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Jeremy Locke, who owns a roofing and construction company, had always been wanting to 1 the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home. Whenever he drove past the woman's home, he 2 that another group of repairmen had taken on the job. But as weeks wore on, the roof continued to worsen without any 3 of repair.

"I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community, I'd love to," said Locke to his wife.

When Locke finally 4 MacDonald about fixing her roof for free, however, she politely turned him down because she did not like to accept 5 . She told Locke, "I applied for a government grant (补助金) to fix the roof and I'll be more than happy to 6 you once the grant application was approved".

7 , the approval never came. 

So Locke changed tactics (策略). The sympathetic construction worker played a/an 8  trick to make her accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle (抽奖) that his business was holding for a free roof. After MacDonald got one of the raffle tickets, Locke told her that she was the 9 . Not until the new roof was finished did MacDonald know that she was the only one who had entered the raffle. 

MacDonald said that she didn't know how to express her 10 to Locke, saying that he was her "guardian angel".

For me, nothing is more satisfying  discovering hidden gems（珍宝）in  secondhand shop.  all, one person's trash is another person's treasure. 

Two years ago, I came across a collection of dusty photos.I thought, if these were  （ I）, or my family's, I'd want someone to return them to me, so I made it my goal to do so for others. 

I've since visited secondhand shops （ week）, and have accumulated more than 50, 000 of these items.I organize them in big boxes all over my house in New York.Photographs, home movies, undeveloped films, photo albums - you name it, I've collected it. I've also set up a social media account to help reunite items with their owners or other family members.The quickest we've been able to find an owner is within two minutes.Someone commented below a photo I posted, 

"I think that's my child's preschool teacher." The longest we've taken to find someone is four months, but I'm proud that we still made it.There are  （ thousand） of photos that have yet to be reunited.  social media, this project would not be possible. 

People are often quite emotional when we get in touch - most of these items are  （ lose） after a house move or a family death.Sometimes people donate a camera to a charity shop and forget to take the memory card out. We once  （ manage）to reunite a family with pictures from 1943, which was special.I found a can containing two rolls of film at a shop.One of my followers found a family on a heritage site, and their old photographs looked similar to the ones I found.We contacted them, and they confirmed their ancestors were in the photographs.They were extremely grateful and said that a family member had recently moved out of New 

York, which is probably how the film ended up at a secondhand store. I'd love to create a building to hold all these memories.I want every photo and video to be digitized so they can be preserved online.I'm bringing together a team to return the photos to their owners.  , I am still working on it since we are short of money.Maybe one day, I can realize my dream. 

My father was raised in a fatherless home at a time when government assistance（帮助）was unheard of.The family of five struggled hard to 1  , which caused my father to be extremely mean with his money. 

When we children—two older brothers and myself—asked him for some money, his face turned cold, saying "If you are old enough to ask, you are old enough to 2  ".So when the need 3  , we tried to seek jobs in the neighborhood or sell produce from the garden. 

His attitude didn't soften as we grew into adulthood and went to jobs or college.Since none of us had a car, we had to ride the bus whenever we came home.Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, father never 4  us, even in 5 weather.If someone 6  , he would say, "That's what your legs are for! "For me, the walk didn't bother me as much as the 7  of walking alone along the highway and country roads.I also felt that my father didn't seem concerned about my safety.That feeling disappeared one spring evening. 

It had been an extremely 8  week at college.Tests and long hours in labs had left me 9  .I longed for home and a soft bed.As other students were met at their stops, I gazed 10  out of the window.Finally, the bus stopped at my destination.I stepped off and walked home with my luggage. 

A row of hedge（树篱笆）edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house.Once I turned off 走下）the highway and saw the hedge, I was always 11  because it meant that I was almost home.On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into 12  when I saw a（an） 13  moving toward the house along the top of the hedge.Upon closer 14  , I realized it was my father.Then I knew each time I came home, he stood 15  the hedge, watching until he knew I had arrived safely.I swallowed hard against the tears.He did care, after all. 

