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Awards lined the front wall of the music room from the past successes of large, talented classes. But a shift in educational policies (政策), with an emphasis on academics, had reduced my choir to a mere 32 students. My lead singers had graduated or been forced to drop music classes, leaving me with inexperienced kids who couldn't read music and could sing only a simple melody (曲子).

This year's singing contest would be held in seven months. Compared to other school choirs, the Madison choir with 75 members, King School with 125 students and etc., ours was little in size.

One day, a student asked eagerly, "What will we be singing for contest this year?"

I feared this moment. "Maybe we'll skip the contest," I suggested.

"No! We can make it!" the kids screamed.

"I'll have to think about it," I said, hoping their enthusiasm would die off soon.

But that didn't happen. Every day they begged and insisted. However, I couldn't tell them they weren't good enough as I had to protect their self-esteem (自尊). My efforts to discourage their eagerness, by showing them a difficult piece of music from the contest list, simply ended with, "It's okay, Mrs. Pliszka, we'll get it."

I struggled to make a decision. If I destroyed their hope, would I destroy their spirit? I wasn't afraid of hard work, and I enjoyed a challenge. But I wasn't a miracle (奇迹) worker. So I considered this dilemma.

Finally, one morning I stomped into class. "From now on, be in your seats with your music folders on the desk when the bell rings, and sit at attention, ready for warm-ups the instant I'm ready to begin. When I'm working with one section, there will be no talking from the others. You will listen, and you will learn. You will work harder. If all these rules are obeyed, we will be entering the contest. To achieve our big dream, …"

The rest of my sentence was lost in shouts of delight and applause. I was certain they would fail to keep this promise, and no one would have to be embarrassed.

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As the weeks progressed, the kids remained focused.

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When the contest day finally arrived, the kids felt ready to take on the world!

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Pulling up to the building, Grant saw flames (火焰) shooting out of a second-floor window. Not seeing or hearing any fire engines3, Grant rushed to a side4 and ran up the stairs.

On the second floor, he5 every apartment door. "Get out!" Grant shouted. No one6 and he assumed that people had already7. Reaching the end of the hallway, though, Grant8 a half-open door. He kicked it wide open, finding a9 woman in a wheelchair with a little boy and a tiny baby. "Let's get out!" he10. The woman looked at him in confusion and said something about changing her clothes. Grant didn't11, clutching (抓牢) the baby to his chest and12 the boy alongside, Grant ran down the hallway. When he was safely outside, the only help in sight was a13. Grant told him about the14 and they rushed into the smoky building.

Thanks to them, a family was saved from the fire. Grant and the policeman were honored for their15.

What we eat reveals our roots. Families pass down recipes like treasures, keeping traditions alive. The traditional meals of a place touch on identity and ancestry. These habits show how geography shapes diets. In Singapore, many families cook special dishes during festivals to remember their history.

Just as Japanese tea ceremonies build friendship, sharing meals creates cross-cultural bonds. Mixed communities often mix food styles, like adding spices to traditional dishes. This explains why tasting local food tops travelers' to-do lists — it opens doors to meaningful interactions with locals.

Familiar tastes instantly transport us home. Migrants cook childhood dishes to fight loneliness abroad, proving food's power to comfort. Shared meals express love worldwide, whether through a mother's homemade soup or friends gathering around a hotpot.

From family kitchens to international restaurants, food carries cultural stories. Its power to both unite people and protect traditions makes it special. Food and food habits serve as a cultural channel of display of affection and emotional association, meanwhile, sharing delicious and nutritious food undoubtedly signals a bridge of closeness or acceptance.

A. Eating habits are hard to change once formed.

B. It has many key roles in human life beyond basic nutrition.

C. By valuing food cultures, we build more inclusive societies.

D. Such moments turn simple eating into emotional connections.

E. Food traditions, however, sometimes require careful protection.

F. Furthermore, exploring local cuisine helps travelers understand new cultures.

G. For example, coastal people eat fish daily while mountain villages often use more grains.

The Industrial Revolution changed meat. In the 19th century, refrigeration enabled meat to be trucked in from far away, or shipped from even further away, which eventually led to the destroying of forests in places like Brazil. Production then became more efficient. By the late 1940s, antibiotics (抗生素) became routine in chicken feed. By the late 1990s, genetically modified (转基因的) corn and soy brought abundant crops of animal feed. Animals were bred to be bigger and faster-growing. In the U.S., government subsidies (补贴) helped: free groundwater, federally backed loans, price guarantees for feed crops. And meat went big.

Today the $1 trillion global meat industry is dominated by a handful of companies, including JBS, Cargill, and Tyson. Since 1961, meat production has increased four times, dwarfing the growth in the human population, which merely doubled.

