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I'm a 34-year-old man, married, live in a nice house, and have a successful career as an educational consultant (顾问). But my life was not always so great. My learning disability made my school days very challenging from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra help. Still, I suffered the rest of my school days in public schools.

My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually got good at making things with clay (黏土). Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence came along. 

I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thing; it was practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.

Later I decided to apply my previous experience to leaning how to read and write. Every day I practiced reading and writing which I used to avoid as much as possible. After two hard years, I was literate (有读写能力).

Having gone through the long process with art, rock climbing, and reading and writing, now I've got to a point in my life where I know I am smart enough to dive into an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.

I knew the fearful day would come sooner or later.  However, it came too fast.  I was waiting in the dental clinic, nervous about what was to come. 

Seeing my nervousness, my parents told me to sit up, and to take deep breaths to keep calm, which worked.  However, the peace was short-lived.  Almost immediately, my name was called, signaling my turn had come.  I pretended to be deaf but my mother gestured at me to stand up.  I forced myself to step forward and tripped over a toy left lying around by some kid.  My clumsiness (笨拙) got me the attention of everyone in the room. 

I had refused my parents' offer to accompany me. I meant to show them that I was brave enough to face the difficulty on my own. Thankfully, I forgot my anxiety as I looked around the dentist's room. Tools of different sizes were arranged neatly in a tray (托盘) on the tiny table which was connected to a chair with buttons and a light hanging right over it. I didn't look at my dentist in the eye as I took my place on the chair nervously. I almost jumped out of the seat when all of a sudden the chair moved and I was lying down facing the bright yellow light.

The dentist spoke in a relaxing voice behind her mask. Everything was going smoothly and I was quite proud of myself. Then something went wrong. I was picking up the cup of water placed next to the chair for patients to rinse (冲洗) their mouths when I caught sight of the dental drill. Panic related to a bad childhood experience involving the drill kicked into me, and I spat out the rinsing water, right into the surprised dentist's face.

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I froze with awkwardness and my mind went blank. 

Seeing the room was in a mess, I felt nervous and helped the dentist stand up from the ground. 

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Dear Jackson,

Yours,

Li Hua

Lemon duck is a special dish in Wuming, Nanning, Guangxi.  And it (belong) to Guangxi cuisine and is one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi. 

Wuming lemon duck, also known as Gaofeng lemon duck, originated in Wuming District, Nanning.  Lemon duck first (appear) in the early 1980s.  There was a small shop beside the boundary marker on Yongwu road in Nanning,  provided dishes for drivers all year round.  After continuous development, this famous dish came into being. 

The (finish) lemon duck looks golden and attractive with oil juice, and the lemon and duck meat smell (especial) delicious.  Duck meat with lemon and sour pepper is suitable for a sour spicy taste, fragrant (香的) but not greasy (油腻的).  It is an appetizer.  And the duck is crispy, with a special aroma of lemon.  

The special flavor of lemon duck is not just credited to lemon.  In fact, sour pepper, sour Chinese onions, sour ginger, mashed garlic and so on should be added when frying.  Before coming out of the pot, add salted lemon and purple perilla (紫苏)(leaf), and the salted lemon can only be put in after being seeded.  Otherwise, it will become bitter after(cook) for a long time, and the fragrance will be lost.  

The Gaofeng lemon duck was listed in the (seven) batch of representative projects of intangible cultural heritage in Nanning and it was rated one of the top ten classic dishes in Guangxi as "Chinese cuisine".

In high school I did a scientific experiment.  The experiment made me 1  that science could teach us a lot.  It teaches us the 2  so we know where we are from.  That day, I firmly 3  to be a scientist.  Ever since that day, I have studied harder 4  in all my science-related subjects.  After school, I do much research on how I can become a 5  scientist in the future. 

One of my 6  in becoming a scientist is Barbara McClintock, who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  At 25, she already had her PhD in botany.  After that, she started her 7  as the leader in the development of maize cytogenetics (玉米细胞遗传学) and she 8  herself to that research for the rest of her life. 

If I am lucky and given the 9  to achieve my ambition as a scientist, I want to be like Doctor McClintock.  She 10  something that helped the other scientists 11  the things about genetics (遗传学). 

I know I will be able to achieve my 12  as long as I put my heart and perseverance into it.  If I achieve my goal, I will share my 13  of success with all the kids who also love science and want to become scientists.  My future will be as 14  as the stars in the night sky.  However, my future is still far.  I will make the most of the 15  to achieve my greatest ambition of becoming a scientist. 

