【推荐1】As my son and I were leaving for his basketball class, we found a cat sitting outside the door. Since we are not typically_________with animals in my neighborhood, the cats usually_________when they sense human presence. But this one sat still when she_________found us a couple of steps away. We felt she might be in need of some_________

With my encouragement, my son_________up the cat. We are usually quite afraid about_________animals, but this time he brought her in. We_________a little bit of milk, and she drank as we took turns stroking（轻抚）her back.

When we had to leave, she_________us out of the door. Two street dogs showed up and she_________in fear. We all felt__________for her. We tried to put her in our car__________we could take her to the basketball class, but she jumped off.

We did an act of__________towards the cat, but in a way, I think nature and the cat did a much bigger act of kindness towards us. We were given a(n)__________to engage（参与）in a moment, where one could just give without any expectations. We could feel a(n)__________, without having to say any words, and learn the joy of__________.

【推荐2】Jinghong is a city in Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The city will soon open a food source ________ especially developed for Asian elephants, in an effort to reduce ________ between humans and the animal.

The project. with investment of 1 million yuan ($154,686), ________ in December and was completed in May. The base, which ________ three townships across 67 hectares, has grown some of the elephants’ favorite ________、including 38.000 musa basjoo trees, a species of banana. Construction workers also built several ponds and ________ 2 metric tons of salt to meet the elephants’ mineral ________.

“The project is meant to improve the quality of Asian elephants’ habitat, enrich their food sources and provide them with more to ________”said Cha Wei, an official from the bureau, “After the ________ of the project, elephants will be able to eat in the food source base, which can stop them from foraging（觅食）in ________ and damaging farmers’ crops.” Obviously, the increasing number of Asian elephants is closely linked to the growing awareness of people to protect ________

Cha explained that elephants are very ________ and understanding of each other. When their population reaches a certain number, a herd will ________ to reduce crowding and ________ interbreeding（异种交配）. “The elephants’ trek（长途跋涉）earlier this year also ________ the rising number of herds” Cha said, ________ a herd of 15 elephants that ________ their habitat in Xishuangbanna and started migrating（迁徙）north in March last year, with their ________ attracting global attention.

________ ongoing wildlife protection efforts, the number of wild Asian elephants in the province has increased from 170 in 1980 to 300 today. Jinghong is home to about 185 elephants, and their habitat ________ into about 350,000 hectares.

【推荐1】At 65, Debbie Myers had worked two jobs all her life but never left America until this year, when she travelled to Europe for the first time with her daughter, Shannon Galford, 34. Galford _________the trip as well as her mother’s heart-warming _________as she sat on her first plane to the UK. When Myers saw Paris for the first time from the taxi window, tears ________ in her eyes.

Myers, a retail manager in Seattle, Washington, had often dreamed of going to Europe but could never afford the ________ and time. However, when Myers ________, her daughter decided it was time to help make her mother’s dream come true. Galford and Myers saved money together and made ________ for the two-and-a-half-week trip around Europe. Family members also chipped in (凑钱) to ________ the cost of flights and hotels so the only cost Myers needed to pay for was food and ________ like fridge magnets.

Galford, who recorded the trip on Instagram through ________ videos and posts, said she loved travelling. Although when she grew up, her mother and she hadn’t been particularly ________, Galford wanted her to have the experiences she herself loved.

“Life is ________. One day, the people we love will leave us and we will only have memories of the moments we ________ with them,” she wrote in a caption on Instagram, alongside a video from their trip. Galford continued, saying people can always make more money but can’t make more time, encouraging viewers to spend it in __ places with people they love. While Myers said she would love to take another trip, she knew it would take several years to ________. In the meantime, she said she would cherish the ________ of the trip.

【推荐1】It was an ordinary Friday for Susan Johnson. She woke up in snowy Mountain Village, in Alaska and ________ her Facebook page. An old school friend had ________ a link to an article showing beautiful color photos from mid-20th century Alaska under the ________: “Do you know the mystery behind these Alaska travel photos?”

As an Alaskan who ________ in and around Mountain Village, Johnson was interested. She clicked the link and read how Jennifer Skupin found a box of ________ at a Dutch market back in 2008, digitized them, and discovered amazing pictures ________ across the then newly-founded US state.

Skupin tried to identify people in the photos at the time, but had no________. Over a decade later, she'd rediscovered the slides staying in her closet Now, she hoped that by ________ the pictures online, people in the images might ________ themselves. Skupin asked anyone with ________ to comment on a Google Drive containing 200 photos of people, places and scenes.

After a quick look through the gallery, Johnson ________ her attention to preparing for the dinner. It was only later, when her husband Peter came home and she told him about the article, that ________ drove her to take another look. Johnson clicked through the images, ________ as she recognized landscapes, old classmates, neighbors and friends. Then she saw it. Her sister Marcia, was ________ recognizable. Johnson took a deep breath.

“Well if she's in the picture, I've got to be in there ________ She continued clicking through. _________ two photos later, there she was — pictured alongside Marcia and two other childhood friends." I nearly ________ the sofa and I called to Peter, 'This is me!' And I showed him the photo and he said, 'Yeah, that is you.' So, I was really excited.”

She sent the photo to her family, and then spent hours ________ through the Google Drive, ________ comments and enjoying this________ trip through time.

【推荐3】Two brothers who lived on neighboring farms fell into conflict. It was the first serious _____ in 40 years of farming side by side. They had been ______ tools, helping each other as needed.Then the long cooperation ______. A small misunderstanding grew into a major difference, which exploded into an exchange of ______ words.

One morning the elder brother found a carpenter(木匠) outside his house looking for jobs. The elder brother pointed to the creek (水渠) between the two farms, and said “My neighbor, in fact, my younger brother is on that farm, and we don't ______ . Last week he dug a very ______ creek between our farms just to ______ me. I want you to build me something so that we don't have to see each other's face from across.”

The carpenter said “I think I understand the ______ . I will be able to do a job that will please you” The carpenter worked hard all that day measuring, sawing, nailing.

At sunset when the carpenter had finished his job, the elder brother's eyes opened wide and his jaw ______ . What the carpenter built was a ______connecting one side of the creek to the other! To his surprise, his brother _______ the creek to meet him with a _______smile and arms wide open to hug him.

“You are really kind, my brother! In spite of my rude behavior, you still insist that blood relations can _______ be broken! I am truly ______for my behavior," said the younger brother.

Then they saw the carpenter carried his toolbox on his shoulder. “Why not stay for a few more days?” asked the elder brother.

“I’d love to stay,” the carpenter said, “but I have more ______ to bridge!”