【推荐1】Having recently changed my job, I moved from a house with a yard full of trees to a small apartment two miles away. I __ two loving cats. I brought them with me.

My cats were___ going outside to exercise,but in my new apartment, they were not afforded that___. For safety reasons, I decided to keep them___. Alley Cat was satisfied with just looking out the window. Stripes, on the other hand, didn’t___ being cooped up(关起来) and cried continuously at the door. It was___ for him to go outside because I had to walk down the stairs to let him out. After two days, I___ and opened the door. He walked around the tiny yard for a while and then came back.

The next time Stripes went out, he was___ for three days. I __ the neighborhood, calling out, “Stripes, come home.”

On the third day, I got a___. It was from the lady who had___ my house. She told me that Stripes was in her yard crying, probably___ me.

I jumped in the car and headed for my old house. Stripes was as___ to see me as I was to see him. He started rubbing ( 蹭) his head against my legs. The next day, the____thing happened again and again, Stripes made it clear that he___ to stay in my new apartment.

The new owners became____Stripes and even began feeding him. They offered to make Stripes a member of their family after I had tried many times to keep my cat and___. It was the perfect___, I' ve heard the expression," If you____something, let it go. “ Unwillingly, I did. __ I had visitation rights.

【推荐2】I can vividly remember watching the animal documentaries on PBS when I was growing up. There was something about the wild that was _________. In spite of my love of the society of lions nothing _________ me more than the speed and agility of an antelope.

In one documentary, the lions _________ their prey (猎物) of choice and with every piece of artistic talent the producer had he tried to indicate that it was all over for this _________ antelope. The lions were in _________ and the first female lion made a lunge (猛冲) for the _________ of the antelope. The antelope _________ in her current position and the lion must have miscalculated because she _________ her neck by centimeters. Without a second of _________ the antelope exploded with such force and __________ that the other lions drew back and __________ trying to play catch-up.

The lions were __________ than the antelope, and they were smart. When they got close enough to the antelope, they __________ one of their paws (爪子) to trip the __________ animal. Now I don’t know if this antelope had one of those rear-view cameras (后视镜) but every time a lion got close she would change direction, __________.

When pressure came from a different- __________ she changed direction. When she could feel the breath of her __________ on her neck she changed direction. She ran until they stopped running after her. This antelope had __________. She was running for her life.

If you feel __________ and things are not going the way they should, change __________. Be the antelope. Run for your life.

【推荐3】After watching a race, Carole and Verne King returned late at a stormy night to their hotel, where dogs are allowed. They discovered Katie, their 7-year-old border collie (牧羊犬), was _________. Apparently, she was probably frightened by the _________ and rushed nervously out.

Where would they find it in this town of 23,000 citizens, _________ by forests and fields? The couple spent the next 57 days _________ searching. “I go to bed every night feeling terrible.” Verne King said. “Will she be cold? Has she eaten anything today? We are in _________.” Carole King also started jogging and biking around the neighborhood, hoping her sweat would _________ to the dogs. They placed used T-shirts, Katie’s blanket and dog bowls in carefully _________ places. Even more, they put on night-vision glasses and stayed out in the cold for hours. But they didn’t see any _________.

By the second weekend, Carole was losing _________ and began to cry. But her husband __________ her to stay another week. Some of her new __________ encouraged her and helped her to search for it.

One morning, a resident called and said she looked out of the window and __________ Katie was in her backyard. Carol King __________ with a friend. When they arrived, a woman __________ to a dog under a nearby tree. It was a border collie. They started calling Katie’s name. The dog was __________, and recognized Carol. Katie ran at full speed and __________ herself into Carol King’s arms.

Carol King said “I cried, __________ her and holding her close to my arms. I can’t wait to put her in the car. ” Katie soon fell __________ in the front seat. She was tired and has __________ 15 pounds. They took her to the emergency vet, who was moved to tears when he learned Katie had __________ a lot and so many people had been trying to find her.

【推荐1】In spite of the weather or the distance, Paul Wilson will make sure low-income students in his neighbourhood arrive at their college classes on time.

A retired engineer, 76-year-old Wilson has been_________free rides to college students for the past eight years. Since he first started_________his car to the young people, Wilson has_________a surprising 64,000 miles, and has had many happy and often humorous_________with the students he transports to and from school. The students who he’s_________have become doctors, teachers and engineers, but what they’ve also got out of their time in school is finding a role model and a friend in Wilson. Some students_________call him “Grandpa”.

Wilson first worked as a driver through a student-support programme of the non-profit organization. Although the_________asks the members only to drive students to and from their classes, Wilson often goes_________to ensure the welfare (幸福) and safety of the students. If they have problems with registration, Wilson is there to_________them. If they run out of certain daily things, Wilson will drive to the nearest store and buy what’s needed. If a student gets hungry on the long drives to and from school, Wilson never__________to buy them a meal.

For many students, Wilson’s help is not only appreciated, it’s also__________for them to be able to complete their college education. Some students don’t have a reliable car, while others have to__________vehicles with parents who work six days a week. For them, riding with Wilson has__________them to complete their education — but according to Wilson, he benefits just as much, from the__________. “I just love driving and I love these kids,” Wilson said. “It’s such a special__________, to be a part of these kids’ lives, even just for a few hours, getting to know them and hearing their stories.”

【推荐3】Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

“Early on I decided not to allow the _________ of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began _________ piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my _________. Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the cause and by age twelve, I was _________ deaf. But my love for music never _________ me.”

“My _________ was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to “hear” music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can _________ the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my imagination. My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every _________ that I have.”

“I was _________to be assessed (评价) as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I __________ to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had done this before and some teachers __________ my admission. Based on my performance, I was finally admitted and __________ with the academy’s highest honours.”

“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I __________ and arranged a lot of musical compositions since few had been written specially for solo percussionists.”

“I have been a soloist for over ten years. Although the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t __________ that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be __________ by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place where you want to go.”

【推荐3】I’ve been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.

One morning I___________a lost lamb when I was in the top field，near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its mother, so I jumped out of the tractor to_________ it while Don stayed in his seat.

Lamb and mother_________, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so_________ because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out._______ Don had somehow made the vehicle move.

My heart froze in my chest as I saw the tractor heading towards the___________. I ran desperately but failed to___________. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The _________ thing I saw was Don’s face, looking calmly back at me.

Heart in mouth, I_________ the fence and looked over. The tractor was __________against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the__________road with fast-flowing traffic. I couldn’t see Don, but as I __________ the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently____________, and dashed back to me.

The police arrived and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my __________—— it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been awful. Don was given a special ____________ that night—I didn’t want him thinking I was angry with him.