【推荐1】Forgot your ID? Well, you'll never forget your face. Using your face as your ID is _____ and convenient. You could take the subway or board a flight with just your face alone. This is how facial recognition(人脸识别) works. It has also been used to _____ criminals.

In China, facial recognition systems have been _____ in many areas. In Zhengzhou, people can now get on the _____ by using facial recognition technology. They just need to link their online payment systems to the subway's smart phone app. _____ at Beijing University can pass through the school gate by scanning(扫描) their faces.

However, many people are _____ the use of this information by governments and companies. Why is it necessary to collect data about your _____ and what will the data be used for? I feel _____ because there is a long history of companies failing to protect user data. When someone steals your personal _____ you can change your bank card code, but can you change your face when your facial information is stolen?

As facial recognition is used more and more in ______ daily lives from colleges and subways to street corners and smart phones, we must ask ourselves whether or not this new technology is worth the risk.

【推荐2】You are in the school dining hall, and maybe you don’t want to sit alone. But you know who would be friendly and that who may let you _______ with them.

To work out the _______, 16 year-old Natalie Hampton made an app called Sit with Us. It makes it _______ to find friends in the school dining hall.

Natalie is an 11th-grader from California, United States. At her old school, she had to eat lunch alone(单独地) every day in seventh grade. It made her feel _______. Natalie got the _______ from her lonely experience(经历) _______ lunchtime.

The free app _______ online last month. Students can sign up as “ambassadors(大使)” for a club. Then they can ask others to _______ in. With the help of the app, it seems to be easier to ask to sit down. The app _______ kids from eating alone.

If that still happens, their classmates won’t see them as ________ students. Now the app is working very well. Many people at Natalie’s school start to use it.

Name a Star

Are you tired of shopping for presents? What can you get someone who has everything? How about surprising them with a star: Every star is unique (独一无二的), and so is your loved one.

Name a star for your loved ones! Stars have been around since the universe (宇宙) began. Everyone has written about them, from ancient people to modern scientists. Some kings and queens believed that stars were _________. They made decisions by looking to the skies, Some people believe that stars influent our dreams.

Since 1975, we have named stars _________ presidents, famous actors and singers. For only seventy dollars, you can go online at “Be a Star” and get a beautiful certificate (证书) with _________ of your star. While you can’t visit a star, you can find it using its location, a map and telescope!

With your gift, you will also get information on famous stars like Polaris, the North Star and Sirius, the Dog Star, which is the brightest star in the sky. Some stars are part of groups like Orion and the Big Dipper. Others come in many _________-white, orange, yellow and even red! White stars are usually the hottest and brightest, but some red stars are closer to the Earth, so they _________ bigger and brighter.

If you like, we can send you a photograph of the star for $30.00. If you want it framed (有外框的), that will cost $15.00. If the person receiving the star likes to dress up, we have _________ a star necklace. It costs $50.00 and is made of silver. Also, we have prepared a book about stars. It is $40.00.

We can send your gift anywhere in the world! Even if you move countries, you can always find your star _________! Just visit our website, “Be a Star”!

【推荐1】A group called New Story is working with a company called Icon to quickly build lots of houses for poor people in Tabasco, Mexico. The way they are building the houses is _______-by 3D-printing technology.

New Story is a group _______ works to bring cheap but good houses to people who can't _______ them. The group has built over 2,700 houses in places _______ Bolivia, EI Salvador, Haiti and Mexico. In the past, New Story built _______ houses in a normal way. But it _______ a long time. That's _______ New Story began to work with Icon. Icon has developed a way to build houses _______ by 3D-printing them with concrete(混凝土). Some areas where New Story wants to build houses suffer from earthquakes, _______ Icon's houses have been designed to hold up in earthquake conditions.

The houses in Tabasco have two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Because the houses are created with a computer design, it's easy to ________ the design to suit the needs of different families. They are expected to live in later this year.

【推荐2】Riding a bike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store,you see that HUAWEI smartphones are ________.

But you’re not in China—you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see ________ things in many other cities. Chinese products have been ________ worldwide.

Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time. To ________ local people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the ________. Unlike the Chinese, Australian people don’t like to eat meat with the bone ________ so Chinese restaurants there provide big pieces of meat without bones, ________ for fish.

Some Chinese brands are also becoming more ________. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and so on. And more than half of US-owned drones (无人驾驶飞机) are Chinese models. They’re not simply made in China, but designed and developed in the ________.

In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and not dependable. But now, things have changed greatly. “Made in China” becomes cool. More and more people ________ Chinese brands.

Robots (机器人) can do many things for us in our life. In India, there is a robot named Roadeo. It can help the police to deal with (应对) ____ problems.

____ makes it? Six children under 14 make it. All of the children like ____ and are good at making things.

Roadeo can go around the city to make sure (确保) that it is ____ for people to cross roads. It can tell people all kinds of traffic ____, such as “Do not drive too fast” and “Please take the crosswalk”. It can ____ its hands and show “stop” signs to cars and buses. If something is ____ on roads, people can also ask Roadeo for help.

Science ____ our life. With the help of the robot, policemen can save ____ time to do other things. There will be more robots working ____ us. They will make our life easy and fun.