1 . Many people who work in London want to live outside it and to go to their offices, factories or schools every day by train, car or bus, even though this ____ they have to get up earlier in the morning and reach_____later in the evening.

One benefit of living outside London is that houses are_____.Even a small flat in London without a garden costs quite a lot ____.With the same money，one can get a little house in the country with a garden of ____ own. Then,in the country one can be ____ from the noise and hurry of the town.____ one has to get up earlier and spend more time in trains or buses, one can sleep ____ at night, and, during weekends and ____summer evenings, one can enjoy the ____ clean air of the country. If one ____gardens, one can spend one’s ____ time digging, planting, watering and doing the hundred and one other jobs which are ___ in the garden. Then, when the flowers and vegetables ____, one has the reward of a person who has shared the secrets of ___ .

Some people, however, take no interest in country things, for them,   ___ lies in the town, with its cinemas and theaters, beautiful shops and busy streets, dance halls and restaurants. Such people would_____that their life was not worth_____ if they had to live it outside London. A walk in one of the parks and a visit_____ the sea every summer is all the country they_____.

2 . TV. The Internet. The mall. Everywhere we look, we see _______ that urge us to buy. In today’s_______ society, we are under constant pressure to shop. Of course, most people buy what they need and what they can_______. However, there are some people, called shopaholics, who can’t control their_______to spend money and buy things. This kind of_______behavior can lead to large financial problems, family_______ , and deep unhappiness.

What are the_______of a shopaholic? People with this problem often spend hours and hours shopping on the Internet or at the mall. Their closets are full of_______and jewelry that they have never worn, with the price tags still on them. Their homes may be_______shopping bags and boxes that they bought but never used. Many shopaholics are________their problem, but when they go to a store, they simply can’t________the urge to buy. Some of them are ashamed of their weakness and try to________it by storing their purchases in places like the attic, where others won’t see them.

Psychologists suggest there are several reasons for a shopping addiction. For some people, it is a way of________stress. For others, shopping is a way to________loneliness or depression. For people with low self-esteem, shopping can be a way that they prove their________. Sometimes the problem develops out of boredom. It becomes a________for other hobbies and interests, and it helps pass the time. Although shopping can________make people feel good, they often experience feelings of shame and guilt later.

When shopping habits get out of control, people need________help. They can either see a counselor(顾问) or join an organization such as Shopaholics Anonymous.________like this try to help people understand the reasons for their addiction and learn how to control the urge to shop. Their goal is to help people find ways to fulfill themselves that do not________serious debt and troubled lives.

3 . It was more than 160 years ago that Charles Dickens wrote“A Tale of Two Cities”. But the novel's well-known opening_________ --“It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times." -- seems especially _______ today, given what we have lived through during the pandemic recently.

We all know the_______we' ve faced both here and around the world. At the same time, we have also seen countless examples of others_______to help, so to speak, even as we do what we can to stay_______. Our health care workers and first responders deserve considerable_______for what they have done to keep us well, while our teachers and school staffs are to be_______ for making sure our children are still able to learn and have_______to good resources while they are at home.

Those_______our grocery stores and restaurants have managed to continue ________ us, and our small businesses and charitable organizations have found________ ways to help many of us________situations our country hasn't seen since the days of World War II and the Great Depression. I want to thank everyone who has gone above and beyond for our________.If you need them, here are some important________numbers and websites to provide   ________.For Medicaid, the customer-service line is 855-459-6328. For unemployment insurance, you are________ requested to visit https://kcc.ky.gov/ or call 502-564-2900. Be aware that, due to a(n)__________increase in unemployment claims, applications are being________this week based on last name. Each day is focused on several________through Friday, and if you________your day, you can use Friday as well.

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4 . It was the morning before I was presenting a paper at an academic conference in Paris. Unexpectedly, the babysitter I’d _________ for to watch my daughter texted to say she couldn’t _________ it. Worried I’d have to cancel the _________, I asked the organizers, two men, if they knew of any last-minute babysitters.

“_________ her!” they said. “We’ll watch her well.”

