1 . Technology use seems to be the new wave of addiction hitting people of all ages. Its extreme use can be compared to the use of drugs, which is called Plugin Heroin.

The next time you’re in a crowded public place, look at the people around you. It’s hard to find someone who isn’t glued to the tiny screen, fingers moving at lightning speeds, texting their friends, emailing co-workers or listening to music. It may seem ridiculous that someone is that addicted to such a small object. I’ve seen people who seem to be at their wits’ end (不知所措) if their phone or iPad has been taken away, lost or left at home.

Some people may ask, “What’s wrong with technology use? It’s a way for people to communicate.” While this is true, the overuse of technology isn’t always appropriate in certain settings. Schools are becoming stricter about the use of cell phones, iPads and other electronics in classrooms. Various workplaces have signs hanging on their walls warning employees that “Cell phone use is not permitted” or “Cell phones are forbidden.”

Electronics may be a way for people to communicate and stay in touch with each other, but the disadvantages may outweigh the benefits. People are losing the ability to hold face-to-face conversations with others. However, it’s hard to avoid electronics in this day and age because almost everything is turning into an electronic format. Books, originally meant for paper design, are now being transferred (转存) to electronic forms. Photo albums, and even yearbooks, can now be viewed via the internet. With this growing trend, future generations are bound to become even more addicted to technology.

Is there a cure for electronic addiction? Simply turning electronics off for an hour or two a day may help to an extent, but it will not completely rid electronic addiction. There only seems to be one cure left, and it may be the hardest: self-control.

2 . It’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old! Welcome to your future life.

Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the   mirror. “Turn red,” you say. Your shirt changes from   sky blue to deep red.Tiny preprogrammed electronics   (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live   to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle­aged!

As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that!” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?”A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask your son and daughter. In 2015 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor says you need   these   for   space   travel.” Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain special vaccines. With the strawberries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,”you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e­newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

5 . Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn't mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, you'll have to stand up and say—problems, I don't want you in my life.

    1    Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shaped and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help.     2    Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems.     3    When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don't lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don't lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family…you should still have faith.     4    

Your problems aren't the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.     5    Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.

Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.

Facial makeup and costumes are two distinguished characteristics of Peking opera. The audience can know what kind of character the role is from the colors and     1    (pattern).

    2    (general) speaking, red faces, have a positive meaning symbolizing the brave, upright and wise men. Black faces usually have a neutral meaning,     3     represent the just men and uprightness. Blue and green     4     (one) also have neutral meanings that symbolize the hero or some kind of evil leaders. Meanwhile, yellow and white ones represent the crafty men with negative meanings such as acts of betrayal and dishonesty. Performers have gold or silver facial makeup     5     (stand) for the monsters or super natural power. Good-natured people     6     (paint) with relatively simple colors     7     the makeup of doubtful characters, such as robbers, rebels and alike, bears complex marks.

Costumes of Peking opera are based mainly on the official and civilian costumes of the Ming Dynasty style, with     8     frequent use of deep red, green, yellow, white, black and blue. The rules for costumes are strictly based on rank,     9     (occupy) and life style, and there are costumes specially made in different colors and designs     10     each role.

7 . What is the secret of happiness? A new study finds that happiness comes from exercise. People who exercise actively bring themselves happiness equal to earning an extra $ 25,000 a year.

Instead of recording extra hours at work in hopes of getting a raise, maybe you should hit the gym instead, as it could make you just as happy as that extra money. An interesting new study, published in the Lancet, found that people who are physically active have a greater sense of well—being than those who are inactive-and that active individuals feel as good as inactive people who earn $ 25,000 more per year.

Researchers from Oxford and Yale Universities used data gathered from more than 1.2milion Americans. They were asked, “How many times have you felt mentally unwell in the past30 days. for example, due to stress, depression, or emotional problems?” Participants were also asked about their exercise habits and were able to choose from 75 diverse physical activities, including doing housework and childcare, running, weightlifting, and cycling. The researchers found that people who exercise regularly feel bad for an average of 35 days per year, while inactive people feel bad for an additional 18 days.

