5 . On Thursday, I dropped my kid off at school and was on my way to San Francisco. On a curve, I passed what looked to be a _______ hawk in the middle of my lane. I took a sharp turn to go around it. I glanced _______ in my rear-view mirror and I thought I saw it move. I _______ and turned around. He was alive! I stopped the car, going over to him and picked him up, holding him in my arms. I took him quickly back-to my car _______ we both would be out of danger zone. Sitting with him in the car, I spoke calmly to him. had an animal in my arms that never had _______ with a human being before, let alone in one’s car. His eyes were brilliant _______ seemed in shock but not badly hurt. His feet were curled, which worried me bit but _______ he seemed in good shape.

I told him I was going to take him to someone who could help. I drove to a vet in Los Alamos who I have known and trusted for many years. We were about 20 minutes _______. The hawk’s energy seemed to be improving on the drive. He sat on my _______ the whole way there and when we arrived at the front of the vet, we waited for 15 minutes before they opened. I feel so grateful for those fifteen minutes! When I stopped the car he was looking directly at me. I moved my hand from the steering wheel and I could tell that my __________ moments made him nervous. He opened his mouth and seemed to be ready to __________ himself. So, we sat there and stared into each other’s eyes for 15 minutes! I wanted to __________ to him that he was in no danger and my only intention was love and for his __________. He seemed to understand. He closed his mouth after the first minute and relaxed on my lap, though staring into my eyes but without the intense air of __________.

When the vet assistant arrived and came up to the car the hawk got __________ and flew to the passenger seat. The vet then said, will be right back with crate(箱子)for him. Once again I looked into the amazing animal’s eyes and told him it was OK. He allowed me to pick him up and ____________ him to my lap. We stared at each other for a longer time.

When the assistant returned I placed him in the crate. He seemed to know everything was going to be OK. He trusted me and didn’t flap his wings or struggle. A(n) __________ came over me that felt like sweet sadness. I was sad to leave this awesome creature but was full of gratitude feeling so incredibly __________ with its presence.

What an awe-inspiring experience! I can still see those golden orange eyes that __________ into my soul. think I will see them for the rest of my life.

I later found out he was taken to the animal sanctuary(庇护所)near Dominical called Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary where he is well on his way to __________.

6 . Lots of people have trees to look at from their bedrooms, but my perspective（视角）is different. My name is Miranda Gibson. I have been living at the top of a tree_______60 meters for 449 days now. Some people might wonder_______on earth I would choose to do this.

Stretching out below me is one of Tasmania's last areas of ancient forest---in an area that was proposed for World Heritage protection, yet remains under the_______of industrial logging（砍伐）. On 12 December 2011, machinery（大型机械）rolled into the forest and the destruction began. I couldn't_______the thought that these forests would be_______forever. So, on 14 December 2011, I packed up my life,_______of my job plans, and climbed 200 feet onto the top of this tree. I have been here ever since.

People often ask me what I do up here all day. It's busier than you would imagine. Like an office job, but with a splendid_______! I spend my days writing about this forest and its urgent（紧急的）need for_______on my blog.

Life in the treetops can be_______at times. I have times when I feel frustrated（沮丧）and wish I could________, to anywhere, just to have a change of scenery for a minute! There are also times when I feel terribly________. I miss my friends and family. My only connection to the outside world is my phone and computer, which I charge via solar panel.________these times, I find myself loving the experience. Living on the tree has been inspiring. I am willing to________up here for as long as it takes, but I honestly hope it won't be too________before I will be able to get down and put my feet on the ground in a forest that is no longer under threat—in a forest that will be________guarded for future generations.

7 . Everyone has his most memorable teacher. When I think back to my most memorable teacher, Mary Justice's face_______comes into my mind. She was my journalism teacher in high school.

What I_______most about Mrs. Justice is that she_______me and everyone else in the class with so much_______that she always allowed us to make our own choices. Besides, she was such a(n)_______teacher that she was elected our school's Teacher of the Year for many times and she also helped raise our_______of being a person of action rather than just making plans. Her attitude gradually_______me. I didn't know it then, but she was really a_______for my future.

I wasn't quite a_______person in class. In my second senior year, Mrs, Justice__________me to compete for the editor-in-chief of the yearbook. When she__________the final appointment in the class, I was not only quite nervous, but I also felt delighted that Mrs Justice had chosen me for that position which helped strengthen my__________.

Mary Justice has an important effect on my life and my career choice. I will never__________her reaction when I told her I had__________Nicholls State University and decided to become a teacher after graduation. Her face lit up, and I knew at that moment she was so__________of me. Little did Mrs Justice know that it was because of her that I had chosen the same career as hers.

