浙江省舟山市定海二中教育集团2022-2023学年九年级上学...

Hadley rushed off the bus and headed to the Senior Center, looking back several times to make sure no one saw her. She1spending her afternoons with her great uncle and the others at the old people's home.2she didn't think her friends would understand.

"Good afternoon, Hadley" Mr. Matthews said, greeting her at the door. "If you keep coming here to bring us3interesting, we're going to have to pay you a lot of money. "He laughed at his joke and held the door open for her.

"It's just as much fun for me as it is for the others, "Hadley said. She walked to the community room and opened her4. Her purple long dress was inside. But how else would she bring her costumes（戏服）here to act for the elderly？

"What show are you putting on for5today, Hadley?" her great uncle Albert asked.

She smiled at him and6 the dress. "Rapunzel. Isn't this dress pretty?"

"Very."

Hearing the sound of her best friend Tyler's voice, Hadley felt7Even though they'd grown up together and were next-door neighbors, Hadley had managed to keep her performances at the old people's home a 8.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him.

"I was just going to ask you the same thing. I followed you9the bus. "

"I didn't see you on the bus. I thought you had baseball after school. "Hadley cried, not sure she was ready to tell Tyler 10 she'd been doing. No one knew she wanted to be an actress when she grew up.

"My coach put off the training because his back hurt badly."

"Oh. Well, I was just here to11Uncle Albert. "

Uncle Albert raised his head. "I thought you were acting Rapunzel for us."

"Rapunzel? Are you putting on shows?" Tyler asked.

Hadley put the long dress back in her bag12. She thought certainly Tyler was into ball game, and he13understand her love of acting.

"Do you need help?"

"What?" Hadley's eyes widened.

Tyler shrugged (耸肩). "I've14acted before, but it could be fun. And I think you might be in movies some day if you keep 15. That's really cool. "

Tyler looked around. "Got a costume for me?" Hadley smiled. "I think we can find you one."

The magazine Teens has a little test for young students each week. Here is Frank's completed test this week.

Halloween is just around the corner. People in the West celebrate it on October 31 every year. Children usually go trick-or-treating. They usually knock on their neighbors' doors and ask for candy.

But because of COVID-19, many cities have advised people not to go trick-or-treating this year. As health experts said, the virus spreads more easily when people have close touch with each other.

But this won't smash the fans' Halloween spirit. For example, Elizabeth Lusty from London came up with an idea for her two children. She and her neighbors will put boxes of candy on their front yards. Then they'll plan a safe route so that children can take the candy without coming into touch with others.

Andrew Beattie from the US also got creative. He and his 6-year-old daughter made a contact-free candy chute (滑道). It stretched (延伸) from the family's front door to the sidewalk. They can send candy down the chute to trick-or-treaters outside. The idea became popular online and many people are doing the same.

"This is something that the kids will enjoy and not think of it as 'I'm doing this to prevent disease'." Beattie told CNN. "They are doing it to have a good time, and we need that now more than ever."

How cool would it be to have a flying robot? What's the first thing you would do with it? Maybe send it into war or use it to watch your neighbors secretly? Well this is not just a fantasy anymore. Drones are emote-controlled flying robots, and they are getting more popular every day. But is this a good thing for society?

The popularity of drones has increased in recent years as technology has improved and got cheaper. A civil (民用的) drone with a high-quality camera and four helicopter propellers now sells online for just a few hundred US dollars. Drones are r e aly useful for making videos because their cameras can be connected directly to phones or computers. Nowadays, anyone can get professional-looking fly-by pictures from different places.

But could this cause problems? Because drones aren't so expensive it means that anyone can send a robot flying around the neighborhood. People might be surprised to find a camera flying outside their window. This should be a terrible worry for people who care about their privacy.

Many governments also spend a lot of money on drones, but for very different reasons. The United States uses military (军事) drones for wars. Its most powerful drones, however, are predator drones, which can fly higher than 15. 000 meters at over 300 kilometers per hour. And no, they don't just take pretty videos, A predator drone can hold 360 kilograms of bombs (炸弹), enough to completely break down an enemy camp. The man controlling the drone sits safely away from the action, so it's impossible to know for sure who is getting killed. Common people might be in danger.

Drones are new-born inventions with a new technology. People are still discovering their possible uses, and maybe someday you'll come up with a new cool way to use your own remote-controlled robot.

If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 to a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn't see a train until he was 12 years old. In his teens, he had to get up at 4 am every day to milk the cows in his family.

When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother encouraged him, "Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good looks?"

Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate (辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was very upset. Ha said later that he thought of killing himself after so many failures.

But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work paid off at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech contest and became widely known.

The young man made his own words come true, "Believe that you will succeed, and you will". In order to share his success, Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers include How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road.

Do you have pounds to lose, but don't have a plan to, lose weight? To get started on your journey to lose weight, Mascha Davis, a (国家的，民族的) spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutritionand Dietetics,

Gave several(建议). He told people to pay (关注)to three areas of your lifestyle; food, exercise and sleep.

As for eating habits, you might start eating more vegetables and drinking more water. Being more physically (活跃的，积极的)might simply mean getting up every hour if you have a desk job, taking the stairs instead of the lift and (停)your car farther from your office.

Going to the gym every week is helpful, but don't expect it to burn off the calories(卡路里)from those morning bread.  (常规的) speaking, after eating high-calorie foods, people are (需要，需求)to take a lot of exercise, just thinking of walking fast for (几乎) two hours to burn off a 500-calorie piece of cake．That's why eating habits are more important than exercise for weight loss.

Since sleep (影响)the feeling of hunger and fullness, not getting enough sleep is another big thing that can break your plan. "Sleep is necessary, "Davis said. "YOU need to avoid staying up late and having to get up early. "

If you're not (生气勃勃的)but always tired and drinking coffee all day, you may need to make some changes.

Are you popular? Do all the students and teachers in your school like you and know your name? For some of you, that may be true. Some students are much (popular). You may wonder makes them attractive and lovely to almost everyone.

We have a word for that in English: Charisma (个人魅力), an attractive, lovely and strong power. People are born  it. But lo be successful you need more than just charisma. You need more than just popularity.  (be) successful in life, you have to be (friend) to others. You have to behonest and hard-working person. These are the things we all should try (have) they are the things we are all able to do.

In school we may wish that we were the most popular students. We may wish that everyone liked us and everyone knew(we) names. But it's not something we should worry too much about. Being popular is nice, but(remember) life isn't a popularity contest. Honesty and hard work will be the keys to(succeed).

As we all know, taking notes in class is re ally important. In fact, we can be better prepared for exams with good note-taking. It is the key to remembering, reviewing and studying class material. It was found out to work quite well.

The Cornell method was invented in the 1 940s by Walter Pauk, a summary teacher at Cornell University. It helps his students take and organize their notes in class. What's more, it makes reviewing easier after class.

The Cornell method requires very little preparation. First, divide a page in a notebook into four parts. Then write down the title on the top of the page. Now we can take down all the notes in class into the Note-taking Column. Next, write down cues(提示)like key questions and words on the left. Finally,

summarize (概括)the main ideas of the lesson on the bottom.

Try to answer the questions in the Cue Column by covering the Note-taking Column. It will help review the lesson better.

请结合第一节内容，回答下面一个问题。（约20词）

What do you think of the Cornel method? Why?

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