1 . 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.

2 . 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.

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.