江苏省南通市崇川区田家炳中学2022-2023学年九年级下学...

—Yes. That's all because of his hard work.

—Oh, excellent. It is worth ________ a second time.

—A teacher ar the school says that each student is ________ to play outdoors for over 3 hours a day.

—I think we need to guard against any possible danger around us.

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—Because she wondered ________.

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When I was a young boy growing in North Dakota, my grandparents were farmers. And I remember the huge garden thatmy grandma 1. I promise you it was about 4,000 squaremeters. Well, 2 seemedthat way to me! She looked after the garden all by hand, with a hoe (锄头) and some water. Each spring the garden took 3 from cold flat (平的) ground. Grandma changed the ground through much hard work into rows of hills ready for 4.

I especially remember helping Grandma plant potatoes. Grandma had 5 potatoes the year before. She stored them with the rest of the harvest in the outside cellar (地窖), where vegetables were kept safely all 6. When spring came, we cut the potatoes and planted each piece into a hill of soil in the garden. I thought we should never7 the end of the planting work eventhough everybody was helping!

Before long the garden became fully 8 because of sunny days, warmer temperatures and rain. 9, it needed lots of hoeing and watering by Grandma and her helper to have a harvest. It provided vegetables throughout the summer, until the final 10 when cold weather set in.

By the time Thanksgiving dinner11, the ground at my grandparent's farm often would be covered with snowand we'd be 12 fora long winter. Warm inside the house, around the dining table, we looked through windows at bare tree branches in the 13 garden. Our whole family would 14 potatoes and other vegetables from the garden. And of course wonderful pumpkin pie… I can even smell it now! It's amazing how a pumpkin pie can make me remember the days of family reunion, and how that warmth15 in my heart.

Obviously, as time goes by, there's always something simple but sweet in life, which lasts long and stays new.

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A second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose Gutierrez.He is bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian (哥伦比亚的) children.

Gutierrez started saving books from the trash 27 years ago. He wasdriving a garbage truck at night through the country's richer neighborhoods. Thebooks that were thrown away slowly piled up. Now the ground floor of his small houseis a community library. It is stacked (堆放) from floor to ceiling. They range from chemistrytextbooks to children's classics.

Gutierrez says books are luxuries (奢侈品) for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoodssuch as his. New reading material at bookstores is too expensive. There are 19 publiclibraries in Bogota, a city of 8.5 million people. But the libraries tend to belocated far away from poorer areas. "Theyshould be in all neighborhoods and on each corner of every neighborhood," the60-year-old says. "Books can save us. That is what Colombia needs."

Gutierrez has a love of reading. He says comes from his mother. Shealways read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school. Gutierrezhas traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of startinga library with the books that are thrown away. "To me, books are the greatestinvention and the best thing that can happen to a human being,"

Gutierrez is a keen reader of works by authors such as Leo Tolstoy,Victor Hugo. His favorite books include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Generalin His Labyrinth by Colombia's Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Marquez. Thefirst book Gutierrez found was a copy of the classic novel Anna Karenina. The Tolstoybook was later joined by The Little Prince, Sophie's World, The Iliad and a numberof novels. Today, he has collected around 25,000 books.

Gutierrez still looks through the rubbish for additions to his library,named "The Strength of Words." His fame as Colombia's "Lord of theBooks" has helped a lot. It has brought him thousands of donated books. Hehas sent many to other libraries around the country. He doesn't have room for themall.

Gutierrez says he didn't reject (排斥) technology that allows booksto be read digitally. But he prefers to read the printed word on paper. "Thereis nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or insideyour car," he says.

①Thetwentieth century saw greater changes than any century before: changes for the better,changes for the worse; changes that brought a lot of benefits (好处) to human beings, changes that put man in danger. Many things causedthe changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.

②Sciencein physics and biology has broadened our views. It has given us a deeper knowledgeof the structure of matter and of the universe; it has brought us a better understandingof the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology in the application(应用) of science has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly everypart of life.

③Thecontinuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will lead to even greateradvantages to human beings: in pure science —a wider and deeper knowledge in allfields of learning; in applied science —a more reasonable sharing of material benefits,and better protection of the environment.

④Sadly,however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has beenemployed in doing damage to mankind. The application of science and technology tothe development and production of weapons of mass destruction (大规模杀伤武器) has created a real danger to the continued existence (存在) of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the caseof nuclear weapons. Although their actual use has so far happened only in the SecondWorld War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for usewas so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have beenthe ruin (毁灭) of the human race, as well as of many kindsof animals.