All exercise types were associated with a lower mental health burden. Social physical activities （that is to say, team sports such as football, basketball, etc） had an even more positive effect, which can best help people relax mind.

It is possible for some to get too much exercise. From Business Insider's report on the study. “The mental health of those participants who exercised for longer than three hours a day suffered more than that of those who weren't particularly physically active.” The ideal amount seems to be three to five training sessions per week. lasting 30 to 60 minutes each.

But the conclusion should be that any amount helps, so don't stress about hitting that perfect balance: “All exercise types were associated with a lower mental health burden than not exercising.”

8 . I went with some colleagues from my office for a dinner in a very popular local restaurant. It was _______ business time and the restaurant was packed. We _______ found a table in a corner for three of us.

As soon as we sat down, we heard a crash when a cleaning boy _______ the floor with all the plates he was carrying. There was _______ and no one was saying or doing anything.In a flash I remembered my _______ many years ago. Once, I _______ in the airport because I had rushed there on my own on an empty stomach. I was picked up and taken care of by two _______. Now this was my chance to _______ it forward. I ran to the young man’s side immediately, turned him on his back and screamed for someone to _______ a hot drink. Soon people started asking if I was a doctor. I said I was not, ________ I was skillful at blacking out (晕厥).

The kid soon opened his eyes, ________ what had happened. I ________ him by saying it was OK and I had had a ________ experience. He had not eaten anything. I held the ________ drink to his mouth till he finished it and sat with him till he felt OK. By then the ________ had arrived. I asked her to give the kid something to eat. I offered to pay.

The manager was kind enough to refuse the ________ and agreed to make sure the kid ate before he went home. By the time all this was ________ it was getting late for my colleagues. We hadn’t ________ anything yet, so they decided to go home.

I slowly walked home, not hungry any more, feeling ________ for the opportunity I pay forward the ________ I had received many years ago.

China launched    1    large robotic spaceraft at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on November 24th, tasking it with landing on the moon and bringing back lunar samples. When it lifted its 20-storytall body and soared skyward, many spectators around the Wenchang center were left in excitement. The rocket is intended to place Chang'e 5 in an Earth-moon transfer path, the    2    (heavy) and largest in the nation's lunar probe fleet (探测舰队). Chang'e 5 will fly in the path within the next several days and conduct a key braking maneuver (刹车动作) to avoid    3    (accidental) flying past the moon. After its    4    (arrive) in lunar orbit, the probe will then separate    5    two parts, with one part remaining in orbit while the other    6    (land) on the lunar surface. The landing part will conduct such assignments as obtaining underground rocks and gathering surface dint. The entire mission    7    (schedule) to last about 23 days. If the Chang'e 5 mission ends successfully, it will become China's first space activity    8    (collect) moon samples. In     9    (add), its success will also make Chang'e 5 the world's first lunar sample-return spacecraft since August 1976，    10    the former Soviet Union's unmanned Lunar 24 did the same thing.

10 . My family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big attraction for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and joined the swimming team but was never really a good swimmer. However, swimming in my younger days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of belonging. It also became invaluable many years later.

Fast-forward (快进) to 1973 – I was married, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more wonderful was when I discovered that four blocks away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were spent around that pool.

Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the different swimming strokes (姿势). They later joined the swim team and competed in meets. My daughter even became a lifeguard at the town pool. I sat back and happily took it all in!

As much as I would have liked to have life stand still, it doesn’t. My children outgrew their pool days and moved on. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to take up swimming again. And it was far better than I ever could have imagined. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool so I could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would always come out feeling physically and mentally refreshed. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the worries and problems I’ve had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool!

What has swimming taught me? I’ve learned that balance is the key to being a good swimmer. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the similarities between life in and out of the swim lane (泳道). If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right through the stress and problems life throws at you!