More and more people in the United States are becoming couch potatoes. This doesn’t  (1)   they can be cooked and eaten. The

  (2)    potato is a lot more useful than a lazy person that just sits on his sofa  (3)   TV programmes. One of the reasons why obesity rates(肥胖率) are  (4)   is that more and more fun is available on television is not just for watching shows. People can watch movies, play video games, and  (5)   surf the Internet through the TV as well. When most people are on their couches with the remote control in hand, they are also often   (6)   different foods. Being a couch potato can have other problems besides  (7)    gain. Because more and more people are sitting in front of television screen or even a computer screen, they don’t   (8)   sporting activities. This is one reason why heart disease is a main  (9)   of death in the country. Being   (10)    of exercise and increased screen time also result in

  (11)   bodies. Sitting inside in front of a screen usually means a person  (12)   time communicating with friends and loved ones. This can  (13)    loneliness, stress, and anxiety.

 Being a couch potato is not just for adults. More and more kids are interested in television and the Internet. This is why more and more children have different  (14)   problems. This is why the White House has programs like Let’s move,   (15)    kids to take part in sporting activities.

As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the   (1)   world was unthinkable.     (2)  “nice” women would dream of    (3)  what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do?

   (4)   was the first professing   (5)   to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an    (6)  profession for women to enter   (7)   most high schools and colleges were open only to    (8)  .Oberlin CollegeinOhiowas the first college in America to   (9)  women.

Hospital nursing became   (10)  work for women only after Florence Nightingale became   (11)   . Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a    (12)   , people began to believe it was    (13)   for women to care for the    (14)   and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school    (15)   nurses in 1860.

The invention of the typewriter in 1867    (16)   to ring women out of the   (17)    and into the business world. Because women had quick   (18)   , they learned to operate typewriters quickly and   (19)  ,. Businessmen found that they had to    (20)  women for this new kind of work. The idea that “nice” women could work in the business world had been accepted.

Computer games are popular all around the world. Many people   (1)   these games on the Internet. Games look more and more   (2)   as computer technology improves. Many people describe playing computer games as   (3)  anew world. Some games let people   (4)   their own cities. Some games take people on journeys. Other games allow people to talk over the Internet.

Gaming can   (5)   many positive effects. It can help people make friends, learn to solve problems and make decisions. It can   (6)   help improve eye and hand movement. However, gaming can become a   (7)  .

People addicted (沉溺) to computer games will find themselves   (8)   playing all the time. And this can   (9)   neglect (忽视). People with a gaming addiction often   (10)   their studies, work, sleep, relationships, food, and family. They are often unable to   (11)   the amount of time they play. And uncontrolled playing can lead to other problems like debt. Many gaming addicts spend all their   (12)   on gaming.

  (13)  , there have been far worse cases of gaming addiction. It was reported that a man died while playing an Internet computer game   (14)   he had been playing the same game for 50 hours with few   (15)  .

Today, many more governments and doctors are trying to solve the problem of gaming addiction. More people are learning about the problem. More people are getting   (16)  . And more people are changing their lives. Some people might blame the game   (17)   for creating the problem of gaming addiction. However, some people think   (18)  .

“It would be easy for me to blame the game,   (19)   I know that was not the problem. I ran away from my problems. I   (20)  inan Internet world instead of directly working to solve my problems,” a game addict said.

Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are   (1)   than housewives. Evidence shows that the   (2)   are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows that   (3)   the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases correspondingly by 2%. All this comes down to one point: Work is helpful to health.

    Why is work good for health? It is because work   (4)   people busy,   (5)    loneliness and solitude(独居). Researches show that people feel unhappy,   (6)   and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are   (7)  . Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a   (8)   between man and reality. By work, people   (9)   with each other. By collective activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work   (10)   the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and   (11)   him liable（likely to be affected by）to disease.

      (12)   , work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of   (13)  . Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a   (14)   finishes his writing or a doctor successfully __55__ on a patient or a teacher sees his students   (15)  , they are happy   (16)   words.

