【推荐1】It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250 km 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 smuggled (依偎) up to Leonard and even __________ to get a little 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 125 km 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.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was __________. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his __________, he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his __________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she __________ does at least 8 km a day with Leonard up the hills.

【推荐2】When Jenny was riding a bike to the local Wildlife Center last December, she was scheduled to go bird-watching. Just a mile into her walk, she saw a female ________ near the water’s edge. Jenny had worked at a wild bird rehabilitation (康复) center and ________ that swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this one, it didn’t ________. She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention.

Jenny put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________: What should I do now?

Her best ________ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to ________ a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way. Luckily, some ________ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a(n) ________ to the rehab center.

Staff members at the rehab center ________ that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on her feet. ________, the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months after Jenny came to her ________, she passed away.

It’s a(n) ________ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to ________animals.

【推荐3】Vast parts of Earth should be left wild

To avoid mass extinctions of plants and animals， governments should protect a third of the oceans and land by 2030 and half by 2050， with a focus on areas of high biodiversity． So say leading biologists in an editorial in the journal Science．

This isn't just about saving biodiverse areas， says Jonathan Baillie of the National Geographic Society，one of the authors． It is also about saving ourselves by protecting_____ natural systems， or ecosystems，and their benefits to us， known as ecosystem services． "We are learning that the large areas that remain are important for providing services for all life． The forests， for example， are_____ for absorbing and storing carbon，" says Baillie．

At present， just 3.6 per cent of the planet's oceans and 14.7 per cent of land is protected by law． At the 2010 Nagoya Conference of the Convention on Biological Diversity， governments agreed to protect 10 per cent of the oceans and 17 per cent of land by 2020．

But this isn't nearly enough， says Baillie． In the editorial， he and his coauthor， Ya﹣Ping Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences， want governments to set much bigger_____ at the next major conference on biodiversity in 2020．

"We have to enormously_____ our ambition if we want to avoid an extinction crisis and if we want to maintain the ecosystem services that we_____ benefit from，" says Baillie． "The trends are in a_____direction， it's just we have to move much faster．"

It is hard to work out how much space is needed to preserve biodiversity and ecosystem_____， the pair say， because there is so much we don't know about life on Earth ﹣ like how many species there are．

_____，   most estimates suggest that between 25 and 75 percent of high biodiversity regions or major ecosystems should be protected．Therefore，we， including governments，should be_____   when setting goals and strategies．

"There is no doubt that we need far more land and sea_____ for conserving and retaining nature，"says James Watson at the University of Queensland in Australia． "Targets like 50 per cent are in the right ball park when it comes to the minimal_____ of area needed to conserve biodiversity．"

But Watson and others stress that which areas get protected is even more important than the overall percentage． "The key thing is to protect the right areas，" says Jose Montoya of the Station for Theoretical and Experimental Ecology in Moulis， France． "If we_____ protect a proportion of the territory，governments will likely protect what's easy， and that's usually areas of_____ biodiversity and ecosystem service provision．"

In fact， a third of the 3.6 percent of land that is already meant to be protected is actually being_____，Watson's team reported last month． So only_____ areas to be protected isn't enough．

【推荐2】It all started with a commercial. I watched the baby take his first_________ on TV, right before his family left for a trip to Disney World. An idea came to my mind: I wanted to go to Disney World. For most young kids, it's a(n)       _______ request, but for me, it is unique. I was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), which doesn't________ me to walk on my own. Over the next three years or so, I worked with physical therapists and practiced walking, standing, and balance all   __________that I would need to turn my goal into a reality.

I remember the feeling when my legs would_________ doing any more work, practically turning to jelly(胶状物). __________ this, everyone else told me I could do it, so I persisted. I walked, stood, balanced, until the ______came. On June 9, 2008, I stood in the tunnel leading into Main Street, looking around at my adoring fans, otherwise ________ as my family and friends. My dad asked me if I wanted any help doing this thing. I promptly replied, “No!” and situated myself ________ the end of the tunnel, feet_________ firmly, heart most likely beating out of my chest. Step, step, step, step, bump. I __________quickly what had happened: I ________ my momentum (冲力)and my focus, bumping into something. _________, we had practiced this type of ________ beforehand. Holding fast onto the handlebars, I gathered all of my six-year-old ___________and straightened out, _________my pace once again. It wasn't too long before the__________became louder because I had made it to the end, where my mom was waiting with tears in her eyes.

Looking back on that experience, I realize something thoughtful. Every once in a while, life will________   a few bumps in the road. _______ it may set you back for a bit don’t let it ________ you. Pick yourself back up and finish. It’s worth it.

【推荐3】Ruth Hendricks from San Diego, California owned and operated The Huddle Diner. Back in 1989, she _________a customer who was very sick.

“He told me he was living with AIDS, "Ruth recalled, adding that they soon became friends, with him coming in for lunch each day. Some days, the man was too _________to leave home to come to the diner.

“I just remembered him telling me, ‘If I' m not here, I’m not eating,’ ”Ruth said. When the man stopped _________ after 18 months, Ruth knew the worst had happened, and she _________ never getting his personal information. "If I could have asked him for his _________ or phone number,” Ruth said, I could have taken him food. I knew what he _________ to eat. "

It was then that Ruth _________herself that she would _________ let this happen again.Not only would she make feeding the sick her life’s work, but she would always _________them. Since then，Ruth has __________ a non-profit(非营利的) organization called Special Delivery San Diego, which delivers her home-cooked diner meals to people living with AIDS. Ruth expanded her mission in 1996 to __________chronic ( 慢性的)illnesses like cancer and kidney disease so that her non-profit can __________ more people.

Since then, Special Delivery San Diego has __________ over one million meals for over six thousand sick people.

“I’ll just keep going. I really __________ this”,Ruth said. Ruth has __________ any payment for her food, saying that the love she receives in return is already enough.

【推荐2】For the longest time, I had always wanted a cat. _________, my parents didn’t share the same love. Every year, I would ask for a cat, but I always got the _________ answer, “ No.”

My seventeenth birthday rolled around. My parents were still _________ the cat, but my friends were a different story. On my birthday, they _________ with a wide-eyed, shaking cat named Bandit. At that moment, I was filled with _________. My lifelong wish finally came true! I knew my life was about to change.

To my _________, Bandit is the most timid(胆小的) cat I’ve ever met. I didn`t know how to _________ with his actions. Upset and angry, I shouted at him _________. But that didn’t   _________. So then I tried, I continued to say this, forceful methods. Carrying him to the outside world as he meowed(喵喵叫) __________ didn’t work, either. During all of this, he was closer to my mom. I felt __________. How could the one thing I loved most love my mom more? I thought over many __________ including: maybe she would speak the language of cats, or she was luring(引诱) him with a __________ treat. I went to talk with her about it, excited and puzzled.

“I didn`t have a secret treat, dear. __________ I do have is patience.” my mom replied. Ever since then, Bandit has been __________ me to be more and more patient.