Everyone feels inactive, sad, or a bit dead inside every now and then. If you want to give your body a good shake and wake that soul back up, below you'll find lots of solutions, depending on the source of your problems.

Trying new things is one of the best things that you can do to feel really alive. The fact of the matter is that we are all smart. . If we keep doing the same things, we get bored and after enough of that we start to feel dead inside. Try new, exciting things and you'll find yourself getting more excited about life in the process.

Every body is different and your sleep needs might not be the same as everyone else's. . It might be because you're either not getting enough sleep or you're getting too much! Start by getting the standard 8 hours of sleep on a regular schedule for a couple of weeks. And then see how you feel? Some people only need 6 hours of sleep, while some might even need 10 hours! . However, you should give your body a chance and lots of time to adjust it.

. When traveling to distant places where you're outside your comfort zone, you'll be forced to take on challenges and actively be alive. Traveling doesn't have to be as expensive as you think, either. If you travel on your own instead of with a touring company, buy early and go places in the off-season, you'll find that it doesn't cost too much money to get away for a little while.

All in all, if you don't feel alive, it might be because you're not really living. When we live a life that's not true to ourselves, we're really living someone else's life and it's easy to feel like we're not really living at all. At the end of a day, you have to do what makes you happy and be the person that you really are. .

A.  You may want a change

B.  And because of this, our brains need excitements

C.  Of course, sometimes our brains just get a bit sick

D.  This will inspire you and make you feel alive again

E.  Traveling is one of the most useful experiences you can experience

F. Last, find what you're good at, find what makes you happy, and do it

G. Sometimes, you're going through your day feeling dead inside and exhausted

Nearly every nation is coming up short — most of them far short — in their efforts to fight climate change, and the world is unlikely to hold warning to the internationally agreed-upon limit, according to a new scientific report. 

Gambia, a tiny country in Africa, is the only nation that is cutting emissions (排放) and taking up its share of actions to keep the world from exceeding the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting warming to 1. 5℃ above preindustrial times, according to the report.  Only one industrialized nation — the United Kingdom—is even close to doing what it should to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases and finance clean energy for poorer nations, the Climate Action Tracker(CAT)reported. 

Enough nations promised big enough carbon pollution cuts that the CAT said the "emissions gap" — the difference between emissions projections (预测) with the promises and what's required to meet the 1. 5-degree goal — dropped by 11%.

"That momentum (势头) has not been maintained," said Bill Hare, report co-author and CEO of Climate Analytics. "We're running short of countries stepping up with additional emission commitments to close the gap. "

Unlike its previous reports, which just looked at promises to cut carbon pollution and policy changes, the new ratings include money issues.  Finance is critical to climate negotiations this fall in Scotland, so the report examined commitments by rich nations to help pay for clean energy for poor nations, according to Hare. 

That hurt the United States and European Union rankings. The report called efforts by the United States, the European Union, Germany and Japan "insufficient" and more in line with global warming of 3℃ since the late 19th century. The world has already warmed by 1. 1℃ since that time, so these countries will make the world 1. 9℃ warmer than it is now.

Hare said Brazil and Mexico "went backwards" on their fight to control warming. The report lists Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand at the bottom.

Previous studies have found that the number of years spent in school relates to cognition (认知) later in life, but few studies have examined the influence of educational quality. 

"Our study establishes a link between high-quality education and better later-life cognition and suggests that increased investment in schools could be a powerful strategy to improve cognitive health among older adults in the United States," said Jennifer Manly, senior author of the study.

The study, led by Manly and Dominika Šeblová, a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia, used data from Project Talent, a 1960 survey of high school students across the United States, and follow-up data collected in the Project Talent Aging Study.  The researchers examined the relationships between six indicators (指标) of school quality and several measures of cognitive performance in participants nearly 60 years after they left high school.  Since high-quality schools may be especially beneficial for people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the researchers also examined whether associations differed by geography, gender, race and ethnicity. 

The researchers found that attending a school with a higher number of teachers with graduate training was the most consistent predictor of better later-life cognition, especially in language fluency (for example, coming up with words within a category).  Attending a school with a high number of graduate-level teachers was about equal to the difference in cognition between a 70-year-old and someone who is one to three years older.  Other indicators of school quality were related to some, but not all, measures of cognitive performance. 