So, with uncertainty and anxiety, I did. While I presented my _________ in a theater hall, they entertained my daughter by letting her draw on the whiteboard and _________ on the walls. During the Q&A, my daughter demanded to be _________. As she sucked, her diaper (尿布) leaked onto my trousers. Afterward, several people came up to me to _________ me for my bringing her. A woman said that one of her favorite _________ was bringing her daughter to her workplace.

Unfortunately, my experience is not the ____________ practice. For most working women, bringing their children to work or having a flexible ____________ is not an option. When flexibility is offered, it comes with a huge ____________: advancement to higher positions is less likely for parents, usually mothers, who ____________ flexibility. In 2016, only 200 companies had official ____________ allowing children to ____________ at a workplace during working hours. ____________, bringing children to work is a rising phenomenon.

__________, in bringing this generation of children to working events or offices, I’m sure we’re teaching them a valuable lesson about work-life ____________. My hope is that, when these children become leaders, they’ll ____________ we didn’t shut them out of work spaces. ____________, they will build the policies for a fairer and more enjoyable workplace.

5 . As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation.____ you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to ____   down. But relaxation is ____   for a healthy mind and body.

Stress is a ____   part of everyday life and there is no way to ____ it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A ____ amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give ____ to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control ____ it can lead to poor performance and ____ health.

The amount of stress a person can bear ____ very much on the individual. Some people arenot afraid of stress, and such ____ are obviously chief material for managerial.(管理的) responsibilities. Other people lose heart at first ____ of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in ____form , we react both physically and mentally. In fact we make a choice between “___ and fight”. And in more ancient days the choices made the ____ between life and death. The crisis we meet today are ____ to be so extreme, but however little the stress is, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction ____ a long time, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes ____ . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have established links with stress. ___ we cannot remove stress from our lives, we need to find ways to deal with it.

So what do you think of   ____ ? What is your way to deal with it?

6 . Google is to start displaying fact-checking labels in its search results to highlight news and information that has been checked and show whether it is considered to be true or false, as part of its efforts to help fight against the spread of misinformation and _______ news.

The fact-checking _________,which was first introduced to Google News in the UK and the US in October, will now be displayed as an information box in general search results as well as news search results globally.

The small pieces display _________ about the claim made by a particular page or site and who made the claim, as well as the results of fact checking on the highlighted claim. The fact checks are not performed by Google, but by named _________ publishers and fact-checkers using an open system to _________ claims as having been checked.

With thousands of new articles published online every minute of every day, the amount of content facing people_________ can be enormous. And _______, not all of it is factual or true, making it hard for people to distinguish fact from _________. As we make fact checks more visible in search results, we believe people will have an easier time reviewing and _________ these fact checks, and making their own ____________ opinions.

The expansion comes after heavy criticism of US technology firms for their ________ over the spread of misinformation and fake news, particularly around high-profile topics such as the US election. The UK government recently urged US firms to do more to police their platforms and remove illegal and extremist __________.

The spread of false information is not a new problem, but has been enlarged by the __________ of publishing and the vast reach provided by search engines and expansive social networks. The __________ to entry is small and the volume of content high, leading to an expanding __________ across multiple platforms and outlets.

7 . He has been called the“missing link”．Half­man，half­beast.He is supposed to live in the highest mountain in the world—Mount Everest. He is known as the Abominable Snowman.The_______of Snowman has been around for_______．Climbers in the 1920s reported finding marks like those of human feet high up on the side of Mount Everest.The native people said they _______this creature and called it the“Yeti，”and they said that they had_______caught Yetis on two occasions though none has ever been produced an evidence.

Over the years，the story of the Yetis has_______．In 1951，Eric Shipton took photographs of a set of tracks in the snow of Everest.Shipton believed that they were not_______the tracks of a monkey or bear and felt that the Abominable Snowman might really_______.

Further efforts have been made to find out about Yetis.But the only things people have ever found were more footprints.Most believe the footprints are nothing more than ordinary animal tracks，_______，in 1964，a Russian scientist said that the Abominable Snowman was_______and was a remaining link with the prehistoric humans.But，________，no evidence has ever________been produced.

These days，only a few people continue to take the story of the Abominable Snowman________，but if they ever________catching one，they may face a real________：Would they put it in a________or give it a room in a hotel?

