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These days, doctors are using a new approach to healing, which is called tapping. This approach combines     1     (wise) from Chinese medicine with talk therapy (治疗).

By simply tapping points along the body while     2     (confirm) your emotional state, you can release cellular energy. By feeling those emotions, you process and clear them through     3     power of love and forgiveness. Tapping provides a healthy way to process difficult emotions, even from experiences that     4     (happen) in the distant past. The practice draws from acupuncture (针灸), a healing method from     5     (tradition) Chinese medicine that dates from thousands of years ago.

Acupuncture opens energy highways in the body by sticking thin needles into the skin. Tapping takes a similar approach, but uses touch instead of needles     6     (promote) the flow of energy throughout the body. It may sound strange or impossible     7     first glance. But scientists believe that the method works because it excites the central nervous system,     8     causes the body to release helpful chemicals.

Everyone may have experienced some sorts of emotional discomfort in their lives. Although painful, it’s important to develop healthy ways to process their     9     (experience). Healing practices like tapping help release these emotions,     10     (active), so you can process and heal from difficult emotions.

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New Gene Therapy Partially Restores Sight to Blind Man

Researchers inserted genes that code for light-sensitive proteins in seaweed into the man’s retina(视网膜), and now he reports limited but much improved vision. Researchers say they     1    (restore)limited vision in a blind man using a new type of gene therapy. The study, published this week in the journal Nature Medicine, used a gene for light—detecting proteins taken from a type of seaweed     2    (rebuild)nerve cells in the man’s eye. “Seeing for the first time that it did work,     3    only in one patient and in one eye is exciting,“ Ehud Isacoff, a neuroscientist at the University of California tells Carl Zimmer of the New York Times.

The man’s restored vision can’t be described as full vision, as he still can’t see colours or pick out faces or letters. But     4    the 58-year-old man who suffers from a genetic disease called retinitis pigmentosa(色素性视网膜炎), could only barely detect light before the procedure, he can now perceive and count objects. The study presents the first instance of the new technique, called optogenetics, successfully     5    (use)to treat a human patient.

To partially restore the man’s sight, researchers inserted the gene that codes for light-sensitive proteins     6    (find)in seaweed and bacteria into the cells at the back of one of his eyes. With the genetic instructions for making opsins(视蛋白)inserted into his eye, these new opsins in the man’s eye send electrical signals to his brain     7    they are exposed to light and subsequently change shape. The catch is that these opsins only respond to amber coloured light, which is     8    the special glasses were necessary. Getting this system to work also required some seven months of training the volunteer’s brain to recognize and make sense of the new signals it was getting. This practice involved wearing the glasses at home and on walks.     9    the seven-month mark, the man, who lives in France, excitedly realized he could see the white stripes of a crosswalk.

Botond Roska, a neuroscientist and gene therapist, holds the belief     10    their technique is not a cure for blindness: ”For now, all we can say is that there is one patient with a functional difference.” Still, he believes this clinical result is “a milestone on the road to even better outcomes”.

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Traffic deaths     1     (increase) in the past several years. U.S. traffic death toll reached a 16-year high in 2021, with nearly 43,000 deaths.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that 9,560 people died in motor vehicle     2     (crash) between January and March, up 7% from the same period the year before. That would make it the deadliest first three months of the year since 2002.

The auto-safety regulator said the numbers     3     (release) on Wednesday are not accurate enough and remain to be revised in coming months. The report doesn’t include information on     4     the crashes happened, but Dr. Cliff said one third of traffic deaths are     5     (typical) caused by drivers influenced by alcohol or other substances.

A number of issues are causing     6     rise in traffic deaths, Mr. Adkins said, including careless driving and fewer police officers on the road.     7     (see) a police car gets drivers to slow down, he said. He also said roads aren’t designed to make it safe for bicyclists     8     (share) the road with cars.

The regulator said the state with the biggest increase of deaths was Delaware,     9     more than doubled its traffic deaths to 50 in the first quarter, compared with 19 in the same period the year before. They fell the most in Rhode Island, dropping by 50%     10     an estimated seven deaths.

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Society is changing at a rapidly increasing rate in this present-day age. This speed of change     1     (believe) to be creating a direct impact on our mental as well as physical health in our life.

Society observes the rules of nature and law and is changing to be     2     (good) than before. It is reasonable as the survival of the fittest is the need of the development of the time. For instance, an     3     (employ) working in a company is unable     4     (deal) with working overtime while the rest of his fellow workers are not only ready but are very     5     (excite) to work and acquire new skills and abilities, then it is a matter of concern for that person as he will be left behind in the race of progression (发展). This instance describes     6     clear picture of how important it is to keep up with the rapid development of society.

Despite the professional satisfaction associated with rapid changing, the idea     7     it brings any other kind of satisfaction is false. Some statistics have shown that the percentage of people getting ill due     8     workload pressure and continuous changes has increased from 5% in 1995 to 50% in 2020.

In a word, it is     9     (necessarily) to keep a good balance between catching up with the pace of social development and     10     (maintain) a healthy lifestyle.

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Coca-Cola is the world’s     1     (large) soft drink company. It has set     2     excellent goal to help solve the problem of packaging (包装) waste in the United States and around the world. It plans to recycle all of     3     (it) bottles and cans by 2030. The company wants to make a     4     (contribute) to saving our environment.

Coca-Cola has announced an activity     5     (call) “World Without Waste”. It says that food and drink companies are responsible     6     much of the waste on streets and beaches. Besides, the company says that it wants to increase the amount of material     7     can be recycled in its products. It also intends     8     (advise) users on how to recycle products best. And Coca-Cola plans to work together with local governments     9     environmental groups.

Greenpeace, one of the most important environmental organizations, has welcomed the move. But it points out the company should especially pay attention to reducing the amount of plastic that is being produced. Plastic is a major problem because plastic does not break down     10     (rapid) and it is often eaten by animals and fish and ends up in our food chain.