Hi, everyone. I'm a little panda. You can call 1 Huanhuan. Today is May 7th. It is my birthday. I 2 a birthday cake. It's my 3 time to eat a birthday cake, because it's my first birthday. I'm one 4old. The cake is big and nice. I 5 it. I want to eat it every year, 6 I will not eat the whole (整个的) cake. I don't want to be 7. Look at the photo. I'm eating the cake. 8 is your birthday? Is it 9 May 7th too? What do you eat on your birthday? Do you 10 a birthday cake, too? Tell me, please.

    It was a Friday evening. I was waiting at the bus stop after school when a car stopped and the driver opened the door. It was my 1. “Quick, get in!” he told me. I was very 2, but I did as he said.

    At first, I was worried that something 3 happened. Then, I noticed my mother. She was also 4 the car and on the back seat. There were some bags of clothes and 5 food. My father was driving the car, but he was not driving 6. He was driving out of the town. “Where are we going?” I asked.

    It was a warm evening and lots of people were walking along the road. It was the 7 day of term. Did my parents have a big surprise for me? We were going somewhere special — 8 where? The next thing I can remember is falling 9. When I woke up, I saw the sea. We were at the beach. My father was smiling. “Here we are,” he said, “the summer holiday 10 now!”

    A successful businessman told a story in his speech. It was the story of a boy named Jim. He was twelve years old. People in his town always 1 him. As far as he could remember, nobody ever said a kind word to him in his life.

    One day while Jim was walking down the street, he saw a 2 fall from the bag of a little lady just in front of him. Jim ran to 3 her, picking up the wallet.

    "Thank you, dear. You are a nice little boy, "she said kindly, and went on her way after giving him a bright 4.

    Jim was amazed. These were the first kind words he had ever 5. He stood there. He knew that she was the busy little dressmaker who lived in a small house at the east end of the town.

    Later that day, Jim sat down by the 6 and did some thinking. Finally the boy pulled a piece of broken 7 from his pocket and looked at himself. He saw nothing but dirt. He got some water from the river and washed it carefully. Then he looked again. He 8 recognized (认出) himself. He was surprised. He stood straight and looked up. A feeling of self-respect awoke in his heart.

    After telling the story of Jim, the businessman kept 9 for a moment. And then he said, "Gentlemen, I was that boy…You never know what those 10 words meant to me…"

    Mary, a 22-year-old young woman, stands in the kitchen of Edsa Shangri-La Hotel in Manila，preparing a cake. It would seem to be1for a cook, but Mary is not normal. She has no hands.

    Her disability(残疾), however, only slows her down while working. Using other parts of her body, Mary can cut grapes and strawberries into pieces. "When I first saw Mary, I was worried she might hurt herself when using a knife, but that has never been a2,"says the boss of the hotel. "She does not get special treatment and works just as hard as the rest of the cooks."

    Mary has come a long way since the day in September 2002 when she and her uncle were attacked by two men, who were trying to force her family off their land. The 11-year-old girl passed out(晕倒) as she tried to3herself from the attack. After she came to her sense, she found her uncle dead and saw her arms broken. Later, the doctors did an operation. They saved her life but could not save her hands.

    In 2006, with the help of the family, Mary went to live at House with No Steps, a Manila rehabilitation(康复) and training centre for disabled people. She learned how to write and do housework there. And more4, she became used to her disability. She believed she could live a normal life although she was disabled. She thought she had something important to do in life because she was5alive after the terrible attack. After she finished high school, she took a two-year Hotel and Restaurant Management course because she had enjoyed cooking since she was a little girl.

    Mary didn't shy away from the attention when she was reported on television. "I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it's6to live a normal life," Mary says. "It is difficult to make a living, but I don't lose hope. I believe nothing is impossible if you dream and work hard."

The homeless hero

    For many, finding an unattended (unnoticed) wallet filled with ￡400 in cash would be a source (来源) of temptation (诱惑). But the urge (strong desire) would no doubt be greater if you were living on the streets with little food and money. AU of this makes the actions of the homeless Tom Smith even more remarkable.

    After spotting (noticing) a 1 on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down, he stood guard in the rain for about two hours waiting for the 2 to return.

    After hours in the cold and wet, he 3 inside and pulled the wallet out hoping to find some ID so he could contact the driver, only to discover it contained ￡400 in notes, with another ￡50 in spare change beside it.

    He then took the wallet to a nearby police station after 4 a note behind to let the owner know it was safe. When the car's owner John Anderson and his colleague Carol Lawrence returned to the car—which was itself worth ￡35,000—in Glasgow city center, they were shocked to find two policemen standing next to it. The policemen told them what Mr. Smith did and that the wallet was 5.

    The pair were later able to thank Mr. Smith for his kindness.

    Mr. Anderson said, "I couldn't believe that the guy never took a penny. To think he is sleeping on the streets tonight 6 he could have stolen the money and paid for a place to stay in. This guy has nothing and yet he didn't take the wallet for himself. He thought about others 7. It's unbelievable. It just proves there are honest guys out there.”

    Mr. Smith's act drew much of the public's attention He also won praise from social media users after Mr. Anderson posted about the act of kindness on Facebook.

    Now Mr Anderson has set up an online activity to 8 money for Mr. Smith and other homeless people in the area, which by yesterday had received ￡8,000. "I think the faith that everyone has shown 9 him has touched him. People have been approaching (coining near to) him in the street He's had job offers and all sorts,” Mr. Anderson commented.

    For Mr. Smith, this is a possible life—changing 10. The story once again tells us that one good turn deserves another.

    It was the golden season. I could see the 1 leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a season to achieve something, but for me, it is a(n) 2 season. I was 3 for the mid-term exam, and so many unhappy things made me so tired. So I decided to have a walk along the road in the park.

    "Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me4 ", I thought when the sound of a guitar came into my ears, like a bird singing beautifully. A young girl, sitting on the grass, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, 5 when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so wonderful that I listened quietly.

    Lost in the music, I did not 6 that I had listened to it for so long. But I did not seem to trouble her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the grassland, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only 7 and I was the only listener. During the rest of the days in the season, life became 8 and I could go over the lessons carefully.

    Autumn was 9 over. One day, when I was listening, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.

    "You 10 like the music," she said.

    "Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.

    Suddenly, a 11 expression appeared on her face.

    "I came here just to have a rest because I 12 in an important exam. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that 13me," she said, "and I have to go tomorrow."

    "In fact, it was your playing that gave me a 14 autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass my exams." I answered, "I think it was God who gave us the 15 to know each other and we should be good friends."

    She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn.