1 . Gather together a couple of good friends and take a free ________ through the streets — this is what many ________ people in China enjoy doing when they pay a visit to a new city. To them, Citywalk means “wandering around the city” on foot. Participants (参与者) can follow a special urban route, exploring old buildings or enjoying real ________ snacks.

The ________ of Citywalk can date back to London, England. Strictly speaking, this form of urban tourism is not as casual (随意的) and ________ as it may appear. In the ________, Citywalk referred to tours where participants followed a(n)________ route under the guidance of tour guides, ________ deep into the city’s history, culture, landscapes and other aspects. ________, the thought of Citywalk, which ________ the quiet appreciation of urban lifestyle and cultural atmosphere, has gained popularity worldwide.

Up to now, the Citywalk trend has ________ from first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai to second-tier and third-tier cities, encouraging more participants and event organisers to get ________. Some organisers ________ folk culture researchers and enthusiasts to act as tour guides.

In short, Citywalk not only offers a way for young people to ________ with a city but also provides them with a new social scene, where people with the same interests and ideas can ________ make friends.

2 . I glanced at the magazine covers while paying for some goods. Then I _________ Taraji P. Henson confidently on the cover of a magazine. The caption(标题)_________ “All I can be is me.” Considering that I run a non-profit organization _________ positive perception(认识) of the body and helping people to accept their bodies, I’m _________ about the fact that it took me so long to know it.

I used to make _________ to my mom that she looked young for her age; her skin didn’t have lots of winkles(皱纹)and she had few age spots. But that day I suddenly realized with a _________ eye that I had been _________ forcing a young value system on my mom. So I apologized for telling her that, and she accepted with a smile.

I want my mom to grow old and enjoy everything during the process. It’s an honor to grow older. _________, we lose sight of this when we are _________ with countless perfect pictures of aging women and anti-aging fever. The phenomenon(现象)shows a larger cultural problem that the perfected and forever youthful appearance has become the norm(标准)—or __________ the popular norm.

Now I value the __________ older women have acquired through their life experiences. I believe we need to praise them for what they’ve __________ in life. I want to see older women __________ as themselves with loose skin, grey hair, and everything else that comes.

Wanting to be __________ to others isn’t a bad want, but our culture’s addiction to staying young has ruined an entire age group of women. To restate the magazine’s __________, let women actually be themselves.

3 . Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and ________ of consumer demands for environment friendly products have ________ the pollution problem. One ________ is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

________, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. ________ they buy a product, they ask questions like these: “Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container be ________ or can it only be used once?”

A recent study showed that two ________ five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the ________ they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green,” that is, friendly to the environment.

Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products ________ labels to show that the product is green. Some companies emphasize that their products are clean and safe in their advertising and have made it their main selling ________.

The ________ for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink ________ they do business. No longer will the public accept the old ________ of “Buy it, use it, throw it away and forget it.” The public ________ is still here, and companies are ________ their act gradually.

6 . Masks that helped save lives during the Covid-19 are proving a deadly_________ for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures captured in the _________ number of abandoned facial coverings littering animal habitats.

_________ surgical masks have been found scattered around pavements, waterways and beaches worldwide since countries began _________their use in public places.

Worn once, the thin protective materials can take hundreds of years to_________.

Monkeys have been _________chewing the masks in Malaysia. And in an incident that captured headlines in Britain, a gull was rescued by the RSPCA (英国防止虐待动物协会) after its legs became _________in the straps (带子) of a disposable mask for up to a week.

The biggest impact may be in the water. More than 1.5 billion masks _________ into the world's oceans last year, according to environmental group Oceans Asia. (亚洲海洋组织)

Already there are _________ that masks are worsening threats to marine life. Conservationists in Brazil found one inside the__________ of a penguin after its body was__________on a beach, while French campaigners Operation Mer Proper found a dead crab caught in a mask in a saltwater lake near the Mediterranean.

Masks and gloves are ''particularly problematic” for sea creatures, says George Leonard, chief scientist from Ocean Conservancy. “When those__________ break down in the environment, they form smaller and smaller particles (颗粒), ” he told AFP. “Those particles then enter the food __________and impact entire ecosystems, ” he added.

__________, campaigners have urged us to dispose single-use masks properly __________ we cut the straps to reduce the risk of animals becoming captured. OceanAsia has also called on governments to encourage the use of washable masks.