According to Manly and Šeblová, there may be many reasons explaining why attending schools with well-trained teachers may affect later-life cognition. "Instruction provided by more experienced and knowledgeable teachers might be more intellectually inspiring and provide additional neural or cognitive benefits," said Šeblová, "and attending higher-quality schools may also influence life track, leading to university education and greater earnings, which are in turn linked to better cognition in later life. "

Gelje Sherpa was leading a Chinese climber up Mount Qomolangma when he spotted a Malaysian climber in need of help, and the two men then abandoned the summit (顶峰) in order to rescue the Malaysian climber. They were in the "death zone", an area near the summit of Mount Qomolangma where temperatures are extremely low and where there isn't enough oxygen to breathe.

The Malaysian climber had "nothing" and was on the brink (边缘) of death. Gelje recalled that no one was helping him, no friends, no oxygen, no Sherpas with him and no guides. Stopping at an altitude where the body was rapidly deteriorating (恶化) and where many deaths occur was quite dangerous for him. However, other climbers and guides just focused on the summit, so that they didn't notice the Malaysian climber's state.

According to Nepali officials, 12 people have died, and five are missing on Qomolangma as the spring climbing season comes to an end.  Gelje, the Sherpa, said there were a few likely reasons why this season has been so deadly.  The weather has been poor and extremely cold, and some climbers lack experience or sufficient training for such a high altitude. 

Gelje was guiding a Chinese climber to the summit when he made the decision that they would abandon their journey to save the Malaysian climber. 

It was nearly an impossible task: Gelje had to secure the climber to his back and carry him down 600 meters for about six hours before another guide joined the rescue.  They then took turns carrying the climber, wrapped in a sleeping mat, sometimes having to drag him through the snow, before reaching a helicopter that carried them down to base camp. 

The rescue, which took place on May 18, 2023, was massively challenging.  Gelje has previously carried out more than 55 rescues during his work as a guide, some very long operations, but he said the rescue was the hardest in his life. 

Libraries are places to preserve cultural heritage, develop information resources and carry out social education. Let's look at some of the most beautiful libraries in the world.

Vennesla Library and Culture House, Norway

The library is one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.  Opened in 2011, this library is an important site for concerts, theatrical performances and film screenings.  The design of the library is unique.  The building is supported by 27 laminated (层压的) wood arches that hold the roof up. 

Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Italy

The library is one of the largest and most important libraries in Italy.  It preserves one of the most important collections of Greek, Latin and Asian manuscripts (手稿) in the entire world.  Some of them are the most precious pieces.  The library specializes in Venetian history and classic philology.  Its collection of antique maps is also very significant. 

Stacja Kultura, Poland

Thanks to a recent restoration, a station that was once in ruins underwent an architectural change.  The library might seem unremarkable from the outside, but the innovative project and its division into a train station, public library and cultural center have certainly made this building worth a visit. 

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, United States

The library is the main source of literary archives (档案), ancient manuscripts and rare books at Yale University, and it's visited by students and researchers from around the world. Completed in 1963, the library is home to the Bollingen Prize for Poetry which is awarded biennially, and the Windham-Campbell Prizes which are awarded annually for fiction, literary essays, poetry, and theater.

A young man was on his way to the office when a nurse called him and told him that his father was injured and in hospital. So he hurried to go to the hospital by taxi. After he went into the hospital, he found that he left his cell phone in the taxi, but the taxi had left. The worse thing was that he had forgotten to ask the nurse which ward his father was in. He had to scurry around in the hospital, looking for his father. Seeing a nurse, he asked her anxiously, "My father is in hospital. He.."

The nurse interrupted him, "Oh, my God. It's you. Come with me!" She led the anxious young man to the bed side of an elderly man. "Your son is here," she whispered to the elderly patient. The old patient's eyes opened only after she repeated the words several times.The old man was too weak so it was really hard for him to stay awake and he could vaguely(模糊地) see the young man standing beside him.

The old man reached out his hand with all his strength and the young man realized it and immediately held it.

The nurse brought a chair for the young man to sit beside the bed. The young man sat holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength, all through the night. The dying old man said nothing. The nurse suggested that the young man move away and rest for a while but he refused. He stayed.

As dawn approached, the old man peacefully died.The young man placed the lifeless hand on the bed and informed the nurse. While the nurse did what was necessary, the young man waited. When she finished her task, the nurse began to say words of sympathy the young man needed.

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1.续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But the young man shook his head. 

He replied, "I knew right away he was not my father."

