Texting while crossing the street will soon     1    (ban) in Honolulu, Hawaii. From October 24     2    , you could be fined if you step into a Honolulu street while looking at your phone. Honolulu is the first major US. city that passed a law,     3     says, “No pedestrian shall cross a street or highway while viewing a mobile electronic device.”

The law     4    (include) all electronic devices with screens, cell phones, tablets, gaming devices, digital cameras and laptop computers. The law does permit     5     exception. Pedestrians may use such devices in the street to call emergency services and rescue workers, such as firefighters and police     6    (office).

    7    (hope), it will lower the number of people hit and     8    (kill) by cars in the city. Pedestrian deaths in America have been increasing as the use of cell phone rises. Honolulu has     9    (many) pedestrians hit in crosswalks than almost any other city in America. The number of pedestrian deaths in 2017     10    (rise) to 6,000, 11% higher than in 2016.

Half a million Londoners travel to and from work by bike every day. Since the introduction of the Congestion Charge in 2003, the capital city     1    (see) an almost 50 per cent increase in the number of people commuting by bike.

The growth in cycling can partly be attributed to the launch in 2010 by Transport for London of the Barclays Cycle Hire System throughout the city's center.     2    (station) around the city, bikes can be registered     3     the TfL website, and regular users can buy access for 24 hours, 7 days, or one year. Users are then posted     4     key to release the locking system on the bikes.

Of course, London isn't the only place     5     cycling has taken off: people cycle to work on towns   and cities across the UK. In 2008,     6    (promote) the benefits of cycling more     7    (wide), the UK government     8    (organize) a competition to select the country's first cycling town. The city of Bristol won and received money to improve     9    (it) cycling infrastructure — more cycle lanes and increased parking     10    (spot) for bikes, etc.— and make cycling on roads generally safer.

While     1    (visit) Hangzhou's West Lake and its surroundings beautiful hills, you'll understand     2     it's been a great source of inspiration for artists, poets and philosophers throughout Chinese history.

Though     3     rest of the country is moving from two wheels to four, cycling culture is prosperous in Hangzhou. The city     4     (develop) China's first bike-sharing system in 2008. It’s since grown into the world’s     5    (big) and one of the world’s best public bike systems.

Hangzhou grows some of China's finest green tea—Longjing. Every spring, before the traditional Qingming Festival, tea     6    (love) from all over the country come to Longjing, a village     7       lies just south of West Lake, for the first cut of top-quality tea. During tea season—     8    (usual)late March and April—the air is fragrant with smell from the tea, when leaves     9    (pick) and roasted in the village. The village is open to the public and you can get the tea beyond     10    (expect) from the local farmers.

Some love to cycle for the speed, some for the    1    （fit）, some for the environmental protection and    2     for the freedom of the open road. To maintain social distance to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the two-wheel business, already gaining popularity in recent years,    3    （witness） a boom around the world. US adult leisure bike sales jumped 121 percent in March    4    a yearly basis and many other countries like the UK, Canada and Germany added new, wider bike lanes （车道）for people to cycle. For many people, cycling has also become    5    symbol of freedom in the pandemic. During lockdown, people    6    were unable to go to their gyms look for other ways to keep kids active. The trend also brings other advantages. The environmental    7    （benefit） are obvious.     8     （cycle） cuts your fuel completely and provides a cleaner form of transportation    9    cars, buses or other forms of public transportation. Increased biking can boost local economy too.    10    （Compare） with drivers, cyclists tend to spend more money in stores, bars and restaurants, for they are lingering （流连）longer and stopping in more stores.

As populations increased in large cities in     1     nineteenth century, building subway lines was a way     2    (move) people from one area of a city to another quickly and efficiently. The first major subway system, the London Underground,     3    (start) in 1873 using steam trains. Subways caught on quickly in London. From 1896, it was changed in favor of an electrical system. Today’s subways around the world now work on     4    (electrical). Passengers can rely on the regular schedule of subway trains while     5    (avoid) traffic on busy city streets.

Two of the world’s earliest subways were built in Paris and New York. When the Paris Metro opened on July 19, 1900, citizens were proud of the     6    (impress) and beautifully decorated station entrances.    7     the first New York subway consisted     8     only 14.5 kilometers of track in 1904, today, it is the world’s largest subway system.

Today, subways are still popular with passengers. The Tokyo subway is the     9    (busy) in the world, with 3.2 billion riders a year. Close behind     10    (be) subways in Moscow(2.4 billion), Seoul (2.1 billion), and New York City (1.6 billion).

Beijing, together with Zhangjiakou, succeeded in getting the chance to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games,   which   speeds   up   the   development   of   Zhangjiakou   City.   Word   came         1       the   Beijing- Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, located in North China, is now       2     construction, and is expected to be completed by 2020 in       3       (prepare) for the cities to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Starting from Beijing North Railway Station and heading west through the Great Wall, the project is     4     (probable) the biggest challenge ever. Its designers say that the explosions needed       5    (dig) the tunnels will not have a negative effect on the structure.

