【推荐1】Catherine decided to rescue Khan after seeing him at the animal shelter. Khan was a (an) _______ dog with a broken leg from being beaten. _______ her family heard about dogs and babies not getting along, to their _______, Khan walked right over to their 17-month-old daughter Charlotte when they were _______. The two sat on the grass and played _______, forming a bond that the family hoped would continue for the rest of Khan’s life.

One day, _______, Khan seemed to be slightly aggressive towards Charlotte. He even _______to push her away from where she played. The family kept a close eye on Khan and that’s when _______ caught their attention. A _______ was hiding right near Charlotte. Khan tried numerous times to push her out of the way but it didn’t ________ and the snake was determined to ________. Wang The family screamed ________ as their daughter’s life was in danger.

In one last ________, Khan grabbed Charlotte by the back of her shirt and ________ her over his shoulder. She ________ more than 3 feet away and the family ran over to her. As it ________, Khan had been bitten as he tried to get in between Charlotte and the snake.

While Khan was at the ________, a local newspaper was covering the incident. They couldn’t ________ an abused rescue dog who had only been with this family for four days would be so heroic. ________ after a couple of days in the hospital, Khan was ________ to return home and he was doing much better.

【推荐2】“Do I really want to go through with this?” Have you ever asked yourself that _____? Sometimes in life, there are moments when you _____if you will be able to handle the responsibilities ahead of you. For me, these _____come daily, whether it’s taking a test or working. But one Saturday afternoon, my family and I were _____around when my dad pulled into a small mall. Little did I realize, we were going to a _____store where a new member would be _____to our family.

As my _____parked our car, I figured we would just take a _____look and then leave. After a while, my dad called us over. He was standing next to my mom, looking at several _____. I began to think, “Are we _____a cat”? My dad asked, “So guys, you like any of these?” My brother said “Yes!” before I could even open my _____.

When I pictured feeding the cat, cleaning it and giving it water, all of these responsibilities felt _____to me. Would I be able to handle it? _____, I would have to live a more adult-like _____if I got a cat. Later on, after _____that we should get a cat, I thought about this new phase of my life. I realized that the _____I make can affect my future.

Looking back, I find that I have been able to _____the responsibility of owning a cat. Some tasks may be _____, but that doesn’t _____they can’t be accomplished. You simply______to do your best in order to push past them.

【推荐3】Suffering the bone-weakening disease, Gary Rosheisen was a wheelchair-bound man living alone.His house felt_________and he brought home Tommy, an orange cat that soon became his best_________.

Because of his significant___________problem including seizures（疾病的突然发作）, Gary always kept the___________in the living room on the floor, and it had a speed-dial button_________to call 911. Gary trained Tommy in how to_________that button whenever he felt better___________there were any emergencies.

Then one day, while in his bedroom, Gary had a seizure which_________him to fall out of his wheelchair and onto the floor. Once the seizure_________, Gary soon realized he was unable to       _____. What made him feel terrible was that he__________to put his cell phone on the bed. So he lay there,__________and desperate.

Meanwhile, the police received a call from Gary's     _______. No one said anything. The line was__________，and then disconnected. And the dispatcher（ 调度员）__________, hoping to get an answer. When the phone just rang and rang, police were sent to______________.

Officer Patrick Daugherty entered the home and found Gary and his__________cat, Tommy. Tommy was lying next to the phone, while Gary was_________on the floor in his bedroom， And so, the only_________was that Tommy's training had been far more_________than Gary thought.

Thanks to the call made to the police! Both he and the police considered Tommy a hero.

【推荐1】In the United States, there have been no deaths from commercial airline accidents since 2013. In fact, for decades, there has been a general _________ trend in the number of accidents per departure.

Complex systems are more likely to suffer from failures, but commercial aviation (航空) seems to be a(n) ___________. Since the 1960s, U.S. commercial aviation has become significantly more complex, and yet, flying has become safer. What lies behind this remarkable trend is a handful of smart approaches to_________. Here are two of them.

1. Teach people to speak up—and to listen

A common error during airplane accidents used to be the _________ of first officers to question the captain’s poor decisions. When the captain was flying the airplane, he was hard to challenge, and his mistakes went _________.