One day, a baby snail found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time.He didn't 1  why it was, so he went up to his mother and asked, "Why was I born with a shell that grew so 2  and heavy? " His mother said, "Because we don't have 3  to hold us up.We can only move slowly, so we need a shell to 4  us." 

The baby snail asked again, "The caterpillar （毛毛虫） has no bones, and she can't move quickly either.Why can she 5  without a shell? " The mother snail answered, "That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly.She can 6  high into the sky.The sky can protect her." 

The baby snail had one more 7  , "But the earthworm moves like us.He has no bones and he won't turn into a butterfly.Why doesn't he carry a hard and heavy shell? " His mother said, "He can dig a hole and hide in the 8  , and then the earth can protect him." 

The baby snail then cried, "We are so 9  !We have no protection from the sky or from the ground !" His mother smiled at him. "That's why we have a shell.My dear, imagine that if we don't have the shells, what will happen to you ? Hot sun will dry out our bodies and we'll have nowhere to sleep.What's more, we'll die in the heavy rain.How 10  it is!We don't depend on the sky or the ground for protection.We should depend on ourselves." 

What is life? Like most great questions, this one is easy to ask but difficult to answer.The reason is simple：we know of just one type of life and it's challenging to do science with a sample size of one.The field of artificial life-called A Life for short-is the systematic attempt to spell out life's fundamental principles.Many of these practitioners, so-called A Lifers, think that somehow making life is the surest way to really understand what life is. 

So far no one has convincingly made artificial life.This track record makes A Life a ripe target for criticism, such as declarations of the field's doubtful scientific value.Alan Smith, a complexity scientist, is tired of such complaints.Asking about "the point" of A Life might be, well, missing the point entirely, he says."The existence of a living system is not about the use of anything."Alan says."Some people ask me, 'So what's the worth of artificial life? 'Do you ever think, 'What is the worth of your grandmother? " 

As much as many A Lifers hate emphasising their research's applications, the attempts to create artificial life could have practical payoffs.Artificial intelligence may be considered A Life's cousin in that researchers in both fields are enamoured by a concept called open-ended evolution（演化）.This is the capacity for a system to create essentially endless complexity, to be a sort of"novelty generator".The only system known to exhibit this is Earth's biosphere.If the field of A Life manages to reproduce life's endless"creativity" in some virtual model, those same principles could give rise to truly inventive machines. 

Compared with the developments of Al, advances in A Life are harder to recognise.One reason is that A Life is a field in which the central concept--life itself-is undefined.The lack of agreement among A Lifers doesn't help either.The result is a diverse line of projects that each advance along their unique paths.For better or worse, A Life mirrors the very subject it studies.Its muddled（混乱的）progression is a striking parallel（平行线） to the evolutionary struggles that have shaped Earth biosphere. 

Undefined and uncontrolled, A Life drives its followers to repurpose old ideas and generated novelty.It may be, of course, that these characteristics aren't in any way surprising or singular.They may apply universally to all acts of evolution.Ultimately A Life may be nothing special.But even this dismissal suggests something：perhaps, just like life itself throughout the universe, the rise of A Life will prove unavoidable. 

The world is full of screens.They are on TVs, computers and smartphones.Screens are at school, at home, and just about everywhere in between.The time people spend every day looking at screens is known as "screen time. " 

Most families have rules about how much time children can spend with screens.Why do they have rules? Are there good reasons to limit screen time? 

In many ways, screens are helpful for communication and connecting with other people.Social media and video calls allow people to be always in touch with one another.____By sharing and commenting on videos, photos, games or music, people can meet others who have similar interests. 

However, some adults are worried that young people spend too much time on screens and not enough time meeting people in real life.As a result, they may not properly understand feelings or develop strong relationships. 

Many kinds of screen time may be good for students.Students may use screen time to develop their skills in creating music or videos.They may even learn skills such as coding（编程）computer programs.When students use their screen time to do research online, they may meet people who are different from them or ideas they have never thought about before. 

However, some researchers think that screens change how the brain processes information.Some have linked（连接） screen time to lower test scores or less attention time. 

