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Imagine a time     1     people feel like they’re inside their favorite video games, or can travel the world without leaving home. This     2     (become) possible as virtual reality (VR) continues to develop. Experts say VR was a hot topic at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)     3     (hold) on January 6 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Of the     4     (approximate) 3,900 exhibitors at the show, more than a dozen showed off their achievements on VR technology.

VR technology started with games, but developers say it has the potential to transform     5     aspects of our life.

Manuel Gutierrez-Novelo, co-founder of Immersion-VRelia, says VR can be a great tool for     6     (educate). “We can create an animation of the solar system or the molecular (分子的) structure of water,” he says. “If you see them in a virtual reality environment, not reading about them in a book     7     watching a video, I believe you will be able to learn about these things better.”

According to Nick Nassiri of Razer, innovations (新发明) in virtual reality will keep     8     (come) up. He believes they'll happen first in gaming, then extend     9     other areas including medicine and education. “The key is getting it right in gaming,” he says. “And then     10     rest will come.”

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Weiqi is the Chinese name for the classic board game     1     (common)known in English as Go. The game,     2     was called yi in ancient China, has a history of over 3,000 years. Weiqi is a board game between two players using black and white game pieces.

According to ancient books, weiqi     3     (invent)by the Chinese emperor Yao. In the Spring and Autumn Period, people would use terms in weiqi     4     "ju qi bu ding"(meaning "holding a game piece but not sure what move to make"）to describe vacillation (犹豫不决) in politics. It's quite clear how popular the game     5     (be)at that time. Later, there were lots of     6     (talent) weiqi players in all dynasties and many emperors in ancient China were weiqi lovers, such as Cao Cao and Zhu Yuanzhang,

The rules of weiqi are very simple but the     7     (choice)to move the game pieces vary.

This is     8     the charm (魅力) of the game lies. The time for one round of weiqi can be different. In most cases, it takes one or two hours     9     (finish)one round of weiqi.

Weiqi is a game that combines science, art and     10     (compete). It's no wonder that the game has been popular for thousands of years and is gradually becoming an international cultural game.

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You’re never too old to take out many pieces of Lego and start building. As a result, they’ve created     1     unusual set made just for adults.

The Lego Forma line     2     (design)in particular to encourage your creativity and make you feel     3     (relax). This set is not on sale yet because it is now     4     the beginning of the stage on Indiegogo. When it.     5     (do)go to market, however, it will include beautiful marine models inspired by nature.

Each model has 294 parts. According to the Indiegogo page, the models should take a few hours at most     6     (complete). It is hard to complete it, but not     7     (possible).

Each model also includes a clever gear(传动装置)   system     8     once you put all the parts together, will make lifelike     9     (move). In creating this new line of Lego sets, Lego wants you to “discover the simple satisfaction of building with your hands.”

This isn’t the first time Lego has created sets only for its adult fans.     10     you’re an adult looking for a Lego set, just know that you’re not alone.

【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

From Passion to Structure: The Journey of Small Businesses

Wal-Mart started small. So did Microsoft. So did Apple. So did General Electric and Ford and almost every other company     1     made it big. They didn’t start by acquisition or achieve mass scale overnight. Nearly every company or organization starts the same way: with an idea.     2     an organization grows to become a multi-billion-dollar corporation like Wal-Mart or fails in the first few years, most of them started with a single person or small group of people who had an idea.

At the beginning, ideas     3     (fuel) by passion — that every convincing emotion that causes us to do quite irrational things. That passion drives many people to make sacrifices so that a cause bigger than themselves can be brought to life. Some drop out of school or quit a perfectly good job     4     a good salary and benefits to try to go it alone. Some work extraordinarily long hours without a second thought, sometimes     5     (sacrifice) the stability of their relationships or even their personal health. This passion is so exciting that it can affect others as well.     6     (inspire) by the founder’s vision, many early employees demonstrate classic early-adopter behavior. Relying on their courage, these first employees also quit their perfectly good jobs and accept     7     (low) salaries to join an organization with a 90 percent statistical chance of failing. But the statistics don’t matter; passion and optimism persist and energy is high. Like all early adopters, the behavior of those who join early says more about them than     8     does about the company’s prospects.

The reason why so many small businesses fail, however, is     9     passion alone can’t cut it. For passion     10     (survive), it needs a structure. A WHY without HOWs, passion without structure, has a very high probability of failure.

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Inflation (通货膨胀) is showing no signs of slowing down,     1     (make) it harder for workers to make ends meet.

The Consumer Price Index     2     (increase) 8.3% from a year ago,     3     (high) than the estimated 8.1%, according to the US Bureau of Statistics.

Although it was down     4     (slight) from the March peak, inflation is still growing at the fastest annual pace in about four     5     (decade).

As of March, close     6     two-thirds, or 64%, of the US population was living paycheck to paycheck, just shy of the high of 65% in 2021, according to    7     LendingClub report.

“The number of people     8     (live) paycheck to paycheck today is reminiscent (让人想起) of the early days of the pandemic,     9     it has become the dominant lifestyle across income brackets,” said Anuj Nayar, LendingClub’s     10     (finance) health officer.