1 . As a child, Robin Stevens loved reading murder mystery stories. She _________ herself in the worlds of fictional detectives(侦探) like Hercule Poirot, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple. These childhood heroes now _________ her own detective stories and most recently the first in her new _________ of books was called The Ministry of Unladylike Activity.

This series is set in the Second World War (1939—45) and tells the story of May Wong, _________, with her friend Eric, wants to be a spy(间谍). They _________ a case at the mysterious Elysium Hall. Stevens tells The Week Junior that all her characters are _________ “parts of myself, parts of friends and some historical characters who I _________.”

Stevens tries to write 2,000 words every day when she’s first _________ a story. “It’s complicated(复杂的) and I think, ‘This is _________, I can’t write’,” she says, but then she goes back, checks and __________ a few pages at a time and __________ the story comes together. She says her snack of choice is jelly beans, to keep her brain __________.

“If you want to write, you have to __________,” she says, or at least, __________ stories from books, TV or films. Although writing can be hard and __________, if you give a few minutes to it every day, week or month, you will improve. Remember to have fun with a story, Stevens says, “and if you’re not having fun, write something else.”

2 . It is quite a challenge to get close to an animal in the wild, so much of our ________of wildlife comes from pictures taken by________professionals that know how to go near to these animals. These professionals are wildlife photographers.

Wildlife photographers depend not only on their photographic skills but also on their knowledge of wildlife. To get good pictures, they sometimes have to ________long waits, awful weather, and even the________of animal attacks.

Once they have become________with a location, photographers can begin to get ________enough to animals to take pictures. Some photographers________in hut-like (茅舍样的) structures called blinds. This method works well with animals such as birds that depend mainly on their sight to________danger. Blinds,________, do not work well for taking pictures of animals with a sharp sense of________. Photographers may get close to these animals on foot, stay downwind and________sudden movements. Food or noises, such as bird calls, may also be used to attract wildlife into ________. For difficult animals, a photographer may even ________a camera in the wild with a trip line (绊脚线). Animals that touch the line start it to take pictures of them. Each or these________requires great patience and knowledge, but the reward can be a ________sight of nature.

3 . William Dunn is the founder of Take a Kid Fishing, which teaches fatherless kids through fishing. Ten years ago, William noticed his six-year old neighbor, Camran, seemed___________ . He’d storm out of the house, shouting at his ___________. One day, William saw the boy outside and started a conversation. Camran_________that his dad wasn’t in his life.

William asked Camran’s mother for___________to take him fishing. Camran was interested from that first trip. The two fished together several times a week, and William saw ___________changes in Camran’s behaviour. Soon William ___________more kids in the neighbourhood in his activity.

William and other volunteers___________take 20 to 25 kids out fishing on a boat on weekends. Besides the neighbourhood, William___________local orphanage to invite the kids to spend the day on the water. Many have never been fishing or even on a boat, so William starts by teaching the___________. Then come the life lessons that fishing ____________: patience, teamwork and the simple joy of ____________in the outdoors.

So far, this organization has taken more than 600 fishing ____________with almost 2, 000 fatherless kids. Many kids choose to catch and____________, but on a recent trip, they kept the fish and enjoyed their delicious fishmeal that night.

Fishing did have a huge impact on children.____________, if you know a child who you get on well with, introduce them to fishing. The activity doesn’t matter as much as your____________in their lives.

7 . A group of generous mothers collected baby strollers(婴儿手推车)to help the homeless mothers. The homeless mothers had_______ from their homes because of the flood. Many people left their homes with only a suitcase or a few _______ items,so the sight of strollers waiting for them at a bus station became a(n) _______ of hope and love.

Women and children_______the majority of the refugees(难民)leaving their homes，because the government _______the men younger than 60 to remain and rebuild their home. The kind mothers _______ the heartbreaking scenes of desperate families escaping from their homes and wanted to help. The donation of strollers and other necessities has _______helped ease the transition for many families. Dorators have also left heartwarming, handwritten notes to show their_______

The mothers who organized the_______ knew first-hand the comfort astroller would bring to a tired mother and child. A stroller offers a sense of ________, and it allows both mother and child an opportunity to rest and________strength.

The stroller drive idea first spread by ________word of mouth between neighbors. The idea soon went viral on social media and________ a kindness movement. The mothers’ stroller idea________ an activity of supply and fund donations or refugees from the country. Many people believe that the kindhearted mothers are heroes for the refugees. Their action has ________ to the world a beautiful example of the value of kindness.

8 . On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have _________ the course earlier than she did. Her _________ came because she was carrying a _________ across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her _________ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She _________ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with _________. She couldn’t. Bailey then _________ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get _________ attention.

Once there, Lenoue was _________ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme __________ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more __________ about why her act is considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the __________, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the __________ of human kindness won the day.

9 . In April last year, I saw a post on the PNP (Pilots N Paws) website from a family in Topeka. They had to move to Virginia but they were on a very tight _______. They could not afford to pay for _______ for their dog, Tiffy, and _______ wanted to take her with them.

It just _______ that I was planning another PNP flight with another pilot, Karen, who _______ to take Tiffy from Kansas City to Virginia. What I was to do was fly to Topeka to _______ Tiffy.

When I met Tiffy’s owners, they seemed very _______. George, the husband, was trying to be calm, but I could tell this was _______ for him, having to leave his dog to a _______ and trust that everything would __________.

After some goodbyes, I asked George and his wife to help me __________ Tiffy into the plane. I promised to take care of Tiffy and __________ them as soon as we got to Kansas City.

The flight was __________, and Tiffy was a great passenger. The next day, she __________ with Karen and made it back to George in Virginia within a few days. He was so __________ and sent me a nice e-mail with pictures. It felt great to know that I had helped bring this family together again.