Most of us enjoy a can of Coca Cola from time to time. After all, who doesn't like soda (汽水) ? It's refreshing and delicious! There's a lot of information going around about whether or not soda can be part of a healthy diet.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} In fact, there are 10 teaspoons of sugar in a can of soda! The sugar makes soft drinks delicious, but of course not healthy. Too much sugar in a person's diet can lead to many health problems. One of the biggest problems about sugary soda is that drinking too much can lead to weight gain and even obesity (肥胖症).

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}   During hot summer days, everybody would like to drink something to avoid the strong sunlight and make them cool. Many people choose soda. But in fact, is can't solve the problem, because food additives (添加剂) in soda use the water in your body. So you may feel thirstier.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}   Soda is especially not good for young people. There are many fat boys who enjoy drinking all kinds of soda very much. They need to leave these drinks right now.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Your body needs water almost every day. And water has no calories or fat so it can't make you fat. Always take a bottle of water with you. Have a drink at any time you feel thirsty. Your body needs water to work properly.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Try some fruit juice when you are thirsty. But you should be careful what juice and how much juice you're drinking. Remember not to put much sugar into your juice.

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    Friends are important in our life, because no one wants to be lonely. However, some people have difficulty in making friends and they often feel lonely. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}According to new study from Chicago University, the reason is that this kind of people have brain(脑)different from common people. And they often feel unsafe when facing stranger.

    Does that mean they have no way to become happy again? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Scientists of this study have thought up ways to help these people deal with their loneliness. They provided four step for getting out loneliness.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} “It's not enough for people just to get in touch with others online. That's because most people don't show their true selves there,” said Dr. Cacioppo, one of this study's scientists. Another step is to get an action plan. As”actions speak louder than words”, people need to be active to communicate with others. They also need to meet people with the same interests. Also, they should try to expect the best from each activity. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Who knows what good things are waiting for us?

A. People who feel lonely

B. The first step is to accept social invitations even if you don't want to go.

C. after all, “tomorrow is another day”.

D. What's the reason behind that?

E. Why don't we like them?

F. New ways to deal with loneliness

G. No, don't worry.

    Do you often eat out？Do you often like to use disposable (一次性的) chopsticks？Do you think the chopsticks are safe？ {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    China produces 80 billion (十亿) pairs of such chopsticks every year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Can you imagine how many trees have to be cut down every year？20 million. Can you imagine how old the trees are？20 years old.   

    Many people choose to use such chopsticks because they think they are cleaner. In fact，they're not safe. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    Several months ago, Huang Bo, a popular actor, wrote a message on his micro blog (微博)．{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Once he went to a restaurant with his friends. He tried to wash the disposable chopsticks. He was surprised to find the chopsticks turned the water yellow and gave off a bad smell.

    That's true. The smell show that they may be dealt with sulphur (硫磺) and other chemicals (化学制品)． That's very bad for people's health.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. It is not only good for our own health but also helpful to save the environment.

    It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when we don't know the1very well. It may be difficult to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country we are visiting. We may not know how to buy the things we need. In a2country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a3. It is not easy to decide how4to tip waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience5that. After a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to6, We learn to enjoy life in another country, and then we may be sorry to leave.

Computers make people's lives really easy. People can use their computers for working, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (shop), or playing games. Laptop (笔记本) computers make people's lives even {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (easy) as people can take laptops anywhere. They can work, shop, or play games any place {#blank#}3{#/blank#} any time. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} there is a problem with laptops. People can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (burn) by them!

People who sit with laptops on {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) legs for hours and hours have noticed they get dark marks on their legs. The hot laptop is toasting the skin. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (doctor) have noticed more people show up with "toasted skin syndrome (综合症)". The marks are not {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (danger), but they look strange because they are just in one spot on people's legs.

Companies that make computers tell people not {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (let) warm computers touch bare skin for a long time. Wearing pants and putting a laptop's case under the laptop is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (usual) enough to protect one's skin from the computer's heat.