“Military-style” travel has become the     1     (late) fashion among Chinese college students. Videos of them taking such trips     2     (trend) on social media platforms in recent years. The reason why it has become so popular is     3     college students can spend as little money as possible traveling to as many places as they can during the weekend. They usually hop on a regular-speed train on a Friday night, arrive at the destination city and travel     4     (extensive) there on Saturday. Then, they can repeat the same busy schedule     5     returning to their universities on Monday morning.

Different people have different views, with some netizens     6     (praise) these college students for their high ability to implement their plans. However, others doubt     7     such a tight schedule is healthy.

According to some experts, the “military-style” travel is a form of budget travel appealing to specific groups of people who are less     8     (concern) with in-depth experiences and more focused on checking off popular tourist destinations. Therefore, this has led to the emergence of a type of tourism     9     travelers are willing to sacrifice comfort for     10     (affordable) and convenience.

Tiger Parents Do No Good to Kids’ Development

Digging through kids’ school bags, looking up all the assignments, sitting beside them going through each item, and finally     1     (have) all the homework checked with a name signed is a daily routine for most Chinese parents, as     2     (require) by teachers. A demanding task especially after a long day’s work at office, isn’t it?    3     (luck), some parents in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, have been liberated. A local primary school has recently announced that parents will no longer have to sign their names on their kids’ homework, as students should be responsible     4     their own assignments.

Making mistakes is     5     essential part of the process of understanding. Who cares how much you     6     (score) in your homework after you have settled down in life and found your directions? The     7     (able) to realize one’s mistakes and learn from them is what matters, which is also the main purpose of education.Why not give students a chance     8     (find) out and correct their mistakes themselves?

It is by no means parents’ duty to go through the kids’ assignments.     9     parents are supposed to do is to create a friendly studying environment for kids, and teach them to be an independent learner. After all, independent learning is much     10     (important) than high scores.

Are you interested     1     the popular shopping culture-Singles Day? I’d like to inform you of some information about it.

There are     2     (vary) theories about the origin of Singles Day in China. One of the popular theories     3     (be) that Singles Day originated from campus culture. In 1993，four senior students at Nanjing University came up with     4     idea of organizing activities on Nov. 11 as a day for single people.     5    (gradual) accepted by society, this festival attracts more and more people. With the spread of media and online culture, Singles Day is now hugely popular.

At present, Nov. 11 is a shopping carnival. “Double 11” with the purpose of the online promotion     6     ( hold) by Taobao(Tmall) on Nov. 11，2009. With thetendency of shopping online, the turnover (营业额) of “Double 11” Shopping Festival reached 213.5 billion in 2018, rising steadily,     7     is a delight to sellers.

When shopping day meets Singles Day, what will people do? Perhaps, this special day makes no difference to those who are in their forties or older ages,     8     young people are loyal consumers who will take risks of     9     ( run) out of their money to purchase. It is the young consumers     10     have strong desire to buy that day. They like the discounts of the goods.

With the development of modern technology, people can stay     1     (connect) with their families and friends easily, however far apart they are from each other. WeChat is one of the most     2     (frequent) used means of communication in China. It is reported that the number of the WeChat users     3     (reach) over 1.1 billion so far.

Once joining the WeChat, people can find more and more people start to add them     4     fiends. They don’t have to consider time     5     (zone) when communicating. Another reason why it is so popular is that it costs nothing. It’s also very convenient for people to immediately update     6     they are doing by WeChat.

However, addiction to WeChat will rob people of the time that should otherwise     7     (spend) on something more important. And the many so-called friends on it are not really friends at all, who simply want     8     (put) ads or sell items on Moments. Besides, people on the WeChat are more likely to compare     9     (they) with others, which will make them feel bad when finding some people seem to be     10     (success).

Each time I take the underground I find myself     1     (surround) by dozens of passengers playing smartphones. They almost won’t even give a glance at the outside world. You may think it is normal to play smartphones     2     (kill) time. What’s worse, when I talk with some of my     3     (friend), they talk as playing, which is really an annoyance.

I really miss the old days when I chatted with some passengers on the train. Now things are     4     (difference). Everyone just concentrates     5     their smartphones. When talking with them, it seems that you are disturbing their playing smartphones. I could not just blame them for I am moving to be one like them. Sometimes I just feel we     6     (large) ignore our neighbors and want to keep in touch with distant strangers through the Internet. We care about the things far away     7     pay no attention to the needs nearby.     8     ridiculous the situation is! In a way we     9     (control) by smartphones. Are you     10     (experience) the same situation like me? Do you have any ways to avoid that?

Clowns (小丑) are almost everywhere in popular culture. But what they represent     1     (change) a lot over the past 400 years.

Clowns began appearing in the form we recognize today in European theaters in     2     17th century. With brightly colored clothes, big red noses and colorful faces, clowns tried every means to act foolish or play tricks     3     (make) the audience laugh.

Clowns became popular in the US in the 1960s. A happy clown     4     (choose) by McDonald’s to appear in its advertisements. Today, as we know, that company mascot (吉祥物) Ronald McDonald, is world famous.

However, the image of a happy clown is largely an American creation. In other cultures, the clown character is not     5     (necessary) good. One example is “Mr. Punch”, who was popular in British and French theaters curing the 1700s. While Mr. Punch was funny, he was also violent, often     6     (hit) his wife during the show,     7     gave rise to the name of “bad clowns”. Even today, in the eyes of some people, clowns are evil (邪恶的) and     8     (frighten).

Of course, there are different voices. Some people think clowns are positive, creative and imaginative. They bring people     9     (please) and laughter. That’s     10     attracts people, especially children, to clowns. They believe that as long as there are children in the world, there will be a future for clowns.

Today, the action of sharing takes on extra meaning. It’s not just about sharing sweets or     1     (frustrate); it has expanded to almost every aspect of our lives—the whole world seems to be into     2     (share).

The sharing economy     3     (take) off in all sorts of areas. It is creating new ways of thinking and providing services to people when and where they want them.

This wealth of ways of sharing is a response     4     our increasing demand for quality goods and services at competitive prices, all delivered at     5     click of a button.

But the sharing economy is not without its problems.     6     is often the case all over the world with new areas of economic activity, the sharing economy is developing     7     (fast) than existing regulations or ongoing supervision. Some     8     (company) are taking unfair advantage of this situation to expand their share of the market. In addition, the sharing economy is subject to abuse of trust.     9     (final), personal data, the heart of the sharing economy, is not yet secure.

Nonetheless, what is in no doubt     10     (be) that the sharing economy is increasingly relevant to our daily lives as well as to the global economy. The most interesting question of all is what type of society with all this sharing take us to?