Linda Evans was a well．known writer of children’ stories。who lived in a fine old house in Devon．Usually she worked at home，in her quiet  1  ．Long before her books became popular，she had tried to teach  2  how to use a computer ,and now she typed(打字)all her stories on her Apple Mac computer．But sometimes she had to  3  to get some books from the library or have a meeting．She didn’t like being away，because she was very worried about burglars(盗贼)．So she was very careful．Just before leaving，she always put a full cup of coffee on the kitchen table，and left the radio playing，to make a burglar think there was  4  at home．

    One day she came back after a day out，and saw at once that someone had been there．There was only a little  5  left in the cup，and the radio was off．But when she looked at her computer．she saw it was  6 ，and someone had typed in  7  ．She had no idea who had got in，or how ,because none of the doors or windows were broken．But she sat down to read the story，and it was a very good one． “I’ll use it in my next book!”she said  8  ．

    The next month she had to go to London．She put a lot of coffee and a plate of sandwiches on the table．When she came back，the coffee and sandwiches had  9  ．She ran to the computer．This time there was only  10  on the screen．“IT’S NOT YOUR STORY．IT’S MINE!”it said．

1．A．classes                         B．1essons        C．classroom              D．study

2．A．the students          B．herself         C．the burglar            D．her children

3．A．1eave the house       B．have a rest      C．give a message       D．buy a computer

4．A．nobody              B．a computer      C．anyone                D．someone

5．A．fl book              B．the radio          C．coffee                 D．an apple

6．A．on                  B．off             C．down                D．over

7．A．nothing              B．a picture          C．a letter               D．a new story

8．A．carefully             B．sadly            C．happily               D．badly

9．A．brought             B．broken           C．gone                D．eaten

10．A．a piece of paper     B．a message       C．a new story                 D．nothing

Lots of women don’t have breakfast and they have a lot of different excuses for that. Some say they don’t have time, some think they’re losing weight, and others just don’t like breakfast.
But the fact is that eating in the morning is very important, especially when you’re trying to lose weight. Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all. If your pizza is added with vegetables, that’ll be better.
Breakfast is one kind of meal that one should never miss; even one is trying to lose weight.
Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from eating too much later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that those who don’t have breakfast have a bigger chance of getting fat than those who have a morning meal every day.
So if you want to lose weight, you should eat something in the morning. Anything is OK. Having only coffee or orange juice or having no breakfast does harm to your health.
I have a good idea here. I sometimes eat last night’s leftovers for breakfast. It may sound crazy, but it really works for me! I find if I tell myself, “You can eat them tomorrow.” I will put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it yourself. You may save some pre-bedtime calories. Keep it and see how healthy you will be!
【小题1】 What kind of the following food is the best breakfast?