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Once upon a time, there lived a young boy named Ethan in a small village. With a passion for music, Ethan was enthusiastic about playing the guitar. Every day after school, he would rush home, grab his guitar, and lose himself in the melodies (乐曲) he created. 

One summer, the village was hosting a talent show, and Ethan decided to participate. However, doubts started to flood into his mind. He began comparing himself to other talented musicians and questioning his abilities. The fear of failure began to consume him. 

But Ethan's grandfather, who had always been his biggest supporter, noticed his grandson's inner struggle. He sat down with Ethan and shared a story from his own youth.

"When I was your age, I had a dream of becoming a painter. But I was filled with self-doubt, just like you are now. I decided to seek guidance from a wise old artist in a nearby town.

The old artist listened to my worries and offered me a challenge. He asked me to paint a picture on a large canvas in front of a crowd. Overwhelmed by the challenge, I hesitated. 

The wise artist smiled and told me not to focus on what others might think. He asked me to paint from my heart and pour my soul into every stroke. The beauty lies not in perfection, but in the authenticity (真实性) of one's creation.

Encouraged by these words, I accepted the challenge. I painted with passion, letting my emotions guide my brush. Finally, a beautiful masterpiece appeared on the canvas."

Finishing the story, Ethan's grandfather said, "That day, I realized that success is not defined by how perfect we are or how we compare to others. It's about embracing our unique talents, taking risks, and expressing ourselves with passion and authenticity."

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1. 续写词数应为150个左右； 

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Inspired by his grandfather's story, Ethan decided to give the talent show his all.

Ethan didn't pay much attention to the surroundings until he heard the applause at the end of his performance.

1. 简述活动情况； 

2. 询问对方学校生态保护情况。

注意：

1. 写作词数应为80个左右； 

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

参考词汇：生态保护ecological protection

Dear Caroline, 

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

A  (remark) image of the Andromeda Galaxy, located over 2 million light-years from Earth, has been released after the use of the most powerful wide-field telescope in the Northern Hemisphere, demonstrating its capability. 

China's Wide Field Survey Telescope (WFST) (put) into operation on Sunday in Northwest China's Qinghai Province, developed by the University of Science and Technology of China and the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The telescope, is also known as the Mozi surveying telescope, will be (extreme) useful for enhancing China's capabilities in time-domain astronomical (天文的) research, according to CAS. Mozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher who is said to be the first in history (conduct) optical (光学的) experiments.

According to CAS, the WFST boasts an optical telescope of 2.5 meters in diameter and a 765-million-pixel camera, equipping it  the strong surveying ability that allows it to survey the entire northern sky every three nights. 

The Andromeda Galaxy is  closest large spiral (旋涡) galaxy to the Milky Way and  (have) a similar structure and metallicity, making it an ideal research object for exploring the formation and evolution of the Milky Way and similar galaxies. The WFST has both a large field of view  high-resolution imaging capabilities, enabling it to take multicolor images of the Andromeda Galaxy and its outlying regions. The telescope generated the image using 150 photos  (take) on multiple nights of observation.

Courtney Rich is a mother of two, whose journey through the Big Cottonwood Marathon was a familiar marathoner's battle. Her 1 was tested with each pace towards the uphill finish. The

1.7-mile race was a hard dance of patience and will, a dance Courtney knew well. Her legs, heavy with effort, threatened to betray (背叛) her 2 .

Then, from the sidelines 3 the 10-year-old "dynamo" (发电机), Avery. Her sudden appearance put a burst of energy and emotion into the scene. Full of determination, her thin figure ran 4 towards her mother, who was visibly 5 from the marathon. The crowd watched in awe as this young dynamo took charge.

As Avery 6 Courtney, their hands held tightly and the marathon's final act was suddenly rewritten. Avery, a burst of energy personified, became her mother's anchor (精神支柱), and her small act of support was 7 in its impact. With a determined look, Avery grasped her mother's hand. She didn't say a word, but her actions 8 a lot. They started running together towards the finish line, their hands firmly held together.

The onlookers 9  them inspired by the 10  of love and support between mother and daughter. It was a heartwarming moment, making everyone 11  that sometimes, unexpected 12  from the ones we love can 13  the strength to overcome even the most discouraging challenges. 

As they approached the finish line, the crowd's applause grew louder, and Avery's mother's tiredness began to 14 , replaced by a renewed sense of determination. Together, they crossed the finish line hand in hand, sharing a 15 moment that they would remember forever.

Change can be hard. It means a lack of certainty and predictability.  Here are some tips to give your teen to help them cope with change in a healthy way. 

Many times, our first response to change is to either deny it, fight it, or run away from it. Unfortunately, none of these strategies help us cope with change successfully. Most of the time we can't control change, but we can control our response to it. Sometimes, simply saying "things are changing, and that's OK" can make us feel better.

