practice 2

Are you a problem shopper? The answer is" Yes, if you or someone else thinks that
you sometimes get carried away with shopping, (1)________other words, do you or does
someone else think you are occupied in extreme shopping? If people have
regrets(2)__________(late)about their shopping, or have an"out-of-control"feeling about
the (3)____________(quantity)of what they buy or the amount of credit they use, they may
be considered to be problem shopper.

There are plenty of good reasons to power up a (4)____________( person) desktop or

laptop computer in the evening - writing e-mails , chatting on socianetworks or making
purchases over the Internet , for instance . But various studies indicate that people
(5)______________stare at a PC’s bright monitor shortly before going to bed probably
sleep less soundly than they would otherwise becasue the light seriously affects
(6)________（they ) natural wake-sleep cyce.

Since the Second World War , there (7)_____________( be ) an obvious

trend ,especially among the growing group of college students , toward early marriage.
Many (8)_____________( young ) begin dating in the first stage of adolescence , " go
steady " through high school , and marry before their formal education has been
completed . In some quarters , there is much shaking of graying heads over the
(9)_______________(acceptable ) ways of youth . However , emotional (情感的 ) maturity
does not grow with age ; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twentyfive .
Some achieve it surprisingly early , (10)______________others never do, even in
three-score years and ten.

According to a review of evidence in a medical journal , runners live three years

(11)_________________( long ) than non-runners . You don t have to run fast or for long
(12 )_____________( see ) the benefit . You may drink , smoke , be overweight and still
reduce your risk of (13)______________( die ) early by running.
While running regularly can’t make you live forever , the review says it
(14 )_____________( be ) more effective at lengthening life (15)___________walking,
cycling, or swimming. Two of the authors of the review also made a study published in
2014 (16)_____________showed a mere five to 10 minutes a day of running reduced the
risk of heart disease and early deaths from all (17)__________( cause ).
The best exercise is one that you enjoy and will do. But otherwise.... it’s probably
running. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces, do
exercises(18)_____________( strength ) your leg muscles (肌肉), avoid hills and get good
running shoes . Running is cheap, easy and it’s always (19)____________( energy ). If you
are time poor, you need run for only half the time to get the same
benefits(20)____________other sports , so perhaps we should all give it a try.