When I was twelve years old, I went with my dad to his work — a car showroom. I was walking 1 carelessly and saw a poor woman with a child beside her standing outside the showroom. I saw that she was crying and went inside to tell my father. He went out and asked the woman to come into the 2. He offered her some water and then asked her what was wrong.

   The woman said that her 3 had died and she didn't have anyone else in her family who could help her. She did some manual (体力的) labor to earn some money to take care of her daughter but the child was 4 for the last three days and she was unable to go to work. Now she didn't have a grain of food to eat. While she was telling this story to my father, she was unable to control  her emotions (情绪) and started 5 again. My father and I were deeply moved by her story. 

    We got some food for her and her child. My father then took them to the nearest 6 for her child to be treated as she did not seem to be very well. On the way, we 7 her a 5kg-bag of wheat from the market. My father gave her some money before we left. The lady was so grateful.

    It is eight years later, but that event is still very  8 in my mind. My father's kindness to this woman moved me greatly and since then, I have 9 to try and walk a similar path and serve others. I'm happy to see so many other people in this world are also ready to help others when they meet people in 10. They have chosen to walk a service path also.

    A man came home from work late, tired and found his 5-year-old son1 for him at the door. “Daddy, may I ask you a question ?” “Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man. “Daddy2do you make each hour?” “If you must know, I make $20 an hour.” “ Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down, He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, may I please 3 $10?” the father was furious, “If you asked4 the money to buy a silly toy, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!” The little boy 5went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down. And started to think. Maybe there was 6he really needed to buy with that $10 and he didn't really ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and 7 the door." Are you8 son?" he asked. "no daddy," replied the boy. "I've been 9 maybe I was too hard 10you just now." said the man, "Here's the $10 you asked for." the little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, he 11 under his pillow and pulled out some coins. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. “Why do you want 12 money since you already have some?” the father shouted13“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” the little boy replied, “Daddy , I have $20 now. Can I buy 14hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like15 dinner with you.”

    I have a good mother. She has always made sure we eat very 1 . We live near the sea and have fish about four times a 2. We eat flesh fruit and vegetables every day. We don't eat too3sugar or fat. I'm not too heavy, so I never have to lose weight.

    I'm quite healthy. I don't often get cold, 4I had a bad cold and a high temperature last week. The reason was that I played football in the 5. I don't often have things6 the flu, either. Last winter, for air pollution, almost all my classmates cough. They have got a pain in their throats, but I didn't. I don't get these things7 I take a lot of exercise and I am very strong. Two years ago I broke my8while I was playing football and I couldn't move my arm for a month. But, 9my mother, I became well later. So as you can see from what I've said, I'm a lucky person because of my great mother. I will take good10 of my mother when I grow up.

    A poor young man named Liang lived in a small Chinese town. One night, an old man visited Liang in a dream. He gave Liang a brush.

    "Use this magic brush to help the 1." he said," but don't use it to help people who are rich and greedy (贪婪地), or the skill will leave your 2 and you will never paint again."

    When Liang3, he found the brush lying on the table by his bed. He painted a butterfly and was 4 to see it fly off the paper.

    Liang went out of his house and started to paint for the people in need. He painted food for 5 people and clothes for the people who were cold.

    However, a rich man heard about the brush and asked Liang to paint some gold for him but Liang didn't 6.

    "If you don't paint for me, I'll cut your fingers off," the rich man said, "Then you will never 7again."

    So Liang painted an island of 8 in the middle of a blue sea.

    "How will I 9the island?" asked the rich man. Liang painted a boat for the rich man, who got in it and went on his way toward the island.

    But when the rich man was halfway there, Liang painted a 10 in one side of the boat. The boat sank into the water and nobody ever saw him again.

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

    There was a tree in my garden. One day, two birds came to the tree and built a house for their1 newborn babies.

    One morning, I was getting up when I 2the sound of the little birds. I ran out of my bedroom and found two babies eating food on the ground in the 3I thought they dropped off their house, so I decided to help them get back to their house. At that time, the 4bird and the mother bird came back. They brought some food for the third baby. They put it on the ground. 5 their third baby. To get the food, she had to fly to it. Although she was6, she was afraid of getting out of the house to eat it.

    To my 7. her parents just stood there and did nothing.

    After about ten8 the third baby bird didn't have any other choice. She slowly went to the border(边缘)of the house and began to9, She flew down from the house. Finally, she landed safely on the ground and found the food soon.

These birds taught us a lesson: If we want our food, we will have to learn to fly on 10.