1 . When you create a social networking profile, a photo is almost always required.     1     One of the reasons is that it says much more about you than you might think, according to a study published in the journal Cyberpsychology Behavior, and Social Networking.

    2     The factors that shape people’s ratings of our attractiveness based on profile photos are complicated—they don’t just take things at face value. So what really influences people when making oneself look good?

Researchers studied 104 college students by showing them various photos of the same user on a social network.     3     One is social cues, which the study’s authors defined as personal and social information about the user that could be gathered from the photo. The other is congruence (一致性), which was measured in terms of the positivity of comments associated with each photo.

Photos with social cues that revealed more about the user were rated highly in terms of physical attractiveness.     4     What’s more, the researchers noted, the tone of the comments had more effect on attractiveness ratings than did social cues present in the photos. “When other people’s comments are incongruent with the self-presentation,” the authors wrote, “participants were less likely to perceive (察觉) the profile owner to be more popular than when there is congruence, regardless of the amount of social cues present in the profile.”

So your profile photos don’t necessarily have to be model-like. Photos that show your social relationships or hobbies are actually more important for your attractiveness. And if you want to build up a certain image, keep an eye on the comments being left on your social networking profiles.     5    

As a primary school student, Wu Xuan often drew characters from the Three Kingdoms Period (220 – 280) on his textbooks because he was particularly curious     1     the ancient Chinese costume and the way they lived.

“I loved piecing information together     2    (uncover) in books, archaeological studies, and other resource materials. It was like a detective’s work for    3    (I),” says Wu, 30, now a director of China Media Group. In 2022, he teamed up with three other keen     4    (fellow) of folk culture to launch Shenlouzhi Studio, a hobby group that makes short films about ancient people’s lives for the Internet     5    (invite) viewers on a journey back to ancient China.

An incredible amount of work goes into making each video based in    6     is now Suzhou city, ranging from historical research and tailoring authentic costumes to    7    (track) down era-appropriate furniture.

“Through these short films, we are able to capture     8     small part of our country’s rich culture and legacy, which we offer our audiences for free. It is never about money or fame. It is the deep satisfaction of creating something     9    (price) that keeps us going,” Wu Xuan says.

A number of short films    10     (upload) to date in Jiangsu Province and Fuzhou. These involve the Ming Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, and other historical periods.

3 . In July, a two-minute-long video began spreading on the Internet. The video featured a _________ ballet student dancing in the rain. As the rain falls, forming small _________ between the unsmooth ground on which he dances, Anthony, 11, _________ round and round.

The _________ has been seen more than 20 million times on social media platforms, which has turned a _________ on the unlikely story of a ballet school in a poor suburb of Lagos, Nigeria: The Leap of Dance Academy. Founded by Daniel in 2017, the academy has _________ the lives of its students, affording them a place to _________ and to dream.

For now, the Leap of Dance Academy is housed at the home of its _________, Daniel. Every day after school, 12 local students make their way to his apartment. He _________ his furniture for more space and __________ a thin sheet over the cement (水泥) floor for class. What is the most __________ is that the mirror was glued by dozens of broken mirrors.

“We have __________ from so many people. We appreciate their letters, in which they say they are __________ by the students and by dance,” Daniel said. “They felt our __________ and came alive. They __________ us that art is here to stay.”

Some netizens remarked: “This is a realistic portrayal from a poor boy to ballet prince. Anyone with a dream is great.”