【推荐1】A report has recently been published about what the earth might be like 20 years or so from now on. The report is a result of a three-year_______

According to the report, the picture of the earth in the year 2020 is not a_______one. The world will be more_______because the population will continue to grow. The population could be_______ 9,000 million, almost 3,000 million more than that in 2009. More people would move into cities, especially cities in_______countries. Cities in India and Thailand probably would_______have a population of 20 million by then.

Food production will_______, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 2009,_______most of the increase would be in countries that_______produce enough food for their people. Little increase is__________ in South Asia, Africa or the Middle East. Poor farming ways are__________   large areas of cropland, changing farms into deserts. More farmland is____________as cities become larger and more houses are built. ____________will get worse as developed countries burn more coal and oil. Many of the world’s____________could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a serious problem. The experts say their____________of the earth for the year 2020 may be wrong. They only____________the situation as it is today. By changing the situation, by____________the problems, the picture can be changed. There is____________time for the nations of the world to__________ a plan of action. But they considered that__________   too long to make a decision would greatly reduce the chances of success

【推荐2】If you have a smartphone, you probably use its front-facing camera for selfies and the occasional video call. Perhaps, if you’re ________, you’ll shoot the next TikTok masterpiece. You might use your next smartphone’s ________ camera for the same things, but there’s a chance that camera won’t completely ________ once you’re done with it.

This week, chipmaker Qualcomm revealed its latest Snapdragon processor, which will _______ many of the high-end Android smartphones you’ll see in stores. And a new feature built into that chip could allow smartphone makers to keep those front-facing cameras on_________.

The idea of a camera that stays on as long as your phone does seems deeply ________, even in an age where people are convinced that smartphones are already eavesdropping (窃听) on our ________. So why is a company responsible for building the brains of our smartphones trying to make “always-on” cameras a(n) ________ feature?

In time, a phone using this new chip could practicably ________ itself when it sees your face, and automatically lock itself again when you’re not looking at it anymore. Or, if it sees someone else’s face next to yours, the phone could automatically ________ notifications so no one else can see what your ________ emails or Slack messages are about. The benefit of a phone that’s always looking for you, it seems, is that it knows to act different when you’re not________.

As it turns out, the Qualcomm tech that could make such features possible is conceptually pretty ________. “What’s happening here is detecting a binary (二进制): is there a face, or is there not a face,” Heape, Senior Director of Product Management of the Qualcomm, told me. “There is not a photograph taken. There is no ________ being recorded.” He also noted that none of camera data ________ the chip when it’s being analyzed for faces.

【推荐1】Guiseppe’s father came from a family of fishermen. ____, for nearly 300 years the men in his family had been fishermen in the country of Sicily. His father eventually (最终) moved to San Francisco where he ____ their fishing business. There were nine children in the family. All the boys, ____ Guiseppe, from the time they could walk helped their father on his fishing boat. Guiseppe simply could not go because he got so terribly ____. His stomach just could not take the motion of the boat, or the strong ____ of fish. But even when his dad saw how sick Guiseppe got on the boat, he did not ____ it. He always told his son Guiseppe that he was ____.

Guiseppe was very hurt by his father who always ____ and put him down. But he still tried his best to ____ his family in some way. So as a young boy he went out on the streets and tried every job he could find to bring the ____ back to his father. But his father wasn’t ____ of his hard-working son. ____, he kept telling Guiseppe he was lazy. Finally, Guiseppe just gave up on ever ____ his dad.

He ____ sports and discovered that he was a very ____ and natural athlete, especially in baseball. In fact, he became the most successful son in his whole family. That young boy whom his father had ____ called lazy guy, became one of the greatest professional (职业的) baseball players in history.

You see, Guiseppe refused to believe all the bad things his dad said about him. He never stopped ____ until he finally found his special abilities. So ____ your own family have told you that you’ll never be successful, don’t believe them. Just forgive them and ____ yourself. You can become successful and reach your full ____.

