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A. What does the Calorimeter Look Like Inside?

B. What Program Was Designed for the Experiment?

C. What Is a Calorimeter?

D. Try to Find out Why People Gain and Lose Weight

E. How do the Volunteers Kill the Time?

F. Why did Nicola Join in the Experiments?

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Problems Caused by Using Computers

Long hours at the screen can cause     41    (ache) eyes,     42   (blur) vision and headaches,  experts say. In fact, eyestrain surpasses even wrist pain as the top physical  ___43__ (complain) among heavy computer users. When peering into the computer screen, the eye's focusing muscle is at constant tension. Like any muscle, it feels sore when  ____44___(overload) . And when someone spends a lot of time looking at something close, the eye muscle can get  ____45___(stick) on the near-focus setting and have difficulty relaxing, leaving the person    46    (temporary) nearsighted, a condition called accommodative spasm (痉挛) that can last seconds or hours. The letters on the screen are not as clearly  ____47___(define) as on a printed page. Take a magnifying glass to your monitor and you'll see the letters. each made up of pinpoint sources of light, have no sharp edges. But those liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, like those found on laptop computers, are    48    (easy) on the eyes be-cause they display sharper images. And studies have shown that when people are working on a computer, their rate of  ____49___ (blink) goes down by two-thirds, which can result in dry, stinging eyes. This is especially a problem for contact-lenses    50    (wear) . 

People who eat a lot of spicy food are also easy to have stomach ulcers.

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