As is known, China is a great country with a time-honored history and profound culture. While 1.(mention)Chinese culture, Chinese tea culture cannot be missed. It is the culture of making tea and drinking tea in China, which is 2. (difference) from that of Europe, Britain, and Japan.
In China, drinking tea 3.(refer)as tasting tea, which not only means distinguishing the quality of tea, but also enjoying the pleasure of falling into the dream about life while drinking tea. A short retreat from a much busier life, make a cup of tea4.taste it in a quiet place on your own, not only relieving tiredness but also refreshing 5. (you) soul heartily.
China is a country with a time-honored civilization, 6.is quite particular about ceremony and etiquette(礼节). When guests pay a visit, etiquette of making tea for guests is 7.(basic)required. When making tea, proper blending of tea8. (leaf)is quite necessary, so that favorable flavor would be created. When drinking tea with guests, pay attentions to the tea left in 9. cup of guests and it should be refilled when the cup is half-full. If 10. (accompany)with tea dessert, candies and dishes, drinking tea would be more tasteful and joyful.
Two Friends Who Discovered The Secret To Success
Hard work is the key to success.But only working hard won't help you get success in life.There are other factors involved.____?Here is a story of two friends out of which one got____and the other,even after putting in a lot of hard work,____.
The first friend used to____hard throughout the day but hardly got anything.____,the other friend worked for four hours and used to____the needy and meditate the rest of the time.
When they meet after a long time they discuss their____with each other.The first friend asks his friend,“____is it that you get success and money after working for just 4 hours and I____poor even after working the whole clay.” After hearing his friend's____,the other friend smiles and asks his friend a question,“What do you have in____ while you do your work.”
The first friend replies,“I keep____ways and mean of earning more____.”At this the second friend replies,“This is the reason behind your unhappiness and____.”
He explained that,“One does not____success by just working hard.Success is a state of mind.What is the____of working hard when you stay unhappy?”
“____happiness is very important for a successful life.”
He____his friend to stay happy and____under every circumstance.After hearing his friend's advice the first friend started____the same thing and soon he became rich and successful in life.
1.A. Excited B. Embarrassed C. Confused D. Scared
2.A. rich B. powerful C. sincere D. courageous
3.A. gave up B. paid off C. kept on D. fell behind
4.A. work B. think C. study D. compete
5.A. Therefore B. Moreover C. However D. Thus
6.A. save B. help C. tolerate D. ignore
7.A. goal B. problem C. interest D. life
8.A. Why B. How C. When D. What
9.A. remain B. become C. look D. feel
10.A. praises B. bargains C. complaints D. explanations
11.A. fact B. mind C. total D. relief
12.A. dealing with B. sorting out C. putting forward D. thinking about
13.A. wealth B. fame C. respect D. love
14.A. greed B. illness C. failure D. pain
15.A. judge B. attain C. celebrate D. prove
16.A. condition B. pressure C. disaster D. purpose
17.A. mental B. individual C. instant D. eventual
18.A. promised B. required C. advised D. commanded
19.A. cautious B. calm C. stubborn D. grateful
20.A. learning B. accepting C. following D. reflecting
We all need some kind of motivation to eat healthy.Only exercising is not quite enough to stay in shape and live your life as a healthy person free from extra problems.1.So try these tips for staying motivated to eat healthy wherever you go.
Discover new foods
Adopting a new eating habit is finding different foods to try.Explore a specialty foods store,get a new cookbook at the library,or explore new cultural restaurants.2..
Track your weight loss
By cutting out fatty and eating high-fiber vegetarian healthy foods,you will forget about high-calorie foods such as dairy products and meat and you will be more likely to lose unwanted pounds.3.Is not it?
Think short term
4.Focus on half to one week at a time or,if essential,one day at a time.Feel great about the healthy choices you made at the last meal instead of wondering about the slip you made at the party last weekend.
5.
You are on your way to a healthier,happier life,with decreased risk of serious diseases,including diabetes,cancer, high blood pressure,stroke,and heart disease and increased energy.As a result,you will have more time,energy and money to devote to the people and activities valuable for you.
A.That is another powerful motivation!
B.Think of what you have gained.
C.Pay attention to the energy you get.
D.keep your goals in possible short-term amount.
E.You need to have a healthy diet as well.
F.Try eating the different foods at a meal a day.
G.It will encourage you to continue with eating healthy foods.
Machines might one day replace human laborers in a number of professions,but surely they won't ever replace human artists.Right?
Think again.Not even our artists will be safe from the inevitable machine takeover,if a new development in artificial intelligence by a team of researchers from Rutgers University and Facebook's A.I.lab offers a clue of what's to come.They have designed an A.I.capable of not only producing art,but actually inventing whole new aesthetic styles similar to movements like impressionism or abstract expressionism,reports.The idea,according to researcher Marian Mazzone,was to make art that is "novel,but not too novel."
The model used in this project involved a generator network,which produces the images,and a discriminator network,which "judges" whether it's art.Once the generator learns how to produce work that the distributor recognizes as art,it's given an additional directive: to produce art that doesn't match any known aesthetic styles.
