The mini-game Yang Le Ge Yang,     1    roughly translates to “Sheep A Sheep”, is a new match-tiles-style game available on WeChat’s mini program and     2    (rise) to be a national online sensation in the past few days. The cartoon background eliminate game “ Sheep a Sheep ”     3     (sudden) exploded. But then, many netizens pointed out that “The Sheep ”     4    (suspect) of plagiarizing another matching game “3 Tiles”.

Judging from the exposed game screen, there are many     5     (similar) in the gameplay between “ The Sheep”     6     “3 Tiles” , the difference is that the icons of the two are abnormal. Some netizens expressed abandonment for this, but some players pointed out that the gameplay of multi-layer Lianliankan is similar, so it cannot be concluded that there is plagiarism in “Sheep a Sheep”.

    7     is reported that “Sheep a Sheep” is a cartoon background elimination game. Players need to click the card and it will move down to the wooden frame at the bottom. The frame can store up to 7 cards. When there are 3 identical cards placed in the frame, the elimination can be achieved.

It is worth     8     (mention) that according to a number of media reports, the game developer has been invested in gigabits. In this regard, Gigabit said: they has paid attention     9     the explosion of “Sheep a Sheep”,     10     game is developed by Gigabit’s shareholding company, the investment ratio is not high, and the relevant income will be reflected in the investment income of Gigabit.

The annual League of Legends World Championship, commonly referred to as “Worlds,”     1     （feature）qualifying professional teams from across the globe competing over a prize pool of $2,225,000. On Saturday, Chinese team defeated South Korean team and     2     （eventual）won the 2021 League of Legends World Championship in Iceland. The Chinese players     3     （award）the world champion for the first time in history. Due to the pandemic, there was no     4     （admit）to the live competition this year, but millions of audiences tuned in online to watch the game.

The International Olympic Committee is introducing new events     5     （make）the games attract more young people, so why not go further and let national teams compete at video games?

In fact, compared with most mainstream sports, electronic sports     6     “Fortnite” are more popular. But     7     critics may consider is that e-sports are not proper sports. Some of them even offer moral objections, too. In their opinion, they are     8     （violence）. Prince Harry has even called for "Fortnite” to be banned for this reason. Surely, at a time of global disharmony, it is a bad idea to make simulated（模拟的）killing     9     Olympic sport. The Olympics aim to promote peace.

Yet video games are highly competitive, with professional leagues     10     （head）for packed stadiums.

In one club in Beijing, for example, players enter into a fictional martial arts school     1     they wear costumes and assume roles like a peach fairy or a dragon. The script offers character backgrounds, relationships and potential storylines. The plot develops as the players go around the table, talking in character, taking clues from the script and the host. In the end, they vote on     2     they think the murderer might be.

The whodunits may be imaginary,     3     they provide a real-world alternative for young Chinese people who spend increasing amounts of time on their screens. The country’s one billion Internet users spend much of their time on their phones,     4     (cause) worries from the public and the government alike about too much screen time. The government’s concerns over children in particular     5     (lead) it to restrict video game time for minors recently.

The games also provide free-flowing opportunities for young people to get together, something     6     can be rare in China, according to Kecheng Fang, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The games provide “    7     participatory experience and a way of socializing, which is     8     (miss) from the life of many Chinese young people,” Dr. Fang said. They are     9     (lack) in participation in civic affairs, community     10     (engage) and meaningful socialization.

Short-form videos, which gained popularity on the Chinese platform Douyin, have given rise to a new trend in entertainment: ultra-short (超短) dramas.     1     (tailor) to our fast-paced lifestyles, ultra-short dramas are far more likely to attract people to try them out than traditional television series. In the past, committing     2     a show meant investing upwards of 40 minutes, but with ultra-short dramas, only a few minutes is enough for     3     taste.

Despite the initial success of ultra-short dramas, Chinese authorities     4     (tighten) regulations and intensifying monitoring on them. Currently, most of these ultra-short dramas revolve around clichéd (陈词滥调的) romantic plots, often     5     (feature) a wealthy individual getting together with a poor person. This narrative trend bears the potential     6     (shape) young minds’ perceptions of reality and their approaches to real-life challenges.

What’s equally concerning is     7     ultra-short dramas are designed to catch the viewers’ attention with bite-sized runtimes. In a world dominated by smartphones,     8     attention spans are already declining, frequent     9     (expose) to ultra-short videos can only worsen the issue.

It’s natural for us to seek entertainment. But it’s also worth pausing to consider the consequences     10     diving into ultra-short dramas.

Technology Addiction

Tell me if this sounds familiar. You wake up in the morning and immediately reach for your phone. You check for new emails and texts despite having no urgency to do so.

    1    （satisfy）that you haven’t missed any important messages, you log onto Facebook. You check to see whether your friends posted any updates while you were sleeping.

Then it’s off to Tik Tok. You follow hundreds of friends, acquaintances, and celebrities. Surely someone has posted something worthy    2    （read）. Unfortunately, they haven’t.

With nothing of interest    3    （happen）on social media, you visit your favorite news media sites to find out what’s going on the world. After all, you don’t want to miss the day’s major headlines.

And so the morning    4    （progress）. From the moment you wake up    5     you’ve thrown the first cup of coffee down your throat, your attention is dominated by technology. Texts, emails, social media, games, news headlines, blogs, and YouTube videos hold you captive in a vice-like grip.

Worse, the rest of the day follows the same course. Your phone buzzes,     6    （signal）the arrival of a new text and you find yourself unable to resist checking it. You receive a notification in your browser that a new email has arrived and you immediately drop everything to read it. You visit Facebook, promising    7     that you’ll only spend a few minutes, only    8    （surf）aimlessly for an hour.

If you relate to the above circumstances, I have bad news. You    9    （addict）to technology. The good news is that you’re not alone. Millions of people experience and act upon the same compulsions every single day. These are the reasons why it’s so easy to develop an addiction to technology. First, you have the necessary tools at your disposal 24 hours a day. Second,     10     you use them, you stimulate your brain’s reward system over and over and over again. Under these circumstances, dependency and addiction are practically predictable conclusions.