behavioral patterns(形式). The good news is that once you make it to ten weeks, everything becomes a lot easier. The bad news is that ten weeks is a really long time, so it' s easy to give up what you want to do before then.

So even when we want to change our ways and become better people, our brains won't let us. Or is this just an excuse? Look-I've finished my article on time! Anything is possible!

25. In Julia's eyes, what kind of person is the author?

A. A bit lazy. B. Quite smart. C. Very healthy. D. Truly honest.

26. What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A. Why we can't have a better life.

B. How our brain sees ourselves in the future.

C. How our brain helps us make good decisions.

D. Why it is not easy for us to change our habits.

27. According to scientists, in order to form the habit of taking exercise, the author needs

to take about .

　A. another two weeks B. another four weeks

　C. another six weeks D. another ten week

　　I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, introduced us in New York City. When the studio didn't want me for the film - it wanted somebody as well-known as Paul - he stood up for me. I don't know how many people would have done that; they would have listened to their agents or the studio powers.

The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV. We were respectful of craft（技艺）and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play. Both of us had the qualities and virtues that are typical of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other - but always with an underlying affection. Those were also