【推荐2】Ekaterina is a famous skater. She________ the activity of skating at the age of 4. Since then, she has been devoted to the career that drives her life and ________ beauty and romance into lives of millions of others.

When she was 11, she found a ________ partner, Sergei Grinkov, 15 years old then, with whom she could perform that activity in the most expressive and the most elegant way. They were the most winning pair skaters on the ice in every way: The tiny fragile Ekaterina, in the ________ of her tall, strong, handsome partner, was lovingly launched into the ________ and tenderly caught, and beautifully skated around the ice.

Gradually, the two of them ________ together into a dream couple and the most beautiful kind of loving relationship. When she was 19, she married him. They had a daughter, a charming girl they both loved and protected. And then, ________ in 1995, during a routine practice session, her mate, her love, her partner, Sergei Grinkov, stopped, fell and died of a heart attack at 28.

Ekaterina’s world seemed to end. It was her mum who lit her ________ to start remaking her life by saying “Little Dasha, having lost a father, needs at least a healthy mother.” This reminded her to ask a friend to send her ________ which had been left in the corner for a long time. Later she said in her book, “________ is the only thing that can help people recover.” In February 1996, Ekaterina skated a moving tribute (悼念) to Sergei, which she ________ to the music of Mahler’s Symphony No.5, the couple’s favorite. She was ________ at the beginning, because it had been a long time since she had skated alone. And she was afraid of the ________ the piece would recall. But that night, she did it. She filled up the ________ with her courage.

No one who saw Ekaterina that night would forget her performance, just as she would never forget Sergei. But everyone was already learning, as she had already learned, that the ________ “goodbye” was the beginning of her new life.

【推荐1】The bond between mother and daughter is irreplaceable. One of the most famous women scientists of the 20th century, Marie Curie, worked _______ her daughter Irene in the field of radioactivity, each of them _______ earning their own Nobel Prize. Today, there are more _______ mother-and-daughter pairs showing what happens when _______ works together.

In April 2020, Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter Dr. Jasmine Kudji have become the first mother and daughter to _______ from the medical school at the same time and be placed in the same hospital. Cynthia Kudji put her dream of becoming a _______on hold when she became pregnant (怀孕的) at 23. She worked as a nurse for almost a decade _______ making the decision to attend the medical school at the University of Medicine and Health Sciences. _______, her daughter Jasmine attended Louisiana State University School of medicine.

At first, it was _______ for them to live and study so far apart from one another. “I thought initially it was hard because my mom and I had always been really ________ so I had to get used to the ________,” Dr. Jasmine Kudji explains to Afro Tech. Although the experience was difficult, it also had ________ results. “Sometimes people struggle to find someone who ________ their struggles, so for that person to be my mom was extremely helpful,” she adds.

After years apart, both Cynthia and her daughter earned their M. D. degree. Then on “Match Day” when recent med school graduates ________ the results of their residency (高级专科住院生实习期) applications, Cynthia and Jasmine learned that they were ________ in the same hospital.

This pair of mother and daughter proves that family can do anything together.

【推荐3】Power of Perseverance (毅力)

There was once a young man named David. Born into a humble family, David had to _________ to make ends meet(维持生计). However, he was determined to rise above his _________ and achieve greatness.

When David was in high school, he faced bullying (欺负) from his schoolmates, which left him feeling _________. But instead of giving way to the negativity, he chose to see the situation as a chance for _________________________. He _________ throughout the tough times and found strength in overcoming his difficulties.

After graduation, David had a dream of becoming a successful businessman. However, he had no money or _________ in the business world. But he refused to give up.

David _________ his first business project with just a few hundred dollars in his pocket. It was a struggle at first, but he struggled on. Slowly but _________ his business began to _________. As time passed, his company __________ into a multi-million-dollar enterprise (企业). His __________ and hard work paid off. David learned that tough conditions are not a __________ but a powerful driving force that can __________ us to achieve great things.

David’s __________ indicates that we all have the __________ to turn our difficulties into opportunities for growth and success.