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     David Rockefeller died in his sleep at his New York home on March 20, 2017. According to Forbes, he was 101, the 1 billionaire on 2017 world's richest list.

     The Rockefeller family is an American industrial and banking family. It was one of the world's largest fortunes in the oil business during the early 20th century. They are one of the most 2 families in the history of the United States.

     David Rockefeller, the grandson of America's first billionaire John D. Rockefeller, was born in New York City on June 12, 1915. He  3his studies of Science from Harvard University in 1936, and then furthered his education in the University of Chicago, where he received a Ph.D. in economics in 1940.

     He 4 in North Africa and France in military intelligence during World War II. After returning to the United States, Rockefeller began a great 5 in banking. During the 1970s Rockefeller was chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank and helped solve New York City's financial problems in the middle of the 1970s.

     By the time he retired in 1981, David Rockefeller was 6 as 'RULER OF THE WORLD' in banking, education, foreign relations and public service. He developed good 7 with world leaders, 8 South African President Nelson Mandela and China's Deng Xiaoping.

     David Rockefeller, along with The Rockefeller family, developed close generational ties with China over the past 100 years. His life witnessed (见证) the century-long connection with China. The Rockefeller foundation (基金会) put money in China's science, medicine, and higher education. They bought the Union Medical School and renamed it the "Peking Union Medical College." The foundation 9 a first-class school of medicine in China. They also introduced the US Johns Hopkins model to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院) which remains one of the 10 hospitals in China today.

    One day a small boy was walking along the street in London. His name was Tom. It was a cold winter day in 1900.1he could have no breakfast 2lunch. He wanted to buy bread, but he didn't3any money.

    His father4when he was very young. His mother was often very ill, so she could not5Tom and his brother, Mike.6had to work to help their 7 mother.

    He was small but his dream was very big. His wish was8 a great man in the world of film. So he worked very hard9 singing and dancing. Then,a man came to him and asked,"10 for my film?" "Cetrainly." He answered. And he did his11 in it. Many people asid,"We have never seen 12interesting film."

    Thirty years 13 ,this same boy was 14 the most famous people in the world. He made many good films. A lot of people liked 15 .

    A woman was waiting for her plane at an airport.

    She bought a bag of cookies, found a place to1and took out her 2. She started to read and 3noticed that a man, sitting beside her, took a cookie4her bag. She just 5not to see this. So she ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless thief（小偷）was stealing6cookies. She thought to herself, "If I wasn't such a（n）7 person, I would hit him in the eye. "

    8only one cookie was left, she looked with interest and9what he would do. He smiled, took the10cookie and broke it in half. She thought, "This guy is so impolite. He didn't even show any11!"

    After her flight was called, the woman12 her baggage（行李）and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the 13, and started to look for her book, which was almost complete. As she reached her baggage, she gasped（喘气）with 14, as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, "If my cookie bag is here, the other one was his and he just tried to15." She realized that she was the impolite one, but it was too late to say sorry to him.

    This is a touching moment when a giraffe gave a sad goodbye to a dying worker. The 1 spent his whole life cleaning the giraffes' home at a Dutch 2. The 54-year-old worker had a cancer (癌症). He asked to put his hospital 3 in the giraffes' home at the zoo. In a touching moment, one of the giraffes went to the man and 4 him a kiss goodbye.

    Mario has 5  in the zoo for over thirty years. He asked for a moment to say goodbye to his workmates and the animals at the zoo. He had no 6 and he lived alone. A charity group helped to send Mario back to the zoo. They usually help 7 persons finish their dying wishes.

    "It was very nice that we could do 8  to help his last wish come true," Mr Veldboer said. "It was a very special moment. The giraffe came with 9 eyes. He looked at Mario for some time, and kissed him 10. You saw him smiling."