【推荐1】The polar bear was a tiny point in a frozen white world. A film crew began to follow at a distance, gradually getting_________, hoping to get a good picture. However, the bear came to a rest at a hole in the ice and started to_________. So did the crew.

For 12 hours the bear lay half asleep, half ________ without a move. It was too long; the crew had been working for 22 hours ________ on the sea ice. Cold and exhausted, they ________ defeat.

Hours of waiting for little reward is not_________. “It’s the price we pay to get unique images,” says award-winning photographer Florian Ledoux. “It is a ________ for us to get each shot in Arctic — we push our limits.” The battle is intense especially during winter:_________ darkness affects your mood, the lack of routine_________ your body clock, you are forever fighting the bitter cold, and everything you touch with_________ hands sticks to your skin. However_________ your clothes are, the cold bites through.

An Arctic photographer for years, Ledoux has witnessed the significant ________ there. It is heating up, causing ice to melt and ________ the whole ecosystem. “Am I just photographing? No,” he says. “I try to catch some unique beauty of ________, to give a voice to the one that cannot ________.”

【推荐2】Sam and Lightning

Twenty-one years ago, my husband gave me a dog named Sam. Later, when we were in New Jersey, our neighbor asked us if we would like a cat. We were a little _________ that Sam would feel angry, but we decided to risk it. We picked a little, grey, playful cat. She was very _________ and raced around as if she were running after imaginary mice and jumped from table to chair in the blink of an eye, so we named her Lightning.

At first, Sam and Lightning were very cautious of each other and kept their distance. Slowly, however, Lightning started to _________ Sam up the stairs, down the stairs, into the kitchen to watch him eat, and into the living room to watch him sleep. As time passed, they were always together. When I played with one, the other _________. If Sam barked at something, Lightning ran to _________ what it was. When I took either one out of the _________, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned.

But one day, without any warning, Sam died of a heart attack at the vet's and I had to walk back to our house _________. There was no way for me to _________ why Lightning would never see her friend again. In the days that followed, Lightning seemed heartbroken. She could not tell me in words that she was _________, but I could see the sufferings in her eyes.

As the weeks went by, the cat's ____________ seemed to be lessening. One day I happened to find Lightning was sleeping with her best friend's statue, with one arm wrapping the statue's neck.

【推荐2】My husband and I had been________a train trip and when we saw that Rocky Mountaineer was now offering a Colorado/Utah service, we made our________. The hotels that the company booked for us in Denver for night 1 and night 4 were great. They were in a________area, an easy walk to places to eat, etc. Pick-up from the hotels made our going and arrival very easy. Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge was probably the only________I have about the trip—it’s a bit poor, and no restaurant or bar. After a very early morning on day 1 (our luggage was picked up at 7 am) and long but beautiful day on the train, we were pretty ________. All we wanted was a glass of wine and a few nibbles (点心)which were not ________at the hotel so we had to________ourselves out and walk to another hotel for these. I________would never book there again. 

The experience we had on the train was just________. The seats were very comfortable and we were lucky enough to have an empty dining car________ to our car. That gave extra space to move around. I enjoyed sitting there in a quiet area with my book and just looking at the great scenery________. We ________ big horned sheep, deer, bears and a bald eagle during our time on board. All in all I was very happy with the trip, with the ________of the Glenwood Hot Springs Lodge choice. We are now ________ one of Rocky Mountaineer’s Canadian routes. It’s a lovely way to see this beautiful part of the world and if you’re a train________, all the more reason to check it out!

【推荐1】When my daughter Marita was 13, it was the era of worn jeans. Although I had grown up in _______, I had never dressed this poorly.

One day I _______ her rubbing (搓) her jeans with _______ out in the driveway. _______ at her ruining these pants I had just paid for, I rushed out and asked for the reason. She replied without _______, “You can’t wear new ones. So I’m messing them up with rocks to make them look _______.” But how could it be the style to ruin new clothes?

Each morning as she would leave for school I would stare at her and _______, “My daughter looking like that.” Until one day I personally _______ that many of the other girls looked even _______, I realized how over-reacted I had been.

Back home I ________ a suggestion, “From now on you can wear anything you want to school and with your ________, and I won’t ________ you about it. ________, when taking you out with me, I’d like you to dress in something I like without my having to say a word. What do you think?”

She thought about it. Then she put out her hand and ________ mine. “Mother, you’ve got yourself a ________!” She gets 95 percent her way and I get 5 percent for me.

【推荐2】I strongly believe that everyone must have their own interesting and exciting experienes in their lives. For me, I also have my own _________ experience.

On one sunny morning, my cousin Ana and her family suddenly _________ in front of our house.

That afternoon, my parents and Anas family went shopping for food for us, leaving Ana and me at home. We were excited playing in the house. But soon, we were both hungry, and then we saw a bag of flour (面粉) at the top of the kitchen cabinet. So Ana _________ making some pancakes ourselves.

Ana told me that she seldom cooked at home so baking a pancake would be _________ for her. I told her I was not a good cook either. But we didn’t have much _________ .

Luckily, both of us had seen our mothers make pancakes before and knew the basic process. Ana and I put the flour into a large bowl and _________ it with hot water. Then we kneaded the dough (面团) and it became hard. We were _________ as we looked at our pancakes which seemed much _________ from those our mothers made. But we still put them into the oven. A few minutes later, we saw that the dough of our cooked pancakes had not expanded and they had got burnt.

Suddenly, our mums and dads arrived home. They went to the kitchen and were _________ to see our faces covered with flour. Ana and I looked at each other and we laughed. Fortunately, my parents had __________ some food for us. We took the food and quickly ate it in the dining room.