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For most of the traditional restaurants, it is challenging to deal with the increasing number of customers. But for Li Xianghui's restaurants, things are different. Owning four restaurants, Li bought a number of cooking machines, which can operate tirelessly day and night. Packed in kits, all dishes are semi-finished(半加工的) and can be served within minutes after they are put into the machines.

"Automation (自动化) is the future for the restaurant business. It can avoid pressure from human costs in running a traditional restaurant and increase efficiency," Li says. "There is a standardized process(过程) by the machines, which can make sure of the same taste of each order."

The cooking machine can make about 2,000 recipes(食谱), according to Li. Once seated, customers scan a QR code(二维码) and use an app to make their meal selection and pay. With the only waiter putting the semi-finished food kit into the machine, the meal will be served in minutes. What's more, the robot "cook" has attracted an increasing number of customers since the restaurant's opening. Many customers say the taste is good and the price is not expensive.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have trained their robot "cook" to make a judgement about the saltiness of a dish at different stages of the chewing (咀嚼) process, like a similar process in humans, according to their research published in the journal Frontiers in Robotics and AI.

Their results could be useful in the development of automated or semi-automated food preparation by helping robots to learn what tastes good and what doesn't, making them better "cooks". "If robots are to be used for certain aspects of food preparation, it's important that they are able to ‘taste' what they're cooking," said Grzegorz Sochacki, the paper's first author.

Lovers often use flowers, chocolates, sweet gifts or grand declarations to express feelings deep in their hearts. But this year, you could let your love take off by traveling with that special someone on a romantic adventure. These are some romantic destinations which might bring new joy to your life and, most importantly, more fun and excitement to your relationship.

Stairs of the Turks, Sicily

Scala dei Turchi, or Stairs of the Turks, at Realmonte, southern Sicily, Italy. The Scala is formed by mud, a sedimentary rock(沉积岩) with a characteristic white color and is a popular tourist attraction and place to sun bath. In the film Malèna, the hero, 12-year-old Renato, always stare at the sunset here with his friends.

Somerset House in London

Located in central London, Somerset House is a popular filming location with its exterior featuring in several big budget Hollywood films. In the winter, its central courtyard is turned into an open-air playground for skating, as seen during the well-received film Love Actually.

Pokhara, Nepal

Pokhara is considered the tourism capital of Nepal. With two major hilltops as viewpoints to see the city and surrounding view, the city has recently added a bungee jumping site (the second in Nepal): Water Touch Bungee Jumping. Visitors also come here for adventure activities such as paragliding and skydiving. In the film Up in the Wind starring Ni Ni and Jing Boran, two young people climb up to the mountaintop and wait for the strong wind to carry them for paragliding. It becomes a moment of spiritual uplift.

Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan

A canal decorated with Victorian-style street lamps runs through Otaru. The city attracts many Japanese tourists as well as Russian visitors. Otaru is well known for its beer, fresh sushi and handicrafts like studio glass and musical boxes. At the poster of Japanese film Love Letter, Hiroko Watanabe stands among the snowy town and honors her dead lover.

Jatin and his younger sister, Neha, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food. As they had not paid the rent for several months, the landlord was breathing down their necks (盯着他们).

One day, Jatin took Neha's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed, but he lost them on the way home. It wasn't until he got home that he realized he had lost the shoes. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed. So he begged his sister to keep it secret. Neha agreed and the two decided to share Jatin' s running shoes. Neha's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Jatin. He could then run to his school, which began in the afternoon. Although he ran as fast as he could, Jatin often arrived late and was warned by the school.

A long distance race was going to be held for the boys in the city. When Jatin learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.

The day of race arrived. Jatin had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache. Getting more and more exhausted he thought only of Neha and his promise to her. Dreaming of the new shoes he would win for his sister gave him strength, and he stayed right behind the two fastest runners, determined to finish third. Suddenly, as the finish line drew near, another runner collided(碰撞) with Jatin from behind and Jatin fell on the ground.

