The     1    (introduce) of chemicals in farming got many exciting things at     2     sight of what they had accomplished. At the start, any damage brought about by chemical fertilizers was hardly noticeable. Pests (害虫) had not developed resistance     3     the chemicals. The technology spread across the world as it     4    (consider) the revolution (变革) in agriculture.

Today, organic farming are impressing many people again. Conventional farming methods come with a host of problems, including health     5    (relate) diseases like cancer, pollution, degradation of soil and water, and impact on domestic animals.

Organic farming is a technique, which involves the cultivation of plants and     6    (raise) animals in natural ways. It avoids synthetic (合成的) substances     7    (maintain) soil fertility and ecological balance there by minimizing pollution.

Foods from organic farms are loaded with nutrients such as vitamins     8     minerals compared to those from conventional farms. Those     9    (organic) farmed foods would prove the fact that they have a natural and better taste. That’s because organic farmers always treat quality as     10    (important) thing than quantity.

Inflation (通货膨胀) is showing no signs of slowing down,     1     (make) it harder for workers to make ends meet.

The Consumer Price Index     2     (increase) 8.3% from a year ago,     3     (high) than the estimated 8.1%, according to the US Bureau of Statistics.

Although it was down     4     (slight) from the March peak, inflation is still growing at the fastest annual pace in about four     5     (decade).

As of March, close     6     two-thirds, or 64%, of the US population was living paycheck to paycheck, just shy of the high of 65% in 2021, according to    7     LendingClub report.

“The number of people     8     (live) paycheck to paycheck today is reminiscent (让人想起) of the early days of the pandemic,     9     it has become the dominant lifestyle across income brackets,” said Anuj Nayar, LendingClub’s     10     (finance) health officer.

Researcher Sabrina Helm from the University of Arizona wanted to see     1     shoppers really felt about the situation that     2     number of brick-and-mortar (实体的)stores was on the decrease while online sales rose surprisingly. For Helm’s study, published in the Journal of Retailing (零售) and Consumer Services, she and her colleagues surveyed 400 consumers about their shopping preferences, habits and attitudes towards     3     (today) retail industry. Many people said physical stores were vital to their quality of life and the loss of physical stores would lead to job losses and     4     (threat) socialization opportunities. Others added that they feared social skills among a community would decline. As a whole, although online shopping was     5     (convenient) than going to physical stores, the group of participants largely agreed that the     6     (disappear) of brick-and-mortar establishments would be harmful to society.

Helm said, “Physical stores are part     7     the social structure of our society. If they disappear, many are concerned about the economy and what influence this will have on jobs,” Helm added that it was important for brick-and-mortar stores     8     (understand) consumers, Improving customer service and reducing wait time could help physical stores stay away from the threat of online retailers.

Of course, both forms of retail shopping have advantages and disadvantages. Many prefer the ease of online shopping to physical in-store shopping. Others like being able to touch and try the products before     9     (purchase) them. And in recent years consumers     10     (realize) that their preferences hold power in changing the retail industry.

Nowadays we are living in the web and information times. There     1     (be) a kind of language called Web language. Some people even speak Chinese     2     (mix) with English words. This is such     3     strange phenomenon as is well worth thinking about.

Some people think     4     makes no difference in helping people learn English. Besides, it has a bad influence     5     our language. However, other people, especially the youth, are fond of this new language. They think it of special help in expressing     6     (them). What’s more, it may make the language more meaningful.

In my opinion, it’s no good     7     (apply) this kind of language. It may be popular, but you may also get others     8     (confuse). It is a kind of language     9     will ruin our Chinese language. All of us should try to avoid using web language in     10     (communicate).

According to a recent survey, the     1     (major) of doctors believed their incomes did not match     2     hard they worked. The survey found that about 50 percent of the doctors were not satisfied with their working     3     (condition), especially those     4     worked in hospitals in small towns.

A physician     5     (work) in a large public hospital often has to see 100 patients per day. The researchers conducting the survey     6     (conclude) that, if hospitals and clinics serving the general public received more support, it would help to keep their medical staff     7     leaving the profession, and therefore the public would continue to receive good health services.

In     8     (respond) to a question about tensions between doctors and patients, some respondents complained that misleading media reports about doctors have     9     (great) harmed society,     10     (cause) the public to distrust medical workers.

For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the world’s     1    (happy) country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based     2     (large) on life evaluations (评估) from the Gallup World Poll.

The Nordic country and     3     (it) neighbors Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all score very well on the measures the report uses     4     (explain) its findings. These measures include healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support in times of trouble, and high social trust, generosity in a community     5     people look after each other and freedom to make key life     6    (decision).

Denmark comes in at No. 2 in this year’s rankings,     7     (follow) by Iceland at No.3. Sweden and Norway are the seventh and the eighth respectively (分别地). Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg take places 4 through 6,     8     Israel coming in at No. 9 and New Zealand rounding out the top 10.

Another bright point in this year’s report is that worry and stress went down in the pandemic’s second year. “For the young, life satisfaction has fallen, while for those over 60, it has risen,” according to the report.

John Helliwell, one of the report’s three founding editors, admits that there’s a sense that crises bring out either the best     9     the worst in societies.

“But in general, people are too worried about the goodwill in the societies they live in, so when the actual disaster       10     (happen) and they see other people responding positively to help others, it will raise their opinion both of themselves and of their fellow citizens,” Helliwell said.