Control what you can.  Having some things that stay the same like walking the dog every evening after dinner reminds us that some things are still the same and allows our brain to rest. It can also help to plan whatever is still in our control or set goals for areas we want to see improve. Useful strategies can include focusing on the problem at hand, developing a plan for action, and asking for advice. 

Identify your fears. Our imaginations can get the best of us sometimes, and we might exaggerate the problem. Honestly evaluate the change and consider what the worst case is. Determine what specifically is making you worried. 

Talk about solutions more than feelings. One of the most common myths (谬见) of coping with unwanted changes is the idea that we can "work through" our anger, fears, and frustrations by talking about them a lot. In fact, research shows that repeatedly broadcasting negative emotions can make us feel worse. As you talk about the change you are facing, make sure you are focusing on the problem and possible solutions, and avoid focusing solely on your feelings.

A. Take a fair attitude.

B. Acknowledge the change.

C. This isn't always the case.

D. Look at the positives that will come out of the change.

E. It helps to have other areas of our life follow a predictable schedule.

F. You might realize that the worst case is not as bad as you imagined.

G. However, change is necessary for growth and it is normal to fear what we don't know.

D

As the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) keep growing, some companies are hiring "AI prompt (提示) engineers" to help them get the best out of the emerging technology. Are these jobs set to become a universal presence, or are they a passing fad (时尚)? Generative AI creates text or images in response to prompts entered by the user. This can be as simple as asking for something in plain English, similar to using a search engine. But there is a key to it: including the right references and keywords that can guide AI towards the desired outcome.

"By buying a pre-built prompt given by prompt engineers, you can ensure the AI model will generate what you want. The average price is $3.50, but some prompts can cost hundreds of dollars," says Ben Stokes, the founder of Prompt Base. Most of the prompt engineers on the site don't have a technical background. The engineers tend to come from a photography or graphic design background, and those working on prompts for generating text used to work in marketing or copy writing.

Aaron Sines at US recruitment firm Razoroo has been placing engineers into AI jobs for five years, but only came across the term "prompt engineer" earlier this year. Sines says that a lot of the companies approaching him looking for a "prompt engineer" are actually seeking a more rounded AI researcher with technical skills. He believes AI models could become better at extracting (提取) information from humans about what they want, making the idea of a specialized prompt engineer obsolete, but thinks there will always be a need for humans to oversee AI models during development and application.

Zhan Qin at Zhejiang University in China says complex prompts, and the prompt engineers who create them, are unlikely to disappear any time soon because AI models aren't like traditional algorithms (算法) that work on logic and can be entirely understood by humans. "Some prompts are short. But there are a lot of very, very long prompts. Even the generators of those prompts do not know the exact meanings behind those magical words," says Qin.

C

Different photoreceptors (视细胞) in the eyes can affect how we see the world around us. Animals including bees and some birds can see ultraviolet light (紫外线) that human eyes cannot see. By reconstructing the colors that we know animals can see, scientists can learn more about how they communicate and find their position. Getting an accurate view of what animals are seeing has been a challenge, but a camera system developed by scientists at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and George Mason University in Virginia could help ecologists and filmmakers create videos that closely copy the colors that different animals see in their natural environments. 

The camera system builds on the current technique called spectrophotometry. By using this technique, images are taken at specific wavelength ranges that are typically beyond what humans can see. However, using the method can be time-consuming, produce false colors, require specific lighting conditions, and can't always capture (拍摄) something that is moving. To overcome some of these limitations, the team developed a camera and software system that captures animal-view videos of moving objects under natural lighting conditions.

One of the cameras records videos in four different color channels at the same time: blue, green, red, and UV. That data is then processed into perceptual units using a popular programming language called Python. This generates a more accurate video of how animals see those colors. The team tested this new system against the traditional spectrophotometry methods and their new system predicted the perceived colors with an accuracy of over 92 percent. "Our project was quite involved, and we had many surprises along the way," says Daniel Hanley, a leading researcher. "The most surprising thing that we discovered was how much clouds can impact an observed color. We didn't tend to notice these shifts, but they were notable."

"We plan to apply the camera system as broadly as possible. Currently, we are exploring a range of applications," says Hanley. "Our hope is that through community engagement our designs can improve and we will gather many novel observations about colors in nature."

B

I received a rejection email 2 weeks after interviewing for a postdoc position. When I read it, I felt angry because I didn't even know why I wasn't successful. After applying for a job at a consulting company, I got a phone call from a company representative. "Unfortunately, we decided to offer the job to someone else," the voice said. Again I felt discouraged. But the conversation wasn't over. The representative went on to tell me I hadn't clearly expressed my motivation for applying for the position and why I wanted to work for the company. The feedback (反馈) was tough to hear. But I quickly realized he was right.

