【推荐3】The first time I paid by scanning barcodes (条形码) on goods, I ended up paying 40 yuan ($5.8) more than I should have. I went looking for a salesperson inside the store, but she was ______ to explain how to get my money back, despite both of us using translation apps.

I ______ going to that store for two whole years, until a Chineses speaking friend spoke to the ______and explained to me that the money was still there in an app, which I made use of to pay for goods worth 40 yuan at the store. I went back to buy things from there again. I particularly ______ their hot chocolate and had, by now, ______the art of buying things at the unmanned counter. ______ , the hot chocolate didn’t have a barcode, but I knew how to select it on the touch-screen menu. I would ______ a cup from a dispenser (自动售货机) before selecting the cup icon (图标) worth 3.5 yuan to make the payment. It was ______ !

I had been doing this for some time until, one day, following a software upgrade, I hit a _______. I was unable to include the hot chocolate after______ the barcode of other things I had bought. I again went looking for the salesperson, who helped me find it, tapping a(n) ______that cost 5 yuan. “That’s 5 yuan?” I asked using the translation app. “I have been paying 3.5 yuan up until now.” I didn’t know why I had ______ it cost 3.50 yuan. At least I would have been ______this embarrassment had there been a manned counter. However, I as spared further ______when the saleswoman said “Meishi, meishi (doesn’t matter) ______ before rushing away.

【推荐1】Recently, the idea that listening to classical music can increase intelligence, especially in ____, has caught the attention of the media, researchers, and parents around the globe.In the early 1990s, researchers from France and the US published articles that said ____ Mozart for 10 minutes temporarily ____ performance on IQ tests and challenging tasks.

___, the media quickly began reporting on the “Mozart effect”.

In 1997, Don Campbell published a book about this ____ phenomenon.Campbell said that classical ____ could improve health and memory, prevent mental and physical disorders, and ____ stress and depression.He soon ____ with The Mozart Effect for Children, as well as CDs and products for parents of young children.Today, a wide selection of similar products is ____, including Baby Mozart and Baby Bach, two bestselling DVDs in the popular Baby Einstein series.There are even music players specially ____ for expectant (预产期的) mothers to wear on their stomachs.__, babies can listen to classical music before they're even ____.

____, there is some doubt surrounding the “Mozart effect”.Parents ___ whether it is a proven reality or just a fad (潮流) designed to make money.Frances H.Rauscher, a psychologist and author of one of the original studies, is ____.Much of the original ____ pointed to temporary improvements on specific tasks.She ____ these findings have been incorrectly described as a general increase in ____.“I don't think it can hurt,” Rauscher said.Yet she added that ____ may still want to think twice ___ spending a fortune trying to make a genius (天才) out of their baby.

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A．check

B．question

C．determine

D．evaluate

【推荐2】Teens in the United States like teens in many countries have more leisure time today than ever before. But over a number of decades, there have been some ________ in how teenagers spend their time after school.

________ school clubs remains a common after-school activity. According to a study, the three most popular are sports clubs, performing arts clubs, and academic clubs—the same as 20 years age. While overall participation in these clubs has gradually ________ over the last two decades, this does not mean that students are less active.

Teens today are more likely to ________ or work with community groups. High school seniors are thinking about ________. They know that academic grades, school activities, and community ________ are all important in making a ________ application for college.

While the kinds of activities that students take part in at school have not changed greatly, high school teens now spend their leisure time out of school in very ________ ways. For example, teens today are less likely to visit a friend ________ than 20 years ago. And perhaps ________, they are far less likely to read a print newspaper or magazine.

One reason is ________ to the Internet, and it has ________ become their main channel for ________ and getting information. Calling and texting are the most popular means of communication among teens. Teens also ________ friends through social media. A study in 2018 showed that 45% teens are online almost constantly and 97% use a social media platform. This trend is likely to ________.

【推荐1】A warm cup of tea can seem to heal the soul. A new study finds it may be good for your_________, too. Past studies in China and Japan have suggested that green tea _________ drinkers. Now, scientists say _________tea may show similar benefits.

Scientists from the United States National Cancer Institute carried out the_________. They examined years of data gathered about the tea drinking _________of almost 500,000 adults in Britain for as many as 14 years. The researchers _________that people who drank two or more cups of tea daily _________were less likely to have _________from all causes than those who didn’t. The scientists said the _________risk of death held true for the __________with heart diseases and stroke. However, there was no clear finding in connection with deaths from __________. Researchers were not sure why. “It is __________that there were too few confirmed cancer deaths to __________,” explained Maki Inoue-Choi, who led the study.

All kinds of tea—green, black, oolong, and white—are produced from the same tree plant using different __________methods. Antioxidants(抗氧化物) in black tea are major__________to health benefits. A group of antioxidants called Flavonoids are thought to be__________for heart health. That’s why black tea helps drinkers live longer.

The researchers do not offer enough __________to advise people to start drinking tea or the change how much they are __________right now. They need more research to__________the findings. But Inoue-Choi said, “If you are already drinking tea, you can __________doing so.”

【推荐2】“Bookshops are places to let your imagination fly high, with so many possible ________ to discover,” says Laura Iverson. She is one of the ________ at Darling Reads bookshop in West Yorkshire, England.

For Iverson, the best thing about working in a bookshop is ________ new books to readers. “ ________ beats that smile when they find the perfect book,” she says. ________ , when it comes to choosing the right one, she has some useful tips.

Don't feel you have to ________ a book because your friend likes it," Iverson says. "Stick to your own interests and choose what ________ you. "

She also ________ asking booksellers for suggestions because it could open your ________ to a new book or writer you would never have considered. "Bookshop staff are so ________ and absolutely love talking about books all day. "

Iverson says that one of her ________ books is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. She remembers ________ reading it when she was around 12 years old, and not being able to put it ________ . This is one of the things Iverson loves about reading. "No matter where you are, or what you're doing, you can be ________ into another world, once you a pick up a book that fascinates you, in a matter of ________ . "