【推荐1】While Mary Beth Westward and her two daughters were on ______ last month, her husband Todd made an unexpected new ______, a wild ruffed grouse （松鸡）.

The small, feathered bird started ______ pecking （啄食）around the Westwards' backyard in April. However, when the girls ______ for their May trip, the bird — which the family lovingly named Walter — began ______ Todd all the time as he did yard work outside.

In the last few weeks, their friendship has only grown ______ . Walter has begun flying up to Todd and ______ on his shoulder, as well as appearing outside the Westwards' bedroom window, ______ its human companion.

In a recent ______ that has since got more than 1,000 likes online, Westward ______ Walter and Todd's adventures. "It's like a dog,"   she wrote. "It runs up to ______ Todd in the morning and when he comes home and then goes back up and sits on the porch and pretends to be our watch-bird." Westward described the pair's bond as "strange and ______ " but says it's been a lot of ______ to watch.

Westward adds that Todd and Walter's ______ didn't surprise her as her husband is ”very ______ ” with animals. Walter, however, hasn't taken the same ______ to Westward and her daughters. Westward says it will just sometimes ______ her and the girls.

According to the Pennsylvania Game Association, male ruffed grouse typically mate (交配)in the spring, with nesting usually ______ in late April. The “tame grouse phenomenon" —where grouse may ______ friendly and approach humans — often occurs in spring, around peak mating season. Some brings up the theory that the birds are likely defending their homes.

______ Walter, "Maybe it has a family we don't know about," Westward says.

【推荐2】The little cow Jenna and her twin brother were born on a North Carolina dairy farm in 2018. For some reason Jenna was _________ with being killed shortly after her birth. _________, the farmer’s 16-year-old son persuaded his dad to let him find a _________ for Jenna instead. When Jenna was just three days old, I drove from Williamsburg to Durham to _________ the little cow.

Jenna was so sweet and tiny that I was too _________ to stop during the ride home. Sure, she had a few _________ on the road, but nothing could change my mind to rescue this little cow.

I _________ Jenna three bottles a day for six months and spent many nights in the barn (畜棚) to make sure she never felt _________. She loved to circle and chase me at _________ time. Occasionally, she shook her head and __________ it onto my head — and felt bad as soon as she realized she __________ me. She had so much fun pretending our __________ was close to equal, even though she could __________ throw me across the yard if she wanted to.

I take her for walks around our city. The __________ people always stare at me with a cow in a bright pink coat. She is so much like a cute doggy — a dog who __________ so much.

【推荐1】On May 7, “eco-mermaid” Merle Liivand _________her own world record by swimming a full marathon’s distance with a single fin (鳍) in Biscayne Bay, Florida. When Merle Liivand was a child, she had health problems, and began swimming to help her lungs get _________ . In one training session, she nearly wound up swallowing some _________ that was floating in the sea.

That _________ made her think of all the sea animals who faced _________ pollution every day. She decided to work to make people more aware of plastic pollution. Inspired by sea creatures, she began swimming with a special single swimming fin _________ both of her feet. This single fin allows her to swim by _________both of her legs together. She believes swimming with it _________“a bigger message”.

Since 2019, she’s broken records, swimming vast distances—first in California, then in Florida, and this time swimming the _________ of a full marathon. Despite encountering challenges like jellyfish stings, she __________ , collecting trash along her route. Her dedication extends beyond records; it’s about community and global __________.

During her__________, a friend kayaked (划皮划艇) alongside, providing food and water and collecting the trash she __________ . By the end of her marathon, the kayak held three bags full of trash. Liivand’s actions aim to __________ a bigger goal: it’s not just about achievements, but about making a __________ impact on the world.

【推荐2】Garbage trucks pick up rubbish and take it to dumps. Over time, the piles of rubbish at the dumps get bigger. The dumps are getting full. Now, we know that some things people throw away can be________Recycling trucks come to many homes to________these recyclables.

Some people sort their________into two separate boxes. This is called two-stream recycling. One box________paper products, and one box holds plastic, glass, and metal materials. Other people use single-stream recycling. They do not sort their recyclables into________boxes.

The recycling trucks collect the recyclables that people throw away and________the materials to recycling centers. In some places, workers sort the materials by hand,________many places use workers as well as machines to sort the recyclables.

New technology has made recycling centers more________. Large machines with magnets（磁铁）sort metal materials. The magnets separate steel cans from aluminum cans. The cans are crushed and________to companies that reuse the metal, Other________crush paper and tie it together. Paper companies buy these things to make fresh paper.

Recycling is________for many reasons. If we recycle everything we can, garbage dumps will not fill up so________. Also, by recycling old materials, we will use________new materials. Recycling uses less energy than making________ products. Recycling saves fossil fuels and________pollution. This is good for our planet's health.

【推荐2】As a doctor at Duke University Hospital, I met Beth five years ago. Her husband had just driven her to the hospital to have a brain tumor (肿瘤) _______ . Beth’s surgery went _______ , but after several dozen days, preparing to go home, she started to complain of a _______ . It turned out brain swelling (肿胀), which was _______ to treat and required her to spend several more days in the _______ . Fortunately, she recovered well. The day she left, she was _______ .

A few weeks later, she _______ to the hospital with a cake she had baked for everyone who had _______ her while she was in hospital. But the next night, her brain swelling suddenly got worse. This time, she could no longer respond _______.    We took her in for emergency surgery.

Given how ________ the brain swelling was, I decided she needed to stay in hospital for close ________ during her treatment. As she was making progress, her husband was always at her ________ . One day, when getting her to ________ was a challenge, he remembered how much she liked chili (辣椒), so that the meal quickly became a(n) ________ .

However, it was not long before the unexpected happened. A flood ________ away the road he had to take to get to the hospital. That made it ________ for him to go to the hospital for a visit. So he called me. I promised him that I would ________ Beth every day and call him to let him know her ________ . To my delight, the ________ gave him great satisfaction. He expressed his ________ to me. But I thought it was something I needed to do and I was happy to give him some help.

【推荐3】In my late 20s, I was feeling lost. My friends suggested I do a six-month academy course to get my beauty ______, which would give me the qualification to set up my ow business.

It was exactly the ______ I needed.The only problem was that tuition fees were $56000, which was out of my ______. I knew that even working full-time, my salary wouldn't cover all the fees. I'd seen others set up crowdfunding pages to help them ______ their goals. So I did the same. Within a few days I'd received ______ of $300. I couldn't believe people were being so generous.

Then, one night, my phone pinged (响了). I ______ the notification(通知)and what I saw next ______ me. A stranger had made a very generous donation to ______ all of my remaining fees: $5,605. The name on the donation was one I ______ recognized: Chrissy Teigen, the TV host. I was always a fan of hers. I started screaming.

Chrissy had left a ______ alongside the donation: "I've seen this be your ______ for such a long time now. So excited to see you fulfil your dream!" I never ______ that she'd see my tweet or ______ it. I've never met Chrissy and have no idea why she decided to donate the money to me. The amount might have been a drop in the ocean or her, but twas ______ for me. I’ve now set up my own business and I always think about Chrisy's   ______Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to give her a facial.