Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle's nest rested. The eagle's 1contained four large eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked the mountain, 2 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain 3 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 4 and care for the eagle's egg, so an old hen 5 to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.

    One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful 6 was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 7 . Soon, the eagle believed he was8more than a chicken. The eagle 9 his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked at the skies above and 10 a group of eagles soaring in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle cried, “I wish I could soar 11 those birds.” The chickens shouted with laughter, “You cannot soar like those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not 12 .”

    The eagle 13staring at his real family up above, 14that he could be with them high in the sky. Each time the eagle wanted to let his 15 be known, he was told it couldn't be done. That is 16 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 17 his dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken.18, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 19.

    You will become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream of becoming an eagle, 20 your dreams, not the words of a chicken.

    “So, how's your brother doing?” Such a common question nowadays. I 1 give long answers on what he was doing each day of the week, but now I just respond, “He's fine.” I've gotten 2of the question. While everyone wants to know how my brother is doing, no one 3 asks me how I'm doing.

    I lived with him for over seventeen years of my life, and for some reason, no one thinks it would be4 for me to let him go. But it is. He was the 5of my world. My entire life went around him. I wore what he wore. If it was fifty degree outside, and he wore shorts, I6wear shorts, too.

    I lived in my brother's 7_for over seventeen years. He was popular with everyone. Before, I thought that people liked me. But no. People liked my brother. They were8_to him, and I just happened to be there.9 now, away from him, I'm facing a world so much bigger than before. He used to 10_me from the brunt(冲击) of the adult stuff, and I walked11_him, only seeing the nice stuff.

    But now I can see 12_the world is really like. And I'm ready to13 it on my own. I may never be popular, but I can be friendly and make new friends. I'm ready to step out from his shadow and let my own shadow fall on the ground. Maybe they won't like me.14_, it's better than just being a copy of him. It's time to 15_ from behind his shadow. It's time to let the sun warm me up, instead of standing in my brother's cold shadow.

    I always wondered how people would react if I tried to approach a total stranger for help in a busy place like a street corner or a mall. I have always 1 a stranger who tried to catch my 2 in a busy place.

    Yesterday I was in a busy shopping mall buying a large piece of luggage because I just had the 3 to do it after many days of planning. After the 4, I picked up my phone from my pocket to call my driver waiting in the parking lot but my phone was 5.

    Then I requested the shop assistant who had 6 sold me the merchandise (which was not cheap), if she could ring my driver for me. She 7 that it was the shop policy that they cannot use 8 while working in the shop.

    After I got out of the shop onto the busy street, I 9 a young mother with her two kids to make the same 10. As soon as I said “Excuse me, madam!” she grabbed her kids and ran. I 11 a kidnapper（绑匪）.

    I stood there wondering how many times I had 12 to strangers like the young 13. I stood there in the 14 street with people rushing by, looking at their faces to see if there was a sign of 15 on their face.

    I saw a man pretty shabbily dressed compared to me who 16 to notice me. I just stopped him and made my request. He 17 called my driver and waited till my car came to make sure I was picked up, turned around 18 I could thank him adequately and was gone.

    I was 19 by kindness and hope I will do20 to strangers who try to catch my attention from now on.

    A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales meeting in Chicago. They had1to their wives that they would be home on Friday evening. In their2to catch the plane home, one of these salesmen accidentally kicked over a table which held a display of apples.

    Apples flew everywhere. Without3or looking back they almost all managed to reach the plane in time.

    ALL BUT ONE! He 4, took a deep breath and felt sympathy for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He 5 his friends to go on without him, asking one of them to call his wife when they6and explained his taking a later flight. Then he7 to the place where the apples were all over the floor.

The girl was8blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in9and at the same time helplessly groping (摸索) for her spilled apples 10 the crowd walked past her ,no one stopping or11her trouble.

    The salesman knelt on the floor with her, 12up the apples, put them back on the table and helped 13her display. As he did this he 14that many of them had become bruised (碰伤的).So he set these 15 in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl ,"Here please take this $40 for the 16 we did." "Are you okay?” She nodded through her tears.

    He continued, "I hope we didn't17your day too badly." As the salesman started to walk away, the confused blind girl called out to him "Mister..." He paused and 18to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

    He stopped and wondered. Then slowly he made his19to catch the later flight with that20 burning in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"

It was a cold February day. Dangwen and his wildlife monitoring team patrolled(巡逻)along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. That day, they {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (meet) 220 blue sheep and five white-lipped deer. Through the camera, they found a mother and two baby leopards(豹) — and the babies had grown much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (big) than three months earlier.

Dangwen comes from Yunta, a village located in Sanjiangyuan, Qinghai Province on the Tibetan Plateau. Sanjiangyuan serves as an important habitat {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  rich and unique species.

Dangwen is neither officially a researcher {#blank#}4{#/blank#} an activist. But he has taken upon himself the task of monitoring local wildlife with a team of other villagers, as part of a conservation project driven by the Shanshui Conservation Center, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Beijing-based non-governmental organization. When the organization brought up the idea of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (organize) villagers to watch over wildlife and protect their lands, Dangwen volunteered {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (immediate). Having grown up in the village, he knows very well the land, the river and the wildlife, and he is especially proud of the sacred mountains {#blank#}8{#/blank#} are around all of them. This is the fourth year that Yunta villagers have carried out this monitoring, patrolled the village to identify poachers(偷猎者), and managed rubbish {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (keep)the land and rivers clean.

Monitoring data shows that local wildlife {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (population), including snow leopards, are increasing.