohol is effective when used to kill germs from the back and side of your phone. But it might harm the screen. There is one simple and reliable way you can reduce the germs on your phone’s surface: wash your hands regularly.
【小题1】The underlined word “dark” in the first paragraph means _______

A.blackB.hopelessC.unpleasantD.unclear
【小题2】Which of the following best describe the tone of the third paragraph?
A.TerrifiedB.concernedC.Satisfying D.Threatening
【小题3】 By saying “Some things we think are personal are actually more public than we imagine,” Cain means that ________.
A.people love to share their phones more than they realize
B.our personal items could be as risky to our health as public items
C.phones are used in public places more than people realize
D.Most people don’t know how dirty their cell phones are
【小题4】What is the article mainly about?
A.Tips on the use of phones
B.Health problems caused by the use of phones
C.The danger of coliforms infection
D.The influence that phone have on our life

Lots of kids go through times when they’d like to change their hair. Often, it’s girls who are most concerned(关心的), but boys may be interested in how their hair looks, too. Sometimes hair will change as you get older----all by itself----when you go through puberty(青春期).

Maybe it used to be lighter and now it’s darker. Or maybe it’s oilier than it used to be, and now you need to wash it more. It’s also normal, as you’re getting older, to notice your appearance more often. You might suddenly decide you want a hairstyle like other kids at school have. But some styles and looks require chemical treatments and long hours in the chair at the hair salon. Some people dye(染)their hair a different color, get a bunch of braids(辫子),or make their hair straight when it’s curly(卷曲). Are these treatments OK for kids? That’s something you should discuss with your parents. At any age, any chemical or heat applied to(应用于) the hair can damage the hair or cause it to break off.

Any styling that pulls hard on the hair can also hurt the scalp(头皮) or cause hair loss. Styling tools, such as curling irons and straightening irons, get very hot and can cause burns. And chemicals used to color, curl, or straighten hair can be very harmful if they get into your eyes or onto your skin.

1.The word “kid”in this passage refers to ____________.

A.girls              B.boys             C.students          D.not only girls but also boys

2.Which of the following is NOT the cause of changes of one’s hair mentioned in the passage?

A.Change the hair style to act in a play.

B.It changes naturally with the age.

C.You want to make yourself look beautiful or cool.

D.A boy’s hair may become darker and darker when he gets older.

3.What’s the main idea of the last two paragraphs of this passage?

A.If you want to change the color of your hair, you have to use chemical.

B.Hair can be straightened with an instrument.

C.You’d better change your hair with the help of your parents.

D.Hair change by chemicals or instruments can harm the hair or the scalp。

 

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