An email invitation is an electronic means of sending an invite to a person or a group of people 【小题1】 (come) to a particular event. It is the technological version of sending an invitation 【小题2】 mail. Most people turn to this method because of various reasons. One of them is cost-effectiveness. Unlike the 【小题3】 (tradition) invitation, you have to spend a considerable amount of money to print invitations plus an additional cost to send them. By using formal email in PDF, all you need is a digital graphic print, typewritten words, and internet to send to everyone.

What Is Xiaomi?

Xiaomi is the fourth-biggest smartphone player in the world. It’s India’s top-selling smartphone brand and one of China’s top players. But its breadth is much more than that. It’s present in 74 markets around the globe, with nearly 15,000 employees and more than 300 million people are using its products or services.

Though Xiaomi may be a 【小题1】(compete)for Apple, it’s somewhat of a friend to other companies. Xiaomi smartphones run a version of Android Android operating system and the Chinese tech company is partnering with Microsoft to cooperate on artificial intelligence.

The company makes about 72% of its profits from China, and 28% from the rest of the world. Xiaomi gains most of its profits from smartphones, but it’s also expanded into other products like music and video streaming, too. The Beijing-based company wants its smartphones to be just the start of an entire device ecosystem for its users, 【小题2】 may explain why it’s sometimes 【小题3】 (refer) to as the “Apple of China”.

When the company 【小题4】 (establish), Xiaomi only sold its products online in an effort to reduce costs. It avoided spending money on advertising and relied on brand loyal customers 【小题5】(spread) the word. Xiaomi’s selling point was simple—offering high-quality devices but at 【小题6】(low) prices than others. And it worked. Xiaomi became China’s number one smartphone in 2014. But the company learned that. 【小题7】 (sell) its phones online directly to consumers made it difficult to reach new customers, like 【小题8】 in China's small cities.

Then Xiaomi began to change up its strategy. Recently, it 【小题9】(open) a large number of stores in big cities, such as Bejing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It plans to open 2,000 stores worldwide by 2019 with just about half of them in China.

It's not just 【小题10】 smartphone business. Xiaomi also makes things like smart watches, headphones, speakers, VR headsets, air purifiers, rice cookers, kitchenware, luggage, hats and wallets.

Cloning is the process of making an exact copy of a plant or animal and 【小题1】(develop)it either naturally or artificially. Natural cloning has been going on for generations.

For years, there had been attempts to clone animals artificially. The first 【小题2】(successful)cloned animal was a sheep 【小题3】(name)Dolly in 1996. After Dolly, scientists have cloned more than 20 mammal species. In January 2018, the cloning of two monkeys, the first-ever primates, 【小题4】(announce)by Chinese scientists. With this technology, we have the potential 【小题5】(raise)a large number of monkeys and can even change their genes to suit research needs. Cloning, however, continues to be 【小题6】issue that causes a great deal of disagreement and 【小题7】(provoke)strong emotions. Some people raise moral concerns. Furthermore, clones may also suffer 【小题8】feelings that they are merely a copy of another individual. Finally, some people worry that some 【小题9】(organisation)may abuse the technology for unethical purposes.

So far, it is still unknown 【小题10】will happen to the cloned monkeys as they grow up. Researchers insist that the science of cloning should be further explored and advanced.