From then on, I decided to carefully evaluate each job opening and only pursue the ones that I was passionate about. In my applications, I also began stating more clearly why I wanted that particular job. Soon the approach started to pay off, as I got an offer for a postdoc position in Poland that I was truly excited about. 

A few years later, I found myself on the other side of the interview table. As a freshly hired group leader, I was interviewing candidates for the first Ph. D. position in my lab. I was particularly looking forward to talking with one candidate; on paper, his application looked great-nice CV, good recommendations, strong cover letter. But the interview went badly. He didn't seem to have done any reading in advance about the research I was doing, which made me wonder whether he was truly interested in working with me. When I called to tell him I couldn't offer him the position, I asked him if he wanted to know where he could improve in future interviews. As the conversation went on, I got the sense that he was grateful for what I said.

I've since filled several positions in my lab. For each recruitment (招募), I've made a point to treat every interview as a trade: Candidates invest time and effort to prepare for our conversation-and if they don't get the position, the least I can do is reward their effort with pointers on how they can improve.

A

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There was a story that all the kids told at my school. I don' t know if they believed it but some of them certainly acted as if they did. On the way from my home to school there was a little old cottage. You could only just see the cottage, as if it were trying to hide itself behind the lemonade trees and bushy garden. At times, but not very often, the children had seen a little old woman make her way along the cracked leaf-covered path from the front door to the mailbox. Her fingers were twisted in funny shapes, her body was bent over and her back hunched (弓背). If she lifted her head to look at you, her face was all wrinkly. " The witch (女巫) at Number 97" was how most kids spoke of her. " Don' t look in her eyes, " you could hear them say. " She' ll capture you in a magic spell, take you into the house and never release you again." 

In the mornings and at the end of the day, my friends and I would pass Number 97 in a group. We felt safer and more secure in numbers. But now, I played the recorder so well that I was asked to join the school band, and that meant staying after school one afternoon a week to rehearse (排练). So I had to walk home all by myself.

I set out as I normally would but as I began to approach the little old cottage it looked scarier than ever. For a while I hesitated, not knowing what to do. I wanted to run but felt I really needed to just walk my way through the experience. I took some deep breaths and tried to think of something different: Home, supper and my bed. While thinking of those things, the dreadful look of the old cottage seemed to fade. When I started thinking about the witch again, the cottage loomed big and frightening in my thoughts. " No, " I said to myself, " Concentrate on how good it will feel to get home, " and with that I started to feel easier.

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But as I reached the front gate to Number 97, my heart almost stopped. 

One day, I asked the " witch" , Mrs. Walcott, if I could know her story for homework. 

1.介绍美丽乡村；

2.行程安排。

注意：

1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter, 

Yours, 

Li Hua

It was about 5 am on Saturday when Amanda Tanner and her husband were suddenly awakened by their dog, Axel. When the 1  couple was slow to respond, the dog kept trying to get their 2 . Her husband finally went downstairs and opened the door to let the dog outside, but Axel didn' t 3 . Instead, the dog stopped in front of the door of the couple' s 17-year-old son, Gabriel, and wouldn' t 4 : Inside, their son was having a stroke (中风). When Gabriel' s dad 5  the teen, he quickly realized something was wrong. The boy was slurring (说话含糊不清) his speech and couldn' t 6  his right side. The family rushed their son to the emergency room 7 .

By waking the parents up and leading them to the boy, the dog made a " massive" 8  in Gabriel' s outcome, says Dr. Sabih Effendi, who treated the teen. " It' s very 9  that their dog alerted and started this whole process of getting everyone 10  and going downstairs, " Effendi says. " When somebody' s acutely having a stroke, the neurons (神经元) are dying. If he was not found and another three or four hours went by, there would have been more and more brain 11 ." 

" I am beyond 12  for whatever sensitivity Axel has to tell us what' s going on and to have moved that so fast, Amanda said. Tanner 13  to make a little medal of honor for him to go on his collar." He' s now 14 , with following Gabriel everywhere, " Amanda says. " He' s now sleeping with Gabriel, and Gabriel' s door is open so he can go in and out. He' s always been very sensitive to everything and everybody' s 15  at home." 

If something that you' re doing doesn' t challenge you, then it doesn' t change you.  You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone. So challenge the following limits:

Figure out what you' re scared of and do it continuously.

If you' re a salesman, and you' re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you' ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day picking up the phone and making a call. Someone may hang up on you. 

Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, " Go on, I' m not scared!" 

Take a class for a hobby you' ve been wanting to develop.

Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. 

Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.

Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.

You don' t need to go to the gym.  Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself.

Don' t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers — try to connect with the service staff.

You never know what kind of people they' re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.

A. You should do it continuously.

B. But don' t stop on the first try!

C. Go outside and do exercise regularly.

D. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all.

E. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.

F. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on.

