1 . Francis Kéré is the first African to win the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of architecture. However, his journey to the peak of his field was far from _______. Growing up in a village where there was no kindergarten, he was _______ into an extremely hot classroom with over 100 students until seven years old. This experience of poor building facilities was his earliest _______ to improve the educational lives of local children, using architecture.

His early reputation came in helping _______ a school in his village after graduating from college. He _______ the whole village to provide ideas and drew the _______ on sand for all to see. _______, he involved them in constructing the school, using local wood and local clay (黏土).

The result of their hard work was a welcoming structure with a “floating” roof that _______ ventilation (通风) in a hot climate and wall openings that bring _______ for students to learn even without electricity. He showed the villagers that ideas to __________ climate or other challenges are always at hand.

In this process, local people learned __________ skills that they could later use to find work. By cooperating with them, Kéré __________ the idea that climate solutions started with big institutions. He __________ that everyone could contribute to addressing the major issues related to education and climate and __________ a global impact by acting locally.

Adopted by architects in dozens of countries, his __________ is rooted in the “unique” aspects of each community now.

2 . In 2008, I traveled to a remote region in southwest China to tell the story about the Nu River. The word “Nu” means “angry” in Chinese. Here many ________ lived in the mountains along the narrow river. There were ________ bridges over the river and most people from the villages had to ________ it by zip lines (滑索).

I went to a place closest to a town on a market day. When I got there, a stream of people was already crossing over the ________ waters of the river. They did it ________ or in pairs. Some of them even went with ________ in their arms, such as chickens and pigs. I even saw a goat.

With a camera around my neck, I hooked onto the return line and moved forward until I ________ midway above the river. The waters did look angry below me.

Hanging over the river, I ________ people crossing until those waiting to return home became very ________ . I pulled myself back to the roadside to let them pass, and then hooked onto the line again for another try. Suddenly, I saw a group of people were heading toward the zip lines with a ________!

“What’s the angle? “I asked myself, as I ________ my position. I wanted the river waters in the picture but that was not easy to do. Before I could check all the ________ they tied a rope around the cow, hooked it on the line, and gave it a push. Kicking its legs in the air, the cow ________ the steep line above the angry river.

I reached the line’s end just as the cow closed in. For a second, my camera was in the cow’s face. The view was ________ —completed by the angry river below.

Nowadays, these zip lines have been ________ by modern bridges and government housing projects have been designed to encourage the people to move down to the riversides.

3 . In December 2013, photojournalist Wood set out to become the first person to walk the length of the Nile River.

Wood’s journey began in Rwanda, took nine months and ________ 3,750 miles. It was necessary to make the trip on foot, he says, because “________ is the only way you can really get under the skin of a country.”

Wood acknowledges that his ________ was often dependent on the hospitality (好客) of local villagers. The people of the Sudan, he says, were probably the most ________ of all. Even sharing water, he says, ________ an incredible act of kindness.

“The biggest challenge was the sun ________ down. Most of the day I had to be ________ to the sun,” he recalls, “My guide had a catapult (弹弓). He would shoot pigeons. Other times we’d eat with villagers. The local ________ could vary, from grasshoppers to rats.”

The journey wasn’t without danger. Civil War in South Sudan ________ shortly after his arrival. He made it halfway through the country, to Bor—the front line of the war. It was there that he was arrested and ________ before an army commander, who told him he was not ________, and threatened to kill him if he crossed the border. He was evacuated (疏散)   to the capital, and flew to North Sudan.

“I ________ out 400 miles of the journey,” he regretted.

Had he made the trip ________, he would ________ have achieved a Guinness World Record. But he says it doesn’t matter.

“It was never about breaking records, it was about taking the biggest ________ in my life, and it was certainly that.”

4 . It is a common case that most people think a holiday requires a huge amount of preparation. However, a short day _________ can be just as refreshing as a long one. A short day’s drive or walk can be the channel that transports you into a _________ and casual world, where you can recall your childhood and enjoy your favourite songs. _________, a day trip can be a wonderful way to _________ the stresses of routine existence while feeding the soul.

You may be surprised to see how many day-trip possibilities _________ within a mere hour’s time from your home. Forests, lakes and mountains can serve as the perfect spots for a short _________ because the physical and mental transformation in an attractive setting is _________ by deep thinking and breathing, or just being still with _________.

I have numerous ways to _________ make up for the promise of my low-carbon life while still seeing to the __________ of myself on a soul level. However, my __________ to environmental well-being causes me to hesitate before using my car. So I cut my drive trip to a day.

Since day trips tend to require much __________ investments of time and money than traditional outings, I can get __________ travel experience day by day. On the weekend, I may be motivated to __________ a vast state park to get to know wildlife. On another, my curiosity can inspire me to visit a(n) __________ site to learn about ancient artists. Each mini trip will fill my existence with a sense of rebirth that prepares me for whatever lies ahead.

5 . I grew up in Michigan and have loved boats since I was young. I’d go out on my dad’s fishing boat, and every birthday I’d get a miniature boat with a viewing window. In Michigan, we’re _________ by lakes and I soon discovered that I loved diving and _________ skipped school days for the beach.

Three years ago, I _________ put forward an idea of running glass-bottom boat tours to an investor. It started in 2018. At present, My sons _________, manning the deck(甲板)and phones. We head out on the Cheboygan river and Lake Huron. We sail past lots of places of_________, with a historian on board explaining the history. We often scan the river to see what we can find.

One weekend this year, I met a _________ client. I thought I should find something to show him and managed to find a giant shell. Then I saw a green bottle. I swam to my boat, took a photo and then opened the bottle. It was full of water and had a paper inside. I _________ the paper and saw the date —November 1926. We were all amazed. The note_________: “Return this paper to George Morrow.” I was so excited to have found it.

We made sure to keep the paper safe. Before leaving the harbor, I posted a picture on my Facebook page and didn’t expect what followed.

The next morning, my phone _________ with messages. While I was driving home, I got a phone call from Michele Primeau. She told me she was George Morrow’s daughter. I didn’t believe her __________. She said her dad would float notes in bottles when he went on vacation or __________ them in walls when redecorating. She __________ he had posted this one on his 18th birthday.

In autumn, Michele came to visit. She brought some of his writing and the handwriting matched. She __________ I keep the message and the bottle.

It now sits in a display case in my shop. That Facebook post now has 87,000 __________. In a hard year, the discovery has brought purejoy.__________a Scuba diver(水肺潜水员), this feels like a lifetime achievement.