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Computer Keyboards Can Be Dirtier Than a Toilet?!電腦鍵盤可能比廁所還要臟

Think twice before eating those dropped crumbs off your computer keyboard—you might as well be eating off a toilet seat， according to a new study on the number of germs on keyboards.

A study by British consumer magazine “Which? Computing” asked a microbiologist(微生物學(xué)家) to examine for bugs on 33 keyboards in a typical London office， a toilet seat and a toilet door handle.

Four keyboards were judged potential health hazards(危害) and the microbiologist recommended the removal of one keyboard as it had 150 times the pass limit of bacteria—five times dirtier than the swabbed(擦洗過的) toilet seat.

“Most people don’t give much thought to the grime(污垢) that builds up on their PC， but if you don’t clean your computer， you might as well eat your lunch off the toilet，” said Sarah Kidner， editor of “Which? Computing” in a statement.

The study found that eating lunch at desks is the main cause of a bug-infested keyboard. Dropped crumbs and food encourages the growth of millions of bacteria. Poor personal hygiene(衛(wèi)生)， such as not washing hands after going to the toilet， may also add to the dirtiness of keyboards.

But despite the health hazard of a dirty keyboard， a survey of 4，000 people by the magazine found one in 10 people ever cleaned their keyboard while another two in 10 never cleaned their mouse. Almost half—or 46 per cent—cleaned their keyboard less than once a month.

To clear out bugs， the magazine recommends users unplug keyboards， turn them upside down and shake them.

1. The study by a British magazine examines on ____.

A. germs on keyboards in a typical London office

B. the number of toilet seats in London

C. germs in a typical London office

D. the number of toilet door handles in London

2. According to the passage， ____ causes the dirtiness of computer keyboards.

A. eating lunch at desks

B. dropping crumbs and food

C. not washing hands after going to the toilet

D. A， B and C

3. The survery found that ____ people never cleaned their mouse.

A. 400B. 800C. 2，000D. 2，400

4. The end of the passage gives readers advice of ____.

A. how to clean computer keyboards

B. how to clean computers

C. how to kill germs on keyboards

D. how to unplug keyboards

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Always Buying Sneakers? It’s the Sign of a Leader愛買運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋的人具有領(lǐng)導(dǎo)潛質(zhì)

Got a passion(激情;熱情) for buying sneakers? It could be a good sign.

Mindset Media， a media company， found that people who buy more than three pairs of sneakers a year are 61 percent more likely to have the qualities of a modern leader.

These qualities were defined as having ideas and vision， and a style with others that is both inclusive and decisive.

Lauren Arvonio， a spokeswoman for Mindset Media， said sneaker buyers were more likely to fly by the seat of their pants(憑感覺做事).

“It is often said you can tell a lot about a person by the shoes they wear， and now we have some hard data to back that up，” Arvonio said.

“What is interesting is that these personality traits(特征) held true across the board(適用于所有的人)， regardless of age， income， or gender.”

Previous Mindset Media surveys found that people who paid their credit card bills off each month were more likely to be “highly deliberate(深思熟慮的)”， thinking through their actions， but also less modest than others， likely to brag about their habits.

Hybrid car owners were found to be 78 percent more likely to be highly creative than other people and less dogmatic(教條的).

1. A person who loves buying sneakers is probably ____.

A. a workerB. a company manager

C. a secretaryD. a driver

2. The quality of a modern leader may not include ____.

A. being decisiveB. having visions

C. being inclusiveD. being forgetful

3. The personality traits of a modern leader are related to ____.

A. ageB. income

C. genderD. shoes

4. The underlined phrase “brag about” means “____”.

A. talk something with too much pride

B. talk something too loudly

C. talk something with too many people

D. talk something without too much pride

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