In front of my daughter Sindu, was a bowl filled with cabbage．She hated cabbage．She only sat there in silence with tears 　　1　　 her eyes．

　　“Sindu, darling, why don't you 　　2　　 a little?Your mom will shout at me．”

　　Sindu wiped(擦)her 　　3　　 with the back of her hand．

　　“OK, Dad．I'll eat, just a little．”Then Sindu said,“Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me 　　4　　 I want?”

　　“Yes, within reason．”

　　　　5　　 she began to eat．It took her almost half an hour to finish the 　　6　　 Then she came up to me and said,“Dad, I want to have my head shaved(刮、剃)!”

　　“Sindu, why don't you 　　7　　 something else?If we see you with a clean-shaven head, we will be 　　8　　,”I said．

　　“But, Dad, you promised!Now, you are going back on your words．”

　　I had to 　　9　　 my promise．Sindu had all her hair cut off．She looked beautiful．

　　On Monday morning, I took her to school．　　10　　 when we arrived, a boy got out of a car, and shouted,“Sindu, please wait for me!”

　　Guess what?The boy had 　　11　　 hair either．

　　“Sir, your daughter is 　　12　　!”a man got out of the car and said．“That boy is my son, Harish．He has cancer．He lost his hair 　　13　　 he got ill．Sindu cut hers off so Harish felt less 　　14　　 She's a special girl．”

　　I stood for a while,“My little girl, you 　　15　　 me how selfless(无私的)real love is!”

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　　It was Sunday afternoon．My brother and I were alone at home．My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother．I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV．Suddenly the doorbell rang．Ding-Dong!My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 　　1　　 quickly．

　　A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside．He said that he came to sell books and asked politely 　　2　　 our parents were at home．

　　Without thinking, my brother said,“No．”Then the man asked if we would like to 　　3　　 some story books．I refused him．When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 　　4　　 and came into our house．He took out a 　　5　　 and ordered me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope．I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie 　　6　　 easily．The man then tied my hands up and locked 　　7　　 of us in the kitchen．Soon, he went upstairs to 　　8　　 money．I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 　　9　　 He then untied me．I rushed to the telephone to call the police, 　　10　　 the line was dead．The doors were all locked from the outside．It was lucky that the man 　　11　　 to lock the kitchen window．We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the 　　12　　 pay phone to call the police．

　　Soon 　　13　　 came to our house and the man was caught．By that time, my parents had come home．We told them the whole story．My parents were 　　14　　 that we were, lot hurt．They told me that I should stop my brother from 　　15　　 the door to strangers．I learnt a lesson on safety．

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　　I know my brother better than anyone else in the world．Since the moment of his birth, I've been part of his life．I had spent seven 　　1　　 years in the world with the attention of those around me．But when Rohan was born, life 　　2　　 Suddenly I had to 　　3　　 my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food．

　　Finally, I felt my 　　4　　 at my brother．The poor baby had no idea what had made me so unhappy．Maybe he found me strange, the only person in this house 　　5　　 did not like him．Whatever the reason was, he loved 　　6　　 me around．However, I seldom talked to him and 　　7　　 asked him to leave me alone．

　　Then all that changed．I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago, 　　8　　 I do remember that I was feeling very angry．Somehow my feet led me to my brother's bed．My hand, completely 　　9　　 from my mind, reached through the bars(护栏^)．At once, he reached his small hand and softly touched 　　10　　 And that was all I needed．Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed 　　11　　 How could I hate someone who made me feel so important?For the 　　12　　 time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favored(宠爱), but through the eyes of a 　　13　　 o this day, I can't imagine life 　　14　　 my brother．It is unbelievable how much I have 　　15　　 about life from a seven-year-old boy．Above all, Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself．

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　　Susan had long blonde hair and big blue eyes．So did most of the other 　　1　　 in her school class, which troubled her a lot．“I look like everyone else!I'm not special!I'm boring!”Susan 　　2　　 to her mother．

　　She decided to try to make herself look 　　3　　 She painted big pink spots on her neck and when she didn't get attention, she stuck a long plastic nose on top of her real nose．Nobody noticed that, 　　4　　 She took ink(墨水)and poured it all over her 　　5　　 She wore clown(小丑)clothes to school and stuck leaves in her ears．　　6　　 no matter what she did, she still didn't get any 　　7　　 and nobody thought she was special．

　　One morning her 　　8　　 went to wake her up and told her to get ready for school．She made Susan 　　9　　 the ink out of her hair and clean her neck．“I'm not going to school 　　10　　!I'm boring!”She buried(埋藏)her head 　　11　　 the quilt and cried．

　　“Susan,”her mother said,“you are different．You are unique(独一无二)and special．　　12　　 in the world looks just like you．Some people have blonde hair like you and some have blue eyes like you, but none of them has your smile or the twinkle in your eyes or your pink face．Nobody laughs like you, either．Now 　　13　　 and get ready for school．”

　　Susan went to school that day and looked at all the other kids in her class．“Mom was 　　14　　 Nobody looks just like me．”Susan smiled．“I am special．I am unique and I am not 　　15　　!”