All this began to change in the late 1970s with a training program known as Crew Resource Management (CRM). The program revolutionized the _________ not just of the cockpit (机舱) but also of the whole industry. It reframed safety as a _________ issue and put all crew members on more equal footing. It was no longer _________ to question the decisions of a superior; it was required. And CRM taught crew members the language of disagreement.

The lesson isn’t simply that people lower down in the _________ should speak up and higher-ups should listen. What CRM has shown is that people can be taught to speak up and to listen. The ability to express and embrace ____________ isn’t hardwired in our personality or cultural background; it’s a skill we can learn.

2. Learn from small failures and close calls

In 1976, the US Federal Aviation Administration created an industry-wide system to collect safety reports. The Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) collects thousands of reports each month. Beyond receiving immunity (豁免权) for a mistake, it’s a point of ____________ for pilots to submit ASRS reports. They know the reports make air travel safer. The reports are stored in a searchable database that anyone can____________, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) highlights safety trends in its monthly newsletter, Callback.

Here, too, there is a ____________ lesson. Small mistakes and near misses can be a rich source of data about what might ____________ in our system. Mistakes shouldn’t be ____________. By openly sharing stories of failures and near failures, we can treat errors as an opportunity to learn.

【推荐2】Windbreaks (防风林) help prevent the loss of soil. They stop the wind from blowing soil away. They also keep the wind damaging or destroying _______ . Windbreaks can be _______ valuable for protecting grain crops. For example, studies have been done on windbreaks in parts of   West Africa. These studies found that grain _______ were twenty percent higher in fields protected by windbreaks than in fields _______ them.

But here is something _______ about windbreaks. They seem to _______ best when they allow some wind to pass through the barrier of trees or plants around a _______ . If not, then the movement of air close to the ground will _______ the soil. Then the soil will be blown away.

For this reason, a windbreak is most effective if it _______ only sixty to eighty percent of the trees and plants that would be needed to make a ________ line. An easy rule to ________ is that windbreaks can protect areas up to ten times the ________ of the tallest trees in the windbreak.

There should be at least two ________ in each windbreak. One line should be large trees. The second line, right next to it, can be shorter trees or other plants with leaves. Locally grown trees and plants are considered the best choices for windbreaks. Studies have shown that some kinds of trees can grow well ________ the quality of the land is not very good. One kind of the trees is the white pine. Another is the loblolly pine. Windbreaks not only protect land and crops from the wind. Surplus (多余的) trees can be cut down and used or sold for money. Trees reduce the damaging effects of wind and rain. Their roots help protect soil from being ________ And trees can provide another valuable service for agriculture. They can provide animals with shade from the sun.

【推荐3】You are what you eat , so maybe it's time you started eating wisely. Experts at the first Chinese Students Nutrition and Health Festival in Kunming did a survey last week ______young people's bad eating habit: watching television ______ having meals or snacks. Doing this means you don't pay ______ to your food, forget how full you are, and so overeat. It can also ______ digestion diseases. One way to ______ this is only to eat in certain areas of your home.

It is not good to have snacks instead of ______. Many students think that eating small snacks can help ______. But it often results in overeating and health problems related ______ a shortage of vegetables, carbohydrates (碳水化合物) and vitamins. Snacking only works ______ it is well planned and if it ______ healthy foods such as nuts, vegetables. ______ rather than water is very bad, too. Gas which can cause ______ problems. Water is important in making your brain cells and every ______ in your body work properly. For your body to ______ fat , it needs at least eight glasses of ______water a day. Liquids like soda and coffee actually will ______ water from your body. Refusing to drink milk is another unhealthy habit. Milk is the best natural food—it ______ you with protein, which makes your bones strong and teeth healthy.

Choosing meat and certain vegetables over others. Different foods provide different kinds of ______. If you don't have a balanced diet, this can result in a weaker body. Children love bright-colored foods. Some food manufacturers (制造厂，生产商) add extra pigments (色素) to ______ kids. But these are in fact ______. Eating throat pills as if they were sweets is an unhealthy eating habit, too.