CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Think twice before eating those dropped crumbs off your puter keyboard -- you might as well be eating off a toilet seat, according to a new study on the amount of germs on keyboards.
A study by British Which? Computing asked a microbiologist 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 and the microbiologist remended the removal of one keyboard as it had 150 times the pass limit of bacteria -- five times filthier than the swabbed toilet seat.
Most people don't give much thought to the grime that builds up on their PC, but if you don't clean your puter, you might as well eat your lunch off the toilet, said Sarah Kidner, the consumer magazine 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, 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 remends users unplug keyboards, turn them upside down and shake them.
【小题1】The purpose of the passage is .A．tell us something about the keyboards.B．warn people to clean the keyboards often.C．tell us how to clean the keyboardD．tell us the germs on keyboards【小题2】What do you think the expression “Think twice before eating those dropped crumbs off your puter keyboard” stands for?A．Think several times before eating beside your puterB．Don’t drop foods onto the puter keyboard.C．Don’t eat foods dropped onto the puter keyboard. D．Be careful when you are eating by the puter.【小题3】What are the main causes of a bug-infested keyboard?A．Dropped crumbs and food encourages the growth of millions of bacteria.B．Poor personal hygiene C．Much dirt on the puter keyboard.D．Dropped crumbs and food and Poor personal hygiene【小题4】Which? Computing is probably a name of . A．An organizationB．a newspaper C．a reportD．a magazineB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】主旨大意题。从全文可知，作者建议人们注意键盘清洁。
【小题2】词义猜测题。由下文可知，下文讲了键盘很脏。
【小题3】细节理解题。从文中第五、六段可知。
【小题4】细节理解题。从“…Kidner, the consumer magazine editor of Which? Computing in a statement.”可知。