【推荐1】Once upon a time, much of the world was populated by wolves. They ranged all over the United States and Canada, Siberia and much of mainland Europe, as well as Great Britain, and if humans hadn't come along, they would still be there _______. But man did come along, farmed the land, _______ the wolves , killing their livestock and so gradually drove them out of the homes that had once been theirs.

Wolves are not ______ in our language and our literature, however. In fairy stories, they are seen as evil and dangerous, always ______ to eat people. Remember the time when Little Red Riding Hood thinks that a wolf is her grandmother? 'What big teeth you've got, grandmother? ’she says, and the wolf, disguised as her grandmother, shouts back, “All the better to eat you with, my dear!’

If you really want to see what English-speaking humans think of the wolf, just look at the ______! ‘A wolf in sheep’s clothing’ is not a pleasant person and a ‘wolf-whistle’ is not a pleasant sound!

Yet wolves are totally unlike the image we have of them from legend and language. For a start, they don't ______ humans; indeed they do their best to keep out of our way. They are very sociable animals, living in packs and looking after their young with a fondness that should make some humans _______ themselves. Far from wolf music being _______ , the howl of the wolf--the cry of the whole pack—as the full moon rises is one of the most beautiful sounds in nature. They are beautiful creatures which can run at speeds of up to 65 kph if they have to. They can jump up and run up rock faces like a cat. And when they do ______ , their 42 large teeth are fearsomely effective.

But the ______ remains that we love the lion, the king of the jungle, while we demonise (妖魔化）the wolf, one of the most beautiful animals in the world. Only _______ do writers treat them nicely; _______ a she-wolf is supposed to have fed the twins Remus and Romulus, who went on to found the city of Rome.

And so, while man kills animals in their millions, often just for the fun of it, the wolf on the mountain, out in the wilderness, running over the Siberian wastes, represents a state of natural ________ that we do not know and can never obtain, even though we ______ it in our hearts. Perhaps that's why, in the end, we ______ the wolf so much一for having something we can never get our hands on.

【推荐2】It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard _________ a little dog going around his camp trying to _________ herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all _________, he had packed just enough for the whole _________. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a _________ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog _________ him again. He waved her away, _________ she might be stepped on by the runners. _________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race _________. That night the dog snuggled (依偎) up to Leonard and even managed to get food from him. By then, he was determined to __________ her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi __________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a __________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race __________ my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, __________ just focusing on winning,” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more __________, giving me a lot of pleasure.”

【推荐3】The life of the dog, Shelby, is a surprising story. The little dog went from living in garbage heaps (垃圾堆) to winning the hearts of moviegoers around the world.

Shelby was first found near Nashville two years ago when Megan Buhler, a Cheatham County Animal Control officer, was patrolling (巡逻) nearby. He saw the poor dog searching for something to eat in the garbage.

“There were lots of cars passing by — I mean, it was heavy traffic,” Buhler said. “She was so scared when crossing the road, and finally came up to me for help.”

Shelby was then taken to a local animal centre where she was _________ , without the worry for food. Most importantly, the workers here took _________ of her smiling face to improve the _________ of her being taken home by people. However, they never expected this would put Shelby on the _________.

At that time in Hollywood, filmmakers were _________ for a new movie called A Dog’s Way Home. They _________ to find a dog to play the leading role. So they asked Miller, a(n) _________ dog trainer who had trained dogs for years for help.

Miller _________ three dogs, but none of them stood out after some time of training. He then _________ the pictures of Shelby by accident from Cheatham County Animal Control and immediately became __________ to see it. It turned out that Shelby was __________ after three months of training.

Since the film was put on, Shelby has been __________ for the way she carried humour and brought much __________ to people.

Shelby is now taking a break in Tinsel Town. __________, she’s still winning hearts through her __________. She serves as a treatment dog in hospitals and special needs schools.

