What does it mean to be green? Green is more than just a color. It also means taking action to _________ the environment. Buying a green product is a small step everyone can take. However, it’s not easy to tell _________ a product is green or not. We need to _________ the whole process of the product, even after it’s of no use.

The materials are usually our first focus. Is there _________ in the product? Green products are made of more natural materials to be good for our health.

Packing is important. Is it over-packed? We’d better choose glass or paper packing, as these can be _________ reused or recycled. We can also choose simply packaged or unpacked products.

Location matters. _________ was the product produced? Try to choose local products. It’s better to buy food directly from local farmers near our houses because we can go there _________ driving a car. It’s also a good choice to buy fruits in _________.

Read the information the company tells us carefully. It’s easy to say that a product is “green” or “all natural”, but the words may be too good to be true.

The greenest thing is certainly the one we don’t buy. Things like food and clothing are _________ for life. But many others are not. Better than buying is __________ the product you don’t need in the store. Keep money in our pockets, refuse waste and keep our planet healthy.

Have you ever heard of “humblebragging(谦虚自夸“凡尔赛”)”? We use it to describe someone who seems to make a modest(谦虚的) statement, but is actually trying to bring attention to something they are ________. For example, someone might say.“I just found out that I got ________ to Harvard AND Oxford. Maybe they got my application mixed up with someone else’s!” They want to tell others that they’ve been accepted to two good schools. ________ they don’t want to seem arrogant(自大的). So instead, they word it in a(an) ________ that seems more modest.

Although people who humblebrag think it will make them seem easier to get on with, a 2015 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology showed that humblebragging has the ________ effect.

“Humblebragging backfires(产生事与愿违的结果) because it doesn’t seem very real. That ‘sadness is me attitude connected with self-promotion(自抬身价)’ does not lead to a good ________,” said Ovul Sezer, lead author of the study. “Even ________ bragging or complaining is better, because at least those messages are seen as more sincere(真诚的).”

Humblebragging is common and we all do it in a way Alibaba founder Jack Ma once said that his biggest mistake was ________ the company. “I never thought this thing would change my life. I was just trying to run a ________ business, and it grew so big!” he said.

Sezer said the best way to share your achievements is to “admit ________ self-promotion and win the rewards being sincere”. In this way, people will see that you aren’t just showing off and are simply being honest.

When I was a little boy, my mother often asked me what the most important part of the body is. I thought sound was the most important to us, so I said, “My _________, Mummy.” She said, “No. Many people can’t hear but they live normal（正常的）lives.”

Several years later, she asked me again. This time I told her, “Mummy, _________ is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and told me, “You are learning fast, _________ the answer is not right. Because there are many people who are _________ but happy and healthy.”

Then, last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was _________. My mum looked at me when it was our turn to say final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part now, my dear?” I was _________ when she asked me this then because I always thought it was a game between her and me. I saw her eyes full of tears. She said, “The most important body part is your _________.”

“Is it because it holds up your head?” I asked. “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry,” she answered _________.

“_______ needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes in life. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will __________ have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”