【推荐1】Hello, Mr. Wi-Fi. Life without you is next to impossible. We’re happy to sing your name from morning till evening. ________ I know you help me, sometimes you’re making me do things with________ attention. Many times I promise myself that I’ll ________ my feelings towards you, but you’re________ me closer and closer… You’ve entered both my home and my workplace. You’re just a window for our ________ and information. But we people aren’t ________ only with the window. So we open all our doors for you. Is this a(n) ________ or some kind of attachment(依恋)? If this is an illness, is it curable? And if this is an attachment will you ________ me to the lifelong togetherness?

We want you all days. Can’t you take a few days off so that both you and I can ________? You’re a poison-not a slow one but a super fast poison which holds our mind and makes us dance ________ its tune. Nowadays you’re so ________ that anyone can buy and make you our companion. You’ll never be bothered about our health but we’ll ________ be concerned about your “health”. Because you go with us everywhere and never let us be alone.

If you were a ________ person made of flesh and blood, would we love you the same? You ________ us with your many talents and we even can’t get rid of you. We’re all your slaves. Sometimes I wonder how people in the previous generations ________, but if they did why can’t we?

【推荐3】In one of my classes today we discussed the question of how our lives would be without a mobile phone. I actually felt quite sad to hear how some kids cannot _______ without their phones these days. _______, I think nowadays we are _______ by our technology to keep up. So let’s see some of the points that _______ in the discussion and see if our generation really is addicted to electronic connections rather than true communication. 

It is true that everything works at a fast pace these days. For example, you can contact someone who lives on the other side of the world within _______. This is great if you think about how connected we can stay to the _______ who are far away from us. However, on the contrary, can we be too connected to the people who are _______ to us? An argument arose about the _______ that it is easier to message someone from your sofa than to meet them _______ and talk. Social skills are important to have and if you are not going to put effort into real-life __________, then you are not going to progress in this ability. 

Another point was that phones are very handy for __________ something that you are wondering about. For example, if you don’t know a word in another language, you can quickly and simply use an on-line translator to help you out. This can be very __________ in many situations, but it can also make a person dependent on the __________ to help with anything. 

All in all, this question is very interesting to __________ for oneself as we become day by day more dependent on technology. We should realize how much we really need to be connected by our phones while considering the __________ and damages it can cause us.

【推荐1】Which comes first, happiness or money? Are richer people happier? And _________, how do people get richer? A recent study could tell you the answer.

The study _________ thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults _________ to have higher incomes by the time they _________ 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8,000 more than those who were the most _________.

The researchers, from University College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy (沮丧的) teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10% less than their peers, _________ the happier ones earned _________ 30% more.

Happier teenagers have an easier time _________ school, college and the job interview, _________ because they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the key to homework help or networking.

A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than __________ in terms of workplace happiness. In August scientists announced that they had found the __________ for happiness in women. Alas! The same gene doesn’t appear to have __________effect on men. And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.

If it is really true that happier kids __________ being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, __________, that more education __________ better-paid jobs, which may give us a deep thought.

【推荐2】These days, the custom that wives should cook has changed in Japan, especially people in their 20’s and 30’s tend to think so. Among_________in that age group, both husbands and wives have_________and they are very busy, so they tend to think that sharing the housework is_________.

But not everyone _________because husbands do not have enough chance to know how to _________.   Up to now, they have been used to seeing two_________: their mothers cook every day and their fathers_________ those dishes.   

Recently some cooking schools for_________ have opened. I have read several articles about the schools.   Students of the cooking schools are mostly middle-aged men who are_________of their retirement (退休), because they work from morning to night at their__________, so they do not know how to cook. __________, their wives cook__________; they have many hobbies, and they know how to enjoy their spare time. After these men retire, they tend to do nothing in their__________ hours. So these men are__________to cook not only as a hobby, but also because it is necessary to them.   

In Japan, the famous cooks are almost all male, __________the famous cooking teachers are almost all __________.I think that this tendency (倾向) also comes from our__________beliefs: being a cook is considered a business and being a cooking teacher is considered an extension (延伸) of cooking as __________.I believe this tendency will__________in the future. We will have many chances to cook without __________whether we are husbands or wives.

【推荐3】Two Newcastle scientists are setting themselves to open our eyes to the medical truth by claiming that natural sunlight may help prevent skin cancer.

Dr. Ron Laura, professor of health education at Newcastle University, and senior chemist Mr. John Ashton said their research points to a complete ________ of the accepted scientific theory. They said that sunscreen creams may help cause skin cancer, the artificial indoor light could be ______ and that a range of drugs in common use could also _______ melanoma-a type of cancer that appears as a dark spot on the skin.

The research is likely to be unwelcome in some traditional medical research circles. It is based on a new _______ that our bodies are protected from skin cancer by the regulation of a group of complex vitamins (Vitamin D) and immune process.

The sunscreens, artificial light and drugs could all unfavorably affect the production of these vitamins and increase the skin’s _______ to the sun. But Dr. Laura said natural sunlight passing through the eyes helped _______ the production of cancer protection Vitamin D.

He said recent statistics from the United States indicated that people who worked indoors all day in artificial light were more _______ melanomas than those who worked outdoors. Indoor workers should try to have at least one hour of _______ to direct sunlight every day, ________ in the early morning and late afternoon when ultraviolet intensively was lower, Dr. Laura said.

Sunscreens, long _______ as essential for beach lovers, could also ________ the production of Vitamin D. Laura and Ashton said sunscreens give people a _______ sense of security in thinking they are ________ from the sun’s rays.

Dr. Laura said more statistics _______ their claim had come to light since the first article was published. He believes his research findings are too important to be ________ to the scientific world.