|prioritize | cite | pay | teamwork | credit

| demonstrate | | setting | adjust | rule

| discourage| pursuit| employment

The independence-versus-interdependence issue has been written about regularly and is often introduced as the major issue separating the two worlds of scientific （1）_____________, academic and industrial.For decades, academia has （2）____________ lip service to the idea of collaboration, but the incentive-andreward system has been slow to （3）_____________.Despite the widespread interest in collaboration and its obvious value in an academic （4）__________, collaboration remains informal and is actually （5） ____________ by the tenure process,in which scholars are penalized for sharing （6）___________ for their work with others.

the Manhattan Project and contemporaneous radar research, and numerous experimental particle physics projects, to （7）_________ just a few examples, are not perhaps academic in the purest sense, but they （8）____________ that academic scientists can play well with others.More recently, new systems biology studies are bringing a sense of （9）_____________ into academic life science labs, but there have been some growing pains. Still, in most of academic science—including the life science—the lone wolf still（10）_______.

|masterpiece｜integrate｜partake｜steam

｜choice｜amaze｜pleasure｜present

｜aspire｜hand

Cuisine in China is a harmonious (1) __________of color, taste, shape and fragrance.For the cooking process, chefs pick (2) _________and varied ingredients and seasonings and employ the unparalleled and complicated skills (3) _________ down from their fathers, always (4) ___________ to their ideal of perfection for all the senses. Among the many cooking methods they use are boiling, stewing, braising, frying, (5) __________, crisping, baking, simmering.When they finish their (6) _____________ they are arranged on a variety of plates and dishes so that they are a real (7) ____________ to view, to smell and ultimately to savor.The facility to (8) ____________ of these delights is also distinctive—chopsticks!To see even the smallest child eat with such dexterity is quite (9) ____________ for many foreigners.The use of two simple sticks in this way is an art in itself and chopsticks have determined the way in which Chinese food is (10) ________at the table.

｜jealousy｜converge｜accumulate｜glowed

｜absorbed｜ ｜glittered｜presence｜swirling

｜navigate｜floating｜ ｜intervals｜attracted

｜delivered｜emerging｜wanderings

Snow was （1）________ against the icy windows once more; Christmas was approaching fast. Hagrid had already single-handedly ）（2）__________ the usual 12 Christmas trees to the Great Hall; garlands of holly and tinsel had been twisted around the banisters of the stairs; everlasting candles （3） _________ from inside the helmets of suits of armor and great bunches of mistletoe had been hung at （4） __________ along the corridors. Large groups of girls tended to （5）_________underneath the mistletoe bunches every time Harry went past, which caused blockages in the corridors; fortunately, however, Harry's frequent nighttime（6） ___________ had given him an unusually good knowledge of the castle's secret passageways, so that he was often, without too much difficulty, able to （7）___________ mistletoe-free routes between classes.Ron, who might once have found the necessity of these detours excuse for （8）__________ rather than hilarity, simply roared with laughter about it all. Firstly, Harry had to put up with the frequent （9） _________of Lavender Brown, who seemed to regard any moment that she was not kissing Ron as a moment wasted; Harry did not answer, but pretended to be （10）__________ in the book they were supposed to have read before Charms next morning

｜date｜respect｜dimension｜candidates

 |sufficient  |  important

｜whomever｜ ｜essential｜suitable

｜prerequisite｜highly｜romantic

If we look at love in other countries and cultures, we find many variations. In societies like India, love is not necessarily a(n) （1）________ for marriage. Even highly educated Indian men and women who （2）______ non-Indians while living in Western countries often consent to arranged marriages. （3）_________ for parents’ wishes, family traditions, and duty to the kin group are more （4）___________ than love. Most middle- and upper-middle class women in India can marry（5）___________ they want. Many, however, prefer arranged marriages and have veto power over undesirable （6）________. Arranged marriages are attractive because they offer more stability than love. According to one （7）________ educated woman in Calcutta who has been happily married for three years to a man she had met just three times before their engagement, love isn’t（8）___________ for marital happiness, “I met a lot of people I liked, but no one was （9）_________ for marriage, because I was looking for practicality also. Love is important, but it’s not （10）__________.”

｜medical｜practice｜write｜describe

｜mental｜ ｜state of being｜exercise

｜include｜picture｜soul｜ ｜individual

｜adapt｜experience｜control｜fundamental

Yoga is an ancient system of relaxation, exercise, and healing with origins in Indian philosophy. Early descriptions of yoga are （1）_______in Sanskrit, the classical literary language of India. The first known work is The Yoga Sutras, written more than 2,000 years ago, although yoga may have been （2）________ up to 5,000 years ago. The initial concepts have been （3）________ over time through translation and scholarly interpretation, but the （4）________principles describing the practice of yoga in the quest of the （5）_______ remain largely intact. Yoga has been （6）__________ as “the union of mind, body, and spirit”, which addresses physical, （7） _________, intellectual, emotional and spiritual dimensions towards an overall harmonious （8）_______ . The philosophy of yoga is sometimes （9）_________ as a tree with eight branches. These schools vary in the proportions of the （10）_________ of the eight limbs. However, they are all similar in working towards the goal of self-realization and （11）_________ of mental, physiological, and psychological parameters through yogic （12）__________. In the United States and Europe, hatha yoga is commonly practiced, （13）_________ pranayama and asanas. Yoga is often practiced by healthy （14）__________ with the aim to achieve relaxation, fitness, and a healthy lifestyle. Yoga has also been recommended and used for a variety of （15）__________ conditions.

｜adaptation｜ chronic｜ irritation｜ turmoil

｜ magnitude｜ ｜stress out｜fit into｜hassle

｜impair｜cognitive｜ ｜terrain｜understaffed｜perspective｜accumulate｜be aware of｜

1. Times of national ________ generally upset a country’s financial markets.

2. We were up against a world crisis of considerable ________.

3. I get so __________when driving in heavy traffic.

4. You may feel that it is not worth all the _______.

5. Many institutions offering child care are __________and underequipped.

6. The illness had ________ his ability to think and concentrate.

7. It took us the whole day to trek across the

rocky __________.

8. Superficially, this work of Shakespeare’s seems to ________ the same genre as his other plays.

9. Most living creatures are capable of __________ when compelled to do so.

10. Don’t allow a minor _________ in the workplace to mar your ambitions.

11. As children grow older, their __________ processes become sharper.

12. There is now a _________ shortage of teachers.

13. His experience abroad provides a wider __________ on the problem.

14. As people ___________ more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.

15. She___________ a tall dark figure watching her.