The railway line has a   length of 174 km as a double-track passenger line, with ten stations along its route. Enjoying       6       total investment of 31.17 billion yuan ($5 billion), the trip between the two cities will only take 40 minutes       7       the train will travel at an average of 250 km/h.

According to the plan, the high-speed railway will have two branch       8    line) — one is to Yanqing Station and the other to Taizicheng of Chongli, where the Olympic Village lies. The full railway,    9     (include) a 70-kilometer section through Beijing,       10     (complete) in four and a half years.

What annoys you most in life? A new survey on annoying things has some interesting findings. The report     1     (divide) into a number of categories. Transport comes fairly high up in the list, with buses, planes and trains all capable     2     driving us mad. Some of the things we find most irritating (令人恼火的) about buses include missing a bus,     3    (particular) after running to the bus stop, and people in buses who crowd near the entrance     4    (refuse) to move down to the end of the bus. 

The airport is also a place that can really wind us up. Being hit by out-of-control luggage carts, or being caught on the ankles by someone who can’t control them properly is enough to make us see red. Getting in     5     slow-moving queue to check in our baggage when our flight is about to leave     6     (be) also enough to make our blood pressure soar.     7     (delay) flights are obviously annoying, but airlines that refuse to keep us up to date with the latest travel information make us even     8     (angry). 

The train     9     (cause) bother as well. Blocked toilets, buffet cars with no sandwiches and passengers     10     make loud mobile phone calls all appear on the list.

Europe offers amazing scenery, and much of it     1    (connect) by rail. For that reason, many travelers insist that a Eurail Pass is the best way     2    (go). Eurail is the brand name of a train pass that can be purchased and used only     3     non-European residents. My parents experienced the     4    (convenient) of a Eurail Pass as they traveled through eight countries in three weeks. They loved the ease of simply getting on the train and     5    (show) their passes.

How can you get a Eurail Pass? You can buy it in Europe, but it’s more expensive. It’s     6    (good) if you order it before you arrive and have it     7    (mail) to your home, office or hotel. You can choose the length of time that you want the pass to be valid. It’s not necessary, though, to state     8    (exact) when your travel will begin. You take care of that at the train station before you embark on(开始) your first train trip. After that, just sit back and enjoy beautiful landscapes from the comfort of your seat.

According to     9     passenger, “A Eurail trip is the perfect way to explore Europe and its wonderful cities,     10     is a journey full of breathtaking adventures.” Are you ready to begin your adventure?

China, once famous for four inventions in ancient times, has once again showed its ability     1     (change) the world with its “new four great inventions”: electronic payments, shared bicycles, high-speed railways and online shopping.

With electronic payments, people can buy and eat     2     they want simply with a tap of their phones. Electronic payments are so convenient that they are really popular with folks. Even pancake sellers are found     3    (use) Alipay. The bikes themselves are not new,     4    the operating model of bike-sharing is innovative. Chinese companies have surprised the world with the business model of bike-sharing which     5     (include) high technologies, and are entering overseas markets such as Singapore and Britain. The launch of high-speed trains has a       6    (big) influence on people’s choice of traveling than expected. The newly launched Fuxing Hao can travel at an    7     (amaze) speed of 300 km/h, making the 1,318km joumey in five and three-quarter hours. China also takes the lead in online shopping with various e-commerce platforms.     8     the 11.11 shopping day in 2018, sales hit 10 billion yuan in the first 2 minutes after midnight and     9    (reach) 213. 5 billion by the end of the day.

Thanks to the large amounts of capital (资金) China has invested in encouraging inmovation (创新), China has entered     10     new innovative time.

10 . China used to be called the “Kingdom of Bicycles” in the 1980s and the 1990s, but since then, cars     1     (take) over the country. Because of traffic jams,     2     can be difficult to travel across major Chinese cities. Even     3     (go) a few kilometers can take up to an hour. Now, new apps that help people use bikes are being used more and more across cities.

Cheng Li started using bike share services about six     4     (month) ago. He said now he was using a car less and the metro (地铁)    5    . “After I get off the metro, I usually have to walk another kilometer or two, so I’ll grab a bike share and go. It is convenient.”

For many, the best part about cycling is how easy it is to do.     6    , many of its bike share stations were not placed in convenient places. Now, it is easy to find a bike, and to register with     7     smart phone.

Meanwhile, there is now a lot of competition among bike share providers because of their popularity. Some providers are trying to flood the streets     8     bikes to be more visible. Sometimes there are so many bikes     9     they completely block the sidewalks.

This has become a problem for city governments. It is not uncommon for bike users to leave bikes in the middle of the street or on the sidewalk. This blocks cars and people in already     10     (crowd) cities.

A woman interviewed by the media said, “Bike sharing is really convenient, but we need taking care of the problem of illegally parked bikes.”