Festivals are becoming more and more commercial, with businesses     1     (take) advantage of the celebrations. Online shopping websites and social media apps have made it much     2     (easy) for the public to spend more on gifts for their loved ones. Although some believe festivals should not commercialized,     3     believe the increase in spending is good for the economy and public happiness.

4 . It’s time to reconsider food. Around the globe, food problems threaten wildlife, wild places and the planet itself. Today, 7.3 billion people consume 1.6 times _______ the earth’s natural resources can supply. By 2050, the world’s population _______(reach) 9 billion and the demand for food will double.

So how do we produce more food for more people without _______(expand) the land and water already in use? We can’t double the amount of food. _______(fortunate), we don’t have to — we just have to double the amount of food available now instead. _______ short, we must freeze the footprint of food.

In the near-term, food production is enough to provide for all, but it doesn’t reach everyone who needs it. About 1.3 billion tons of food _______(waste) each year — four times the amount _______(need) to feed the more than 800+ million people who are _______(hunger).

By improving efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and shifting consumption _______(pattern), we can produce enough food for everyone by 2050 on roughly ________ same amount of land we use now.

In order to encourage literacy (读写能力) among kids who are more used to playing on their smart devices. LA County     1    (library) are no longer charging library late fees for young readers. To make it even     2    (easy) for the kids, their schools have also signed up for library cards for them.

For those     3     already have a late fee balance, the library offers a unique way to pay it back by reading it away.

Kids can now go to their local library and tell the librarian that they would like     4    (pay) off their balance. In turn, the Librarian will start a timer and for every hour kids spends reading $5     5    (take) off of their debt. At least 100 students every week     6    (read) away their debt and a total of 3, 500 blocked accounts have been cleared. This debt relief can also be used for paying off lost or     7    (damage) books as well.

The program has already had a major effect     8     readership in the county. 15,000 kids have used their new library cards and parents said they allowed their children to check out books due to the     9    (decide).

    10     seems that the smell of old books can still have a place in the younger generation’s hearts — they just need a bit of encouragement.

There are many reasons     1     college and university students often fail     2    (get) full nights of sleep. Many American students are away from their parents for the first time when they attend college. They might not be used to having total     3    (free) in how they plan their days and nights. Parties, late night study meetings, or just time spent relaxing with friends — these are all things that cut into college students’ sleep habits.

A few years ago, Michael Scullin began teaching     4     science of sleep to psychology students at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Scullin is an assistant professor at Baylor and the director of its Sleep Neuroscience and Cognition Laboratory. He says his students seemed to enjoy the class and were interested in the material he was teaching. The class     5    (center) round why the body needs to sleep and the physical and mental health problems     6    (cause) by a lack of sleep. This includes difficulty focusing on studies or     7    (control) one’s emotions, and increased risk of many diseases.

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that adults need at least seven hours of sleep a night to stay     8    (health). Scullin found students who slept more performed     9    (well) in two different classes,     10     he published his findings in two academic publications last November.

Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a     1     (total) different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid.

Yet many       5     (difficulty) may arise from this phenomenon. Third-culture kids may not be able to adapt themselves completely     6     their new surroundings. Also, they often find it hard     7     (develop) new friendship. Additionally, for a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new country     8     to return to his homeland. For example, after living in Australia for many years, Louis finally returned to the country     9     she was born. She didn’t know anything about current TV shows     10     fashion trends. And she didn’t share the same values as other teens of her age.