【推荐1】It was my first real trip as a lone（单独的）traveler. My first ________ was Paris. It took a lot of ________ to leave the safety of my hotel, but I’m glad I did.

I decided to stop for dinner at a café and was halfway through a delicious meal when I found myself ________ by a group of French young men who had heard my Australian ________ when I talked to a waiter. Despite their ________ English, we could understand each other and my new friends treated me ________ an adventure. They took me to ________ the city. What followed were three ________ days of parties, clubs, and further sightseeing of Paris I’s never have seen on my own.

Then I went to New Delhi, India alone. ________, I met an American family ________ to a wedding in a church, ________ they were to meet their new distant Indian relatives ________. We got on so well that they ________ I join them for the celebrations, and I found myself ________ with 800 people, when a bride and groom were arriving on elephants.

On my trip to Japan, I ________ a university student to be my tour guide. This ________ in having a traditional Sunday lunch with her family.

Travelling alone provides you with ________ to meet interesting people. You get life experience from what you do to ________ difficulties. And I’m ________ enough to have caught the attention of nice people from all over the world who strengthen my ________ in humanity（人性）.

【推荐2】Journeys around the world are costly, have you ever traveled while staying in other people’s homes for free? It might sound too good to be _________. But a retired couple from Norfolk, England have _________ to do just that.

Jonathan and Julie Ashworth sold their house in 2017 and then traveled around the world while looking after other people’s houses and pets in exchange for free_________.

The Ashworths booked their first house-sitting in early 2018 when looking for ways they could_________ more while on a budget, and said they’d never_________ ever since. While they were_________ doubtful about the idea, they tried signing up for TrustedHousesitters, where owners and housesitters leave_________ for each other. As they were new to the_________, the couple chose to house- sit locally to build up their profiles, and often visited owners before_________ their stay. Once they’d clocked up a significant amount of__________ reviews, they began to make an__________ for house- sitting slightly further afield.

While house- sitting might sound like a piece of cake, it’s__________ as simple as just walking the owner’s dog every day. In order to__________ they were prepared for each house- sitting, the pair generally arrived a few hours before the owners__________, so that they could meet and discuss any concerns.

Due to COVID-19, the couple were__________ to return to the UK. They are staying in a caravan (拖车) until they are able to begin house-sitting again.

Last summer, I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey, I_______all the necessities—_______the guidebook.

While the_______of the Internet was surely a contributing factor to my_______not to take with me kilograms of out-of-date information, this was not the only reason why I decided to fly_______

To be honest, I find the guidebook_______of a journey—like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do,_______she doesn’t always know what is the best._______has taught me that there is a clear_______between a tourist and a traveler.

While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo’s Statue of David in Florence, I met a man who showed me his________of “Top 20 Things To Do in Italy” and told us________that he’d seen everything Italy has to________in just four days.

The problem I had with this man’s way of________was that he was too focused on________the boxes provided by his guidebook. He was________in the so-called “must-sees” and blind to all that was happening in the real trip.

So, guidebook-less as we were,my companion and I traveled to Estonia. Arriving without advance plans, we had no choice but to________to some friendly faces for advice. We________ourselves and asked them what was happening around the town. When this resulted in an________we enjoyed a 110-degree wood-stove sauna（桑拿浴）, to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where________picked forest-mushrooms and the good________of our five new-found Estonian friends, we sure were glad we had left our bossy aunt at home.

【推荐1】A new phone app uses vibrations from smart phones to warn people about earthquakes.

The phone app _______ sudden shaking of the earth’s surface through sensors in   smart phones. It is called MyShake. It is the work of four researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. They said they created a worldwide warning system that would _______ people and give them time to prepare. The MyShake app is _______ only for Android phones.

Smart phones are _______ accelerometers (加速度感应器). These instruments measure movement, like that of a car or airplane. MyShake uses phone accelerometers to measure seismic (地震的) activity. It has been _______ to know the difference between normal activity and earthquake movement. The software developers say their app is right 93 percent of the time.

A smart phone sends seismic information to the app developers. If the developers receive several notifications _______, it recognizes that an earthquake might be taking place or will take place soon.

Using information sent from the app, the network then _______ the   location and strength of the quake in real time. MyShake can record magnitude 5.0 earthquakes at distances of 10 kilometers or less.

MyShake uses very _______ power, according to its developers. Only when   seismic activity is   _______ by the app does it become active and sends data to the network. The app works best when your phone is resting on a ________ surface, like a table.

The developers hope that MyShake can add to information collected by the U.S. Geological Survey. That U.S. agency has created the Earthquake Early Warning System, also ________ EEW. The EEW has deployed (部署) sensors for measuring quakes in many areas.

In places where no such equipment ________, MyShake may be the only method of   early quake ________.   The app also shows ways to stay safer during an earthquake. The developers say it will become more effective as more people use it.

“Our goal is to build a worldwide seismic network and use the data to________ the effects of earthquakes on us as individuals and on society as a whole,” say the researchers.

The developers say they hope to add a feature that would ________ people   about a possible tsunami: a huge wave after an earthquake.

【推荐2】People are always asking what the most important element to a healthy relationship is. The ___is there are many. But there is one really important thing that all great and healthy relationships have in common—___. Yes, of course, there are some little ___lies even in the best of relationships—___surprises or unexpected birthday parties—but the truth is that happy couples communicate honestly and don’t ___to protect their own interests. So how can you have more open ___in your own relationship?

First, remember that honesty is the best policy even ___your partner might not like what you have to say. Yes, it may be ___to tell your guy that you don’t like one of his friends. But lying or holding things___will make things worse in the long run.

The next thing to be ____is to say what you have to say ____. If your partner feels _____,he will be less  ____to what you have to say and may even become defensive. Your delivery is of utmost importance when you are discussing sensitive issues. Think through what you want to say ____before you bring it up. You don’t want to ___the person that you love. You just want them to be ____of the truth.

One last thing to keep in mind about communicating openly is that it enhances your relationship. If you aren’t honest about any dirty little ____you may have, they will probably come up eventually and ____you in the backside. And if you keep things to yourself, your relationship will not be based on the truth, which  ____a solid foundation. Hard  ____the truth may be sometimes, honesty really is the best policy.