Most people drink tea in the world. But tea does not mean    1    same thing to different people. In different countries, people have different ideas about    2    (drink) tea.

In China, for example, tea    3    (serve) usually when people get together. Chinese people drink it    4    home or in tea houses anytime of the day. They often use hot water to boil tea    5    (leaf).

Tea is also important in other    6    (Asia) countries. People in these countries have a special way of serving tea. They hold a tea ceremony in their houses when important guests come. It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in their houses.

In the United States, people usually drink tea at breakfast    7    they drink it after meals. Americans usually use tea bags    8    (make) tea. This way is faster and    9    (easy) than the way of making tea in teapots. In summer, most Americans drink    10    (ice)tea. They like to put some ice in their tea.

A famous painting of Marilyn Monroe created by American artist Andy Warhol was sold for $195 million on Monday. That is     1     most ever paid in a public sale for a work by an American. Warhol painted Shot Sage Blue Marilyn in 1964. The     2    (color) image shows Monroe with yellow hair, blue eye shadow and bright red lips, with a rich blue background.

The sale took place at Christie’s auction (拍卖) house in New York. Many     3    (representative) from Christie’s said the painting became the costliest work of art ever     4    (sell) from the 20th century. Warhol’s painting passed the earlier record holder, Jean Michel Basquiat. His 1982 painting Untitled of a skull-like face was sold for a record $ 110.5 million in 2017 at Sotheby’s in New York. Warhol created     5    (much) than one image of Monroe. The Shot Sage Blue Marilyn painting has been shown     6     museums around the world. Christie’s said an unnamed buyer made the purchase on Monday night.

When the auction     7    (announce) earlier this year, Christie’s estimated it could go for as much as $ 200 million. “It’s an     8    (amaze) price,” said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie’s 20th and 21st century art department. “Let it sink in. It’s quite something.”

The earnings of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich,     9     puts the painting up for auction. The foundation aims     10    (help) children with health care and educational programs.

Nowadays, vegetarian(素食主义的)eating is becoming more popular. Although it does have a good reputation for     1    (benefit)our health, recent news has focused on what could be bad about vegetarian diets,     2    (include)stroke risk, harm to brain health, hair loss and depression.

British researchers     3    (follow)more than 48,000 men and women with no history of heart disease or stroke for about 18 years. Vegetarians had a 20%     4    (high)rate of stroke than meat eaters. Another expert wrote that the trend towards vegetarian diets may lead to a choline(胆碱)crisis, Choline is a nutrient(营养物)    5     is important for brain health and other functions. It can     6    (find)in meat, and our body can’t make all that humans need.

So, can giving up meat lead to hair loss? A recent report found that a severe lack of protein, among other diet shortcomings, can lead to it. That’s     7     meat contains iron, vitamin B, and zinc, which are all important for hair     8    (grow).

Can vegetarian and vegan diets affect our mood? Research on this is mixed. Some studies have found that going meatless     9    (improve)mood, but others have found     10     opposite. In one study of 400 new mothers, 80 of them suffered from postpartum(产后的)depression. A vegetarian diet was one factor that seemed to make it more likely to be depressed.

War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. There were a number of colleges for me to go to. Mom, who was an     1     (optimism) woman, wanted me to attend a famous nursing school, and       2     did Dad. But I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, my mother and I argued, shouted and gave silent treatments (沉默以待) until both sides went to bed with regrets. Neither of us     3     (be) willing to agree with each other.

Since my junior year of high school, I had aimed at being a nurse. While     4     (take) all the science courses, I was also working as a volunteer in my town's local hospital. My motivation was to help the sick and be a superwoman to the world.

Yet, as graduation and college neared, it all changed. Having the sick     5     (treat) was noble, but not what I was meant to do for the rest of my life. The career was not so enjoyable.

But writing was what I had been doing as a hobby and I would concentrate     6     it. I     7     (firm) believed that it was going to be my career. I could be absorbed in it. On August 1st, no sooner had Mom and I sat down at the dinner table than I told her that she had every right to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school.

    8     (persuade) to let me attend a small writing college in the end, my mother decided to support me, which meant the world to me. My mother said to me, "Would you like to be a writer?” I answered, "Yes, I would like to." In the end, I won my mother's real     9     (approve).

Before that time, never     10     I stood up against my parents on any major decision. I am now finished with my first term and I cannot wait to see what comes next.