Twenty years later, my son, Derek, started middle school. That summer. The headmaster of our local middle school had to retire__________his illness, and he would be__________by a new headmaster. To my great__________, the new headmaster was Mary Justice! She had a strong influence on my son's life as well.

Now as a teacher, I teach my students the same life skills as Mrs. Justice taught me—being__________thinkers, and learning from mistakes.__________, these will help them become successful adults in the future.

8 . I joined the army as an infantryman (步兵) instead of as a helicopter pilot because I only had the literacy (读写) level of an 11-year-old. I had no idea that I had a reading level that_______; I had just _______words when I didn’t know them, and usually ended up getting them wrong.

It was just before I turned 19 that I _______ my very first book. I can vividly remember the sense of _______and achievement I felt. It was meant for primary school children but I didn’t _______. I had read a whole book, and I was _______. From then on I read anything and everything I could get. I just wanted to get as much_______ as I could.

I learned in those days at the _______education centre. There are always people looking forward to helping you and _______you stuff. But you are never going to progress __________you keep learning. The unbelievable educational__________that the army offers make it one of the few places that can help you climb up the ladder of social classes in the UK.

For me, improving my literacy level had another more surprising__________. When I left the army, I was asked to write a(n)__________of the Bravo Two Zero Mission and that led to the unexpected career change of becoming a(n)__________.

I have spent quite a bit of time over the past few years__________schools, and workplaces, as well as army bases and businesses, to talk about my past and__________others to start reading and writing like me. The__________I give to all the people that I chat to is that if I can do it, anyone can. If that is a message that even one of them accepts and__________, then it has been__________. My experience shows that the best soldier out there is the one with a __________card.

9 . I sat at my table, signing my name to the most difficult letter I'd ever written. The letter was____ my son — Luke's birth mom, a single mother of three children with little money, struggling for ____. This was not the first time that I had ____ her. I'd sent several letters over the years with ____ of Luke, which the adoption agency agreed to forward, ____ had never received a single reply.“Please read this letter，” I ____， for Luke's life might depend on it.

I adopted Luke when he was less than one. A gene from his birth parents had ____ Luke to be born with a blood disease. Much was done. But nothing was a ____ sign.

Then, the doctor told us there was a chance that Luke's disease ____ be cured with a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant. My heart lighted up but it ____ coldly when the doctor inquired if Luke had any brother or sister.

I was at a loss.

“Do I have the ____ to ask Luke's birth mother for help？”I asked the adoption agency official.

“Luke is your child. You have the right to do whatever it ____ to save his life.”

And so I penned the letter describing Luke's ____ to her.“Would you consider having your other children tested as ____ marrow donors？” I wrote. I ____ the letter into the mailbox, waited and prayed.

Two weeks later, the doctor called that Luke's birth mother had her children tested, and one of them was a 100 percent ____.The transplant operation ____ well and Luke survived.

In another letter I shared the happy ____ with Luke's birth mother, who this time wrote back: “I've written many letters but never had the ____ to mail them. Many times I felt like I did the wrong thing, but I know now it was right. He is right____ God needed him to be. Luke has two families who love him.”

10 . “Good Night Lights” began as a game，with the effort of Steve Brosnihan, a cartoonist volunteering at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He ______ from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can to ______ the sick children up. During one ______ to a teenager who would be in the hospital for the last night, he decided to do something ______ for their final farewell.

As he left, Brosnihan told the ______ to watch the corner near the bus stop from his window. Brosnihan ______ to that spot in a Parking area, and flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the ______. To his surprise, the teen flickered his own room lights back ______.

Brosnihan made it a(an) ______ to flicker his bike light to kids as he left for the night as a(an) ______ way to say goodbye. When he mentioned this activity to a friend, owner of a ______ restaurant, the friend agreed to flicker the restaurant’s ______ at 8:30 every night for one minute. The nightly tradition became such a ______ that customers started joining in too.

Good Night Lights has been such a simple, ______ powerful, rallying point(号召力) for the community to support the young patients. For 60 seconds, patients were ______ in a luminous(发光的) dialog with residents.

“It would be very hard not to do this ______ you start,” says Brosnihan. “You do it to represent how much you care for kids and families who ______ a lot during their hard times in hospitals.”

Brosnihan hopes it ______ more. “In my grander dreams, I hope other cities that have children’s hospitals ______ the idea and run with it and ______ their own version of Good Night Lights.” he says.