【推荐2】Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain_______so I decided I would leave the children in the car_______ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to _______ anything and told them I would be _______ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left _______happily looking out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had _______! I could hardly believe my _______. The car doors were _______ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat _______only two coats. Being ________, I ran to the corner of the street ________ there was no sign of them. I ________up to an old lady nearby and asked ________ she had seen two small girls but she said ''No''.

Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and ________ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I ________ a merry laugh ________ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and ________ were two very red-face and ________ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, ________ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. ________ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

【推荐3】When my daughter was born, she started screaming and crying as all babies do. But the next thing she did I will never _________ —she squeezed my _________and smiled. It was a _________ that instantly turned me to a one hundred twenty-five pound pile of mush. Babies _________ this world with more to teach us than we can ever teach them. They teach us _________, a new more beautiful kind of love, fear, self-control and happiness. The meaning of _________ is right there, in their smiles. They can’t talk very well. But they can smile, a beautiful _________ smile.

It might seem _________ to carry a smile all the time, but if I take a _________and just think “I’m happy.” Even when I am __________ overwhelmed with my school work, job and my family, __________ that, I can start to feel the corners of my __________ turn upward. Positive thinking can go a long way in helping to __________ my goal in life, so I smile more.

I remind myself of a ________ I was told by my mother. It was about two boys who were __________ put in a barn __________ a shovel (铲子) and told to shovel an enormous pile of horse manure. One boy was disgusted and didn’t want to do it. The other smiled and started shoveling like there was no tomorrow. The disgusted boy asked, “How can you be so __________? Isn’t this horrible?” The boy still smiling __________, “With all this horse poop there has to be a pony somewhere!”

As long as you can find anything __________ to turn something bad into something you can enjoy, you have started to __________ the true meaning of life.

【推荐2】Woody Davis had always been generous and kind. He never earned much money, but always ________ to everybody and aided others.

Folks in town are ________ for the good deeds he’s done over the last 50 years. Last year, they decided to try and return some of that ________. They started by cutting his firewood for winter. A couple of guys ________ his old and broken truck. Woody’s son, Clint Davis, said he didn’t know how much the community ________ his father until now. He said all the work his dad did for people has been ________ ten times and that anyone can’t buy the ________ that people have poured out for his dad.

Unfortunately, Woody’s days were ________. About a year ago, Woody contracted ALS (肌萎缩侧索硬化症). When CBS News ________ him in January, his health was declining rapidly. He was already ________ to lift and talk, but his spirit was completely ________. Woody told the reporter that he could hardly ________ all the help offered by local people. “I feel lucky that I am dying slowly,” Woody said. His words seemed ________. Woody explained that he was glad ________ he got to see how people felt about him and what he ________ meant to them before he died.

【推荐3】Communication with a Stranger

Last weekend I sat on the bus talking with excitement and so ready to spend time in New York City with one of my best friends from college．As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears，I almost didn't _________the elderly man sitting beside me．

Two hours passed and I was still absorbed in my own world．_________the elderly man asked me a question，a simple question_________the bus's Wi-Fi connection，which turned into a two- hour _________In fact，it directly _________my personal life．

We talked a lot about my dreams，my fears and my life．I _________ more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months．Maybe it had something to do with me just being _________ to let anyone I know close to me．I was_________that the stranger was not only so deeply interested in getting to know me，but also just as willing to _________ me to my greatest abilities．He listened carefully to every word I said and made some useful____________at times．Instead of politely ____________ his head when I mentioned my major，he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology，but not the one I was studying．He said that he knew I would face difficulties if I studied psychology and that he fully understood my ____________ for the failure．

This elderly man made me ____________ the plans that I had laid out for my life with just that simple statement．He helped me realize that my neatly ____________plan for the next five years of my life wasn't all that neat，but actually complex and filled with ____________．Most of all，he helped me ____________ the complex，not stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown．I ____________ a lot from talking with the elderly stranger．

A few days later，he emailed me，saying，"I think you're ____________ for great things 8no matter what you decide to do．" The email was filled with words of ____________．In a few hours a stranger showed me a sense of kindness that made me realize that life is sometimes ____________ but it is going to be okay．