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鸡产的，因此很偏爱它，捉的蟑螂也专喂给它吃。但日子一久，秘密揭穿了，原来那只唱鸡下蛋很少，而不叫的那只却一天一个，且蛋刚落地就一声不响地离开鸡窝，由那只唱鸡站在蛋边大喊大叫。 闲聊时和朋友谈及此事，他以为我的言外之意不在鸡，而是在论人。说到人，在我们中确实是有很多沉默寡言的人，他们牢牢蹲在自己的岗位上，夜以继日，埋头苦干，替国家创造了大量的物质财富，为人民做出一项又一项的优异成绩。他们像母鸡一样，吞的是粗糠老菜，产下的是蛋，而且往往一声不响。但也有一种人，嘴尖舌长，能说会道，自我吹嘘，滔滔不绝，像那只爱唱的母鸡一样，占着个鸡窝不下蛋。个别恶劣的还窃取别人的成果去报喜称功，一点不觉得惭愧。

出秋比冬为什么更好，也许因为那枝头的几片黄叶，或是那篱畔的几朵残花，在那些上边，是比较冬天更显示了生命，不然，是在那些上面，更使我忆起了生命吧，一只黄叶，一片残英，那在联系着过去与将来吧。它们将更使人凝视，更使人沉思，更使人怀想及希冀一些关于生活的事吧。这样，人曾感到了真实的存在。过去，现在，将来，世界是真实的，人生是真实的，一切都是真实的，所有的梦境，所有的幻想，都是无用的了，无用的事物都一幕幕地掣了过去，我们要向着人生静默，祈祷，来打算一些真实的事物了。 给了人更远的希望，向前的鞭策，意识到了生之实在的，而且给人以“沉着”的力量的，是这正在凋亡着的秋。我爱秋天，我对于这荒凉的秋天有如一位多年的朋友。

lengthen as the sun declines. " It is beautifully said; but, in my opinion, this continual comparing of notes interferes with the involuntary impression of things upon the mind, and hurts the sentiment. If you only hint what you feel in a kind of dumb show, it is insipid; if you have to explain it, it is making a toil of a pleasure. You cannot read the book of nature without being perpetually put to the trouble of translating it for the benefit of others. I am for this synthetical method on a journey in preference to the analytical. I am content to lay in a stock of ideas then, and to examine and anatomize them afterwards. I want to see my vague notions float like the down of the thistle before the breeze, and not to have them entangled in the briars and thorns of controversy. For once, I like to have it all my own way; and this is impossible unless you are alone, or in such company as I do not covet. I have no objection to argue a point with any one for twenty miles of measured road, but not for pleasure.

out how the world works, to seek what regularities there may be, to penetrate to the connections of things—from sub-nuclear particles, which may be the constituents of all matter, to living organisms, the human social community, and thence to the cosmos as a whole. Our intuition is by no means an infallible guide. Our perceptions may be distorted by training and prejudice or merely because of the limitations of our sense organs, which, of course, perceive directly but a small fraction of the phenomena of the world. Even so straightforward a question as whether in the absence of friction a pound of lead falls faster than a grain of fluff was answered incorrectly by Aristotle and almost everyone else before the time of Galileo. Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage—at the very least, the courage to question the conventional wisdom.

自然，只不过服从了自然，避免了一些可避免的困难，但没能除绝祸害。地震、飓风，以及类似的大骚动都提醒人们，宇宙还没有尽人自己的掌握。事实上，人类的苦难何止于天灾，还有人祸；何止于人祸，还有个人难以言状的不幸。尤其是个人不幸，即使在未来高度发达了的理想社会里，也会忠实地伴随着人生啊! 由此，自古而今的仁人志士都常怀忧国忧民之心。中国知识分子从屈原以来尽皆“哀民生之多艰”；中国之外的伯特兰-罗素也说过，三种单纯然而极其强烈的激情支配着他的一生。 他说，那是对爱情的渴望，对知识的寻求，对人类苦难痛彻肺腑的怜悯。他说，爱情和知识把他向上导往天堂，但怜悯又总是把他带回人间。痛苦的呼喊在他们中反响、回荡。因为无助于人类，他说他感到痛苦。

我家的。最初零零碎碎，中间成套成批。有的来自京沪，有的来自苏杭。最初，囊中羞涩，也曾交臂相失。中间也曾一掷百金，稍有豪气。总之，时历三十余年，我同他们，可称故旧。 十年浩劫，我自顾不暇，无心也无力顾及它们。但它们辗转多处，经受折磨、潮湿、践踏、撞破，终于还是回来了。失去了一些，我有些惋惜，但也不愿去寻觅它们，因为我失去的东西，比起它们，更多也更重要。

college students are engaged in their mobile phones all the time, such as surfing on social networking sites, reading e-books, etc. This obsession of cellphone arouses a heated discussion and its disadvantages can not be ignored. What do you think of this phenomenon? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: The Disadvantages of Cellphone Obsession

ogy in daily life, such as digital photos, digital computers, digital books, etc. Nearly everything can be simplified in an efficient and convenient way. Yet, with the growing dependence on digital technology, some people question the influence of digital age. Thus a debate over whether digital age is making people stupid or smarter arises. Whats your opinion? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: Digital Age Is Making People Stupid or Smarter?

most important elements of our society. While some people believe human beings benefit a lot from it, others complain about its negative effects. What is your opinion? Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic: The Major Advantages/Disadvantages of the Information Age

support your answer. Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic; Is Change Always Good?