More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is amazing， healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s w    1     there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can t    2     you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

Get on a bicycle and r    3     around your neighborhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is e    4     than getting out of your car. You can bike to work and enjoy exercise w    5     polluting the environment.

You don’t even have to ride all the way. Folding(折叠) bikes work well for people who take the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the s    6     on a plane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a small bike with you when you fly. But be s    7     to look for information on the airline websites.

Bicycling is good for your health. It helps c    8     your weight and prevent heart diseases. If you go to and r    9     from work by bike three times a week for 15 minutes， you’ll lose five kilos of fat in a year. It can a    10     improve your mood. Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better， more relaxed and confident.

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More and     1     people like riding bicycles nowadays. You can see many people, especially young men ride bicycles in the park or on the road. They use them     2     work, for sport or just for fun.

Bicycle riding has become the most popular way. It has many advantages. Bicycles are not so expensive that every family can buy one. Also, bicycle riding is good for health. It is good exercise. If you go to work by riding a bicycle instead of driving a car or taking a bus, you can have a better chance of getting enough exercise you need every day. It makes us healthy. There     3     many ways of traveling. But I like traveling by bicycle. It can set out when I like and stop when I like. I can go wherever I like.     4     I feel tired, I can sit down by the bike and have     5     good rest. I can save much money for tickets and much time.

These days, more and more people are always looking at their phones with their heads down. Such people are called “Heads-down Tribe(低头族）”.     1     (member) of the heads-down tribe can be seen everywhere. They spend most of their free time     2     (use) their phones. As a result, they lose many nice other things in life. For example, they spend       3     (little) time on face-to-face communication than before.

Also, they sometimes put     4     (they) into great danger. One day, it was raining     5     / 'hev1li/. A man with     6     umbrella was walking on the side of the road and playing his phone. He was so interested in the phone     7     he didn’t notice a big tree in front of him. As a result, he knocked hard into the tree and fell down on the wet     8     /ɡraʊnd/. The phone, together with his right arm, was     9     /ˈbrəʊkən/.

Mobile phones are useful and necessary in modern life. Whether (是否) they are good or not depends     10     how people use them. Let’s be healthy users and try to be the “Heads-up Tribe”.

My friend Jim has got a restaurant in a big city. It is near a supermarket. He gets ten robots for the restaurant. He bought them from     1     foreign company in the United States when he decided to open a restaurant last month. He spent 20,000 yuan     2     each robot.

The restaurant is not the biggest, but     3     (popular) in that city. Now more and more people come here     4     (have) dinner. The robots have different     5     (job) in the restaurant. Two robots cook different kinds of food; one washes the dishes; one cleans the floor and the     6     (other) give food to the guests.

    7     all the staff   (员工) are robots, it is not expensive to eat in this restaurant. Because Jim doesn’t need to pay for the robots every month. Robots do the most of jobs in the restaurant, but Jim is still very busy. He must do many things to keep the robots     8     (work) well.     9     (lucky), Jim is good at studying robots and he knows robots very well.

I think in the future, there     10     (be) a lot of robot-themed restaurants (机器人主题餐厅) around the world.

Do you like     1    ? Do you want to relax     2    work? Daxing Shopping Center is a good place for you    3     (relax). It is very large and     4     (have) many stores there. On the     5    floor, there is a big book store. Many people     6     (read) and buy books there on weekends. On the second floor, there is a big supermarket. Many    7    (family) like shopping there because they can buy almost everything they want. On the third floor, they can buy different kinds of clothes. And there is a great     8    (sell) from January 1st to January 15th. If you are hungry or feel     9    (bore), you can go to the fourth floor. You can enjoy nice food    10     play fun games.

【推荐2】The British Museum is one of the biggest museums in the world. There are so many things in the museum to see: clocks that have been telling the time for 600 years, Roman money, some of     1    (early) books in the world and so on.

The British Museum was set up nearly 300 years ago     2     a doctor, Sir Hans Sloane. The man liked to collect things such as books, drawings, clothes, money     3     flowers. He hoped that his things would be kept well. And he also wanted people to visit the place after his     4    (dead).

    5     (he) wish came true, and     6     museum opened in 1759, six years after Sir Hans Sloane died. Later, more antiques (古董) arrived at the museum, and more people wanted     7    (visit) it. Since its opening, many famous people wrote and studied there. It is now open every day of the year, except for two holidays(New Year's Day and Christmas).

There     8    (be) lots of special exhibitions and every day there are different films and talks. Small machines tell you     9     the museum as you walk about it, and you can look and listen at the same time. So if you are one of the British Museum's visitors, don't see it all too     10    (quick).

【推荐3】Harbin is a beautiful city in China. It is the capital of Heilongjiang Province in the north-east of China. This city is famous for its cold winters. People c    1     it the “Ice City”.

Every year, millions of people from all over the world visit Harbin. They come to celebrate the famous Harbin Ice and Snow Festival. The festival usually begins in January. During the festival, visitors can enjoy the beautiful Ice and Snow World. They can s    2     many fantastic ice and snow sculptures(雕塑). They can go skating and s    3     too. If you like ice and snow, you will love Harbin.

Harbin is over 800 y    4     old. Tourists can see many t    5     buildings in the city.

Come and visit Harbin. You will love it.