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2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Love for a dog. Easy, right? It wasn't in the case of Wilson.

When we first had Wilson, he hardly wagged (he) tail. He made very little eye contact and didn't like to be petted. In addition, Wilson would be in the other room instead of (be) in the same room with us.

Wilson turned our nature loving backyard into hunting ground. We once enjoyed sitting outside watching the rabbits jump around. Instead, we watched in horror as Wilson(go) into hunting mode. Three rabbits were (quick) killed. This was the third time that he (do) such a thing.

It could have been very easy to ignore him, or worse, give him away again. But we didn't do either. We chose (love) him.

I showered him with non-stop attention. We went for walks and played catch. Every night I petted him and scratched his ears, made him very comfortable. It took over a month of this intense attention. Eventually, He no longer went into another room by himself. He would usually be by me or Robert,(rest) his head or some part of his body on our foot. We all need love and attention.

 Wilson's poor behavior, we loved him anyway. Wilson has taught me what love really means.

Over the years, when a book has spoken to me with particular power, grace, or charm, I have taken to pen and paper and sent word off to the author.

It all started in my 18th year, when I had a strong 1 to be a writer. I believed that becoming an author was 2  a matter of pouring my thoughts onto paper, 3 the masterpiece to a publisher, and waiting for fame and 4 to come.

Then my dream was 5 . After a year of ignominy(耻辱）, I wrote to legendary children's author Lloyd Alexander, begging him for direction. To my 6 , he answered with great kindness and 7 , "8 is always very easy to give--but very 9  to make it specific and meaningful, since we all have to work in our own ways." 

And then after I described my 10 yearlong effort at publication, he said, "What I basten(赶紧说）to tell you is that I 11 seven times that long without being published! So, perhaps my advice is:12 ."

I was 13  by the idea that a well-regarded writer would take the time to 14 a bit of guidance to a presumptuous(冒味的 ）teen. After that I continued to 15  writers though I didn't always receive a reply. If Shakespeare were still around, I might write to him.

Spending time with your family can help develop meaningful bonds, encourage love and affection, reduce stress, and can improve academic performance in children. Since you can enjoy nature and all the benefits, .

Go to a park. Do an online search to find local parks. Whether it's a smaller local park or a larger national park, a day-trip is an excellent way to spend a couple of hours outdoors with your family. .

Plan a nature-centered vacation. Instead of going to a theme park, consider going fishing, hiking or camping instead. .Some great nature-oriented vacations in the United States include the Grand Canyon, Kauai, Jackson Hole, and Lake Tahoe.

. Discover which games that your children like to play the most, and make it a habit of playing them outside. Talk to your kids about what sports they like and make sure to get the proper equipment so that your family can all play together. Outdoor sports and games include basketball, baseball, football, soccer, and lacrosse.

Take walks with the family.. Plan a 20-minute walk and have everyone in the family turn off their cell phones. The more you walk together, the more natural it will feel and it will encourage everyone in the family to spend more time outdoors. A great time to schedule a walk is right after dinner or before you take your children to school.

A. Play a game or sport outdoors

B. you should avoid the followings

C. come and join us in the following ways

D. Try to locate your family in the open air

E. Enjoy the natural beauty with your family instead

F. Determine a time and schedule it to take a hike with your family

G. If you have young kids, consider taking them to the place that has activities like a playground.

Sometimes the people least likely to engage with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Zoom are the people who can benefit from it the most.

The "silent generation", or those born between 1928 and 1945, aren't usually mentioned alongside the likes of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. A study this year said that 45 percent of people over 65 use social media sites. Yet, for the majority of seniors, it is more about gathering information than sharing things about themselves.

For example, AARP has pointed out that Facebook's largest function for older folks has been helping them keep in touch with their families, especially their grandchildren. But this doesn't really reflect the digital connectivity（连接） many elders are experiencing.

BJ, a friend who just turned 80, does not own a computer, yet he's one of the 4 out of 10 seniors with a smartphone, which never leaves his side. For him social media is purely social— no grandkids, just people from every stage of his eight decades. It has kept him youthful and connected. He has figured out how to make Facebook and Instagram work for him by asking his younger friends for help when he gets stuck.