注意： 1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右 2. 续写部分分为两段，开头已给出。

Paragraph 1: 

Jatin looked up and he saw the other boys rushing ahead.

Paragraph 2:

Filled with pleasure, Jatin walked home in no time. 

注意：1．写作词数应为80左右；2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

A Planting Activity

The Bai people are famous for the (generous) they show to all guests. The San Dao Cha or Three-Course Tea ceremony is perhaps the finest example of(they) friendliness. 

The first course begins by baking bitter tea leaves (烘烤苦茶叶) over a small open fire. When boiled water is added, it creates such a loud sound that this course is(common) referred to "LeiXiang Cha"or"Thunderous Tea". The water bubbles violently(剧烈地冒泡) on contact but, once it has stopped bubbling, the tea is ready to drink.

The second course is sweet tea! It(make) by first adding milk cheese to the teacup, along with tea leaves, brown sugar, and other materials. Boiling water is then poured (倒) into the cup and the tea is offered to the guest.

The third course is most complicated, as it's meant to be bitter, sweet and spicy all at the same time! The tea not only(represent) all flavours of the previous courses, as well as being spicy, but also has a unique aftertastehas earned it the name "Hui Wei Cha" or "Reflection Tea".

The three types of tea(serve) to guests are designed to mirror the course of life: first you experience bitterness, then you feel happiness after(overcome) hardship, and finally you rest and reflect on your past.

We live in a small town of Toronto. Our 1 has a way of assisting those who have financial 2 without making the receiver feel embarrassed. Money is3 into an offering box with only the name of the receiver on the envelope. The receivers are then given the envelope without knowing the name of the 4 .

There came a time when my husband and I were 5 those in need. We did not talk about our financial difficulty with anyone. The only reason our children knew was that we had to 6 many things. Still, we hoped they were not aware of how much we 7 because of it, nor burdened them with a problem they could do nothing to solve.

Our situation didn't 8 , and we knew that we had to look for 9 help. Just as we reached the point of 10 , our community gave us a gift envelope. We were overjoyed to receive the money, enough to bring us through that desperate time. We couldn't help but wonder who had given the gift. We were enormously relieved and 11 .

A year later, our seventeen-year-old son 12 a student loan so he could attend university. It was then that we discovered that his savings account was almost 13 . At first he wouldn't tell me, which made me even angrier. I asked him repeatedly to tell me where the money had gone.

Finally, my son 14 that he had dropped his savings into the box. I stood there speechless, tears filling my eyes. He had given it to us 15 - without telling us what he had done.

Fear is a powerful feeling. We hope we can improve our kids with courage in the face of fear. We have to know how to help kids not be afraid. .

Pay attention to their fears.

Being afraid is one thing, but there's nothing worse than being afraid and no one notices the kids' fears.. At the same time, come beside them in dealing with fears.

Never laugh at them.

Laughing at your kids when they share what they are afraid of can make them feel small and afraid., it doesn't mean it's silly to them. You're an adult, so you've learned to deal with silly things. But your kids haven't.

Solve their problems together.

When your kids are afraid, you've probably realized the worst thing you can do is to force them to face their fears alone. That's not what great parents do for their kids. Once you understand their fears, you can begin to help them deal with whatever they are., but also it will build confidence and a connection between you.

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It's late at night. You just want to get your kids to bed, but they continue to be awake and say they are afraid. You need to stay patient as long as it takes. It is not wise for you to allow your kids to see your anger with them. Your anger will make your kids more afraid.

A. Be patient

B. Don't make them angry

C. Here are four things to do

D. Take their fears seriously

E. Tell your kids to learn to be clever, honest and kind

F. Not only will this help them face their fears bravely

G. If your kids share something that seems silly in your eyes

Lithium (锂) is called "white gold" for good reason. The metal's value has been growing rapidly over the last several years, mainly because it is an essential material of lithium-ion batteries, which play an important part in several key sustainable technologies, e. g. electric cars.

