Washing the Apples
Mrs. Smith has a shop in the town. There are all kinds of fruit in her shop. She's friendly to the customers and never fools① anyone. So the customers like to buy fruit in her shop, and she gets more and more money.
One day, the apples she sold were all fresh and nice. She remembered her son Steve liked them best, so she brought some home for her son. After lunch, she went out and left the apples on the table. That afternoon Steve came back from school, he felt very hungry. He looked for something to eat and found some apples on the table. "Great! They are my favorite. " he cried and ate a lot. Mrs. Smith got home after she closed her fruit shop. When she saw Steve, she asked him, "Did you have the apples?" Her son answered, "Yes. And I ate lots of them. " "Did you wash them?" Oh, I forgot. I was too hungry②. What should I do? "
A few minutes later, Mrs. Smith found her son kept on drinking water.
"Are you thirsty? Why are you drinking so much water?" asked the mother.
"No, Mom." answered the boy, "I want to wash the apples in my stomach with the water."
A river ran down from a mountain through many villages and forests. Then it (arrive) at a desert. "I went through so many (problem). I should have no trouble crossing the desert, she thought. As she started, she found herself disappearing (slow) into the sand. After many tries, she still failed.
this time, a deep voice said, "If a breeze(微风) can cross the desert, so can a river." It wasvoice of the desert. But the river answered, "That's because a breeze can fly, but I can't."
"That's because you can't give up you are. Let yourself evaporate(蒸发)into the breeze and you can cross the desert easily," said the desert.
"Give up what I am now? No! No!" the river (agree)with this idea." The breeze can carry the vapour (cross) the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a river again, "said the desert. "And whether you're a river or vapour, your nature(本性) never changes.
After (hear) this, the river didn't feel . (frighten). It went into the open arms of the breeze. It carried her to the next stage of her life.
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请你根据学习函数的经验,利用上述表格中所反映出的y与x之间的变化规律,对该函数的图象与性质进行探究.