4 . Mariah Reading is an environmentalist, who grew up with an early appreciation for nature. While studying art at Bowdoin College, she saw the vast amounts of _________ from her painting and sculpture classes. She began to seriously consider her footprint as a(n) _________. “How can I paint landscapes if I’m _________ them?” she thought. Then she started using the rubbish as her canvas (画布).

After graduation, Mariah travelled throughout the country, _________ rubbish to bring to her studio. One day, a _________ hubcap (轮毂盖) she found by the side of the road gave her a new _________ . She noticed the half hubcap had cracked off to _________ the line of the mountain range that she was in. So she _________ the mountain landscape on it and held it up in front of the real _________ and took a photo. It became the first in her __________ series.

Over the years, she has painted more than 100 pieces of rubbish and photographed her transformations __________ matching real-life landscapes. It’s like __________ new life into forgotten objects. Her practice __________ the principle of “leaving no trace” by __________ painting with sculpture and photography. Mariah hopes people see themselves and their own habits __________ into her works and make small changes in their everyday lives.

5 . When the lockdown began, 54-year-old artist Steve Derrick had to work from home. As he had ________ time on his hands, he wanted to do something to ________ the heroes on the front lines. One day, he found a magazine photo of a nurse ________, who had stayed so late at night treating COVID-19 patients. He decided to paint her with       _____ from her mask.

After painting that first portrait, Derrick felt ________ and began using Instagram to ________ the nurses who posted photos about treating COVID-19 patients. As ________ spread, medical workers started sending him photos, and so did their friends and family members who wanted to ________ their hard work. He sent the paintings to his subjects, free of charge. The reaction he got was, “This is amazing. It’s ________ a time in history.” Derrick said their ________ kept him going.

Derrick would take a picture of the portrait before putting it in the mailbox. When he ________ publishing the paintings on social media, he began ________ photos of frontline medical workers around the world. Requests       _____ came from patients who were ________ to show their respect for the doctors who helped save their lives. Since early April, Derrick has painted and ________ at least 100 portraits.

Although Derrick ________ reward of any kind, he says he’s gotten very ________ in another way. “Right here,” he said, ________ to his heart. “That’s the payment. That’s the reason why I do it.” Indeed, in the paintings, you can see not only the ________ in the eyes of the medical workers but also the admiration the ________ has for all of them.

6 . Mona Lisa, the famous picture _________ by Leonardo Da Vinci in 1505, is getting _________ by the year. Visitors have noticed _________ but repairing the world’s most famous painting is not easy. Nearly 6 million people go to _________ the Mona Lisa every year, many attracted by the mystery of her smile. ”It is very interesting that when you’re not looking at her, she seems to be _________, and then you look at her and she _________," said Professor Livingstone.

_________, the actual history of the Mona Lisa is just as mysterious as the smile.

Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always _________ it with him, until it was_________ sold to France’s King Francis I in 1519. In 1911, the painting was __________ from the Louvre by a former employee, who took it out of the __________ hidden under his coat. He said he planned to __________ it to Italy. The painting was sent back to__________ two years later. During World WarII, the French __________ the painting in small towns to keep it out of the__________ of German forces.

7 . Society has certain standards for beauty. But the Romanian camerawoman Mihaela Noroc is _________ these standards. She spent nearly four years shooting   _________ of women around the world.

She believes that beauty can _________ many forms. “Beauty just means being _________,” Noroc told NPR, “I don’t think we have to _________ ourselves to be in certain way; we just have to keep ourselves as we are and don’t necessarily need to change .”   _________ by a trip to Africa in 2013, Noroc has traveled to more than 50 countries since then.

In 2017, she published a book to show how many different kinds of _________ there are in the world. From a _________ Russian dancer to a joyful cafe owner in New York, Noroc’s subjects _________ her in deep conversation. Noroc found out what __________ them, what their daily struggles and joys are, and what brings beauty into their own lives. “Wherever I go, it is the __________ that carry all the cultures and traditions of a place. I really try to focus on women’s stories, how they face challenges and __________ them,” Noroc told CNN.

In Iran, Noroc met Farnoush, a woman living in two worlds. “In one she is an economist, by __________ . In the other, she is an artist, because this is her __________.” In Noroc’s world, the beauty of women __________ how natural and comfortable they appear while just being themselves.

8 . Society has certain standards for beauty. But Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc, who spent nearly four years _________ photos of women from around the world, is challenging these standards.

She believes that beauty can _________ many forms. “Beauty just means being _________,” Noroc told NPR, “I don’t think we have to change ourselves to be in a certain way; I think we just have to keep ourselves as we are and don’t _________ need to change.”

_________ by a trip to Africa in 2013, Noroc has traveled to more than 50 countries and regions since then. In 2017, she published a book called The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits to show how many different kinds of beauty there are in the world.

From a struggling Russian dancer to a talkative cafe owner in New York, Noroc’s subjects (拍摄对象)_________ her in deep conversation. Noroc found out what _________ them, what their daily struggles and joys are, and what brings beauty into their own lives. “No matter where I go, it’s the _________ that carry all the culture and traditions of a place. I really try to focus on women’s stories, how they face challenges and _________ them,” Noroc told CNN.

Her __________ with Ala, a student at a self-defense school in Jordan called “She Fighter”, left a lasting impression on her. Ala raises her clenched (紧握) fists as she looks into the __________ while her face is covered by a white hijab (面纱). Noroc describes She Fighter as “the first self-defense school for women in the Arab world”, and writes, “I discovered an amazing initiative and a(n) __________ sisterhood.”

In Iran, Noroc met Farnoush, a woman who lives in two worlds. “In one she is an economist, by __________. In the other, she is an artist, because this is her __________.” For Noroc, the women’s beauty __________ how natural and comfortable they appear while just being themselves.