【推荐1】Have you ever heard of e-waste (electric waste,电子垃圾)? How do you deal with your MP4 players, mobile phones and your computer when they’re broken or you want a new one?

Most people just throw them away. With the _______ of electric industry, e-waste pollution has become a serious problem. According to the United Nations, in 2014, people around the world produced 41.8 million tons of e-waste and only _______ less than 20% of it. The US was _______ waster, producing 7.1 million tons. China came second, _______ 6 million tons.

It’s important to pay attention to e-waste. It can _______ be valuable or harmful, depending on how we deal with it. E-waste is a valuable urban mine (城市矿藏) .The value of the metals, like gold and silver is _______ . And the metals can be reused. But if people throw them away, the toxic chemicals (有毒化学物质) can _______ the earth or air. They will affect the environment and people’s health.

Now, Apple recycles people’s used products in China when they are buying new ones. The company will test and repair the used _______ and sell them at lower prices. _______ e-waste, we can also take computers and phones to see ________ companies offer recycling programs.

【推荐2】Plastic straws (吸管) are “having a hard time” in America. Seattle became the first large city in the US to ban (禁止) plastic straws. Starbucks also said they planned to ________ using straws by 2020. And more companies and governments also followed.

Plastic is ________ to the environment. Some say banning plastic straws is an important ________ towards saving our planet, but others think plastic-straw bans are inconvenient (不方便的), unnecessary, and unfair. Let's see what these two Americans said.

Josh Lee from Chicago, Illinois ________ his idea. “Plastic straws may help make drinking easy, but the long-term ________ are too high. When they are ________, they pollute our land and sea. Sea animals sometimes mistake the plastic for food. They may ________ because of that. In my opinion, if one likes using straws, he can buy paper or steel (钢) straws to carry with him.”

Maria Suarez from Bellaire, Texas thought ________. “Many people with disabilities (缺陷) depend on plastic straws to drink safely. Without plastic straws, people might use paper straws, ________ making paper products uses a lot of energy. Also, it creates air and water pollution. And paper can be used only once. Plastic can be reused and recycled. Finally, it is ________ to think that banning plastic straws will save the sea. Instead, we should teach people to leave rubbish in the right place so it doesn't end up on beaches or in waterways.”

【推荐1】When July comes, children know they'll have__ examinations (考试) and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two-month holiday, and they'll leave school __ train or by car to _____   to see their parents.

The summer holidays are the___ time of the year for most children The weather is usually good, so one can___ most of his time playing outside. If one lives in the country, he can ___     a trip into the woods and in the fields(天地). If one lives in a big town, he can usually go to a park to play.

The best place for a summer holiday is the __ . Some children are ___ enough to live near the sea. But for the others who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two, they will talk about it all the following school year.

Now ___ makes children like the seaside so much? I think it is the sand, the sea and the sun, not anything else. Of course, there are ____ new things to see, nice things to eat and interesting things to do. But the feeling of the sand under their feet, the feeling of the salt water on their skin(皮肤)and the feeling of the warm sun on their backs make them happier.

【推荐2】“Up to two thirds of children don’t get as much sleep as they should do, and this can make them nervous and slower at school.” researchers say.

So how long should young people sleep each night? The ________ is between 8 and 10 hours. If you don’t get ________ sleep at night, you’ll have less energy(能量) the next day.

But the ________ say many children have missed out on 4,500 hours of sleep by the time they are 7 years old. They say that children miss sleep because they have TVs and computers in their rooms and ________ parents don’t read to their younger children at night any more. The traditional “bedtime story” helps children to ________ and fall asleep peacefully. Children with TVs and computers in their bedrooms are more likely (可能的) to sleep ________, and to get less than 8 hours’ sleep. Even losing one hour’s sleep a night can mean that children do less well at school.

German scientists think that your brain (大脑) ________ working while you are asleep. To show that they were right, they gave two groups of people a ________ to work out. One group went to sleep and the other group stayed awake (醒着的). The result? The people who slept worked out the answer more ________, suggesting that their brains had been trying to find out the answer while the people were asleep. So ________ you get enough sleep tonight, and you’ll be at your best tomorrow.