In the future, scientists will continue studying the effects of screen time.Parents will likely continue to make rules limiting screen time.Plenty of good things can come from all this screen time, but it's a good idea for people to pay attention to how much time in a day they spend looking at a screen.They should know how screen time influences 

their health, relationships, and learning. 

"Children, tomorrow I shall expect all of you to write compositions," said a teacher of Love Lane School. 

"Then, on Friday those who have done the best may stand up and read their compositions to the school." Some of the children were pleased, and some were not. "What shall we write about?" they asked. 

Some of them thought that "Home" was a good subject. Others liked "School". One little boy chose "The Horse". A little girl said she would write about "Summer". The next day, every pupil except Henry Longfellow had written a composition. "Well, then," said the teacher, "you may take your notebook and go out behind the schoolhouse for half an hour. Think of something to write about, and write the word on your notebook. Then try to tell what it is, what it is like, what it is good for, and what is done with it. That is the way to write a composition."

Henry took his notebook and went out. Just behind the schoolhouse was Mr. Finneyˈs barn. Quite close to the barn was a garden. And in the garden, Henry saw a turnip（萝卜）. 

"Well, I know what that is," he said to himself and he wrote the word turnip on his notebook. Then he tried to tell what it was like, what it was good for, and what was done with it. 

Within half an hour, he had written a very neat composition on his notebook. He then went into the house, and waited while the teacher read it. The teacher was surprised and pleased. He said, "Henry Longfellow, you have done very well. Today you may stand up before the school and read what you have written about the turnip." 

Many years after that, some funny little poems about Mr. Finneyˈs turnip were printed in a newspaper. Some people said that they were what Henry Longfellow wrote on his notebook that day at school. 

— So ____, and so ____ you, were you in the dark. 

As he lay awake that night, Tony could hear his parents discussing his sister Alice's birthday. It was just two days away. Birthdays were always a lot of fun, even though there was no money for store-bought gifts. Nearly all of toys he and his sister had were homemade. There was nothing wrong with that, he knew. Like many families in this part, they were poor.

This birthday would be different, though. Alice was older now, and he'd seen how her eyes lit up when she saw the new doll at（Honey House, a neighborhood store just down the road from their house.

How he longed for her to have it! An idea finally came to him just before he went to bed. After a quick breakfast the following morning, he tied a bag to the handlebars of his bike and headed toward a village hill.

After a long journey, he reached his destination, the mango forest. There were already two other boys there. Tony grabbed his bag and set to work immediately.

The sun was high overhead. The weather was hot and nearly all of the taller trees held ripe mangoes but they were well beyond reach. Tony struggled to climb the trees to pick mangoes, though he fell off many times.

His efforts were sometimes rewarded when a mango dropped into the bag. After a while his neck ached from looking upward, and his arms grew sore. He kept at it, though, and by late afternoon his bag was nearly full.

注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右。
2. 续写部分分两段, 每段的开头语已为你写好。

Paragraph 1：

Tony rushed back to Honey House, out of breath. only to find the owner of the store was going to close the door.

Paragraph 2：

The following morning, Alice walked into the（kitchen）and took a seat at the breakfast table.

注意：
1. 写作词数应为100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

In Lanzhou, Gansu province, the day begins  a hot bowl of beef noodles

According to a recent archaeological  （discover）in Qinghai Province where a 50-centimeter-long noodle was unearthed, the noodles have a history of about 4, 000 years.

Recently, the first recipe（菜谱） for Lanzhou beef noodles was discovered in  unusual form of a poem（古诗）by the late 18th century scholar Chen Weijing. Few  （write）frecipes survive from the Qing Dynasty, because cook  （consider） a lower-end profession（职业） then, which hardly attracted educated people. The poem listed two ingredients per line, although without  further  （instruction）such as the amount of each ingredient or the cooking time

The second person  （improve）Lanzhou beef noodles was a cook named Ma Zilu,  lived in the early twentieth century. By that time, hundreds of beef noodle restaurants had opened in Lanzhou, and the taste in each location differed  （significant）. After achieving a form of unity among the different restaurants in Lanzhou, Ma later opened a small food cart and traveled around China,  （introduce） the dish all the way to the southeast port city of Guangzhou.

