4 . Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age. The white­-naped crane is a typical example. So scientists are trying their best to _____ the species from going out of existence.

Born at an international crane foundation, Emma, a female crane, was _____ by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected _____, though she had a wonderful time there. Emma had _____ taken herself as a crane and become deeply attached to humans. She _____ to live with male cranes, and even had a reputation for killing some of them, which made it _____ for her to become a mother.

_____, Chris and Tim, two zookeepers, didn’t want to see the extinction (灭绝) of this precious species. With their patience and efforts, they successfully developed a _____ of artificial breeding (人工繁殖) and natural reproduction. This _____ Emma to give birth to five baby cranes.

The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be ______, more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the ______, and many other species appear headed toward extinction. ______, not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.

How can we ______ the ever­widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the ______: human beings took it for granted that their brains held all the solutions, but maybe their hearts can be a better ______.

5 . It was a cold and rainy day in March. Across the room in the retail store where Mandy ________, sat Laura, a woman about Mandy’s age. Other workers did not ________ Laura, they thought of her as ________ and so did Mandy.

But sweeping the ________ from her eyes, Mandy made up her mind to say something kind to Laura. Finally, she managed, “Do you know, Laura, that I’ve worked in this room with you for several years? And ________ I glance up every time, I see your head silhouetted (使呈现轮廓) against the window there behind you. I think you have the prettiest profile and hair that I have ever   ________   on anybody.” Her words were not false ________. She meant it.

Laura looked up and said, “That’s the first kind word anybody has ever ________ to me since I’ve worked here.” After that, they often talked to each other after work. Through their ________ Mandy realized that Laura’s coldness was not   ________   arrogance, but to shyness. They soon became friends. Other colleagues soon began to ________ Laura in their activities, and she blossomed like a flower that, for the first time, had found sunlight. The right words made all the ________ when spoken in kindness.

Words carry the ________to tear down or to build up. When they are both sincere and kind, they are instruments that   ________ great power. Never ignore the potential and power of ______.

6 . As is often the case, childhood was the happiest time of our lives. But, that was not _________ for me, at least between the ages of 10 to 12. I was practically _______ by my parents, who seemed only interested in their never­ending money making. I was _________, a loner at school too, disliked by my classmates for getting good grades.

Longing for _________, I fell into despair and started thinking about death. While on the school field trip, I lost my footing and slipped into a marsh (沼泽) and got my _________ muddy. As luck would have it, out of nowhere, an angel, in the _______ of a native woman, lent me a helping hand. She _________ me to her small cottage and helped me change my wet trousers. She made me eat from _________ little food she had, and told me funny stories, _________ to cheer me up.

That lady saved me. She saved my belief in the __________ of people. I came to realize that whatever happens, there are good things in the world, which you can __________ for existence. Another thing I noticed was that the lady, though she lived in __________ surroundings, seemed delighted. I realized that life is beautiful if we love it. Only those who are __________ their life can really understand what happiness really is.

I dropped the idea of ending my __________.

I must thank that kind lady for what I had never experienced till then. __________ someone’s life with kindness is worth all the treasure in the world.

7 . Several years ago, when I was in New York, I decided it was time to get my middle­aged self back into shape. The _________ near my house was tiny. I was the weakest person there and I felt _________ as I did my pull­ups (引体向上). However, nobody really seemed to _________ me.

One day, I was on my favorite machine, one assisted pull­up machine that nobody else had ever needed to _________. I had just _________ a set when a huge guy walked up to me and asked, “Why are you always doing assisted pull­ups?” I looked at him, embarrassed, searching for a(n) _________. “Because I can’t do real ones,” I finally _________.

“Yes, you can. You are strong,” he smiled. “Get over here, and I’ll _________ you.”

We walked over to the “real” pull­up bar, and he _________ how to do it. He watched me carefully. Then he told me to come back the next day and try a real one. So I did. “__________ practicing,” he told me. “By the end of the month, you’ll be __________ to knock out four or five.”

After that day, I started to love going there. I was still the weakest one there. But I could do pull­ups: first two, then nine. When I stopped __________ looking foolish, I started asking others questions.

There were __________ everywhere in that gym, as long as I was willing to ask for __________. By the time I left New York, I could complete ten pull­ups and I had been certified as a personal __________, so I could teach other women what I’d learned in that gym.

8 . Ring! Ring! Ring! It was early in the morning. Though I knew who was calling, I _________ reached for the telephone. I was a new supply _________ struggling to support my young family. Each morning I waited for a call that would take me to a different _________ that day. The last three of them had all been intended to _________ the teacher and see just how much bad _________ they could deal with. I had responded by being _________ and angry with the students. I didn’t really want to go to work that morning then, especially since it was my _________.

Still, I answered the phone. My family needed the money and I couldn’t afford to be _________. As I was driving to work, however, I decided that I was going to _________ again to be the best teacher I could be. As school started, the students once again were ready to see what they could __________. This time, though, I was still firm with them but __________ to them. I did my best to make the lessons fun. I shared smiles, __________ their hard work, and encouraged their efforts. The effect was amazing. My uncontrollable classroom was soon __________. Students were laughing and learning and I finally felt like I was doing my job __________. I went home happily and enjoyed the rest of my birthday with my family.

Every day we are given another __________ to get things right, to live our lives with love and joy, and to make this world a better place. Every morning arises and begins once again to be the best of you.

9 . Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (马戏). ________there was only one family between us and the ticket counter. This family had eight children, all probably________the age of 12, who were________talking about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night. The mother was holding her husband’s hand, looking up at him with a big smile on her face.________, when the ticket lady quoted (报价) the price, she let go of his________, and her head dropped. The father’s lip began to shake. He moved a little________and asked, “How much did you say?” The ticket lady again quoted the price. Obviously, the man didn’t have enough money.

Seeing what was going on, my dad________a $20 bill on the ground. Then he picked it up and said to the man, “Excuse me, sir, this fell________your pocket.” The man________what was going on immediately. Looking________into my dad’s eyes, he took the money and said “Thank you, sir. This really________a lot to me and my family.”

That day we came home without any tickets. When I asked dad why he did so, dad said, “My child, it was heartbreaking and________for a father in that situation. Surely he wasn’t________a helpful hand, but he needed our help.” “We couldn’t enjoy the circus tonight, but they could because of our kind help,” added my father with________on his face.

That was a________lesson I learned from my dad.

10 . Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles. Suddenly, an air attendant (空乘) asked a(n) _______ question over the loudspeaker, “Does anyone on the _______ know American Sign Language (ASL)?”

Clara pressed the call button. The air attendant came by and _______ the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s _______ and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling _______ and the air attendants couldn’t understand what he needed.

Clara had been _______ ASL in the past year and knew she’d be able to spell with her finger into the man’s _______ to help him. So she walked toward the front of the plane and _______ by the seat of Tim Cook. _______ taking his hand, she spelled, “How are you? Are you OK?” Tim ________ some water.

When it arrived, Clara went back to her seat. She ________ again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.

“He didn’t need anything. He was lonely and wanted to ________,” Clara said. So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Tim ________ stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn’t see her, she looked attentively at his face with ________.

“Clara was such an angel,” an air attendant told Alaska Airlines in a blog interview. “You could tell Tim was very happy to have someone he could ________ with.”

Tim’s reaction: “It’s the best trip I’ve ever had.”