【推荐1】A family had had a cat for years. Then one day, the children finally _______ to persuade their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador (拉布拉多犬) _______.

The dog was so _______ that everyone wanted to hold him and he charmed everyone by just loving them. The cat made it very clear that she did not welcome another _______ in the house, but the little dog _______ her everywhere, trying to make friends with the angry cat.

The family thought the cat would _______like the dog.

Then one day the family heard horrible _______ from their back yard. They ran to the _______ to see what was happening. They lived in the suburbs and so they saw a real lynx (猞猁) was just planning on _______ their cat for lunch. The poor cat had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be ________.

And then suddenly a black lightning ran to the cat. The little dog ________ the big lynx with all its strength. He was not frightened, nor did he stop to think. He saw his ________ in trouble and did what had to be done. The family opened the window and started yelling and the father ran to the yard. The lynx soon disappeared into the ________.

And ever since that day the cat’s behaviour towards the dog ________ totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere.

So we can draw a conclusion: if ever anyone is ________ towards you, don’t turn your back on them. They may not rescue your life — but their kindness can certainly rescue your day!

【推荐2】A rabbit is running into its hole. You will ask, “What has this to do _________ language?” Well, when a rabbit sees something _________, it runs away. Its _________ moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this, they run too. They know that there is _________. The rabbit has told them something _________ making a sound. It has given them a _________.

Many _________ animals use this kind of language. When a bee _________ some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees _________ the food is by speaking to them, __________ it does a little dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.

Some animals say things __________. A dog barks (吠叫), for instance, when __________ comes near. A cat purrs (叫) when __________. Some birds make several different sounds, each __________ its own meaning.

But human beings have something that no animal has — a large number of words which have the meanings of things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform (告诉) other people __________ we think or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this.

No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow (然而) he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words.

【推荐3】The victims were carried in one by one,their paws and fur burned,suffering from dehydration(脱 水）and fear.Their caretakers____their wounds,and ___them in baskets with the only thing that was___---the leaves of eucalyptus(桉树）tree.As miserable fires have.___more than 2 million acres in Australia,only dozens of koalas have been ___from the smoky trees and __ ground.

Koalas,unlike kangaroos,birds or snakes,do not ___.from fires but instead climb trees to the top,where they can curl themselves into a ball for __ and wait for the danger to ___

But during big fires,such as those that have burned in recent weeks,the animals are far less likely to_____Even if the fire itself does not reach the tree___ ,the animals may over heat and fall to the ground,where they can be burned to death.

The tough situation of the koala has raised ___among scientists and conservationists(环保主义者）。While koalas have developed to exist alongside the wildfires,they are facing new ___,not just from climate change but also from human development,which has dislocated Koalas' populations,___their ability to survive fires.

We have these __ animals not found anywhere else on this planet,and we are killing them. This is a big wake-up call.

【推荐1】Lydia Denton felt very sad when she learned about the incident, in which many children in the U.S. died because someone left them in hot cars. But no one has come up with a good way to deal with the ______. The little girl, who would enter the seventh grade, decided to find out ____.   

Two years later，the 12-year-old girl from North Carolina won a $20,000 prize for her ____. The Beat The Heat Car Seat, a car seat device measuring the ______ of a car. The device is able to ______ the parents of the danger when the inside temperature of the car ____ reaches 102 degrees Fahrenheit (38.9 degrees centigrade).

Lydia used part of her $20,000 to continue to ______ her device with the hope of getting it to market as soon as possible ______ it can be something that will save lives and something that most people can ______ to get it.

With her 14-year-old brother and 10-year-old sister, Lydia also ______ some of her prize money. They also helped bring the ______ in the car seat device. Her brother was really great at coding and her little sister would ______ them with some sweets or cakes.

Lydia’s mom, a science teacher, said it was ______ to watch her three kids cooperate to think out a way to the problem that has ______ for years. They have proven that time and time again nothing is ______. She is really proud of them.

【推荐2】The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country' s 570,000 tobacco vending machines ( 自动售货机) prepare for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not minors, a company has developed a ______ to identify age by studying facial features.