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　　Mary was four years old．Her neighbour, Donald, owned a 　　1　　 company．One day Donald gave Mary a new toy．Mary played with it．She said,“This is fun!”A few weeks 　　2　　 Donald gave her another toy．She played with it and said,“I don't like this toy．It doesn't work．”She was a(an)　　3　　 little girl．Donald liked her honesty, and they became 　　4　　 For years Donald gave Mary new toys, and she gave him very good ideas 　　5　　 the toys．

　　　　6　　 Mary was thirteen years old, Donald showed her a new ball．The ball 　　7　　 a balloon inside it．Mary wanted to fill the balloon with water．She wanted to 　　8　　 the ball different colours．She wanted to put rice in it to make it noisy．The company made these 　　9　　 and sold thousands of the balls．

　　That Christmas, Donald gave Mary a 　　10　　 gift．He made her a vice(副的)president of the toy company．Her job was to see 　　11　　 the new toys were fun．She made ＄200,000 a year．She 　　12　　 for three hours a day at her job, and then she had to do her homework．Mary was 　　13　　, but she also spent time with her family．　　14　　 parents taught her that working hard and doing her best is very important．

　　Today Mary works at a college．She 　　15　　 students make decisions about their careers(生涯)．Today the little president with bright ideas helps students think about their future．

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　　The little boy entered the house, unhappy．His mother was 　　1　　 cakes in the kitchen．She smiled as she 　　2　　 but stopped when she saw his face．“Tyler, 　　3　　 happened?Is everything okay?”

　　“Nothing is okay, Mom,”said the boy,“Today, in our science lesson, Mrs Green was talking about the 　　4　　 She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying *．She wants us to think of something we can do to help．I thought all the way home, but there is 　　5　　 I can do to make a difference．”

　　“Let me tell you 　　6　　,”the mother said after thinking for a while．“One morning a man was walking down a beach, there he saw thousands of dying starfish * covering the beach, they were pushed up by the 　　7　　, and it was too far up for them to make their way back by 　　8　　 The man shook his head as he walked along, ' What a pity!So many starfish will die * on the beach．' The man felt very sorry 　　9　　 those starfish．He went on walking and just at that time he was 　　10　　 to find a boy in front who was throwing the starfish back into the sea as 　　11　　 as he could．' How silly you are!My 　　12　　, 'the man said, 'There are so many starfish, can you throw all of them back?' The boy didn't stop but kept throwing．' 　　13　　 I can't help them all, I can make a difference to this one, and this one, and this one．'said the boy．”

　　“Thinking for a moment, the man 　　14　　 to help return the starfish to their home．He smiled and said to himself,' Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the 　　15　　 person．' ”

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　　One day a poor boy, who was selling newspapers from door to door to pay for his schooling, found he had only ten pennies(便士)left, and he was hungry．He decided to ask for a 　　1　　 at the next house．However, he had another idea when a young 　　2　　 opened the door．

　　Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water．But as he looked 　　3　　, she brought him a large glass of 　　4　　．He drank it, and then asked,“How much do I owe(欠)you?”

　　“My mother teaches me that I should 　　5　　 get money for any kindness,”she replied,“so you don’t owe me 　　6　　．”

　　Many years later, the woman became seriously ill．Then she was sent to a famous 　　7　　 in London．

　　Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness．When he heard the name of the 　　8　　 which she came from, a strange light filled his eyes．

　　As soon as he walked 　　9　　 her room, he got to know her at once．

　　He did his best to 　　10　　 her．Then he gave special attention to her．After some time she got 　　11　　．

　　Dr Kelly asked for her final bill(账单)before she left hospital．He 　　12　　 it, then wrote something on it 　　13　　 it was sent to her．She was afraid to open it, for she believed it would 　　14　　 the rest of her life to pay for it all．But 　　15　　 she opened it, and read these words on it：Paid in full with one glass of milk．

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When Liu Kaiqu was young he was poor in Shanghai．One day he 　　1　　 a picture of a tiger and tried to sell it on the street．It caught the 　　2　　 of an American,who asked,“How much does it cost?”He said,“500 dollars．”The foreigner thought it was too 　　3　　 and asked again,“Can you make it cheaper?”He answered,“No,”Then he tore(撕)it to pieces．In great 　　4　　, the foreigner said,“Young man,are you angry?”“No,sir．I’m not angry．I sold it 　　5　　 500 dollars because I thought it was worth the 　　6　　．But you wanted a lower price．It means 　　7　　 didn’t think so and it is not good enough．I’ll go on working 　　8　　 until my customers(顾客)are satisfied．”At that time, 　　9　　Liu Kaiqu was not famous at all,he never 　　10　　 his dream．Now he is well-known all over the world as a great artist．

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　　Time flies so quickly!We become mature(成熟的)girls or boys, or at least we 　　1　　 we are．At the same time, our parents are no longer young．

　　They 　　2　　 all they have to us but never look forward to getting 　　3　　 back．When we are 01 in bed, they stay with us day and night．When we're hungry or cold or sad, they 　　4　　 offer help．

　　But what have we done for our parents?　　5　　 we grow up, we have our own ideas and we believe we are 　　6　　 enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care．　　7　　, we don't listen to them; sometimes even quarrel with them!

　　We must 　　8　　 something now, letting them know that we love them, too．Try our best to understand our parents, and not to make them feel hopeless．In a word, make it a duty to bring 　　9　　 to them because that's the sign that we are really mature．

　　Children are parents' 　　10　　 and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs．

　　The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to do!

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　　Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, one book was saved．But it was not a valuable book, so a 　　1　　 man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins．

　　The book 　　2　　 very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed．It was about the secret of the“Touchstone(试金石)”!The touchstone was a small pebble(鹅卵石)that could 　　3　　 any common metal into pure gold．The writing explained that it was 　　4　　 among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it．But the 　　5　　 was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were 　　6　　．

　　So the man sold his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the beach, and began 　　7　　 pebbles．He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw 　　8　　 down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times．So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea．He spent a whole day 　　9　　 this, but none of them was the touchstone．Yet he went on and on this way．Pick up a pebble．Cold－throw; it into the sea．Pick up 　　10　　 Cold－throw it into the sea．

　　The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months 　　11　　 years．One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm．He threw it into the sea 　　12　　 he realized what he had done．He had formed 　　13　　 a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he 　　14　　 threw it away．

　　So it is with chance．　　15　　 we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away．

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