    From the above we can   (17)   to the conclusion that the more you work, the   (18)   and healthier you will be. Let us work hard, study well and   (19)   a happy and healthy life.

A prank is naughty behavior that is at most scolded if it gets too much. This is   (1)  three Chinese students studying in California in the US described what they had done.
Zhai Yunyao, Yang Yuhan and Zhang Xinlei, all 19, called it a “prank” when they took their classmate Liu Yiran to a park where “Liu was … beaten, spat on,   (2)  with cigarettes and forced to eat her own hair during a five-hour attack”,   (3)  the Associated Press.

However, their “prank” in March 2015 was   (4)  a crime in the US. The punishment was years in prison for kidnapping and assault. Zhai was  (5)   to 13 years in prison, Yang to 10 years and Zhang to six years on Feb 17. They will be sent back to China   (6)   serving their sentences, reported The Los Angeles Times.

The bullying case has caused quite a discussion in China where school bullying is not   (7)  but is seldom considered a crime. According to a survey done by China Youth Daily in July last year, 73.3 percent of the 1,002   (8)   said they had experienced or seen bullying cases at school.
However,   (9)   offenders receive proper punishment. In most of the cases, offenders only get criticism from schools. Offenders under 14 have no criminal   (10)  . Those aged between 14 and 16 usually get a light punishment only when they  (11)  serious crimes like murder and rape, according to China’s laws.

“The articles about protecting minors have started to get  (12)  punishing school bullies,” commented an article in Bandao Metropolis Daily. “Some bullies even use the laws as a shield for their violent   (13)   .”

In   (14)   , the US is quite tough on bullying.
A(n)   (15)  of 46 of the 50 US states now have their own anti-bullying laws, according to the US Department of Education. Bullying, according to those anti-bullying laws,  (16)   not only direct physical contact like hitting, but also verbal assaults like name-calling.
Also, judges in the US have the right to   (17)   minor offenders as adults if the cases are serious or if they have criminal records.

China could learn from the US,   (18)   its legal system to stop bullying, some people have suggested. Huang Zhiyuan, a procurator at the Henan People’s Procuratorate, advocated lowering the criminal age in Procuratorate Daily. Li Fangchao of China Daily advised China to make a   (19)   anti-bullying law.

A more profound message the case showed to us is that “the common tolerant  (20)   toward bullying should be changed”, commented Jiaxing Daily. “When teenagers do something wrong, we should tolerate and help them when necessary. But all of these have a limit.”

       People give gifts in almost all societies. Gifts  41  festivals and other important events . Some gifts are expensive, or they may take months to create. Others are of less  42 , such as birthday cards.

       Gift giving is often a process of exchange (交换过程).  43  you receive a birthday gift from someone, that person usually  44  a birthday gift from you  45 . In some cultures, there are some rules about gift exchange. In Pakistan, for example, there is a tradition called “taking giving.” It  46  this way: You give the newly-married couple a gift, and they “repay” you with a gift of higher value. Then you give the couple  47  gift. This one should be worth the difference between the first two gifts. The gift exchange continues,  48  the same way.

       In many ancient cultures, people made  49  to their leaders to show their loyalty (忠诚). The Nubians in ancient Egypt are a good  50 . They brought gold to the Egyptian kings. Traditions like these  51  today in some parts of the world. In parts of Africa, for example, farmers may give gifts to the local leaders to  52  them for protection.

       Today presidents  53  bring gifts when they  54  a foreign leader. Leaders bring gifts to strengthen relationships between  55 , not to stress (强调) the power of the gift receiver.

       Gifts can  56  send special messages. For example, gifts can tell people that we are thinking of them and that we want them to feel  57 . Sometimes a gift makes us remember the giver. The gift keeps the  58  of a special person and a special relationship alive.

       ​There is no doubt about the good side of gift giving. That is why some people don’t  59  the idea that modern gift giving is very wasteful. It is  60  that there is an emotional benefit (情感好处) for people who exchange gifts. That is surely enough of a reason for the tradition to continue.