⑤WilliamShakespeare said, "The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线), good andill together." The above brief review of the application of only one part ofhuman activities — science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it haveto be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmedfor war?

I was 11 years old when I asked my mom for pianolessons in 2010. We were in the economic crisis (经济危机).She said a polite "no".

That didn't stop me. I googled the measurements(量度) for a keyboard, drew the keys on piece of paper and stuck it on mydesk. I would click notes on an online keyboard and play them back on my paper one—keeping the sound they made on the computer in my head. I spent six months playing without touching a real piano. Once my mom saw that I was serious, she borrowed money and bought me 10 lessons.

I still remember the first one. I was struck by how real the sound of the piano was. I sat my grade one after eight lessons. Once I started secondary school, we couldn't afford lessons again. I passed grade three, and then grade five, practicing only on my piece of paper.

One evening, when I was about 13, my mom said shehad a surprise for me; it was an electronic keyboard, bought with more borrowed money. It was the first time I'd played for her. She was in shock.

My school didn't offer music A-level. I found the Purcell School for young musicians. But I had to pass a difficult test. Some ofthe questions involved an evaluation of the composer or when some piece was written. I felt stressed. To my amazement I was offered a place.

At Purcell, I spent two years working as hard as I could. I performed to raise money and saved enough to buy my first piano. When I left Purcell, I was awarded the senior piano prize and senior academic music prize. I am now at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. I feel proud: it's been 10 years since I drew my paper piano, and I'm at one of the world's leading music schools.

Surprisingly I continue to do a lot of my practice away from the piano—what we mental practice. The paper piano helped arouse my curiosity about how music works.

We all love travelling to other countries, buthow much do we really learn about the places we visit? We enjoy nice vfrom our hotel room, we look up our guidebook and visit the popular tourist spots, then we return home with happy m and hundreds of photos! But what's itl to live and study in another country?

Gina and Rossi decided to spend a year in the USA as an exchange student. She knew the language would be difficult at first and she knew she would m her family and friends back home, but she wanted to experience the real America.

Gina stayed with a family in Mead, Colorado. "I didn't want to go to a c," she say. Mead is a fairly small town, so it was ideal for her. What was the first thing that she noticed in America? "Everything was bigger," she says. "The houses, the schools, the shops." Gina found school life d at first. You have to be quite independent and do almost everything on your own. And of course, everything was in English. But the teachers were excellent and the students were all really friendly. "They soonmade me feel at h," she says. Didi anything s her? "Iwas expecting the food to be terrible," she says. "But the family I stayed with enjoyed cooking, so in fact, it was really nice. In the summer, when the weather was hot, we had a lot of barbecues — I like those."

Gina now says that living in a place, rather thanvisiting as a tourist, is the only way to experience the culture of another country. And her a for others? "If you decided to go on an exchange, you should join in with everything to make the most of thee" Gina even joinedin as a cheer leader for a high school football game — but only once!

    Oral (口腔的) health is widely considered as one of the most important aspects of our over all health. However, the fear of the dentist is very common.
    A fear of the dentist is usually caused by negative past experiences. Perhaps you experienced pain, discomfort, or a general lack of empathy (共鸣) at a dentist office, and this has made you unwilling to see another dentist in the future. Some people are also afraid of the noises of the tools dentists use for teeth cleaning and exams, so thinking about these could bring about some fears, too. You may have been afraid of the dentist as a child. and these feelings stuck with you as you grew up. About 2.7 percent of men and 4.6 percent of women have dentophobia (牙医恐惧症).
    Aside from fears tied to past experiences, it's also possible to experience fear of a dentist because of worries you might have about your oral health. Perhaps you have a toothache or bleeding gums, or maybe you just haven't been to the dentist in several months or years and are afraid of receiving bad news.
    Fears over seeing the dentist are best solved by going to the dentist instead of avoiding it.
    Whether you're ready to face your fear completely or you re getting ready to see the dentist gradually, the following tips can help you stay calm during your appointment:
    ●See the dentist at a less busy time of day, such as the morning hours. There will be fewer people, but also fewer tools making noises that could cause your anxiety. Also, the later you see your dentist, the longer your anxiety will last.
Bring noise-canceling headphones or ear buds with music to help you relax.
    ●Ask a frend or a loved one to be with you during your appointment.
    ●Practice deep breathing to calm your nerves

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Dear David,

I'm glad to share my life with you.

Yours,

David