If you think you've seen everything that artists do with food, think again! Here's a Russian-born visual artist, Helga Stentzel, who has given a new slant to food art.

    1    Helga has a way of creating food art in     2    unique way is evident from her numerous works involving various eatables. And she not only     3     (use) photographs of what she creates out of food that she posts on the social media but also a wide range of other media, such as illustrations,     4    （video) and stop motion animation of her food art.

Helga, currently based in London, UK, is an alumnus of St. Martins. She went on     5     (realize) her talent as an artist by becoming the Art Director of an advertising agency. It's here that she learned the basics of branding     6     (strategy) thinking, and marketing.

The skill set     7     (acquire)here is what is helping her in creating amazing content for some of the leading brands on social media, as also in     8     (run) her own mini-blog.

Helga's ideas look easy     9    require dollops of imagination and visualization. The end result always puts a smile on your face. It's not only her artistic skills but also her knowledge of foods from various regions that is most awe-inspiring. She says about foods, “    10    flavors and textures vary from region to region, the basic ingredients of the dishes are very similar. It's those staples that fascinate me most.”

On arriving in Shanghai for the very first time — you might think that you’ve actually landed in New York or London. It’s filled with tall skyscrapers,     1    (make) of steel and glass. It’s also full of classic European patterns and designs.

Shanghai is home to the world’s second     2    (tall) tower and a host of other tall buildings. But it’s not all sky-scraping landscape. The 1920s and 1930s left the city with excellent examples of art deco buildings, most of     3    survived the changes of the 20th century.

Beijing is often regarded as the center of Chinese culture, but for a town of wheelers and dealers, Shanghai is surprisingly creative. Many art galleries are exciting,     4    (offer) a window into contemporary Chinese concerns. Acrobatics (杂技)shows are always a tourist favorite and you might grab the chance     5    (catch) some Chinese opera. Shanghai’s music and club     6     (scene) are exciting:from jazz and indie to all-night hip-hop and electro-dance parties.

As a center of commerce and business in China, Shanghai’s economy continues to grow     7    (rapid). In the future Shanghai aims to become     8    international cultural capital and center for cultural exchange. Culture is seen     9    an important driver in Shanghai’s economic growth, strengthening the city’s competitiveness and increasing internal demand.

It is hoped that “ Chinese culture going out”     10    (lead) to the development of Chinese soft power worldwide.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool (UL) have developed a robot that can run experiments on its own. It’s not new for labs to use robots. But earlier robots usually stayed in one place and     1     (do) one job over and over again. The UL robot is different. It’s able to     2     (easy) move around in the same kind of space as humans do. It uses a special system called LIDAR to guide     3     (it). With one long arm which can turn in almost any direction, the robot can use several different kinds of lab equipment and carry out     4     variety of tasks.

The scientists says it took a lot of work     5     (program) the robot so that it could do things without     6     (make) mistakes. Once the programming is done, though, the robot makes     7     (few) mistakes than a human.

To test their robot, the scientists gave it a task: find a material     8     was able to produce hydrogen (氢) from water. The robot was programmed to understand the basic methods for the experiment, but it     9     (give) 10 different things it could change which could influence the results. That meant that the robot could choose from around 98 million different mini-experiments. Over the next 8 days, the robot ran 688 experiments, always choosing its next experiment based     10     the results of the last one.

6 . 语法填空

Do you think obtaining an academic degree is a very difficult task? Try 145. Professor VN Parthiban, who teaches in Chennai, India,     1     (obtain) 145 degrees over the last 30 years and has no plans     2     (stop) studying soon.

Parthiban’s journey started after he struggled     3     his first degree. He was a disorganized student     4     would often mix up coursework and study for the wrong test— leading him to fail major exams and projects. After he graduated. Parthiban got a job working for the Judiciary Department, but the desire to study never     5     (complete) went away. Attracted by all the     6     (amaze) subjects and areas of study that were available to     7     (he) in university, Parthiban decided to go back and seek a second degree, and then 143 more. When asked     8     there was a subject he didn’t enjoy studying, Parthiban answered “mathematics” without any doubt.

Unfortunately, there have been some negative side     9     (effect) to his constant studying. The intense absorption of information has influenced Parthiban’s memory and now he even has difficulty in     10     (recognize) people’s faces and routes to places he is familiar with. These troubles have not slowed Parthiban down, however. He still studies while also conducting lectures on many subjects at several universities.

Internet is a sea full of all kinds of information. I don't think those passages or comments     1    are shared popularly make me lost. In a way, I think the phenomenon can bring some advantages.    2    (first), those passages or comments usually can arouse us the same feeling. For example, one year ago,     3     passage about recalling the childhood life of 1990s     4    (share) crazily on the Internet. Almost everyone was very moved after reading it. After all, it's one part of our cherished     5    (memory). Secondly, those information shared can help us think better.     6    (face) so much information shared on the Internet, as long as we don't believe it     7    (blind), we can learn something good from those comments, then add something original and creative     8    our own. I believe it's even    9     helpful and beneficial for our thinking ability. Anyhow, with the     10    (develop) of technology, we should learn to keep a tolerant attitude to adapting the new trend.

Chinese scientists have achieved a record rice yield of almost 23 metric tons per hectare from an     1     (experiment) field of hybrid rice in Hunan Province.

On Tuesday, Yuan Longping, a scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences    2    leads the nation's research in hybrid rice, proudly announced a record production of 1,500kilograms per mu (0.067 hectares).    3    (compare) with other high-yield hybrid varieties in the market, the average yield for the third-generation strain is 10 to 20 percent higher, The 90-year-old scientist was rejoicing like a child while making the announcement at a news conference, saying "I am more than excited and    4    (extreme) satisfied with the results. The results are of    5     (significant) to not only China, but the entire world. Yuan's achievement is a major contribution to    6    global fight against hunger.

For China, more rice production means greater food security. The achievement would not have been possible     7    Yuan and his team. Since the 1960s, Yuan, then a fresh university graduate, has devoted himself wholly to research on hybrid rice. In the last 60 years, he    8    (teach) generations of students.

Yuan said he still has a clear mind and hopes to work    9    he turns 100. There are lots of scientists like Yuan in every field,    10    China is to enjoy its long- term prosperity.