1 . When Arfel Condova-Rojas was biking to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last November, she planned to go bird-watching. Bingo! A mile into her walk, she saw a female _________ near the water’s edge. Cordova-Rojas had worked at a wild bird rehab (康复) center and _________ that swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this time, it didn’t _________. She was certain that the bird needed _________ attention. Cordova-Rojas put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, _________ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought _________ her: What should I do now?

Her best _________ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her _________ all that way? Luckily, some _________ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a (n) __________ to the rehab center.

Staff members at the rehab center __________ that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on her feet. __________, the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months after Cordova-Rojas came to her __________, she passed away.

It’s a (n)__________ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to __________ animals.

2 . On Monday, May 9, James Givens, a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, was sitting in his panda car. Just at that moment he heard what sounded like a _________. He turned around only to find a goose pecking (啄) at the car door. This was highly _________, given that the birds typically preferred to observe _________ from a distance.

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his _________ and kept pecking until Givens opened the car door and _________. The police officer says that though the bird then began to _________, it kept turning around to make sure he was _________. When they finally stopped, Givens realized why the mother goose had been so — She wanted him to save her gosling (幼鹅) that had been trapped in some balloon string.

_________ that the mother goose would attack him if he got close to the baby, Givens called the local SPCA (保护动物协会). _________, they were unable to send anyone to help right away. Therefore, he had to call his fellow police officer Cecilia Charron, who was nearby and soon __________ Givens. Concerned that the gosling would not survive the __________, Cecilia decided to take on the task herself.

As it turned out, there was __________ to worry about. The mother goose appeared to understand that Charron was trying to help and watched __________ from a safe distance as the officer untied the trapped bird. As soon as the little gosling was __________, it ran as quickly as possible to its mom, and they took off shortly after. Charron, a 24-year soldier of the police force, said this would probably __________ to be the most memorable incident of her career!

3 . You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three, who just _______ an earthquake, couldn’t tell if her children were _______ for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t _______ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children _______ the 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California. Connie is _______ and communicates with her children using sign language.

At midnight, Connie and her three children were _______ on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were shaken awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies downstairs. Connie, also _______ one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and _______ for him to go upstairs to get a _______.

Juan slowly __________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but __________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his steps back __________ the stairs, the family was able to take a few items from the first floor and __________. Their home was almost in ruins.

Being deaf was not deterrent (妨碍物) for this __________ mother. The family made it to the __________ safely, which comforted everyone.

9 . Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals as their career. Even fewer will be _____by the whole world, enjoying the title of United Nations Messenger(使者) of Peace.

But one woman has ____ all that. She has lived with chimps in the African forest for many years and made great discoveries. Jane Goodall’s lifelong ____ in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall ____ going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days, as young girls didn’t think of having such “wild” actions. But she was ____ by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted something, she should work hard, take advantage of_____and never give up looking for a way.

When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily ___　it. Within a few months of her arrival, she met the famous anthropologist(人类学家) Dr Louis Leakey, who soon decided that Goodall was the _______ person he was looking for to begin a ____of wild chimps on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.

In the beginning, studying the chimps was not easy for her. The animals fled from her ____. With a strong ____, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimps too soon. Gradually the chimps became used to her presence.

In October 1960, she observed a chimp making and using _____to fish for termites(白蚁). This discovery threw ____ on the popular idea at the time that man was the world’s only toolmaker. The longer Goodall’s research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimps are very ____ to humans.

Since the mid-1980s, Goodall has been lecturing around the world to raise people’s sense about environmental ____. “ Let’s live in the new age with hope, respect for all living things, understanding and love.” she said.

10 . A man in California survived a five-hour night swim, thanks to the ________ of a friendly seal (海豹).

Scott Thompson, a boater from Southern California, was out on his boat. After realizing the weather wasn’t favorable, he turned the boat back towards land.

Soon after, something ________ happened. The boat was rocked by the wavy water and Scott got ________ out of the boat. The engines continued to run, moving the boat farther and farther away from him, which made it ________ to swim back to it. He watched his boat ________ in the middle of the icy Santa Barbara Channel.

Lost at sea, with no land in ________, Thompson was sure these were his ________ moments on earth. However, thoughts of his family helped him find the ________ to survive. “Just keep ________, and you will get home to your family,” Thompson kept telling himself. “Just imagining my girls and my son growing up without me, and my wife not having a husband to support her, I couldn’t ________.

All of a sudden, he heard a big splash (拍水声). It was a medium-sized harbor seal that Thompson described as “an angel” that came to help him. “The seal would come up and ________ me, like a dog comes up and pushes your leg.” Thompson said. It was a sense of ________, Thompson recalled, knowing that he wasn’t alone on this heroic journey.

Being pushed along by the seal, Thompson felt ________ to swim to the nearest oil platform, which was far but closer than land. With the ________ of the seal, he swam through the dark, freezing water for five hours, until he managed to reach an oil platform. People aboard the oil platform offered aid. They rushed him to a hospital where Thompson was treated and recovered a few days later.

While the thought of his ________ motivated him to keep going, Thompson said that he would not have endured through the pain if it hadn’t been for the seal swimming alongside him.