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When mentioning China, what comes to mind? As a country with a history of more than 5000 years, China is rich in civilization and culture. What best represents China?

Confucius (551BC - 479 BC)

Confucius was a teacher and philosopher from the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. The philosophy of Confucius stresses individual morality including kindness, fairness, politeness, and sincerity. Confucius’ principles have a broad basis in common Chinese tradition and belief.

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with winding or crawling characters. The dragon symbol is frequently used on ancient Chinese emperor’s items including chairs or costumes. It is considered a representation of power.

Peking Opera

Peking Opera is considered the essence of China. As the larger form of Chinese opera, it has many “firsts” in Chinese dramas: the abundance of talents, the number of artists, opera groups and audience.

The Great Wall

There is an old saying that goes, “He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.” The Great Wall, one of the greatest wonders of the world, is a destination one must see when visiting China.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Developed in China, TCM has a tradition dating back to more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, cupping, massage, exercise (Qigong), and dietary therapy.

1.What do we know about Confucius according to the passage?

A. He died at the age of 82.

B. He put stress on teamwork spirits.

C. He was a teacher in the Warring States Period.

D. He created common Chinese tradition and belief.

2.Which of the following is regarded as symbol of power?

A. Confucius. B. Dragon. C. Peking Opera. D. The Great Wall.

3.What must you do when coming to China according to the passage?

A. Learn to exercise Qigong. B. Appreciate Peking Opera.

C. Pay a visit to the Great Wall. D. Experience the treatment of cupping.

4.What is probably the best title of this passage?

A. Cultural Symbols of China B. Rich in Civilization and Culture

C. Famous People and Places in China D. One of the Greatest of the World

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Favio Chavez, a musical talent, came to Cateura as an environmental technician in 2006 and started a youth music school. He knew shop-bought instruments were beyond the means of villagers whose sheds are worth less than a violin, so he approached a carpenter to make some out of waste from the dump.

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D. It provides its children with better schooling conditions

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We often close ourselves off when unfortunate events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to deflect the hurt and pain by pretending it doesn’t exist, but although we can try this all we want, in the end, we can’t hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our hearts

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Breathe into pain

Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real. We take an emotion that’s fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.

By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives will stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom.

Embrace the uncomfortable

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Ask your heart what it wants

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To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”

See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.

Title: Open Our Hearts

Background information

★Unfortunate events often 1. us deeper into ourselves;

★We can’t hide ourselves 2. the fact that we pretend not to have been hurt;

★We should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior whenever fears and seriousness 3. us.

4. to helping open our hearts

★Breathe into pain

★Try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to 5. up the hurt whenever a painful situation arises in our lives;

★Utilize our breath and we can 6.more newness and greater experiences in the future.

★Embrace the uncomfortable

★We can practice leaning into the feelings of discomfort and 7.a way out in our lives;

★Running away only8.us experiencing the parts of our lives that we need most.

★Ask your heart what it wants

★To treat the process of decision making from a different9. ;

★See what10., then engage and evaluate the outcome.

A Northern Ireland team is leading the research for a thinking computer which can sense a user's moods(情绪)．Researchers at Queen's University in Belfast hope to complete the 10－million－euro project for an emotion－sensitive(感知情感功能的)computer within four years.

The aim is to make computers think and do things more like humans. And 160 researchers join in the project. The university's researchers made an agreement with the European Commission. The work may try to make “multi－modal interfaces (界面 )”which allow machines to sense and respond to the moods of the user.

Programme coordinator (协调者) Professor Roddy Cowie said while it sounded like science fiction，computers which responded to human feelings would appear.

“At the moment，our use of computers is limited by the fact that we need a keyboard and a screen to access(使用) them，”he said.

“But feelings are part of normal speech, and experience has shown that most users are deeply uncomfortable with speech interfaces that ignore them－too uncomfortable to use them very much.”

“If we can make computers more expressive, and also less challenging to use，there is a great chance to let people make full use of information technology.”

The emotion－sensitive computer would have its own “personality” and build a social relationship with the user.

“It's a fair bet that in 30 years' time, emotion－sensitive interfaces will be as much part of life as windows and mouse interfaces are now，”said Professor Cowie.

The project team believes such computers would play an important part in teaching and learning.

1.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Researchers at Queen's University have completed a project.

B. The research for an emotion－sensitive computer is being led by a Northern Ireland team.

C. 160 researchers have joined in the 10 million－euro project for a thinking computer.

D. Computers are playing a more and more important part in our daily life.

2.It can be learned from the passage that ________．

A. an emotion－sensitive computer has been invented and is being put into use

B. an emotion－sensitive computer cannot respond to the moods of the user

C. an emotion－sensitive computer has not been invented by the team

D. the research for an emotion－sensitive computer has not gained people's support

3.What does Professor Roddy Cowie think of the emotion－sensitive computer?

A. He thinks it is only a part of science fiction.

B. He thinks it is worth the research and it is easy to produce.

C. He believes it is impossible for the team to invent the emotion－sensitive computer.

D. He believes it can come into being.

4.In Professor Roddy Cowie's opinion，________ limits our use of computers.

A. the fact that a keyboard and a screen are needed to use computers

B. the fact that we don't know much about computers

C. the fact that feelings are part of normal speech

D. the fact that the emotion－sensitive computer has its own “personality”

5.What are emotion－sensitive computers believed to do in the future?

A. They will take the place of teachers in teaching and learning.

B. They can build a social relationship with human beings.

C. They will replace human beings and control the world.

D. They will have the same“personality”as their users.

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