I used to live in my own room alone. But one day it all changed when my brother Mike asked to share my 1 At first， my parents said "No." to him， but at last my mother agreed. I cried and asked my parents not to do this， 2 it didn't work.

    As soon as Mike entered my room， it began to become 3. To my anger， he often left his unwashed clothes and toys everywhere!

    One evening， I was doing some 4 on my computer while Mike was listening to music.  5 ， I left my seat to get some water. A big surprise was waiting for me when I 6. He was using my computer to play games. I had forgotten to save the homework. Sadly， he closed my program saving it.7. All I had done had disappeared! I 8 him. He cried a lot as my mother came and beat him. My mother also asked him to leave room at once.

Then I did my homework 9 . At 10：00pm， I finished it. When I was going to turn off the 10 I saw the photo of my 11 that he had put on my table. I looked at his lovely face and remembered how 12 he was when my mom beat him. I really felt 13 . I went to see what he was doing. I found he was 14 in my parents bed. I kissed his face. He woke up， got up and said， "I'm sorry. I won't bring you any more trouble."

I was so moved and said， "From now on， my room is not only mine. It is 15!" That very night， Mike and I shared not only the room， but the bed.

    Eric didn't know he was going to help a blue whale today. As soon as he finished his homework, Eric jumped onto his bicycle and rode off in the direction of the beach. While he was riding along, he thought about the blue whales. He hoped he would see them again today.

    After he got to the beach, Eric hid his bicycle behind a bush (灌木丛) so that no one could see it from the road. Then he ran down onto the sand. The sky was growing dark. Eric frowned (皱眉). If it rained, he wouldn't be able to see the blue whales because they would stay in deeper water. He hurried along the beach to the rocks. They were the best place to watch me blue whales because of their height. Before Eric reached the rocks, he felt a drop of water on his head. "Oh, no! Now the blue whales will stay in the deep water and l won't be able to watch them!"

    But just then he saw a large shape on the beach. It was a young blue whale! The whale had come too close to the shore and got stuck (被困) on the beach! At first the blue whale didn't move at all and Eric thought it was dead. Then he saw its tail move weakly. Eric turned and ran through the rain as fast as he could back to his bicycle. He had to get help to get the blue whale back in the water soon, or it would die and Eric couldn't let that happen…

    In the Chinese﹣speaking world, almost everyone knows about Jin Yong and his books. Jin Yong is the pen name of Louis Cha Leung﹣yung. He was the most important Chinese martial arts novelist. On Oct 30, he passed away at 94 years old in Hong Kong.

    During his lifetime, Jin Yong wrote 15 martial arts novels. Over 300 million copies of his books have been sold (卖) around the world. It's just as the well﹣known saying goes, "Wherever there are Chinese, you will find Jin Yong's novels".

    With his books, Jin Yong created an imaginary world called jianghu. In jianghu, there are many fighting heroes(侠) practicing martial arts. But Jin Yong also used some stories from history and traditional Chinese culture to make this world. His stories took place in different dynasties. He used Chinese poems in his books. This makes his books rich and colorful.

    However, more importantly, Jin Yong has shaped the values (价值观) of many Chinese people. The characters in Jin Yong's books fight for justice and righteousness. And his readers will always thank him for teaching them these values.

    Jin Yong touched people's hearts through more than just his books. All of his novels have been made into films, TV shows, comics or video games. Almost all of the adaptations (改编作品) have been big hits. Lots of actors and actresses became famous because of his works. His works are also popular overseas.

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Everybody knows that Edison is a famous scientist.But few people have 1 his kindness and tolerance(宽容)towards others.The following is a story about him.

After hundreds of experiments,Edison had at last 2 a working bulb(电 灯泡).It was the first electric light bulb that had ever been made,and Edison was full of 3 .He had dreamed of this moment for years."Take it upstairs,Jimmy,"he said, handing it to his helper. 4 ,there was a crash(巨响).Edison turned around and saw that his bulb had fallen to the ground and broken into pieces.Jimmy had let the bulb slip(滑落)through his 5 carelessly.

Edison said nothing,but everyone could imagine what his thoughts were.He went back to his work table and set to work once more to make another bulb.

A few days later,a new bulb was finally ready.It was 6 on the table in front of its maker.Then Edison,with a smile,handed the new bulb to Jimmy."Be 7 this time,"he said.He was giving the young man another 8 .Jimmy did not break it,so we have millions of bulbs in the world today.

As a saying goes,"Not the power to 9 ,but it's very opposite,the power to forget,is a necessary condition for our existence(存在)."Life is too short and no one is 10 .If we can forgive others,we will,have a better life.

Jeff was a poor farmer and he was short of money. His neighbours were rich and he was jealous(忌妒的) of them. Because of this, he didn't 1 his neighbours. Jeff had a vegetable field to 2 his family. As he grew old, he found it very 3 to work in the field as he had no bull toplow(犁) the field.

One day, Jeff was returning home from the 4 . On his way, he met an old man. Seeing Jeff, the old man said," What's the matter? You seem very sad."

Jeff said," Everyone around me has everything and is rich. If I had a bull, I could 5 plow the field."

The old man gave his bull to Jeff and said," This bull is yours now. Take it home. After reaching home, you must send one of your 6 to me."

Jeff felt surprised and asked," Why do you want to 7 my neighbour?"

The old man said he wanted to give the neighbour two bulls. Hearing this, Jeff was angry." He has everything. If you give two bulls to him, I won't even want this one," he said.

The old man laughed," Do you know what your 8 is? It's not poverty(贫穷) but jealousy. If you were 9 with what you have; you would probably become the happiest person in the world."

At that time, Jeff realized his problem. He 10 that he would never get jealous of others.