High school students have defeated {#blank#}1{#/blank#} artificial intelligence device designed to pass the national college entrance exam, in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province.

    Forty-three students from liberal arts classes at Chengdu Shishitianfu High School joined the two-hour contest {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (finish) a math test in the standard national entrance exam against the robot, the brainchild of four years' research by Zhun Xing Yun Xue Technology Co.Ltd.

    Students scored 106 points {#blank#}3{#/blank#} average, outperforming the computer program that had 93 points. She Yujia, a student in the contest, said she felt like {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fight) the program on behalf of humans, especially after Google's AlphaGo {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (beat) professional Go player Lee Sedol of South Korea last year.

    Researchers who developed the AI test taker, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is also part of a project by the Ministry of Science and Technology, said the failure was due to a poor understanding of concepts in some math problems.

    Lin Hui, CEO of the developing company, said more efforts {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (make) to fix bugs and improve performance of the program in the near future, with a focus on math {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (apply).

    Chinese students are usually separated into science and liberal arts classes at high school, a practice that allows them to stay {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (compete) in the college entrance exam by choosing {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (prefer) subjects. Math tests for liberal arts students are usually easier than those given to science students.

    Next time you sit down to watch a sad film, put the snacks away. Research shows that we eat up to 55 percent more when {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(watch) a sad movies than a happy one. It is thought that we eat {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(make ) us feel better.

    With popcorn (爆米花) and ice cream chosen as {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(they) favorite foods by filmgoers , the situation suggests bad news for people. Researchers  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(offer) a group of office worker types of snacks while they watched the sad Love Story and Sweet Home Alabama, a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(cheer), funny film. Researchers said, “After the movies were over and tears were wiped away, those {#blank#}6{#/blank#}had watched Love Story had eaten 36 percent more snacks.”

    Medical researchers recommend that those not hoping to gain {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(weigh) put snacks out of reach. “Keep snacks out of arm's reach. You'd better leave them in the kitchen {#blank#}8{#/blank#}only bring to the sofa what you expect to eat. Maybe you can change popcorn and sweets to pieces {#blank#}9{#/blank#}fruit and vegetables. It's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (real) easier to become slim by design than by determination.”

    We walked inside a museum in Garden City and looked around, eager {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (meet) Kobie Boykins, a NASA engineer. He helped to design the Mars rover (探测器) Curiosity, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is still exploring to this day.

    In a big presentation room, Boykins {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (talk) about the team's newest rover, Mars 2020. We asked him if the new rover would be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} most complicated one he and his team {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (make) so far. He told us that most of the engineering would be the same. However, the rover is still more {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (advance) and will be able to get more accurate test {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (result).

    When Boykins finished his presentation, some people brought him into another room where we would interview him. We asked if he felt he was {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a lot of pressure at work. He told us that he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (actual) put a lot of pressure on himself. He said that working on the spacecraft wasn't putting him in that position, but he still wanted to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} perfect.