When I was a boy, my parents owned a small grocery store. As I 1 those days. many people come to mind, One such person was Nick

I still remember the first time I saw him—or perhaps "experienced" him is a more 2 term. The moment he entered the store I could feel a rush of 3 fill the place. Singing at the top of his lungs, Nick made quite a（n）4.

Nick had great enthusiasm for life. I really admired him for his ability to be completely himself and at5with everyone he met and in every situation. For me, his 6 wasn't really what he did or how he did it, but rather that he was absolutely comfortable simply being himself— a true free spirit. The memory of Nick 7 me of the encouraging phrase, "Dance like no one is 8 .

Countless times I've resisted expressing myself simply because I didn't want to 9 looking silly or foolish. I often 10 my true self behind a wall of insecurity, bu respect those who 11 this inhibition（压抑）. No 12 this is why I remember Nick so fondly, for he was who he was, and didn't for a second 13 any of it back. Whether you loved him or hated him, Nick most certainly danced to his own 14 and never apologized for it.

Perhaps someday I, too, will have the courage and confidence to 15 the steps to that dance.

Change Your Routines（日常生活）

It can be difficult to move forward in a new direction if you just keep following the same routines day in and day out. People tend to（倾向于） be creatures of habits, and some times that feeling of being stuck in a rut（墨守陈规） can result from a sense of boredom（无聊）. Here are some things you can try。

. This can be a great way to enrich（使丰富）your social connections and learn interesting things about the people who are around you. So you can choose a person around you and then talk with him.

Have some fun. For example, you can hang out with friends or take up a hobby that you are always interested in. Set aside some time during the week, during which you can spend your energy in having a good time.

Try something new. Whether it is taking a new way to work, watching a new show, or signing up for some kind of class, This can help add the beautiful scenery to your life and may give you a totally new life.

Be spontaneous（自发的）. If you are bored with（some part of your life, start trying to live in the moment. Say yes to the experiences that are without 'any plans and do not be afraid to do the experiments that are without any plans and do not be afraid to do the unexpected things.

A. Start a conversation

B. accept what you are feeling

C. Try to head outdoors for a walk

D. Do things that are not carefully pre-planned.

E. Spend some time on an activity you truly love

F. explore the world around you in new and different ways.

G. So look for ways you can add some different experiences to each day.

Whales are important animals in the sea. The organizations of the world are calling all nations not to kill or eat whales any more. But Japan's new whaling（捕鲸）plan is a great danger to the living of these large animals. It will also do harm to the sea interests（利益）of other surrounding countries including China, experts said.

After the Japanese government made its decision clear on Nov. 8, 2016 to catch 100more whales in 2017, many animal experts in the world voiced their angry answers.

According to a Japan News report, Japan caught 174 minke whales and 140 sei whales totally in the northwest Pacific Ocean in 2017.

After years of overfishing（过度捕捞）, the population of minke whales in the northwest Pacific Ocean has been reduced to a dangerous level. Therefore, Japan should stop whaling in the area, " said Wang Yaming, a leader of the International Whaling Organization. According to Wang, most whales living in the northwest Pacific Ocean are migratory（迁徙的）animals, and their traveling way is very close to the land of Russia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and China. Japan's whaling will also have a terrible influence on those countries

Although the world has stopped to catch and kill whales, Japan lies to others that its killing of whales is just for scientific purposes. However, many experts don't agree with it completely. "Japan should not kill more whales, as doing so would harm the international whale resources（资源）. Japan's whaling in the northwest Pacific Ocean hasn't drawn much more attention because it hardly influences the interests of western countries. " Wang explained.

It is really high time for Japan to stop its whaling from now on.

Years ago, as a business reporter, I interviewed an advertising manager. I was there to ask about the latest campaign. But when I sat down, he wanted to talk about writing novels.

He spent hours meeting with clients（客户）, but he dreamed of being a novelist instead. I remember thinking： Sure, everybody dreams to be a novelist. Who doesn't?

