Q: 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. 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

Numbered questions:
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?

Q: Tel Aviv is a major city in Israel, located on the country's Mediterranean coastline. It is the financial center and the technology hub of Israel, with a population of , making it Israel's second-largest city. Tel Aviv is the largest city in the Gush Dan region of Israel. Tel Aviv is also a focal point in the high-tech concentration known as the Silicon Wadi.

Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Ron Huldai, and is home to many foreign embassies. Tel Aviv is a global city and is the 32nd most important financial center in the world. Tel Aviv is known to have the third-largest economy of any city in the Middle East after Abu Dhabi and Kuwait City. The city has the 31st highest cost of living in the world. Known as "The City that Never Sleeps," Tel Aviv receives over a million international visitors annually. A "party capital" in the Middle East, it has a lively nightlife and 24-hour culture.

The city was founded in 1909 by Jews on the outskirts of the ancient port city of Jaffa. Its name means Spring Hill, though the hill was mostly sand. The modern city's first neighborhoods had already been established in 1886, the first of which was Neve Tzedek.

1. Tel Aviv
2. Kuwait City
3. Abu Dhabi
4. Tel Aviv
5. The City that Never Sleeps
6. over a million
7. yes
8. party capital
9. for it's nightlife and 24-hour culture
10. Jews
11. unknown
12. Neve Tzedek
13. Israel
14. yes
15. the Mediterranean coastline
16. no
17. yes
18. Ron Huldai
19. Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What city is ranked the 32nd most important financial center in the world?
2. Which city has the largest economy in in the Middle East?
3. Which city is second?
4. What city has the 31st highest cos of living anywhere?
5. What's it's nickname?
6. How many international visitors does the city get?
7. Yearly?
8. What's a college student sounding description of the city?
9. Why is the city described that way?
10. What people founded the city?
11. From where?
12. What was the first neighborhood in Tel Aviv?
13. Where is Tel Aviv located?
14. Is it on a coastline?
15. Which one?
16. Is it the largest city in Israel?
17. Is it the biggest city in the Gush Dan region?
18. Who is the leader of Tel Aviv?
19. What is the governing municipality?
20. Is Tel Aviv considered a tech hub?

Q: IPA Braille is the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), as recognized by the International Council on English Braille.

A braille version of the IPA was first created by Merrick and Potthoff in 1934, and published in London. It was used in France, Germany, and anglophone countries. However, it was not updated as the IPA evolved, and by 1989 had become obsolete. In 1990 it was officially reissued by BAUK, but in a corrupted form that made it largely unworkable. In 1997 BANA created a completely new system for the United States and Canada. However, it was incompatible with braille IPA elsewhere in the world and in addition proved to be cumbersome and often inadequate. In 2008 Robert Englebretson revised the Merrick and Potthoff notation and by 2011 this had been accepted by BANA. It is largely true to the original in consonants and vowels, though the diacritics were completely reworked, as necessitated by the major revisions in print IPA diacritics since 1934. The diacritics were also made more systematic, and follow rather than precede the base letters. However, it has no general procedure for marking tone, and not all diacritics can be written.

IPA Braille does not use the conventions of English Braille. It is set off by slash or square brackets, which indicate that the intervening material is IPA rather than national orthography. Thus brackets are required in braille even when not used in print.

1. No
2. It is set off by slash or square brackets
3. Yes
4. 1989
5. the modern standard Braille encoding of the International Phonetic Alphabet
6. France
7. Germany
8. Merrick and Potthoff
9. London
10. 1934
11. BAUK
12. No
13. BANA
14. In 1997
15. No
16. the United States and Canada
17. Robert Englebretson
18. the diacritics
19. Yes
20. No

Numbered questions:
1. Does IPA Braille use the conventions of English Braille?
2. what indicates that the material is IPA?
3. are those brackets required?
4. what year did IPA become obsolete?
5. what is IPA?
6. where was it put into use?
7. where else?
8. who created it?
9. where was it first published?
10. when?
11. who reissued it?
12. was that version successful?
13. who created a completely new system?
14. when?
15. was it compatible withe Braille from other places?
16. what countries was it for?
17. who revised the Merrick and Pothoff version?
18. what did he completely rework?
19. was it accepted by BANA?
20. can all diacritics be written?