"You want to have something really creative and striking—but at the same time not go too far and make something that isn't aesthetically（美学地）pleasing,"explained Ahmed Elgammal.
The art that was generated by the system was then presented to human judges alongside human-produced art without showing which was which.To the researchers' surprise,the machine-made art scored slightly higher overall than the human-produced art.
Of course,machines can't yet replace the meaning that's infused in works by human artists,but this project shows that artist skill sets certainly seem duplicatable by machines.
What will it take for machines to produce content that's infused with meaning?That might be the last A.I. frontier.Human artists can at least hang their hats in that field...for now.
"Imagine having people over for a dinner party and they ask,‘Who is that by?’And you say,‘Well,it's a machine actually’.That would be an interesting conversation starter,"said Kevin Walker.
1.What is implied in the first paragraph?
A. Artists won't be replaced by AI.
B. AI can produce new styles of art.
C. AI is totally at a loss about impressionism.
D. AI fails to reflect abstract expressionism.
2.What did Marian find in his study?
A. AI can copy the skills of artists.
B. AI can combine content with meaning.
C. AI can make art aesthetically unpleasant.
D. AI can please human judges with its art.
3.What does the underlined phrase “hang their hats” mean?
A. Discover. B. Hold.
C. Struggle. D. Survive.
4.What Kevin said in the last paragraph tells us that_____.
A. she uses machines to cook for a party B. she likes to join in a dinner party
C. she expects the arrival of AI D. she cares about the starter of a chat
Steven Jobs,the designer of Apple Computer,was not clever when he was in school.At that time,he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates.When he went into college,he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out（退学）.But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college,Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer.He worked there for only several months and then he went to India.He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in his life.
Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.
In 1975,he began to make a new type of computer.He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage.He chose the name "Apple" just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden. .
His Apple Computer was so successful that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
He often said,"I live in order to change the world;there aren't any other reasons.The only way to have a great achievement is to love your own career.If you can't find your favorite career,go on looking for it and never give up."
This is Steven Jobs.Though he is dead,his spirit and achievements still influence our lives.
1.Why was Steven Jobs not a good student in school?
A. He never did his lessons.
B. He dropped out.
C. He always made troubles with his schoolmates.
D. He was full of new ideas.
2.Why did Steven Jobs go to India?
A. To be a video game designer. B. To get some new ideas.
C. To make a new type of computer. D. To have a happy summer.
3.What made Steven Jobs famous all over the world?
A. His new ideas. B. His Apple Computer.
C. His video games. D. His saying.
4.What can we know about Steven Jobs from this passage?
A. He didn't finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates.
B. He liked traveling in India and California.
C. He liked trying new things and making his new ideas come true.
D. He thought he had many reasons to live in the world.
Everyone smiles in the same language.But not everyone smiles in the same medium,and that might be hurting us.
That's according to a new study from researchers at the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University,both in Israel,and the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands.Inadvertently timed to the recent release of “The Emoji Movie,”scientists decided to study whether using smile emojis in text messages between work colleagues caused the same warm feelings as a face-to-face interaction that includes a smile.
The results?For the first time,science was able to confirm that a smile emoji does not conjure those same feelings.Quite the opposite,in fact: using a smile emoji in conversation actually decreases perception of the colleague's competence and inserts a level of distance into the relationship.
It's a phenomenon study leader Arik Cheshin dubbed "virtual first-impression management."He and his colleagues,including co-leader Ella Glikson,conducted several experiments analyzing the reactions to text messages that included smile emojis versus messages that don't.They also measured these same interactions in social settings and found that the emojis actually improved perception.
"I believe there is a greater gap in what the sender is hoping to convey and what the receiver interprets," Cheshin,a professor,said."This intention-interpretation gap can be damaging."
In addition,Cheshin and colleagues found that the effects of smiley use on social perceptions occur regardless of the expresser's perceived gender.
So what's the takeaway here “I don't think that emoticons and emojis replace actual emotion,”Cheshin told us. "They are just different.The emotions are there and will always be when there are humans involved."
Before picking an emoji that fits your mood at the moment,it's better to just use words at least when you're at work.Or,better yet,just show up and talk face-to-face.You know,like the good old days.
1.What is found in the study by Arik?
A. Work colleagues use smile emojis more.
B. A smile emoji leads to warm feelings.
C. Smile emojis keep colleagues at a distance.
D. Smiley use works better than face-to-face interaction.
2.According to Cheshin,the emojis senders may not know______.
A. how much virtual impression it leaves
B. how it changes social settings
C. how it has improved perception
D. how the receiver will understand it
3.What is the writer's attitude towards emojis at work?
A. Cautious. B. Positive.
C. Disapproving. D. Indifferent.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Words mean much more than your smile emojis.
B. Your smile emojis won't replace your actual smile.
C. Smiling is a universal language in any communication.
D. Misunderstanding may arise from smile emojis.
