The United Nations is not only committed to     1     (protect) people. It looks after places, too. One of the aims of UNESCO—the United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization—which was founded in 1946, was to protect places     2     great cultural importance.

Its first major task was in the 1950s,    3     it launched a campaign to protect two ancient Egyptian temples which were going to be     4     (complete) flooded with the     5     (construct) of the huge Aswan Dam. The temples     6     (take) to pieces and rebuilt on dry ground.50 countries donated money to the project. Its success led to other projects to protect Venice, in Italy,    7     unique city built on water, and Moenjodaro, in Pakistan, one of the cradles of civilization.

If a site is put on the List of World Heritage in Danger, it means that it will receive money from the World Heritage Fund to help protect it. However, countries must make as much effort as they can     8     (look) after their special places and preserve the world’s     9     (remain) cultural and     10     (nature) heritages for the future.

This year, Zhang Guimei sent 150 female students to college from a free all-girls high school she had founded in 2008 in southwest China’s deep mountains. For the past 13 years, a total of 1,954 female students     1     (graduate) from this school, the first and only one of its kind in the country. “To educate a girl is to change the destiny (命运) of three     2     (generation),” Zhang said.    3     64-year-old teacher from southwest China’s Yunnan Province was presented     4     the July 1 Medal by Xi Jinping at a ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Because of her efforts to improve female education in China, more girls can change their destiny. When the People’s Republic of China     5     (found) in 1949, female illiteracy (文盲) was much higher than that of their male counterparts. In the 1950s, the Chinese government launched campaigns     6     helped some 16 million females become educated. In recent decades, wiping out illiteracy and     7     (improve) the reading skills of women is regarded as one of the     8     (high) priorities in China, according to the government’s guideline for helping the country’s females. The female illiteracy rate for those above age 15 has decreased from     9     (rough) 90% in the early 1950s to 7% in 2019. In 2021, China scored 0.973 in the Global Gender Gap Report     10     (release) by the World Economic Forum (with a score of 1 being completely equal).

You're walking in the street and a thought occurs: “I should check my phone.” Then your eyes focus    1     the screen, even when you walk across the street.

Most of us do this kind of distracted walking in our daily life,     2     has become a growing problem around the globe.

In fact, walking is not as easy as we think.We must concentrate on many things at the same time    3     (walk) safely in a straight line.When we're busy    4     (use) the phone, we walk slower, make poor decisions, and won't notice     5     is going on around us.As a result, we may walk into walls, fall down stairs or     6     (hit) by cars.

Why do we take    7    risk? Scientists say it might be a form of addictive (上瘾的)     8     (behave).People are, by nature, information-seeking creatures.When we check our phones    9     (regular) , we are actually looking for more information to make our brains feel satisfied.

Then how can we control our tech use? Experts recommend exercises in self-control.They say reducing access (得到)to the phone can be     10     (help).After all, safety comes first.

Mr. Smith used to be in prison for three years, which may make you think he is not a good man. But as     1     matter of fact, he is kind-hearted as well as honest. The reason     2     he was put into prison was not that he himself broke the law, but that his six-year-old son blew up the bridge near his home, imitating（模仿）what he had seen on TV. Although this little boy did break the law. he was     3     young to be put in prison. According to the local law, the boy’s parents could not escape     4     （punish）.

As a result, Mr. Smith received the punishment. He was arrested（逮捕）and     5     （final） taken to the police station. Most of the people in the town showed pity on him, but it was     6     （use）. After all, law is law. Everybody is to obey     7     . As the proverb（谚语）goes, “when it rains, it pours”（祸不单行）, Mrs. Smith was     8     of work before long. She had to move to a southern state,     9     she was born and grew up. Misfortunes（不幸）tell us what fortune is .     10     the Smiths have experienced does teach us a good lesson.

Most of us looked up to someone as a role model at     1     younger age. For most of us, that would mean our parents, but we usually find     2     (we) looking up to heroes on television and in films. Maybe we wanted to be Arnold Schwarzenegger or Britney Spears. These were persons     3     seemed to have everything that we thought was good. There are many artists, singers, and writers to be our role models. Once the role models     4     (choose), we’ll take them into adulthood.

When role models play their role the way they’re supposed to, they can provide us with many     5     (benefit). For example, if you want to be a singer, then     6     (see) successful people not only gives you an example to follow, but also gives you a template(模板) for how     7     (achieve) that. However, sometimes when your role model performs     8     (badly) than you expect, he would let you down and then you would lose your direction.

So you should realize that your role models weren’t born successful. In fact they     9     (probable) went through a hard time like you did.     10     if you do find that your role models are making you feel less confident, then consider looking at role models more similar to yourself.

Tourism can be both good and bad. Yes, it brings in money for the local economy and creates lots of jobs for locals,     1     it may also bring some problems.

One growing problem is tourists who want to prove     2     (they) coming. Tourists have used paint, rocks, or even keys     3     (write) on the Luxor Temple in Egypt, memorial stones at the bottom of Qomolangma and many, many other places. Thousands of tourist sites are being destroyed by tourists who “love them to     4     (die)”.

Another big problem in some places has been tourists disturbing (打扰) the local people     5     (continual). The local people     6     (take) pictures without asking for their permission. For example, Chiang Mai University in Thailand has great numbers of tourists visiting their campuses, taking pictures of students, and disturbing their studies. I have three words for tourists like this: please be considerate. Have fun in a way     7     does not disturb others.

    8     number of problems from tourists is endless: walking in large groups without considering     9     (other) who need to walk by, crossing roads without thinking of local traffic laws, and many more. The only way to solve the problem of the terrible tourists is to make sure that you are not one! Be the best,     10     (kind), most polite tourist possible.

Some adults worry that you’re more interested in the screen than the world around. They think of you     1     the “face down generation” because you use your phone so much and they wonder     2     you will deal with school, friends, and family. Are today’s teenagers too busy texting and     3     (take) selfies (自拍) to become successful in real life, as you would say?

Other adults worry that today’s youth don’t want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s     4     (raise) by “helicopter parents” who were always there     5     (guide) and help them with a busy schedule     6     (fill) with homework and extra-curricular activities. With parents who do everything for them, today’s youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in     7     (they) 20s or 30s.

Docs the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of them are better educated and     8     (creative) than past generations. They also seem to be enthusiastic (热情的) and willing to become     9     (leader). More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities.

So if you’re one of the oh-ohs, there’s reason to be     10     (hope) about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation.