Amsterdam 【小题1】 (call) the “City of Bicycles” because of the convenience of riding bicycles there. In the 1960s, a group of cycling fans had 【小题2】 idea that it would be better for everybody if cars weren't allowed in the city centre and only bicycles were. They were 【小题3】 (hope) that this would help to save energy, reduce 【小题4】 (pollute) and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles white and placed them in lots of neighbourhoods around Amsterdam for people to use.

【小题5】 (fortunate), it didn't work because 【小题6】 (thief) took all the bicycles within weeks! However, more than thirty years later, the “white bike” is back in town — this time with a computer chip to record its every move!【小题7】 (take) a bicycle, you have to insert a special card. People who want to use the bikes 【小题8】 (park) at special parking places have to take them to another special parking place 【小题9】 has enough room. Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, many people around the world have been enjoying city center streets 【小题10】 cars for many years.

   Nowadays, I acknowledge that a revolution has occurred. That much has been ___ by having hand-held iPads or smart phones that allow us not only to communicate while on the _____ but also to reserve parking spaces, get weather reports, and _____ tell us where, at any given moment, we are standing on the planet Earth.

But I must acknowledge a _____. Conversation used to be surprisingly _____ to start. When I took a seat next to someone on a train, bus, or plane, the first thing I would do was _____ the person. Once the ice had been broken, the following chat _____ erupt naturally.

Time has changed, and the change has been _____. Recently, while I was _____ a long distance bus, I couldn't help but notice everyone was staring at their ______, clicking. I found an empty seat next to a middle-aged man and said "Morning" to him. He threw me a ______ and said "Morning". Then he returned to his ______. So I left him in his world.

I miss the ______ conversations with fellow travelers. One never knows what will be ______, and in fact, sometimes how ______ it will be. I was once on a ______ traveling from Iceland to Denmark. I noticed an old man looking out over the North Sea. "It's beautiful, isn't it?" I said. He turned to me,______, and we were soon chatting away. _____ I told him that I didn't know how I was going to get from the port in Denmark to my destination city. He ______,"Of course you know. I have a car and I'm going to ______ you there. "

Many of us in developed societies【小题1】 (trap） in a spending circle. We work hard so that we can earn more money. Sometimes we try to deposit a little or change our money into different countries’ currencies in the hope of【小题2】 (make）even more money. But【小题3】 (strange） enough, the more money we earn, the less often we see it. Because we are taxpayers, the more we earn the more tax we should pay to those【小题4】govern us. In this spending circle, on the one hand, we accumulate【小题5】 (possess） but never feel like we have enough. On the other hand, we work hard for【小题6】 ( big） and better houses and cars but have no time to enjoy【小题7】 (they）. They seem like a big burden. There is a growing resistance to the consumer society which is especially affecting the youth of today. The government should make some laws.【小题8】laws came into being, a huge adjustment would be required and there would be diverse reactions. As【小题9】society, it's high time that we【小题10】 (take） these issues more seriously.

   Green Consumer Day is observed worldwide every year on September 28. The_______is to purchase only eco-friendly products as a way to________the impact consumerism has on the environment.

But we should NOT consume products even on Green Consumer Day.

Creating any product_______the use of energy; let's not_________climate change. For the most part, that energy is going to come from fossil fuels-coal, oil and natural gas._______coal or drilling for oil and natural gas creates environmental nightmares, while burning fossil fuels is the biggest_______of climate change. Unless a product is made using 100 percent_______energy, it will have a carbon footprint. We all know how_______the planet is heating up, so our goal should be to shrink our footprints, rather than expand them．

Manufacturing_______uses a lot of water. No matter how______a product is, water will be needed to clean the materials and clean it again_________the product is made. Many parts of the world are suffering from________ We can help conserve our precious water resources by buying fewer products, even if they're_____

Most products will still_________in trash. We don't need more solid waste! Even if the eco-product we buy is not disposable, the packaging it comes in will get thrown away.

Why go shopping when you could be out_________nature? Shopping can be a pretty stressful way to spend an hour or two. Wouldn't you rather take a walk, have a picnic or otherwise have fun with friends and family?

Buying more stuff adds to our_______and doesn't make us any happier. Most of us_______to have even more things than we can use. Adding to the load just increases the________of the mess we need to address. Plus most people________that spending time with family and friends makes them much happier than acquiring_________, even if it's green.

   Forty percent of teens say they have been hit or nearly hit by a car，motorcycle or bike while walking，according to a new report released by the Safe Kids Worldwide organization.

Safe Kids Delaware has released a list of safety tips children and teens should follow in order to remain safe while walking. The group said it is important to put down phones and remove headphones while crossing the street，make eye contact with drivers before crossing，and remain visible to drivers even in the dark.

"We all know about the dangers of distracted（思想不集中的）driving，but we need to talk to our children，especially teens，about the dangers of walking while they are distracted by using technology like listening to music with headphones on，and texting on cellphones，"said Kim O'Malley，the pedestrian（行人）safety conductor for Safe Kids Delaware.

Teens on the Moue is the name of the report，which explores the walking behavior of  1，040 teenagers between the ages of 13 to 19.Half of the surveyed teens admitted they were distracted by a mobile device while crossing the street. The study also found that more often than not，those who were hit or nearly hit had not been using a crosswalk（人行横道）or had been running across the street.

Safe Kids Worldwide reports that the death rate for teens aged 13 to 19 is nearly three times higher than that of 5-to 12-year-olds.In Delaware，seven teenagers aged 15 to 19 have been killed in pedestrian crashes in the last three years，and another 123 have been injured. By comparison，just two children aged 5 to 9 were killed at that time and another 79 were injured. The new report expands on findings from a similar one in 2015 that showed one in five high schoolers and one in eight middle schoolers crossed the street while distracted by using technology.