8 . Some people believe that women are better drivers than men．_____， others think that women make worse drivers．The idea that women make _____ drivers is a stereotype (刻板印象)．It comes from a time when women drove less than men, and _____ was seen as a man's responsibility．There are certainly _____ views on this controversial question, _____ there are a number of reasons why a woman's personality makes her a more competent (能胜任的) driver．

Firstly, women are more patient and polite towards other road _____， such as pedestrians and cyclists．In stressful situations they are more likely to stay _____， and less likely to be involved in “road rage (愤怒)” incidents．Secondly, female drivers are more _____ so they take fewer risks, for example when overtaking．Thirdly, they are more responsible and _____ they tend not to drive when tired or after drinking alcohol．

______， many people argue that women cause accidents because they may react slowly because they ______ confidence．In addition, they are ______ disturbed, for example, by children in the car．Research also ______ that women find map reading more ______ than men, and can have problems with the difference between left and right．Despite the fact that women have more accidents, ______ is often cheaper for them because the accidents tend to be minor．In particular, women have accidents when parking．This is because women often have ______ spatial (空间的) awareness．In contrast, men tend to ______ more serious accidents．

To sum up, it can be seen that women make ______ drivers than men because of their ______．This is generally ______ by the fact that women have fewer accidents and pay lower insurance than men．On balance, it is clear that women are less competitive and aggressive than men behind the wheel and therefore better drivers．

9 . The coronavirus pandemic and the threat of a national lockdown have caused some people to buy essential supplies _________ until there’s _________ on grocery store shelves for anyone else. Not only is it _________ and inconsiderate, it also affects the age group that is most sensitive to the virus: the elderly. But there are plenty of people who’ve been helping the elderly with their _________, and also by offering them _________.

Helena Ellis _________ a Facebook post, saying that she saw an old man standing with an empty cart staring at empty shelves of bread. _________, she gave him one of the last two _________ that she had taken. She _________ other people to help out the elderly and spare them something that people could do __________. “In a time of madness and __________, please don’t forget those aged people,” Ellis wrote.

Liam Elkind, junior at Yale University enlisted (征募) over 1,300 volunteers to help deliver food and medicine to seniors. __________ themselves Invisible Hands, the group offers the elderly the __________ of filling out a delivery request form and having their shopping done.

Jayde Powell, another college student, __________ started a network of Shopping Angels to deliver groceries to the elderly in her area. “We’re doing this to try and __________ to people who are completely alone in this situation,” Powell told CNN.

Tonka, a __________ dog, is used to visiting his senior friends to give some “feel-good” at the nursing home in Texas. But when the nursing home __________ all visitors in an effort to protect its __________ from the spread of coronavirus, Tonka’s owner, Courtney Leigh, decided to __________ Tonka’s visits, just from outside the nursing home’s windows, holding a sign that __________ “We Miss You.”

10 . When you walk on the streets of cities like New York and Washington, D.C., it’s hard to miss the sculptures. Many mark parks and neighborhoods. Historic figures often can be seen standing upright. Or they can be seen sitting on their horses, stoically striking a pose. More often than not, these statues have another thing in common. It’s their _______. The majority of public statues in the United States are of men.

Of the estimated 5,193 public statues depicting historic figures on display throughout the U.S., only 394 are of _______. This is according to a story written in 2011 by The Washington Post’s Cari Shane. Compounding this number, none of the 44 memorials maintained by the National Parks Service, like the Lincoln Memorial or the Jefferson Memorial, specifically _______ women.

A group is looking to change this _______. The group is called Where Are The Women? Recently, it successfully campaigned to have statues of women’s rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton added to New York’s Central Park. The park, _______, had no statues of non-fictional women on its grounds.

The _______ of women’s representation poses a problem. Leaving their stories out from public art _______ the significant roles that women have played in history.

Currently, few of the statues that do show women on city streets are _______ historic figures. Instead, women often appear as archetypes. They are symbols of abstract concepts. Or they are nameless figures in a memorial.

One campaign isn’t enough to solve ongoing issues of gender discrimination and _______ in the U.S.. But by pressing to honor real women from history, cities can restore them to a story that has __________ them for so long. After all, as it stands now, only five public statues of historic women remain in New York City. The statues are of Joan of Arc, Golda Meir, Gertrude Stein, Eleanor Roosevelt and Harriet Tubman.