Long long ago, there was a swan（天鹅）with golden feathers（金羽毛）.She lived in a lake.

    A woman lived in a small house1the lake with her two daughters. They were very poor. They worked hard all year round,2 still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn't have enough 3to buy food.

    The swan was 4to see that. She said to herself, “I'll give one of my5 to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money selling my feathers.” That evening, she6to the poor woman's house and left a golden feather on the table without saying7.From then on, the swam came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much8than before.

    But day after day, the woman became greedy（贪婪）.She said to her 9”The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all10feathers when she comes next time.” “Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will 11the swan. She helps us a lot !”But the mother wouldn't listen. When the 12came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers .But suddenly, the golden feathers 13chicken feathers.

    Then ,the Golden Swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to 14 you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will 15come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan flew away.

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!

One day,Jack drove his new car very happily down a street. Suddenly from his car came a terrible sound. He felt1 ,so he stopped his car and looked around. A child2 beside his car with a few stones in his hand. He jumped out of the car and found a dent(凹痕) in the door. He was so angry that he caught3 child and shouted at him,"Who are you? Why did you hit my new car4 a stone?"

"Please , sir , please ... I am sorry! But I didn't know 5 else to do," said the child. "I threw the stone because I wanted you6 me. I need your help!" Tears ran down the7 face. He said,"My brother fell out of his wheelchair and was almost under it. He is hurt but I can do nothing8 he is too heavy for me. Could you give me a hand to get him back into his wheelchair?"

After hearing this,Jack hurried to help. He lifted(抬起)the child's brother gently back into his wheelchair. He looked over the boy9 to make sure that he was OK. Then he watched the child push his brother towards10 home. Suddenly the child turned around and bowed(鞠躬) to Jack. Jack felt pleased and excited. He looked at the dent in his car and smiled.

Recently, Huang Guoping's story has touched a large number of people in China. Born in a mountain village, Huang Guoping lived 1 poor life. It was usual for him to walk without shoes in summer and wear ragged (破旧的) clothes in winter.

When he went to school, his family couldn't 2 his schooling. What's worse, his mother left home when he was 12. He had to make money 3 raising baby pigs, catching eels (鳝鱼) at night and fishing on weekends. At that time, doing homework and reading books were 4 happiest part of the evening.

After going to high school, he got support from kind-hearted people, especially his teachers. However, his father died in a traffic accident when he was 17. And in the same year, his only remaining family 5 , his grandmother, passed away.

Huang Guoping didn't know 6 to give up. From the middle school in the mountains to Southwest University in Chongqing, and finally to University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, he could keep on 7 he followed his heart.

"I hope I can keep a(n) 8 heart after years of fighting than before. I hope I have the chance to discover the world again and live up to what I 9 through in my life. And I will feel it is worth if I can do something 10 someone else's life better," he said.