A decade later, however, I was surprised to see the same person on TV, holding up his new book. James Patterson had developed into a best-selling author. He has since published more than100 New York Times best sellers.

"I never thought of myself as an advertising person, he told me when

asked how he'd done it. "I always planned to be a writer. "Mr. Patterson's ability to see himself as a writer shows at erm（术语）"possible selves. "It describes how people envision their futures： what they may become, or want to become, etc

The term. created in 1986 by the social psychologists Hazel Mark us and Paula Nurius, grew out of research on self-concept and self-perception（自我知觉）. While self-concepts, like "I am a kind person"or "I am a good parent", are based on the present, the researchers found that people are also influenced by possible selves - what they might become in the future and how they might change.

These possible selves, both positive and negative, are closely related to motivation （动机）. In a small study, when young adults were made to envision themselves as either regular exercisers（hoped-for selves） or inactive （feared selves）, both groups exercised more in the weeks afterward. But researchers have found that imagining positive possible selves can improve health and reduce depression by holding out the hope for a better future

A possible self can help you realize daydreams, which seem to be unrealistic, "if you build bridge from your'now' self to the possible self；"Dr. Markus said. But how do we build that bridge？

While most TV stations try to attract viewers by producing reality shows, Henan TV has become famous by promoting（推广） traditional culture through Chinese dance. Henan TV produced seven dance pieces introducing traditional culture for traditional festivals, such as"Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess（《洛神水赋》）", a two-minute underwater dance for the Dragon Boat Festival. "Guardian Warriors of Longmen（《龙门金刚》）", a dance piece supported by AR technology against the backdrop of the Longmen Grottoes（石窟）"These pieces have gotten nearly 30 billion hits, " said Yao Wei, director of the TV station. "It's a huge success for Henan TV. "

On Nov 1, 2021, Yao was invited to talk about how the TV station had produced the hit dance pieces at a three-day forum（论坛） centering on the research of Chinese dance.

The pieces were popular with audiences, most of whom are members of Gen Z, （people born between 1995 and 2009）, Yao said"It's been over forty years since the country's reform（改革）and opening-up and the younger generations have grown up with open minds. They love Chinese culture and are proud of it, "said Yao. "What we need to do is present Chinese culture and tradition in interesting ways for those young people

Yao added that Henan TV has been producing shows promoting traditional culture, such as traditional operas and kung Fu, for nearly 30 years

"To allure younger audiences, we are also changing our shows. One of the keys is to produce them with creativity, "Yao said. "For example, the latest technology and special stage settings, like underwater scenes, have become our new ways of telling stories about traditional Chinese culture

Another key to successfully reaching younger audiences is using social media to promote their shows

'Social media is being shaped and driven by young people. It's a powerful form of communication. When they watch short videos, they easily become interested in an eye-catching video, "Yao said.

My sister recently started a blog, and I wanted to gift her a book on writing—"Elements of Style". There are many websites that sell books online in India, and I will list down the information about this book. My friend told me that Amazon. com sells this book for $7. 00, which is Rs. 350（350卢比）. Let's see if I will get something close to that price or not.

Rediff Books. The first site I discovered was Rediff Books. I was able to find this book easily on this site, and there were three different choices of these. The top result was the hardcover（精装本）, which was priced at Rs. 2, 831. They have the paperback edition（平装本as well, which was priced at very reasonable Rs. 191； only one problem- they would take 45business days to ship

NBC India. Next, I went to the site of NBC India, and found the book there too. They had a list price on the paperback edition of Rs. 366, and the picture of the book was exactly like the one I have. The price and picture pleased me quite a bit, but the results page did not show me the shipping days

Flip Kart. I have heard of Flip Kart before, but never actually used it. They had this book listed at Rs. 175, and they said it would be shipped in 4-6 business days. This was a paperback edition that was printed in 2006, and it looked quite promising

Amazon. com. Amazon. com can ship books to India. They charge another $3. 00 for shipping one. They said that it can take anywhere from18 to 31 business days

After going through the information, I felt that Flip Kart is the best one, and I went ahead and ordered the book. I hope it reaches within the stated time, and is in good condition.