By accident [B] In time [C] So far [D] Better still Section II Reading prehension Part A Directions: Read the following four texts.Answer

the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D.Mark

your answers on ANSWER SHEET

1.(40

points) Text1 Habits are a funny thing.We

reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on

auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious fort of familiar routine.“Not

choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd,” William Wordsworth said in the

19th century.In

the ever-changing

21st century, even the word “habit” carries a negative connotation.So

it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation.But

brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that

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