As ocean waves, wind and solar power have grown into major players in the energy industry, lithium has also become key to building a future free of petrol. But getting lithium comes at a huge cost. As with most metals, its mining (开采) is damaging. It often works like this: briny water, containing lithium and other metals, is pumped to the surface from underground. Then it sits in pools to allow the water to evaporate(蒸发), leaving the rest behind as poisonous matter. Workers use chemical reactions to remove the lithium from that, making it into powder which is then packaged and shipped to the buyers around the world. Any accident that releases mine matter into surrounding communities or the groundwater supply could have damaging long-term impacts.

Indigenous (原住民) communities often bear the result of the damage, and political leaders have paid little attention to their concerns. In Arizona, for example, an expanding lithium mine is threatening the Hualapai Tribe's historical sites. And for politicians who have promised to work with native peoples to deal with it, mining lithium and other precious metals is putting them into a dilemma: How do you ensure the availability of materials which are essential to the future while protecting indigenous people' rights?

Mining of the metal is expected to increase greatly in coming years. Over time, that will make electric cars inexpensive and, therefore, more popular.

As environmentally conscious consumers buy electric cars in ever-greater numbers, it's important to be aware of the dirty process that powers those clean air vehicles.

In order to live in the wild, tigers need water to drink, animals to hunt, and plants in which to hide. As the mountains, jungles, forests, and long grasses that have long been home to tigers disappear, so do tigers. Agricultural expansion, new roads, and industrial expansion push tigers into smaller and smaller areas of land. Without wilderness, the wild tiger will not survive.

Asia's explosive population growth demands that more and more land be changed to agriculture. Indonesia, for example, has the same population as the United States, but only ten per cent of the land area. Almost all of Indonesia's lowland forest has been cleared for rice planting.

In India, where there are about 60 per cent of the world's wild tigers, the human population has grown by 50 per cent in the past 20 years. Over the past 40 years, China's population, the largest in the world, has more than doubled and 99 per cent of China's original forest habitat has been destroyed.

Tigers compete with humans and industry for land. Local people hunt the same prey (猎物) as tigers do, making tigers to turn to domestic animals and even humans. Threatened villagers often poison, or shoot the encroaching (侵犯) tigers. In addition to food, local communities also need to use the surrounding areas of forest for livestock grazing (放牧) and wood for fuel.

To protect tigers from hunting and the rapidly increasing loss of land, wildlife conservationists have worked with governments to establish wildlife reserves. Reserves are protected areas ranging in size from China's Xioaling at 21 km² to Indonesia's Kerinci Seblat at 14,846 km².

A mother and daughter in England have been putting smiles on strangers' faces with random (随机的) acts of kindness.Every week, Sophie-Louise Corrigan allows her 5-year-old daughter Amina to choose random strangers to put a smile on their faces.

When Corrigan is with her daughter Amina, Corrigan will let the little girl go to whoever she is drawn. Later, Corrigan will ask why Amina opts for them. Her answer is always because she likes something about them, either their tops or their hair. Amina always takes her pick. 

It's a tradition that started with Corrigan's own mother. "Mum and I used to do it. Whenever we had some money left from the weekly shop or if we really wanted to do it that week, we took out something from the shop to make sure we had the money. We would always do it," said Corrigan.

"Now, we do it everywhere, even when we went on holiday to another city, we did a random act of kindness there. We find flowers and chocolates whether it is in Ormskirk, Liver-pool or Wirral. Wherever we go, we do it," said Corrigan.

"The reaction is amazing and is one of the reasons why we carry on. A number of people who spoke to us didn't even know what to say. They were speechless. There were a lot of people who gave Amina a hug after it. She loves such a hug. There were others who had tears welling up. They said that they had such a terrible week either with bills or a family death. Amina will always say to me that although the person was crying, it was happy tears. She is in the process of understanding how acts of kindness work and how feelings work."