Potatoes are vegetables and many people like to eat them.   【小題1】   But if others call you “couch potato”, it means you like to sit on the couch and watch TV all day long . You usually sit on the couch ,eat snacks and your eyes are always on the TV screen.    【小題2】   .  American artist Robert Armstrong first said it in 1976 and it became very popular soon.
Later 1993 American writer Alice Kahn made up another phrase , “mouse potato ”.  【小題3】    , so she used the phrase to describe people who spend a lot of time using computers. As computers are becoming common in our life ,   【小題4】    .  Are you one of them?    【小題5】   , remember, too much time in front of a computer is not good for your health
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A. It’s very bad for your health .
B. A couch is a sofa that people sit on to watch TV or to rest .
C. A mouse is a part of a computer ,
D. If you are ,
E. so now there are more and more “mouse potatoes”
 


【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】E
【小題1】D

解析【小題1】從后面的句子：But if others call you “couch potato”, 可知是講的couch，選B
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從前面的句子：You usually sit on the couch ,eat snacks and your eyes are always on the TV screen.可知答案是A
【小題1】從前面的句子：Later 1993 American writer Alice Kahn made up another phrase , “mouse potato ”.可知講的是鼠標(biāo)，答案是C
【小題1】從前面的句子：As computers are becoming common in our life ,可知鼠標(biāo)一族越來越多。選E
【小題1】從前面的句子：Are you one of them?可知是：如果你是。選D

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