浙江省金华五中2023-2024学年九年级上学期第三次作业检...

Two and a half years ago, my son started to cry due to his bad grades at school. He was only nine years old at the time and had always been one of the1  students in his class. 2  he sat there at the table, so sad. 

He said that he wished he were a strong student and were able to 3 "Gymnasium", a very good school for the strongest students only, starting at the age of 12 or 13. I didn't really want to weaken him 4 telling that, "You may not be strong enough for this school. " With Bob Proctor's 5 in my ears "Make your kids see A grades". I said, "Yes, you can, if you really wish to. "

I was sitting in front of him and then6  started. And I explained to him all the action steps that would take to 7  a strong pupil. And his grades began to improve 8 . 

After a year, he had improved to be an average student already and so we9 . We enrolled him in a10  preparing him for the big exam for Gymnasium. 

Eventually, he11  the exam! His dream came true. For me, it is a miracle. I know that if I had told him at the ttime that he was12  weak of a sudent to be able to pass this test, he woud have just stayed a weak student. 

I want to 13  all the parents in the world to teach the secret to your children. Build them strong 14 ! You will also develop strong wings 15  flying with your child! Come on!

One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprising test. He gave the test papers to all the students and said: "Begin". The students were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot (点) in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students' face expression and told them, "I want you to write about what you see there. "

The students were still confused but got started with the test. At the end of the class, the professor took all the answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of the students. All of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position etc. . After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent. 

Professor begin to explain, "Don't worry. I am not going to give you grades for this but I just want you to think about something. Here everyone focused on the black dot and wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper. The same is with our life. The white paper represents our whole life and the black dot represents problems in our life.

"Our lives are a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate—our friends around us, the job that provides us our livelihood, the miracles we see every day.

"Still we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships etc. , but we never see that these problems are very small compared with everything we have in our life. "

Have you ever imagined being able to communicate with your pet at home and let them understand everything you say? It sounds too good to be true, but scientists have started using artificial intelligence(Al) to help communicate with animals. 

AI allows humans to use technology to watch and understand the sounds and signals(信号) animals use so we can try to speak back to them. 

Professor Karen Bakker said that AI is already helping humans communicate with bats (蝙蝠) and bees. This could change what we know about nature and our non-human relationships. 

Bakker said AI helped decode(解码) recordings of animals talking to one another. She said trying to communicate in their language could be better than to teach them to use human sign language. 

Bakker explained how scientist Yossi Yoyel had used recordings and Al to understand bats. "Bats argue over food; they communicate differently between genders(性别) they have their names, or 'signature calls', " 

She said. "But unlike human mothers raise their voices when talking to babies, mother bats lower the voice. "A computer can be trained to listen like a bat, but this can never be done with the human ear. 

With bees, the computer both listens and watches the bees' body movement to understand what they are communicating. "When bees 'speak' to one another, they use body movements, as well as the sounds, to communicate, " Bakker said. She said scientists now know how bees say things such as "hush（be quiet） or"stop". 

Scientist Tim Landgrafeven created a robot bee that entered a hive(蜂巢) and it was able to communicate to other bees when it wanted them to stop doing something or fly. 

So, are you looking forward to communicating with animals one day?

"Dad, "I say one day, "Let's take a trip. Why don't you fly and meet me?"

My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks. 

My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure. 

He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City. 

"What is our first stop?"asks my father.

"What time is it?"

"Still don't have a watch?"

Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite (花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy. 

"Unbelievable, " he says. "How was this done?"

A film in the information centre shows sculptor(雕塑家) Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son. 

We stare up and I ask myself, "Would I ever devote my life to anything?"

No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. 

    ▲    . 

The next day we're at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.

"Did you ever travel with your dad?"I ask,

"Only once, " he says. "I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other—but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave. "

That last sentence—it's probably the same thing I'd say about my father. And what I'd want my child to say about me.

In Glacier National Park, my father says, "I've never seen water so blue. "I have, in several places of the world. I can keep travelling, I realise-and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.

Weeks after our trip, I call my father. 

"The photos from the trip are wonderful, " he says. "We have got to take another trip like that sometime. "

I tell him I've decided to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.

Oxford University is one of the world's oldest and most famous universities in Britain. Do you know what the study (习惯) of the top students of Oxford University are?

Go to your lectures.

When I studied at Oxford, I went to almost every lecture. Lectures were FUN! I found so many speakers that (影响) my thinking and so many speakers who got me

 (兴奋的) about the topic. I remembered more things! And my mind changed a lot! 

Be an active student.

For my first year there, I said nothing and I didn't volunteer in discussions. As a result, I didn't understand much. Then in my s year, I got over myself and offered more of my own. I responded to others, asked questions and learnt from other wise people.

Create a perfect study place.

This is a very personal place and it needs to be somewhere you  (立刻) click into study mode. It might be your bedroom, a library or a local coffee shop. My perfect study ewas actually the Oxford English Faculty（院系）building. It was so 

 (寂静的). 

Study in small blocks.

When you plan your studying, the most important task is to make sure you are remembering the information you have a learned. You need to break your studying up into manageable blocks and (复习) what you've learned in each block. In this way, you can get more information and i your memory

A few months ago, my friend Henry and I planned to have a pizza at a restaurant in town. My dad kindly took us there in his car. "I can come and get you, " my dad said, "  don't call too late. "

After finishing the meal at the restaurant, I decided (call) my dad. I entered my PIN (个人识别码), the phone didn't accept it: I got a wrong message. I tried again, but the same thing happened. 

"This is strange, " I said. I tried  third time. Unluckily, the phone became locked. I couldn't use it. I was a little  (worry). 

"It's OK, Emily. You can use my phone, " said Henry. 

(amaze), the same thing happened to him. He tried three times, but the PIN was wrong and his phone became locked, too. I wondered  was wrong with our phones. Then I remembered something — we had the same type of phone. 

"You've got my phone and I've got  (you), " I said. "We exchanged our phones  accident!"

Luckily, we saw a classmate in the restaurant. He (lend) me his phone and I called my dad. So we got home (safe) in the end — but our phones were locked for three days!

Nowadays, WeChat has become the most popular way of communication in China. According to some people, there are many reasons for the popularity of WeChat. First of all, it is easy to use. You can start a conversation by tapping the Speak button. In addition, WeChat is a wonderful platform for people to share plenty of information. Also, using WeChat, you can have group chats, pay, play online games, send lucky money or find new friends nearby to talk to. 

On the other hand, some people argue that although WeChat benefits us a lot, it has some disadvantages. When using WeChat, people may forget time and some may even lose themselves in it, which may affect their study or work. At the same time, spending too much time on the screen does affect eye health which may cause trouble. Worse still, people may give away their personal information while using it, which may lead to crime(犯罪). 

As far as I know, everyone should use WeChat in a right way and shouldn' t spend too much time on it. It's very important for us to protect ourselves when we use it.

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