Douban is a Chinese social networking platform     1     users are mostly young people. Recently, a Douban discussion group named “985 Loser Introduction Plan” became popular,     2     (cause) a heated discussion. Most of the group members are students or graduates from top universities in China, but they consider     3     (they) as losers for various reasons. They write down their own life stories and share their sufferings in order to improve their situations by learning from each other’s experiences.

Spending time in a bookshop can be quite     1     (enjoy), whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a gift. You may even have entered the shop just     2    (find) shelter from a sudden shower of rain. Whatever the reason, you can soon become     3    (total) unaware of your surroundings.

You soon become absorbed in one book or another, just out of     4    (curious) and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and have to hurry away to keep a     5    (forget) appointment without buying a book eventually, of course.

This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places     6     it is possible to do this. An assistant always approaches you, greeting “Can I help you?     7     assistant might look as if she were not interested in selling a single book.

You should be careful not to     8    (attract) by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy in enter the shop looking for a book about ancient coins and to come out     9    (carry) a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be not worthy. Apart from spending a huge sum of money, you can waste a great deal     10     time wandering from section to section.

Electric bicycles have made life a lot     1    (easy) for food delivery workers here in China. More than 10,000 kilometers away, there was a familiar sight in New York City.     2    , owing to a new policy, e-bikes can no longer be    3    (common) seen on the street over there.

City officials in New York are promising a crackdown(严厉打击) on e-bikes. The pollution-free vehicles are loved by environmentalists and the often poor workforce     4    . relies on them. But there are also frequent complaints    5     the bicycles from drivers and pedestrians(行人) who consider them    6     public danger.

Now it is legal to own and sell the bicycles, but    7    (ride) them on the street could lead to a fine of up to $500. Businesses that equip their    8    (employ) with the bicycles will also be heavily fined.

The bicycles, which look just like regular bicycles, can reach speeds of 30 km/h and are sometimes operated recklessly (鲁莽的). Lots of people have stories about dangerous situations where they    9    (step) out into the street, only to be nearly hit by a quick-moving e-bike.

Police enforcement (强制执行) against the bicycles has already been tightened. Almost 1,000 of them    10     (take) away by police since last year, an increase of several hundred from the year before.