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According to a new study, Americans imagine that idol (偶像)     1     (resemble) themselves - an appearance that depends on their     2     (race) and politics.

In the first step of the study, 511 Christians each viewed 300 pairs of slightly     3     (difference) human faces and selected which one better represented the idol. The scientists then generated (生成) an average face for each participant. All the average     4     (choose) faces looked younger and more loving     5     the average of the faces not chosen.

But     6     (politics) background played a big role in which faces     7     (think) most “accurate”. Conservatives tended to treat idols as more powerful，male and white,     8     liberals (自由派) pictured a more loving idol with darker skin. Most people are also egocentric (以自我为中心的) in their descriptions: Volunteers     9     were older, more attractive and black saw idols as older, more attractive and black. And a male idol still seems     10     (control) the popular consciousness: Both men and women all viewed idol as a man.

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Tianshui,     1     ancient Silk Road city in Gansu Province, became the latest place with a nationwide craze thanks to its iconic dish malatang, a local street dish     2    (feature)a mix of fresh vegetables and meat boiled in a hot, spicy soup. One restaurant owner in Tianshui noted that he has been serving at least 400 customers a day, some of     3     drive here from other provinces to experience this inviting dish firsthand. Based on data from Ctrip, a major Chinese online travel service platform, in the past month, there     4    (be)a significant increase in tourism in Tianshui. The overall number of travel orders has increased by over 20% compared to the same period last year,     5     hotel orders increasing by over 40%.

Local-produced ingredients such as Gangu chili, Qin’an peppercorns, and Dingxi potatoes are the secrets to the unique flavor and attractive appearance of Tianshui malatang. Gangu chili has a bright red color and a spicy fragrance with lingering sweetness. Potatoes     6    (grow)in Dingxi have a high starch content(淀粉含量), making hand-pulled noodles have a chewy texture. It is these authentic ingredients     7     lay the foundation for Tianshui malatang to stand out.

With the drive of the “malatang economy”, the export orders of Gansu local agriculture     8    (product)are also increasing. It seems that food has     9     (apparent)become a new hot spot for small Chinese cities to catch the spotlight on social media platforms. The Tianshui government is also seizing every opportunity     10    (promote)Tianshui development with a small bowl of malatang.

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Barcelona Embraces Its Wild Side

At the end of April last year, Barcelona’s inhabitants emerged from a six-week lockdown. To their amazement, they found that while the city    1    （lie）dormant（休眠的）, nature had been busy transforming the streets and parks into a lively and pastoral wilderness

“The parks were shut, so there was no pressure    2     them from humans or dogs and no gardening was carried out,” says Margarita Pares. who heads the city’s biodiversity programme.

“It was spring and it rained a lot more than usual. The result was an explosion in plant growth,     3     there were more insects and more food for birds. And there were many more butterflies, as they are a species that reacts very quickly to changes in the environment.”

The city is now in the process of creating 783,300 square meters of green open space, including as area around the landmark Sagrada Familia basilica, and 49,000 square meters of “greened” streets. It is also encouraging bird and insect life with around 200 nesting towers for birds and bats, 40 beehives and around 80 plantings    4    （design）specifically as insect “hotels”. The council has also published a biodiversity atlas listing all the city’s flora and fauna.

When it comes to    5    （embrace）nature in its cities, Spain lags behind many countries. But it is hoped that Barcelona’s new policy will go some way to rectifying that.

“In a city like Barcelona, its a case of replacing    6     exists with green infrastructure.” says Lorena Escuer, who runs Hydro-biology, a natural pest control company, and has worked in Barcelona on a pilot scheme    7     aim is to plant wildflowers at the base of trees in the streets rather than surround them with pavement or grating.

“It’s not just having a park surrounded by asphalt（沥青）but introducing nature into the city,” says she. “People need re-educating. Their idea of a clean space is somewhere    8     the ecosystem is dead. There has been the conventional wisdom that nature is something outside and that what’s natural for the city is for there to be    9    . Covid has forced us to look at nature in a different way. It’s made us look at how we live and how we want to live. The lockdown gave us a glimpse of nature in the city and we like it.”