—May I help you? You seem to be having some problems. — ______, thanks. I think I can manage.

Children find meanings in their old family tales. When Stephen Guyer's three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker, 21 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times 22 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly 23 , he loaded his family into the car and 24 them to see family members in Canada with a 25 , 'There are more important things in life than money.' The 26 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to a 27 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was 28 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset. To his surprise, they weren't 29 , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather's. What they 30 was how warm the people were in the house and how 31 of their heart was accessible. Many parents are finding family stories have surprising power to help children 32 hard times. Storytelling expects say the phenomenon reflects a growing 33 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in a storytelling events and festivals. A university 34 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids'ability to 35 parents'stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety. The 36 is telling the stories in a way children can 37 . We're not talking here about the kind of story that 38 , 'When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.' Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child's 39 , and make eye contact (接触) to create 'a personal experience', We don't have to tell children 40 they should take from the story and what the moral is.”

I cannot imagine how this place ______ a five-star hotel! The service is dreadful.

In the United States, ______ farms feed 200 million Americans plus the equivalent of another 160 million people around the world, the agriculture population is below 6 percent and it is still shrinking rapidly.

Maggie ran back to the kitchen, eggs ______ carefully in her hands.

There have been a number of ______ between police in riot gear and demonstrators.

The party has not been listening to the concerns of its grassroots ______.(support)

There are 102 elements found in nature, ______ are metals.

Only in the deep sea ______ such wonderful animals.

His tastes and habits ______ with those of his wife's.

There is much truth in the idea ______ kindness is usually served by frankness.

—Is there anything else to discuss? — ______, I guess.

Math is the subject ______.

When he spoke, she had an unpleasant ______ into what life would be like as his wife.

Peter had intended to take a job in business, but ______ that plan after the unpleasant experience in Canada in 2010.

The company went ______ because of its poor management.

In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, they're nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field. Imitating the brain's neural network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. 'People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors', he explains, 'but it's not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves.' Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brain's capabilities stem from the pattern recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build an artificially intelligent device, he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills. Right now, the notion that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town.

He seemed persistent and ______ no matter what happened.

One of our rules is that every student ______ wear school uniform while at school.

The beauty of Venice, which fascinates all the visitors, ______ the style of its ancient buildings.