1 . Pet lovers were very angry. Last May, a news article appeared online that said three states had passed laws limiting the number of pets each household could have to only two. The news spread quickly, as many people shared the article on Facebook and other social media sites. But pet owners had nothing to worry about — the article was made-up.

Many fake (假的) news articles are harmless, but others might have played a role in real-world events. When it comes to online news, even adults can have a hard time separating fact from fiction. Education experts say kids should start learning how to tell the difference early on.

Of course, there are plenty of reputable websites you can visit to read the news. Well-known news organizations, such as The New York Times and the Associated Press, have their own sites. But many other online “news” sources aren’t always trustworthy. And many students have trouble spotting when articles aren’t entirely true or are trying to persuade them to think in a certain way.

Real news organizations can make mistakes, especially when they have to report quickly on breaking news stories. But they usually print corrections.

Why would someone purposely publish an article that isn’t true? The most common reason is to make money. Websites are paid by the companies that post ads on them. Companies want to place their ads on sites that get a lot of visitors. So people create fake news articles with attention-grabbing headlines to try to get users to click on them.

Some of the biggest websites are trying to stop the flow of fake news. Last November, Facebook and Google banned fake news sites from advertising on their pages. Facebook is also working with fact-checking organizations to identify and flag fake articles. But experts say the best way to slow the spread of fake news is for people to be more skeptical (怀疑的) of what they read online.

As is often the case, when people are attending to meetings, having meals or waiting for buses, you can always find them addicting to their phones and completely ignoring others.

This is really a common situations in our life. The reason is why phones nowadays can be used for people to play mobile games and kept in touch with friends through QQ and WeChat. Therefore, spending too much time on phones is bad for people’s health. Moreover, people involved in phones fail to communicate well with those around us.

As far as I was concerned, people should wise make use of their phones to help with their work and study. Meanwhile, they should also care much about their family and friends than phones.

It's common       1     (see) food delivery workers on electric bikes through crowded cities in China. Most of them are in     2     hurry. However, such reckless(鲁莽的) behaviors often cause serious problems.

One deliveryman surnamed Li     3    (interview) the other day. He's been only doing this job for 2 weeks but has already ridden in wrong lanes a few times just to be punctual. In the     4     (one) half of last year, food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai alone,     5     means on average, a food deliveryman got hurt or died every 2.5 days.

The phenomenon is       6    (close) related to the growing demand for delivery services, reported People's Daily. About 10% of Chinese are turning to food delivery services, according to China Radio International. Such a huge market     7    (lead) to booming delivery growth by now, with companies offering high salaries to attract new staff.

However, food de liverymen are often under high pressure, faced with fines of ¥20 for being late and up to ¥200 for receiving complaints. Also, the more orders, the higher earnings. Thus,     8    (safe) pops up as a big concern.

Solution? Yes. Shanghai has laid stress on traffic rules. Now in Shenzhen, if caught     9    (break) traffic rules twice, the deliveryman is banned     10     driving vehicles for a whole year!

9 . Humans’ overconsumption of resources is a leading contributor to global climate change, says University of Arizona researcher Sabrina Helm. Therefore, it’s increasingly important to understand the choices consumers make and how those decisions affect the health of a planet with limited resources. In a new study, published in the journal Young Consumers, Helm and her colleagues explore how materialistic values influence pro-environmental behaviors in millennials, who are now the nation’s most influential group of consumers.

The researchers focused on two main categories of pro-environmental behaviors: reduced consumption, which includes actions like repairing instead of replacing older items; and “green buying,” or purchasing products designed to limit environmental impacts. The researchers also looked at how engaging in pro-environmental behaviors affects consumer well-being.

More materialistic participants, the researchers found, were unlikely to engage in reduced consumption. However, materialism did not seem to have an effect on their likelihood of practicing “green buying.” That’s probably because “green buying,” unlike reduced consumption, still offers a way for materialists to fulfill their desire to get new items, Helm said.

Study participants who reported having fewer materialistic values were much more likely to engage in reduced consumption. Consuming less was, in turn, linked to higher personal well-being and lower psychological suffering. Green buying—which may have some positive environmental effects, although to a smaller degree than reduced consumption—was not found to improve consumer well-being, Helm said.

The take-home message for consumers: “The key is to reduce consumption and not just buy green stuff. Having less and buying less can actually make us more satisfied and happier,” Helm said. “If you have a lot of stuff, you have a lot on your mind,” she said. “For example, it requires maintenance and there’s a lot of burdens of ownership, and if you relieve yourself of that burden of ownership, most people report feeling a lot better and freer.”

Helm and her colleagues additionally looked at how materialism affects millennial consumers’ proactive financial behaviors, such as budgeting and saving. Examining financial behaviors alongside pro-environmental behaviors provides a picture of how young adults proactively deal with resource limitations in two contexts: environmental and financial, Helm said.

As expected, Helm and her colleagues found that those who reported having more materialistic values engaged in fewer proactive financial behaviors than their less materialistic counterparts (对应的人). The researchers also found that, consistent with previous studies, proactive financial behaviors were associated with better personal well-being, life satisfaction and financial satisfaction, as well as lower psychological suffering.

Understanding how materialistic values impact consumer behaviors, and how those behaviors in turn affect personal and environmental well-being, is important, Helm said. However, she acknowledges that for many consumers, shifting behaviors to be more financially proactive and consume less will be challenging.

10 . Sandra was a businesswoman in Orlando. Approaching her 50th birthday, she decided to___________ her love of cats and her work experience to start the Orlando Cat Cafe.

As a lifelong cat fan, Sandra's main goal in opening the cafe was to help _________ cats up for adoption with proper pet parents. What she didn't ___________at the time was that her café would help human visitors as much as the cats!

“The most___________thing in the cafe is that they always have new cats and cats need socialization, so both sides ___________!”says Laurie, who is one_________guest. She, like many other cat lovers, who _________have pets at home because of allergies (过敏反应) in the family, often comes to the cafe to experience the benefits of ___________with cute animals whenever she likes.

Plus, Sandra's cat-adoption ___________aren't the only charitable initiative happening at the cafe! The coffee and food______________for visitors are made by Axum Coffee, a company that was also started to____________others. Axum is a city in Ethiopia where fresh water is ____________and even poverty is widely visible. In fact, the coffee and food are sold at a low price at the cafe, some of whose____________go to the people of Axum, Ethiopia, to help improve their____________ of life.

“My cafe and Axum Coffee have a(n)____________ mission to reach out to others. We hit it off and became partners, ”says Sandra.

Maybe the next time you visit Orlando，you'll____________Sandra's cafe, and hit it off with one of the cats up for__________ ! Adoption specialists are always on-site to help match the personalities of potential ____________ with those of the cats in the play area. And it ____________ ! More than 80 cats have been adopted since Sandra__________ her business in 2016.