Emilyand Alex were happy when their family moved to a house with a very big garden. Theycould climb up trees, grow flowers and even play badminton. They liked to watchthe birds flying among the trees in the garden. They even started to put food outto attract（吸引）more birds.

    Everythingwas fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise ona window. Emily went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass. Its neckseemed to be broken.

    "Itmust have flown into the window," Alex said when his sister Emily called himto have a look. "Ah, yes, look here. You can see the mark where it hit thewindow. There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck(粘贴) on the window."

    "Poorthing!" Emily said.

    Duringthe next month, another five birds died in the same way. "Why would they flyto the windows?" they wondered. Finally they found out the truth. When thebirds were flying, they couldn't see into the rooms. All they saw was the reflection(反射) of the garden. They thought that they were flying into trees becausethey saw trees reflected by the window.

    "Somethinghas to be done to save the birds." the parents decided.

    At first,he family tried keeping curtains（窗帘）across the windows, but thismade the room dark. Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shapeof ahawk. They made six hawks—one for each window. They stuck the hawks to the windows. They lookedpretty and did not keep out much light. When the birds saw the hawks, they wouldfly away.

    Afterthat, there were no more dead birds. The family were much happier.

In 2004, Zhang Guimei saw a girl sitting silently on the side of a road on a cold morning, with a broken basket at her side.

Zhang, a local high school teacher, asked what was wrong. The girl told Zhang that she wanted to go to school, but her family was too poor to afford it. Zhang went to the 14-year-old girl's home and advised her parents to allow their daughter to continue schooling. However, they finally refused her. Unable to help, Zhang left. With the teenager always on her mind, Zhang was trying to work out how to help the local girls.

She came up with the idea of building a girls-only high school where students wouldn't have to pay anything. In 2007, Zhang attended an important meeting. She spoke, through media, to the public about her long-hidden dream. With the support from the local government and warm-hearted people, Huaping Girls' High School was opened in 2008. On the first day of the new school year, 100 students entered the school, most of whom were from mountainous areas. Since she started the school, Zhang Guimei has visited more than 1,600 families, traveled more than110,000 kilometers, and walked to many places to encourage parents to send their daughters to school for more than 15 years, so the girls could improve their education to change their lives.

Thanks to Zhang's efforts to help the students improve their studies, many of them were able to get offers from universities. Zhang Guimei worked silently for years, helping more than 1,800 girls in poor mountainous areas realize their dreams.

Different countries have different greeting customs（习俗）. Now let's read this article to know more about the greeting customs in different cultures.

A young prince had just recently become King. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} So he called all the wise men from his country and ordered them to look for books for him to read and learn from.

Five years passed quickly. The wise men returned with 5,000 books full of wisdom（智慧）. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} So he ordered the wise men to condense（简缩）the books and bring them back to him. Another five years passed. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Five more years passed. The wise men brought back 50 books but the king still felt there were too many books.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} The king took no interest in reading this book, and he didn't have time to learn from it. More problems broke out in his country—his enemies attacked and diseases affected（敌人攻击和疾病影响）his people. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Finally, the king was killed by a ruler in the neighbor country and his country was destroyed（毁灭）.

Waiting for wisdom to come to you is just a way of being lazy. Only if we set out to find wisdom can we make a difference.

A．During the next few years, the wise men worked hard to condense the 50 books into one book and show it to the king.

B．He did not have the wisdom to solve these problems.

C．To rule his country, he decided to learn all the wisdom of world.

D．The wise men brought 500 books, but the king still thought there were too many.

E．Seeing so many books, the king was so surprised that he didn't know how to start.

A. A simple "thank you" will be great, and you can sing a song for your parents and friends. I believe they will be happy when they see what you do.

B. Card games, hide-and-seek and musical chairs are interesting and popular with many people. You can play any of these games with your friends. Also, you can prepare a prize for the winner.

C. It's a good idea to ask some of your friends to help you clean the house. Don't always ask your parents to do that for you. After all, that is your own work.

D. Why not buy some snacks and drinks? You can also ask your mother to cook for you if she cooks very well. I believe your friends will love them and enjoy themselves.

E. You can invite all of your friends to come to your party. The more friends you invite, the more interesting your party will be.

F. There are many ways to do it. You can leave messages, call them or write to them. Don't forget to tell them when and where you will have the party.