Meat went from being special to being an everyday right. The more we developed, the more flesh we ate. China's meat consumption jumped sharply, from about 6. 6 pounds per person in 1961 to more than 140 pounds in 2024. But the United States became the lions of Planet Carnivore (食肉动物). On average, Americans went from eating around 207 pounds of meat in 1961 to 280 pounds in 2024, and chicken came to dominate.

It wasn't just chicken consumption that changed. Follow a chicken truck to the butchery — continued forest destruction, an alarming rise in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions — and you realize what a dark shadow we have cast over where we live.

It all started when my dad brought home a very big surprise — which was actually a very little surprise. "Ta-da!" he announced pulling a sheet off a cage, magician-style. "Meet Mr. Nibbles!"

"A hamster(仓鼠)!" I cheered.

"He's so cute," said Tex. "Hello, Mr. Nibbles, I already love you so much." Tex whispered.

Seeing how we reacted, dad smiled, "Well, congratulations, Mr. Nibbles. You have found yourself a new home!"

It took a few weeks for our fuzzy (毛茸茸的) friend to get comfortable. At first he poked (探出) his head out of his cage only to take a sip of water and fill his cheeks with food. But once he got settled in, he was happy and playful. He sometimes slid away from the cage, and even begged for food, making a hissing (嘶嘶声的) sound as if saying thanks. Having Mr. Nibble 's around made our summer much more fun.

Before we knew it, it was time to go back to school. I was excited to see friends I hadn't seen in a really long time, but, to be honest, I was also nervous about all the new stuff. That's why I made sure I was extra prepared. My plan was to wake up early, put on my carefully laid-out clothes, eat my carefully chosen breakfast, and place my thought-out lunch in my carefully arranged backpack. Then I'd ride my carefully cleaned bike to school and enter my brand-new classroom. Hopefully, preparing ahead of time could make me feel calmer going into the back-to-school day!

Everything went according to plan — until, well, it didn't My new teacher, Mr. Jax, who seemed very serious, started out by going over the class rules. Then he asked each of us to say a quick something about our summer vacation. Most kids seemed pretty shy after being apart for a while and said only a few words. Soon it would be my turn.

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Suddenly I heard a familiar hissing sound coming from my backpack.

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Now everybody was looking at me!

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2. 你的观点和理由。

Does AI Creation Have Artistic Value?

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DeepSeek, a remarkable Chinese-made AI, has recently burst into the global spotlight. It(develop) by a group of talented Chinese researchers with the aim of (advance) artificial intelligence technology.

What makes DeepSeek stand out is its powerful capabilities. It can handle a wide range of tasks, from natural language processing to image recognition. In natural language processing, it can generate high-quality text, answer complex questions accurately, even engage in intelligent conversations. When it comes to image recognition, it can identify various objects and scenes with impressive precision.

The success of DeepSeek is not (accident). It benefits from the continuous investment in AI research in China and rich talent pool in this field. The researchers behind DeepSeek (make) numerous efforts to improve its algorithms and performance. They have also incorporated the latest technology (breakthrough) into the development process.

Moreover, DeepSeek has found application in many industries. In the medical field, it can assist doctors diagnosing diseases by analyzing medical images and patient data. In the education sector, it can provide (personalize) learning resources for students. In the business world, it can help companies with market analysis and customer service.

DeepSeek continues to gain popularity, it is playing an increasingly important role in promoting international cooperation in the AI field. It shows the world the remarkable achievements of Chinese AI technology and boosts the confidence of the Chinese scientific community.

When I think of the toughest moments of my life, many have turned out to be1 in disguise. The most severe one was being pretty much kicked out of my Ph. D．program at the University of Georgia in 2016, after I2 all my jobs in California, even sacrificing my intern license（实习医生执照）. The program in Georgia turned out to not be the right3 for me despite my best efforts. I mainly went because they offered to4 my tuition, but I didn't examine the program carefully enough.

The whole year was riddled with exhaustion, anxiety, insecurity, fear, and exclusion. I was in therapy myself for most of the year to cope, and the only thing that made it5 was a lot of support from my family and friends. I was utterly6when I went back home; it felt like my7 was over.

Fast forward to today,8, I can see that getting driven out of the Georgia program was one of the best things that ever happened to me. As the saying goes, "Fate loves irony." I thank all my professors for making me see what I couldn't back then: I'd9 in the right program. In 2017, when I10 to a doctoral program in San Diego, I began to succeed and now my business and career are doing exceptionally well.

Looking back, I am deeply grateful I11 up in San Diego and happy that I didn't stay in Georgia. Ironically, the research and writing training from the University of Georgia12 me to develop my academic, professional, and personal writing. In short, I worked hard in Georgia and it13; the learning and growth I experienced were14.

As my personal example demonstrates, life is a total rollercoaster; what seems like good or bad news now can turn out to be the15 in the future.