2 . Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍照片) so much that they can’t be _______?There must be one or more who _______ in your social media. No matter what they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.

Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a _______ until all the dishes we _______ were on the table. Then, she would spend five minutes in setting the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact _______ order. Then the most important part: taking pictures. After that, she would choose one of the _______ and click in the filter (滤镜) app. The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was, but we had no _______ to really enjoy it—it all went cold. Actually Chen’s real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes, so she leaves them in the sink for _______.

Many people care too much about others’ opinions and try too hard to _______ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their real life on social media. What they are trying to prove is ________ what they lack in reality. But this will not bring any change to reality, as they still ________ the same old pattern of life.

If they really want an elegant life, they should put more ________ into achieving it. Being more confident, ________ themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than ________ their life on social media.

6 . Do video games have a negative effect on our children? Today, our children spend more and more time online.

For many people, video games are fun and _________. They have funny cartoons and exciting stories. Everywhere you look, you can see children playing these games. They play on buses and trains, in restaurants and _________ at school. Video games also make you think in a creative way and use your _________. This can improve the way that a child’s brain works. Besides, video games are also a good way to teach children about _________. They can learn about computers and how they work.

However, a recent study suggests that video games can be _________ for children. Firstly, children can download many online games for free. They don’t need money, so they don’t need to _________ their parents. This _________ that their parents often don’t know what they are _________. Children could be playing games that are violent or scary. Furthermore, many children spend too much time playing games on the computer. This can lead to _________ problems—children who spend too much time on the computer can become overweight. However, if children spend too long on the computer __________ doing their homework, they can have problems at school and they can get bad grades. Video games can also __________ children’s social skills. Playing and working with friends is very __________ for children. It teaches them how to talk to other people. __________ children spend too much time playing by themselves online, they don’t learn how to play with their friends.

In conclusion, it seems clear that video games have some advantages and some disadvantages. On the one hand, they are fun and have many educational __________ for children. On the other hand, they can _________ problems with children’s health and social skills.

7 . It’s common to post on social media to keep a record of the fun things you do. Although social media has its positive aspects, it can also have some serious _________ results. For example, have you ever been bored and decided to check social _________, only to find out that your best friend is at the Great Wall, one of your classmates is eating delicious noodles at your _________ restaurant, and one of your basketball teammates is visiting the giant pandas in Sichuan? Oh! You’re really _________ ! At least that’s what you might think.

Have you ever had that feeling that others are experiencing things and enjoying life _________ than you are? Researchers call that feeling the fear of missing out or FOMO.

FOMO is a real _________ that over 75% of young people experience from time to time. Social media is the cause, because it’s so easy today to _________ through to see what your friends are doing, eating, buying and talking about. _________, it would be impossible to enjoy all the same activities we see others take part in on social media. Rather than _________ this basic truth, though, we often let FOMO lead us to compare our lives to those of others on social media. This __________ leaves us feeling dissatisfied. Why? We know all the aspects of our lives—both good and bad. But all we see on social media are the __________ moments others share. FOMO makes us check social media more frequently, leading to a negative cycle that can be hard to __________. Researchers have found that social media and FOMO can cause feelings of __________, loneliness and boredom. Researchers advise that we stop looking for __________ on social media. If we let FOMO __________ us, the only thing we’ll really be missing out on is our own life. And life’s too short for that!

8 . Society has the responsibility of improving the quality of life of disabled people. You can judge a society by the way it _________ and cares for its disabled population. Disabled people are not _________ of their families nor of the society they belong to. In fact, many of them are able to _________ their own careers and do very well in their own fields. How many great men of all ages who suffered some forms of disability but reached the top of their _________ and helped shape the lives of governments and peoples!

Since we have reached a certain standard of existence, it is the moral responsibility of the society to meet the special needs of these people. All of us will _________ this stage in our human existence-that is, being a disabled man. If now you are physically _________, with no physical impairment, time will come when you will grow old, and you’ll need that special attention. Because of discoveries of new medicines and better methods of health care, a great part of the population of the world can live longer. You may be a part of it in the near future. So, a great many will _________ difficulties if alleys and passages, buildings and structures and means of transportation are “not” suited to a disabled-friendly environment.

Society’s government must be able to _________ ramps(人造斜坡) in buildings or structures, or a barrier-free environment. The blind or the visually-impaired must also have _________ to computers with Braille(盲文)system. The deaf-mute need ____________, or if not, their co-employees must be able to do ____________ language and special children must be given ____________ care and education.

____________, only those advanced countries can provide these ____________, and those disabled people who are living in poor countries have to stay at home, and have to bear with many barriers, living in a(n)____________ environment.

9 . The Secret to Teen Power

The year 2019 was a year of teen power. Young people spoke up about big problems and adults began to listen.

Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, was perhaps the most powerful example of this teen power. At the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019, she told world leaders, “You are ________ us(young people)” by not taking enough action against climate change. Greta gained worldwide attention for her ________ speech and outspokenness and was ________ Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.

In the United States, teen groups have formed organizations to ________ politicians into changing gun laws to stop school shootings. “The adults know that we’re cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader who started the “Never Again“ movement after ________ the deadliest high school shooting in American history in 2018. ”It’s like they’re saying, ‘I’m sorry I made this ________,’ while continuing to spill soda on the floor,“ adds another survivor Emma Gonzalez.

These problems are not new and politicians have been dealing with them for years. However, as with most big problems, there are no easy solutions, and each solution may create more problems. Fighting climate change by ________ fossil fuels(化石燃料)-no more cars, airplanes or big industries-can have a ________ effect on people’s lives and even increase poverty. And prisons would fill up quickly if we locked up every person who was ________ to be a potential criminal.

Teen power is a good thing. I think adults, especially those in ________ positions, are glad that young people are getting involved and thinking of ways to improve the world. ________, it will take more than youthful passion to solve the world’s problems. At the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2019, there were a number of young Chinese ________ who, instead of just complaining about adults ”failing“ them, offered practical solutions to environmental problems. Nine-year-old Li Zilin talked about ways to protect the giant pandas in her native Sichuan Province; another young Chinese representative ________ examples of how to help farmers adapt to drought conditions in Yunnan Province.

If you are also ambitious to make the world a better place, it is imperative that you speak up when ________. But just as important is the need to grow in our learning-to study and to always remain ________. Apart from enthusiasm for bringing about change, you still need the maturity, wisdom, knowledge and skills to make good decisions.

10 . Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford, I’ve watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives with banks, consulting firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now well on their way to impressive careers. By society’s _______ , they seem to have made it.

_______ , these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a last drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and _______ out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine equaled a college year's monthly rent. _______ , they replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.

In fact, a number of them have _______ that despite their success, they aren't happy. Some complain of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workdays devoted to tasks they _______ . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and _______ . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the lifestyle to which they have so quickly become _______ to.

People often speak of trying for a more satisfying path, and yet in the end, the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they _______ or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it's ________ . In fact, they have loans or bills to ________ off and retirement to save for. They recognize there's something ________ in their lives, but it's hard to step off the track.

In a society that tends to ________ everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our ________ in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs ________   in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore, yet they are the very ones we should be considering the most.