B

    A crow (乌鸦) wants to drink, but he can't find water. He looks here and there. At last, he cries, "I can see a jar (罐子) and there is some water in it." He tries to get the water, but he can't. "How can I get the water?" he cries, "I can put my break (鸟嘴) quite close it." But still he cannot drink. "What can I do? I want to drink." He looks here and there, then he picks up a small stone (石头) in his break and carries it to the jar of water and drops it into the jar. "Soon the water will be high in the jar, and I can drink," says the crow. So he begins to do that until the water is high (高的) enough to drink.

B

    Last summer, Mac Hollan, a primary school teacher, was cycling to Alaska with two friends. On the way, his friends had to stop for a bicycle repair, but they encouraged Mac to ride on, and they would catch up with him soon.

    Mac began to cycle alone. A few minutes later, Mac heard quick and loud breathing behind him. "Man, that's a big dog!" he thought. But when he looked to the side, he saw immediately that it wasn't a dog at all, but a wolf, quickly catching up with him.

    Mac's heart jumped. He searched and took out his can of bear spray（防熊喷雾）. With one hand on the bars, he fired the spray at the wolf. A bright red cloud enveloped the animal. To Mac's relief（宽慰）, it fell back, shaking its head. A minute later, however, it was again by his side. It even attacked the back of Mac's bike, tearing open his tent bag. He fired at the wolf a second time, and again, it fell back, only to quickly restart the chase（追赶）.

    Mac was riding hard now. He waved and shouted at passing cars without slowing down.

    At that moment, Paul and Becky were driving their car on their way to Alaska. They found a dog-like animal running alongside a man on a bike. As they got closer, they realized that the "dog" was a wolf. Mac heard a large car behind him. He kept waving and shouting as the wolf was catching up closer. And the car did stop in front of him at the right time.

Today is my birthday. I'm 16 years old. I'm not a little boy running in the hallways(走廊) at school. I wanted to know who would 1 my birthday. I really wanted to have a birthday cake because I wanted to 2 .But I got up and found my 3 didn't do anything. My father was 4 a newspaper on the sofa. My mother went out to buy some things for lunch. I5 my computer and went online. There were just some people online. No one said 6 about my birthday. After thirty7 , my mum came back. She went into the8 and cooked. It seemed that the world forgot me and I wasn't9 at all. I said to myself, "You are 16 now. You're not a child. Forget your birthday."

But when I was doing my maths homework, my 10 came to me and asked, "What kind of cake do you want?"11 a surprise(惊喜)! At that time, I didn't know12 to say. I chose a chocolate cake in the end. I knew that the whole world may forget me,13 my mum wouldn't.

Also, when I went online in the evening, I talked to my friends. Many of them said happy birthday to14 . And my phone was full of text messages(短信)saying"Happy birthday".

It was a(n) 15 day after all!

When I was a student, life gave me a gift—happiness. One weekend, a car ran over me and hurt my 1 on my way home. 

Several days later, when I woke up in the 2 , I knew that I had to spend the rest of my life without arms. I felt 3 at that time. I was scared, but I knew that I had to face the fact. I couldn't get my arms back even if I4 every day. 

However, I got so much 5 from my family and friends. They made me become strong. From then on, I lived a（n） 6 life and enjoyed it. But in my daily life, I often see my classmates 7 little things: the bus comes late; they don't have mobile phones but others have, and so on. For me, I learned something important from the accident（意外）8 . We shouldn't pay too much attention to what we have 9 . We should think of what we have. Someone may say, "If I have a new car, I can 10 my life." But when you get the car, you will feel happy for a week and then feel unhappy because of other things. 

Happiness is about what we have! It comes from learning the importance of the things we have. 

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How I've Changed!

My life has changed a lot in the last few years.

……

Qi Haoran. a middle school student, was quito busy last winter vacation and not just with his homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates, made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clear Your Plate Campaign(光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food." Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven't got enough to eat? Please don't waste food." They would repeat such words hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasting food. CCTV has reported that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to food 200 million people for a year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous(慷慨的), Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food, because it seems that they haven't prepared(准备) enough food for their guests.

Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many restaurants. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives a sticker to the customers (消费者) who have eaten all that they ordered. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. Besides, more than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their customers to take leftovers home.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It'simportant that everyone should do their bit just like Qi,So did you finish your meals today?