Today's fast-pace life tires people out. Simple things, such as driving to and from work    1    a daily basis can be such stressful experiences    2    many people are left feeling totally exhausted. Fortunately, there are various means of public transport to choose from within modern towns and cities. Sometimes, all we need to do is to change a few of our long-standing    3    (habit) in order to discover     4     more comfortable way of life. By simply planning journeys, not only can we save time and money    5    we can reduce stress levels dramatically. By using public transport, everybody wins!

Most towns and cities,    6    (cover) with bus, tram and metro services, provide convenient services. While    7    (make) use of the services, you are also helping in the fight against increasing levels of pollution. Public transport systems have improved    8    (considerable) and there is more focus on environmentally friendly forms. For example, old tram systems    9     (strengthen) in many European cities in recent years, making movement across large areas much faster, cleaner and therefore     10    (stressful)!

So, next time you see your neighbour waiting at a bus stop as you drive by, don't feel sorry for him.

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.

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.