完形填空

　　I know my brother better than anyone else in the world．Since the moment of his birth, I’ve been part of his life．I had spent seven 　　1　　 years in the world with the attention of those around me．But when Rohan was born, life 　　2　　．Suddenly I had to 　　3　　 my toys and there were no more bedtime stories or my own choice of food．

　　Finally, I felt my 　　4　　 at my brother．The poor baby had no idea what had made me so unhappy．Maybe he found me strange, the only person in this home 　　5　　 did not like him．Whatever the reason was, he loved 　　6　　 me around．However, I seldom talked to him and 　　7　　 asked him to leave me alone．

　　Then all that changed．I hardly remember everything of that day six years ago, 　　8　　 I do remember that I was feeling very angry．Somehow my feet led me to my brother’s bed．My hand, completely 　　9　　 from my mind, reached through the bars(护栏)．At once, he reached his small hand and softly touched 　　10　　．And that was all I needed．Through all the unhappiness of the day, that one moment changed 　　11　　．How could I hate someone who made me feel so important? For the 　　12　　 time, I saw my brother, not through the eyes of a child who was no longer favoured(宠爱), but through the eyes of a 　　13　　．

　　To this day, I can’t imagine life 　　14　　 my brother．It is unbelievable how much I have 　　15　　 about life from a seven-year-old boy．Above all, Rohan has taught me that one should not care only for himself．

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　　It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night．The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful：blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea．

　　My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him．I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same．I’m so glad I did．

　　Being on the boat, we found there was something meters away．When moving nearer, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby．We couldn’t believe it－there aren’t any whales along the coast．The storm must have driven them there, where the sea water was so dirty that nothing could live in it．

　　The little baby whale－actually as big as our boat－was stuck and could not move．The mother went down into the water and came up suddenly, making big waves．“She’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, ” my father said．At this point, my father moved our boat to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently．With our several gentle pushes the baby whale turned over and disappeared under water．Then it swam up right beside its mum．They made great efforts to swim towards the deep sea but failed and started heading in the wrong direction．We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them to the sea．Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe－and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes．Once they hit their first part of clean water from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the deep sea．

　　In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half．That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day．Today, I still look back to that golden day at sea．