【推荐1】One summer day, Bella, our pet dog was in the bushes in our backyard making all sorts of noises. Our 11-year-old daughter, Kaitlin, discovered her sniffing and pawing at a _________, where several caterpillars (毛毛虫) chewed away.

My husband and I quite worried that our backyard — _________ hangout of birds, squirrels, and neighborhood cats — wasn’t the safest environment for _________ caterpillars. So we got a butterfly house where the caterpillars could _________ transform.

Each day, when we took the butterfly house to the backyard, Bella _________ with it. Each night, when we brought it back inside, Bella _________, and then slept under the table on which it rested. We don’t know why Bella was so _________, but she was there for every step of the budding butterflies’ _________.

Finally, the caterpillars turned into beautiful queen butterflies. _________, Bella didn’t seem worried when Kaitlin __________ them. In fact, Bella seemed to understand that this was part of the __________. It wasn’t until one last butterfly wouldn’t fly away that Bella expressed __________. She gently rested her head near the __________ flier, which crawled onto her nose. Bella lifted her head, pointed her nose, and let out one of those breathy dog of __________. Away the queen butterfly flew, moving its wings lightly up and down, seemingly needing a little __________ from a friend to begin her migration.

【推荐2】An elephant was rescued in southern India after falling into a well in the village of Dharmapuri. It took more than 12 hours, but the elephant has been _________ finally.

The elephant came from a _________ forest. The well in the village was hidden by bushes. And there were even no barriers _________ around it.

People from the village _________ told the local officials when they saw the trapped elephant. They dropped some banana _________ down the well for the elephant to eat, as rescuers worked throughout the whole night to free it.

The officials brought in a crane (吊车) to _________ the elephant out. As the crane lifted the elephant to safety, it was fastened by some belts and _________ upside down. Doctors helped rescuers sedate (给……服镇静剂) the elephant when it _________ pipes they were using to pump water out of the well. After the rescue, the elephant was monitored by the _________ government for about three hours. It was found to be __________ and active in the end.

The people in the village have some __________ saving trapped elephants because two other elephants have fallen down wells before. And the uncovered wells there have already __________ a threat to the elephants.

The elephants need more __________ land to survive as they need to walk around to look for food and water. Open wells in their migratory routes (迁移路线) are huge __________ for them. What we must do is to cover the wells or set a barrier around them so as to __________ these elephants.

【推荐1】As employees’ attitudes toward work change, new forms of employment are appearing. Workers want flexibility in where, when and how they are employed. Many people, ________ the young, choose to leave the traditional job market to look for more ________ employment chances. Change of career paths brings both challenges and _____.

Young people nowadays grow up in a more open-minded network society with more ________ flooding in. As a result, they have greater ________ to make their own decisions. Countless young people ________ to change their career paths on impulse (冲动).

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Tang Xue, 24, gave up her job six months ago to buy a ________ in Anji county, Zhejiang.

“I believe it is important to do things on impulse sometimes, as I did earlier this year. I chose to ________ my own destiny (命运) without worrying about becoming trapped in a ________ job which is not worth doing,” said Tang, who worked for short-video platforms after graduating from a university.

Tang saw a farm in Jinhua, Zhejiang, advertised online, and was ________ by prospect (前景) of working in the open air, ________ stressful city life, making new friends, and finding the ideal lifestyle.

“I thought that changing the course of my life might be a ________, but I was willing to take it. It is never too late to restart my career, as I am a smart person with excellent ________.” said Tang, who worked at the farm in Jinhua for a few months before buying her own in Anji earlier this year.

To realize her dream of buying a farm, she took an online ________ course on farming operations. She plans to run the farm as a “shared vegetable field” project, with customers ordering the ________ she grows.

【推荐2】Too much screen time is something we usually associate with children. We think of little kids watching hours of CoComelon on iPads, or teens who would rather be _______ in video games or YouTube than talk about their day.

But there is another group of people that are having trouble with _______ their devices: baby boomers, who were born after the Second World War. Smartphones came into their lives _______, but they were quickly won over. Now some of their children say they are addicted, _______ at their screens constantly, even when they should be paying _______ to their own grandchildren. In general, two-thirds of boomers own a smartphone and about 6 in 10 are _______ social media, according to a 2019 Pew Research Center survey.

We asked more than 100 millennials (千禧一代) and Gen Xers about their parents’ phone habits. Around half said their parents are good at not being on their phones too much — normally _______ they are not good at the tech or are still using flip phones. The rest, however, are absorbed in their _______. They are playing Words with Friends, Candy Crush and card games, often with the volume turned _______. They are looking at the news, checking sports scores, scrolling Facebook and texting.

The phone is also a tool for grandparents to ________ with people in their lives. Many people we spoke to said their parents enjoy reading things out loud from their phones, telling families or anyone ________ about the weather, the headlines or viral stories that may or may not be true.

Everyone is ________ with looking at their phones too much. It is ________ that grandparents picked up some of their habits from their children and grandchildren. “The somewhat embarrassing reality is that they’re much better at not being ________ by their devices than my partner and I are,” says Lucas Mitchell, a dad of two from Vancouver. His parents use their iPhone and iPad ________ but are good at focusing on the family.

【推荐3】Until recently in the developed world, most married couples adopted traditional roles, with the husband working outside the home and the wife taking care of the children and the house. Although many families still follow this_______ , those roles have become less _______ . A number of factors have contributed to this change. _______, perhaps as a consequence of feminism (女权运动), people have begun to _______ that one’s _______ should not determine one’s role. As a _______, people feel they have “_______” to decide what they want to do in life. It’s no longer _______ for men to want to be the primary caregiver or homemaker. Similarly, many women would _______ to enter the working world instead of staying at home. Moreover, a large number of women have ________ advanced academic professional training,________ them with a significant earning potential.

On the other hand, factors other than personal choice have ________ to the fluidity (不稳定性) of gender roles. Life has become more expensive and it’s ________ for a family to exist on only one income, requiring married women to leave the home to ________ money to help support the family. ________ , the number of two-income households has________ rapidly. And despite the fact that women on average still earn ________ than men for the same job, their incomes have become an ________ component of survival and prosperity in today’s world. In similar fashion, a man’s decision to ________ at home may not be voluntary. In the event he has lost his job, his decision to stay at home might be one of ________, not choice.