Question: Having crossed mountains and plains, rivers and lakes, some of prefix = st1 /France's greatest works of art are now on display atChina's National Museum of fine Arts. Fifty-one Impressionist paintings are forming part of an exhibition inBeijingto kick off the Year of France.

The show is being held in the capital between October 10 and November 27. Then it will move on to Shanghai and Hong Kong.

"It is such a good opportunity to see the masters' works up close," said Feng Jiajia, a Senior student form the High School Affiliated to theAcademyofArtand Design. Although Feng is very busy with his studies at the moment he says he will definitely make time to see the exhibition. "I hope it will inspire me and help me with my own work," he said.

Worth a total of US $600 million, the paintings ate by French Impressionist masters, including Monet, Cezanne, Renoir and Degas.

As an art style, Impressionism was developed inFranceduring the late 19thand early 20thcenturies. Their work was a fresh and original way of painting. It seems that the artists painted a scene after just a quick look at it.

Often painting outside, rather than in a studio, the artists observed nature more directly and tried to capture individual moments in time especially the changing light of the sun. They avoided black and earth color1s and as a result their work is often very bright and can also look like that it is shining.

When they first appeared, the artists were criticized for not finishing their paintings and for being lazy. Critics said the Impressionists were satisfied with just a few inexact brushstrokes instead of completing a real painting. It was an art critic who first used the term "Impressionist" in a review of Monet's work "Impression, Sunrise"(1873) to satirize his loose, inexact manner of painting.

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love," said Monet.

Monet is the leading figure in the creation of Impressionism. He painted sunlit rivers and gardens with forceful brushstrokes and bright color1s, in which objects lose their shape in the light. Monet's painting reached its height in his later life with his paintings of water lilies. 1. Where are some of France's greatest works of art now on display?
2. How many Impressionist paintings are in the exhibition in Beijingto?
3. Was Impressionism developed in France?
4. Did Impressionist ever paint outside?
5. What did Monet say about how people discuss his art?
6. What is the running date of the show in China?
7. How busy is Feng with his studies?
8. Which colors did the Impressionists avoid?
9. And what other colors?
10. Were the works ever bright and shiny? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. in China
2. Fifty-one
3. yes
4. Often, yes
5. Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love,
6. October 10 and November 27
7. very
8. hey avoided black
9. earth colors
10. yes often

Question: Cambridge English Dictionary states that culture is, "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time." Terror Management Theory posits that culture is a series of activities and worldviews that provide humans with the illusion of being individuals of value in a world meaningraising themselves above the merely physical aspects of existence, in order to deny the animal insignificance and death that Homo Sapiens became aware of when they acquired a larger brain.

As a defining aspect of what it means to be human, culture is a central concept in anthropology, encompassing the range of phenomena that are transmitted through social learning in human societies. The word is used in a general sense as the evolved ability to categorize and represent experiences with symbols and to act imaginatively and creatively. This ability arose with the evolution of behavioral modernity in humans around 50,000 years ago.[citation needed] This capacity is often thought to be unique to humans, although some other species have demonstrated similar, though much less complex abilities for social learning. It is also used to denote the complex networks of practices and accumulated knowledge and ideas that is transmitted through social interaction and exist in specific human groups, or cultures, using the plural form. Some aspects of human behavior, such as language, social practices such as kinship, gender and marriage, expressive forms such as art, music, dance, ritual, religion, and technologies such as cooking, shelter, clothing are said to be cultural universals, found in all human societies. The concept material culture covers the physical expressions of culture, such as technology, architecture and art, whereas the immaterial aspects of culture such as principles of social organization (including, practices of political organization and social institutions), mythology, philosophy, literature (both written and oral), and science make up the intangible cultural heritage of a society. 1. What is Cambridge English Dictionary describing?
2. Culture is a central concept in what?
3. What kind of learning is anthropology interested in?
4. When did creativity begin to be seen in humans?
5. What is an example of a social practice?
6. Is music an expressive form?
7. Is art an expressive form?
8. Are there other examples?
9. What is an example of a technology?
10. Any other?
11. Are these found in every human society?
12. What is an example of a material aspect of culture?
13. What about immaterial aspects?
14. What theory says that culture is an illusion?
15. What species of human does the theory mention?
16. What kind of brain did they have?
17. Does culture involve a specific time?
18. What illusion does culture provide?
19. Individuals of what?
20. Are cultural universals found in all societies? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. culture
2. anthropology
3. social learning
4. maybe around 50,000 years ago
5. kinship, gender and marriage
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. cooking
10. Yes, shelter, clothing
11. yes
12. technology
13. mythology
14. Terror Management Theory
15. Homo Sapiens
16. larger
17. yes
18. being individual
19. value
20. yes