Jesse Epstein, who has been teaching in a college for 44 years.He moved to Costa Rica with his wife and young child four years ago when he was 70. "I wouldn't be able to live the life I now lead without the assistance of Zoom, Google Classroom, WhatsApp, and Microsoft Teams," Epstein tells me on the phone, speaking from his home in Tamarindo. "My current students are all masters-level schoolteachers. I use Zoom to observe and evaluate how well they incorporate（融入） these technologies into their lessons live in the classroom. I was surprised by how much more attentive students seemed to be online than they typically were in the classroom receiving the same material."

He keeps in touch in a very real way with friends he's known for decades. "Networking technologies have supported all my life choices and helped me and my family achieve a level of freedom and independence which I didn't think was possible for someone in their mid-seventies," he adds.

In simpler times, we never had to consider a loved one's privacy when gift-buying. But as technology has continued its high-speed advance and growth at all costs, many companies and the products they create have long been skirting(回避) adequate data and privacy protection, leaving users at risk. For example, the audiobook reader you give to your children to send them to sleep at night now captures (捕捉) data on what they like. 

As we continue to integrate (整合) the Internet into more of our devices and cover our homes and lives with cameras, microphones and trackers, the lack of data protection and privacy is becoming dangerous. Very few companies are being honest about how they collect, store and use data, and the only loser is the very individuals who use these products.

But that, right there, is the one chance consumers have to turn the tide.

The change starts with us. Buying a small device isn't simply buying a product anymore; it's a conscious decision about whether you trust the company behind it to work in your best interests and keep you safe. It's your responsibility as a consumer to be aware of this choice and act on it. In an ideal future, it won't require hours of research一whether done by the buyer or by organizations一to buy safe, responsible products. But for now, it's the best option available as these companies continue to get a free pass.

We can demand more. We must demand more. We can demand that privacy and security be taken seriously by the companies who build the products we buy. Yes, technology has vastly improved our lives, but that shouldn't come at the cost of our safety. So if you want o give someone a gift, give them the gift of privacy. It's the only way to make the Internet -and our lives-a little safer in this digital world.

In school we learned about Earth. We learned that rivers flow from higher ground to lower ground. They usually end at a bigger river or go into a lake or ocean.

I can see that every day in Chicago. Our river goes into the lake. It's a giant lake. We used to go fishing on the river every summer. Most days you would find me and my grandfather there, fishing. My father was busy working for the city. I did not know what his job was. He said it was in the Sanitary(卫生的) and Ship Canal.

My grandfather would take me to the river."In the old days,"he said, "this was a clean stream. Now look at it. It is filthy". Sometimes we even saw dead fish floating on it.

When we brought the fish home, my mother would throw them out. "We can't eat this. This is dirty, bad fish." She sounded angry. So my grandfather and I stopped bringing the fish home. Sometimes we would go to fish and throw them back. But mostly we just stayed at home. We were sad about it. 

Then one day my father was so busy he was not home. That New Year's Day he worked, too. My mother was worried. It is too cold." But he went anyway.

Then two days later the newspaper said, "It is a miracle!" That was the headline. I read the article. It told how the workers on the Sanitary and Ship Canal had done something impossible. They had reversed the Chicago River. They dug such a great hole that the river rushed away from the lake. It now went to the west. I was excited. So was my grandfather. He said, "Now we can go fishing this summer."

We both laughed. So did my mother. My father smiled a lot, all day long.

Occurring on October 31, November 1, and November 2, the Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday held to honor those who have died, brings people from all walks of life to Mexico. But cities across the United States are also joining in on the fun. Here is where you can find this year' s best Day of the Dead celebrations without traveling south of the border.

The Historic Olvera Street in Los Angeles

For over three decades, the businessmen of Olvera Street have annually transformed the busy outdoor marketplace into a top destination for visitors. Starting on October 25 and coming to a close on November 2,this year's event will include a collection of live performances, face painting, and a traditional May an procession(游行).

The East Village in Manhattan

Want to get a taste of the Day of the Dead while taking a bite out of the Big Apple? Come to East yard of St. Mark's in-the-Bowery, a church in Manhattan. Besides watching performances, you can purchase all kinds of traditional Mexican food.

San Francisco's Mission District

San Francisco has celebrated the Day of the Day for half a century. Every November 2, people flood to the Mission District -- a colorful neighborhood rich in

Mexican culture. At this popular event, visitors are invited to dress up in traditional Day of the Dead clothes, and go through the neighborhood all by the candlelight.

Downtown San Antonio

This year, the Day of the Dead will arrive early in San Antonio, Texas. On October 26 and 27, people can visit Hemisfair, the city' s popular outdoor cultural center, with craft workshops, musical performances, and live poetry.