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.

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.

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.

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.

7 . 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.”