Teenage life is full of adventures and challenges. Doing voluntary work is popular among some teenagers. And extra-curricular activities     1     (prefer) by others, such as organizing debates, studying literature, dancing ballet and cleaning up the greenhouses. But more people sign up for advanced     2     (course) out of curiosity.     3     (actual), some teenagers feel confused in their youth, and their behaviors are sometimes confusing. They think there is a generation gap between     4     (they) and adults, so experts are trying to find a suitable solution. Johnson is     5     outgoing freshman. He is so attracted to Chinese literature that he     6     (give) up his studies in Chicago and come to China since he was 10 years old. Obviously,     7     the help of his teacher, his Chinese has improved greatly and he can speak fluent Chinese on campus now. As scheduled, he will graduate from the school     8     he has stayed for a long time next year. What he is concentrating on is the ancient Chinese literature and he is     9     (interest) in Tang poetry. The topic of his research content is “the differences between Eastern and Western literature”. An editor that acts responsibly has advised him     10     (read) some classical Chinese literature first. This suggestion means a lot to him.

When you are surfing the Internet, you can be anyone or anything. Avatars are a key part while people use the Internet to communicate. and express themselves. The first simple 2D avatars     1    (appear)in role-playing computer games in     2    1980s. Nowadays, avatars are everywhere and people can choose an avatar from a selection of images     3    (make) by others or create their own ones. You can also use avatars that move around and talk while     4    (type) in your message. The avatar that you choose says a lot about your personality. Most people create avatars that have similar features to their personalities and that look more or less like them. People     5    (obvious) make a few improvements to their avatars to make them look nice. Avatars not only let you express yourself but also give you much room for creativity. But the use of avatars has also caused a few     6    (concern). Some users worry that they are spending so much time in virtual worlds     7     they are becoming afraid of meeting people in the real world. Others worry that some people can use avatars     8    (cheat) online. However, there are some people     9    (view) avatars in a more positive light. They look forward to a time     10     their avatar will act like a real person.

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Domestic brands attract young consumers

Shu Qiuhong runs a store selling hanfu — the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group — in Jinan, Shandong province.

Shu, a native of Southwest China’s Guizhou province, has a deep affection for traditional Chinese clothes     1     (date) back to her childhood. “I have become friends with many customers as we have       2     same hobbies. We often exchange views on style and     3     (produce) skills,” said Shu, adding that young consumers make up a big part of her clients.

Over the past few years, China       4     (see) a rapid increase in young consumers     5     (interest) in domestic brands and products that include traditional Chinese style and culture, a trend known as guochao (国潮).

In China, there around 260 million people born between 1995 and 2009,     6     are often called “Generation Z”.     7     (bring) up in a different environment from their elders, they have witnessed China’s rise as a     8     (globe) economic powerhouse and formed a brand-new     9     (consume) concept.

Beijing’s Palace Museum has been at the forefront of the nationwide guochao trend, with lipsticks and blushes (胭脂) engraved with traditional Chinese patterns being the bestsellers all the year around. These products have proven very popular     10     Generation Z consumers.

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Shakespeare and Company is an English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris. It    1    (be) a meeting place for writers and readers for almost seventy years. In 1951, a bookshop named Le Mistral was opened by George-Whitman. In 1964, it was renamed Shakespeare and Company    2    honor of a bookseller he admired, Sylvia Beach, who founded the original Shakespeare and Company. Beach’s bookstore had been a gathering place for great writers of the time, including Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Pound. From the first day, writers, artists, and intellectuals were invited    3    (sleep) for free among the shelves.

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Late last night 38-year-old David Klein was sent to prison for cybercrime. Over the course of a few months, Klein     1     (cheat) dozens of teenagers out of their money over the Internet.

One of the victims was 15-year-old Todd Jones of Washington, DC. In a chat room, Todd started talking to someone    2     (claim) to be a 13-year-old middle school student in Texas named Josh. For several weeks, they chatted online about their hobbies and schools. “He seemed like a great guy,” said Todd.

Then Josh started telling Todd about his family. He said that his father had lost his job and his grandmother was very ill and there was no money pay    3     the treatment and medicine she needed. He was worried that he would have to get a part-time job to help his family pay bills. He wondered if Todd could help. “I felt really sorry for him,”     4     (explain) Todd. “I wanted to help my new friend, I agreed to send him some money. I really thought I was doing a good thing.” Josh gave Todd his account and Todd sent him $50.

Two weeks later, Josh asked Todd for $100 to help pay for a new bicycle. Josh said that he really needed it to go to school. Again, Todd sent the money. Over the next month, Josh asked Todd for money five times, for    5     total of$300. “I wanted to help him as much as I could,” said Todd. “But I was starting to think it was a bit strange    6     a friend I had met in a chat room would ask me for so much money.”

Todd    7     (final) told his parents about what was happening. When his family heard, they decided to talk to Bob Howard, a cybercrime specialist at the police department. After days of investigation, Howard discovered that Todd’s chat room friend was not 13-year-old Josh from Texas    8     38- year-old David Klein from New York. “I was shocked,” said Todd. “I thought I knew who I had been talking to.”

Todd was not the only victim. Klein had made friends with more than 20 junior high and senior high school students in different chat rooms,     9     (use) a different identity each time. Police arrested Klein soon after. He was sent to prison for his    10     (crime).

The average cost of raising a child until the age of 18 was 485,000 yuan in China in 2019,     1     is higher than many countries including the US, France, Germany and Japan.     2     (compare) with 13 other countries in Europe, Asia and America, China ranked the second among all these countries in expense of raising a child to the age of 18. The report said that is one of the main reasons stopping couples from considering     3     (have) a child. Experts warn China’s aging population will put pressure     4     the health and social safety systems. The decreasing birth rate will     5     (deep) affect China’s economic growth and     6     (it) welfare problems.

New policies in 2021 encourage families     7    (have) up to three children, but China’s birth rate dropped to 7.52 births per 1, 000 people in the same year. That is the lowest since the National Bureau of Statistics began recording the information in 1949.

Three major ways — cash rewards, housing subsidies (补贴) and baby care centers     8     (expect) to improve China’s birthrate. Some areas     9    (give) couples money for having     10     second or third child since 2021.