G. A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself.

Like the rest of us, scientists have long suspected the healing capacity of a good hug. Unlike the rest of us, they' ve gone about trying to prove it.

" Laboratory studies suggest that things like hugs help us feel safer. They can also make us less sensitive to physical pain and less reactive when we' re faced with threatening experiences, " says Michael Murphy. He is a research professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tec h University. " This lab work has shown that hugs and other touch behaviors are related to stress. The more stress we have, the more our heart rates and blood pressure go up. At this time, hugs and other forms of personal touch may give off all sorts of feel-good chemicals, so that stress can be reduced." 

" There' s a lot that we still need to learn, and there' s a lot we don' t know, " Murphy says. " However, what seems to be rising up is that hugs, as well as other forms of loving and gentle touch, are really powerful. They remind people that they' re cared about and that they have someone in their corner." 

" We expect touch. When we were born, we were placed in our mothers'  arms almost immediately. In that first year of our life, we spend a lot of time being held by other people. And as we grow up, we seek out hugs and touch as a way of connection. I think what we have lost in the past few years are these really easy opportunities to be reminded of connection." 

While he was at Carnegie Mellon, Murphy was the lead author of a hug-centered 2018 article in the scientific journal PLOS One. In a series of interviews with 404 adults over a two-week period, the researchers found that receiving a hug is associated with the attenuation of negative emotions that occur on days with interpersonal conflicts. That is to say, generally, hugs help to reduce the negative impacts that personal conflicts may cause in our daily lives.

There was a lot of news related to artificial intelligence, or AI, and machine learning. Among the stories were two dealing with direct competitions between humans and machines.

In one competition, machines that used AI performed better than human beings in a high-level reading test. Two natural language processing tools beat humans in the experiment. One of the tools was built by the American technology company Microsoft. The other was created by Chinese online seller Alibaba Group.

In another competition, a computer took on humans in live, public debates.

The event demonstrated how AI-powered computers are increasingly being developed to think and sound like humans. The organizer of the debates, U. S. technology company IBM, announced split results. It said a majority of those watching said they felt the machine had done more to improve their knowledge of the subject. But, the human got more praise for communicating their ideas.

This year, we also explored the many ways AI and machine learning are now being used. For example, some U. S. judges use machine learning systems to help them decide when, and for how long, criminals should be jailed. The system uses computers to examine data from thousands of court cases.

One fast-growing area of AI is facial recognition, which is increasingly being used for security purposes. Recently, Atlanta' s Hartsfield-Jackson airport became the first in the U. S. to permit passengers to use fa cial recognition technology to get on flights. A Chinese company showed off an AI system it developed to recognize individuals by body shape and walking movements. The system is already being used by Chinese police in Beijing and Shanghai.

In addition, machine learning was used during 2018 to predict results of the World Cup soccer competition. The technology also created artwork that was sold for a large amount of money. And it is being used to help farmers save time and money, while reducing environment-harming chemicals. Other technology systems are being used to follow farm animals and wildlife to collect information on their activities.

Johannes Fritz, a biologist, needed to come up with a plan, again, if he was going to prevent his rare and beloved birds from going extinct.

To survive the European winter, the northern bald ibis (秃鹃) — which had once disappeared entirely from the wild on the continent — needs to migrate south for the winter, over the Alps, before the mountains become blocked. But shifting climate patterns have delayed when the birds begin to migrate, and they are now reaching the mountains too late to make it over the peaks, locking them in an icy death trap. Determined to save them, Mr. Fritz decided he would teach the birds a new, safer migration route by guiding them himself in a tiny aircraft. And he was confident he could succeed in this daring, unusual plan —because he had done it before.

Mr. Fritz was his young pupils'  only provider of food and love since they' d been just a few days old, and the ibises eagerly followed their teacher. He learned to fly, modifying a tiny aircraft so it would fly at speeds slow enough for his winged students to keep up. In 2004, three years after some experiments, Mr. Fritz led the first flock from Austria to Italy, and has since led 15 such migrations. Over that time, he has rewilded (放归) 277 young ibises, many of which then started to pass the route on to their own young. For now, however, the main worry is getting the birds to follow the aircraft. " While they have a strong bond with their ‘mothers'  and follow them around on the ground, flying is more difficult, " Fritz said.

" Fly Away Home was a huge hit with us biologists, " Mr. Fritz said, recalling the 1996 movie in which a Canada geese was led to migrate by an aircraft. When Mr. Fritz claimed he' d do the same with the ibises, he was initially laughed at. But through years of trial and error, he succeeded. He even learned to fly like a bird, he said, laughing with ease. Mr. Fritz' s two sons, both now teenagers, followed their flying father and the migrating birds on the ground, and his family and colleagues witnessed the risks he was taking. But the unexpected risks are " necessary" , Mr. Fritz said.

" It' s not so much a job, " he added, " but my life' s purpose."