By having the customer look into a digital camera ______ to the machine, Fujitaka Co's system will ______ facial characteristics, such as wrinkles surrounding the eyes, bone structure and skin sags (松弛), to the facial data of over 100,000 people, Hajime Yamamoto, a company spokesman said.

"With face ______ , so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of ______ borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be ______ as well," Yamamoto said.

But due to concerns about its accuracy, the facial identification method has yet to be ______ .

Yamamoto said the system could ______ identify about 90 percent of the ______ ,   with the remaining 10 percent sent to a "grey zone" for minors that look ______ , and baby-faced adults, where they would be asked to insert their driving license.

【推荐3】The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his _______ important inventions was the train. He _______ his first train when he was forty­four years old. When he was experimenting with the _______ engine on the train, he met with _______ from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would _______ cows, horses and sheep, that the _______ would burst or that the hot coals from it would _______ their houses. At that time, _______ people believed what they said.

George Stephenson _______ the people that the train could go on small __________, could pull carriages __________ goods and passengers and there was __________ to them. It was a very __________ matter for him to __________ them believe. However, after __________, he was able to do it, and the first train that __________ by Stephenson himself __________ what he had said.

The first day __________ the people along the way __________ the noises of the train __________and saw it running quickly to them，they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly，for they thought it a genius (妖怪)．They did not dare to come out until it had passed.

【推荐1】I work as a university professor at an art school in Australia. Last year, I decided to________ online classes to gain some knowledge of Chinese to prepare for an exchange project.

My teacher and I would meet a few times a month to practice________ and go over grammar. During our communication, he also________ details of his life. Gradually, the________ of the first few lessons gave way to more familiarity and comfort. I stopped feeling embarrassed and began to open up about my own________ and my battle with Chinese. “Don’t worry; I’m here to________ you. You’re hardworking and I’m sure you’ll do well in it,” said my teacher. I had ________ my students with similar words in my own teaching. It was________ to hear them directed at me. The tables turned.

“You are ________ today,” my teacher would say when I used varied vocabulary or expressions. When I heard these four words, I got a feeling of_________. It also surprised me that my confidence could be encouraged by such________ praise. That was when I became aware how________ I had praised my students. I thought much praise made them self-satisfied. But now, I had a change of heart and________ that these plain words can mean a lot. Words________ And now I become more________ when I use them.

【推荐2】Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest _______ out of our Polynesian Village resort(度假胜地) at Walt Disney was asked how she _______ her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a(n) _______ vacation, but was heartbroken about _______ several rolls of Kodak color film(柯达胶卷) she had not yet _______. At that moment she was particularly _______ over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, _______ this was a memory she especially treasured.

Now, please understand that we have no written service rules _______ lost photos in the park. _______, the clerk at the front desk ________   Disney’s idea of caring for our ________. She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of ________ film, promising she would try her best to make up for her loss.

Two weeks later the guest received a ________ at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, ________ signed by each performer. There were also ________ of the public procession (游行队伍) and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own ________ after work. I happened to know this ________ because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that ________ in her life had she received such good service from any business.

Excellent ________ does not come from policy(政策性的) handbooks. It comes from people who ________ —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude.

【推荐3】My husband Philip and I often went camping to celebrate special occasions. In fact, our anniversary (周年纪念日) was coming up. But this time I felt a sense of ____. I couldn’t help thinking about my journal.

For birthdays and anniversaries, ____ giving each other cards that we were not interested in, Philip and I wrote letters. For nine years, I’d written almost all of mine in a journal. For our eighteenth anniversary, we had gone camping. After a hike, we returned to ____ our letters. But the campsite was ____ by a bear. Our tent fell down. Worst of all, my journal was ___. We searched for hours, but it was ____.

I never ____. I always wanted to have back those nine years of letters! One day, I came home to find a car in our driveway. Two   ____ stood in the yard with Philip. Philip held up a weather-beaten book. My journal! The woman and her husband had ____ it weeks earlier in the underbrush. She was ____ when reading my love letters. “We only have your first names, so it is a bit ____ to find you. Luckily, we make it. ”the woman said.

As a result of their ____, I could hug my journal again. I just couldn’t thank them more. There are always people in the world who show ____ to others. What the couple did doesn’t ____ change our lives, but it can certainly change the way we ____ life.