2 . The other day a big, ugly, black bat found its way to my bathroom. I am what is known as “the man of the house”, so it was my _________, in fact my manly duty, to rid the house of the _________ creature.

Being a man does not _________ die fact that I am extremely _________ of bats. All men, I think, sometimes have had that feeling of being _________ in some male role. Sometimes it is something as simple as having to _________ that you know something about car engines when the car won’t start. But sometimes the trap is a(n) _________ one. Many men prefer to be something different from what society _________ men should be. What these men want is the _________ to be what they want to be.

As I came towards the frightening bat, I __________ what would happen if I had simply told my wife that I wouldn’t do it. But I couldn’t do that! I __________ opened the window, carefully lifted a broom and swept the bat out of the __________.

My wife __________ and my son thought I was __________. They rid of the bat, I started to tell them — but then __________. A man doesn’t talk of such things.

3 . Melbourne Girls’ College is getting rid of all dustbins and asking students to take their rubbish home to encourage them to move towards zero waste.

Starting next Monday, the college will gradually _________ all the rubbish bins in five weeks in classrooms and the yards, _________ 1400 students and 140 staff to search their own home for chip packets and juice boxes. Volunteer students will _________ daily non-compulsory food inspections in which children bringing “zero waste” lunch boxes will be _________. Students using only _________ packaging will receive a token (礼券) to win prizes such as keepcups.

The rubbish that students take home may _________ go to landfill (废物填埋场) via their home bins, but the new policy will help persuade people to buy fewer packaged _________ and reuse containers. Most issues around carrying rubbish home, such as smell and _________, can be solved. Take uneaten tuna (金枪鱼) in a tin for _________. It can go into the school’s compost (堆肥) bin and the tin can be washed before it’s ____________ home.

The college principal Karen Money acknowledges that some parents may not have the ____________ or means to avoid foods in single-use packaging, “but we’re ____________ to get as many people as we can to avoid it. We ____________ a lot, as educators, about the bad problems the world ____________, but if we don’t start taking ____________ behind that beautiful idea, then it’s just empty.”

5 . It was a dark night. Thick, dark, gray clouds had made sure that there was no starlight or moonlight to ________ me as I walked out of my porch (门厅). Still, I kept the porch light off because I didn’t want to be ________ by bugs and moths (飞蛾) on this sticky ________ evening. I stood there for a while letting my eyes adjust to the lack of ________.

It was then, though, that I saw them. First one blink of light at the far end of the ________ followed by another and then another. I ________. I recognized them at once as my firefly (萤火虫) friends, my lightning bug buddies who always ________ this time of the year.

When I was little I used to sit in the grass and watch them ________ fly around blinking on and off. I never ________ and put one in a jar as some kids did because I never wanted to hurt these messengers of light. Their time on this earth was so ________ as it was. I tried to enjoy them each night they were here. It always ________ me when they disappeared in the fall and it always made my heart ________ when they reappeared the next summer.

We are like them in a lot of ways. Our ________ here on earth is brief. Often our light of love is more like on and off blinks rather than a ________ shine. Still, we do our best to share it and take ________ in knowing that others will be shining their light long after we are gone.

7 . 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.

8 . A lot of people fear getting old, because ageing is often linked to loneliness．But Terry, 75, in Green Bay, knows _______________ what to do to keep sadness from seeping into his _______________

Terry, an animal lover whose heart has a very _______________ spot for cats, frequently drops by the animal shelter in Green Bay to hold the _______________ cats close and take a short sleep with them!

The charming _______________ of the old man taking a short sleep while surrounded with cats _______________ the workers．It had such a beautiful _______________ that the workers always found themselves taking ______________ of Terry and all the cats and posted them on the Face-book page．

_______________ one photo with the cat, Lois, appealed to the followers of the page and _______________ over 47 thousand likes and about 25 thousand shares! In fact, in less than a day, Lois was _______________ by a new family!

Terry has become popular on the Internet．But more than the _______________, the old man is very happy to know that his love for cats is bringing a lot of help to the animal shelter by _______________ a lot of people to donate to the shelter．

Terry is happy, the _______________ behind which is not difficult to understand．His story just goes to show how a small _______________ can make a big difference．

9 . Every year, I circle the first day of spring on our calendar. In this way, it won't slip by_______. I'm not sure why _________ the calendar to announce spring's arrival, since it has so little bearing on the matter. Spring comes when it's good and ready; sometimes well before its _________day, sometime well after.

For years, spring in our town was _________ by Leon and Jo Martin, who owned the Dairy Queen. Every year, they would _________ the words “Now Hiring” on their sign. I would walk past to see Leon and Jo Martin _________ for their spring opening. It was as _________ an indication of spring as any calendar, and after the Dairy Queen was sold to an out-of-town outfit who kept it _________ all year round, it threw off our towns' circadian rhythms（昼夜节律）._________, when Johnston's grocery store __________ selling snowplows and starts selling lawn mowers（割草机） that's a pretty good __________ winter's grip（抓紧，把手，柄） has loosened.

But let us suppose Johnston's store ignores its duty and we are left __________ of spring's arrival. We would then have to look and see whether Bill Edd, our town's plumber（水暖工），was wearing coat.__________ the first leaf dries up and falls to the ground in autumn, Bill __________his brown Carhartt coat and doesn't remove it until next spring. I've known Bill since we were very young, so I am well acquainted with his __________.

10 . Jonathan Anstey and seven other skiers were walking along a path in snow-blanketed western Newfoundland.

As they turned off the main road, the group____a moose that was neck-deep among the white area, only with its_____exposed out of freshly fallen snow.

“The moose appeared to have got stuck in a____,” Anstey said. “It was trying to climb out, but its back legs seemed to be_____planted in the snow.”

“When a moose gets upset, it fixes its ears back and its hair stands up on its back,” he said. “You could tell it was extremely____.”

Some members of his group took_____and walked to the back of the moose, where they figured they would be safe from the animal’s______. After a few minutes of____, they carved out a path behind the moose._____, one of the skiers managed to attract it to______. Finally the moose managed to pull itself out of the hole.

Realizing it had stepped on______ground , the released moose hung around for a bit to dry off, occasionally looking at its_____as if to say a big thank-you . All of the members were smiling at it.

“It isn’t_____ to come across moose in bad condition while exploring Newfoundland,” Anstey said in an interview. “And this is not the first time we____a moose in danger. We do what we need to help____animals as much as possible and give them their space.”