1 . A hero sheep dog became the guiding light of hope for three trapped sheep as it swam across dangerous flooded fields to _________ them to safety.

Llyr Derwydd, a 44-year-old farmer coming from the area of Ruthin, _________ himself in a dangerous situation on a Friday afternoon. While _________ his sheep in Flints hire as usual, he realized a sad fact — three sheep were helplessly trapped on a small piece of land within the field, cut off by the _________ .

Considering the dangerous conditions that the flood caused, the _________ required a special hero. In this serious moment, _________ that hero was none other than the quick-thinking sheep dog, Patsy.

Mr. Derwydd talked about the sad experience, stating, “We realized we needed to act _________to ensure the safety of the trapped sheep. The piece of land they were on was _________ very fast, and the great danger was increasing.”

In order to rescue the sheep, he made a _________. With a sense of urgency (紧急) in the air, he wondered whether Patsy, his clever sheep dog, would deal with the problem. A silent __________was made, and Patsy, with strong determination, took a brave try.

It was a moment filled with __________ , as the true depth of the water remained unknown. Yet, Patsy’s born swimming __________ and strong determination pushed her forward. Without hesitation (犹豫), she braved the dangerous waters to __________ the trapped sheep.

Mr. Derwydd shared his __________ , saying, “I knew she was a good swimmer, or I wouldn’t take the __________. However, I was quite surprised by her courage and skill.”

2 . Long ago there lived a poor man named Naoko. He had a large wart(疣)in his_______Wherever Naoko went, people_______his wart. He became so shy that he would take walks only at night.

One night Naoko put on his only robe and went for a walk in the woods_______he was lost. At midnight Naoko_______a group of elves(精灵)gathering in a nearby clearing. Although Naoko was _______, he tiptoed to see what the strange beings would do.

The chief elf clapped his hands, and the elves began to_______, but there never seemed to be any less on the table. As quickly as the food was eaten,_______appeared in its place.

Naoko crept closer and closer to the enchanted party._______he lost his fear and stepped into the clearing. The elves welcomed him joyfully and treated him as a(n)_______guest.

When morning came, the chief said, “My friend, you must come again. I will take this as a pledge (抵押)to________your return.” With that,the chief elf picked the wart from Naoko’s forehead.

Naoko returned home and told his neighbors about his wonderful night with the elves. They all congratulated him on the________of his wart. However, one neighbor, Yukio, was jealous. He wanted to visit the elves and________in their food and fun. While Naoko was out, Yukio________into Naoko’s house, put on Naoko’s robe and slipped into the woods.

________happened the way Naoko had described. The chief elf________him and said, “We are so glad you returned. We will give you back your pledge.” With that, he put wart onto Yukio’s forehead.

3 . Nan Hauser is a marine (海洋的) biologist. Last week, Hauser was ______ near her ship when she spotted that an enormous figure ______. It wasn’t long before Hauser ______ him—a humpback whale (座头鲸). ______ with such creatures, she was unafraid and planned to continue her leisure activity.

In the ______ of the animals, Hauser doesn’t touch her whale subjects ______ they’re ill or in danger. However, on that day, it was the whale who ______ contact. “Instead of swimming past, he didn’t ______ coming towards me until I was on his head...” she recalls. The whale rolled around and even pushed her several times. Hauser started losing her ______. Humpback whales aren’t dangerous animals, but any animal that big could ______ harm humans.

With efforts and experience, Hauser ______ to get away from the whale and out of the water finally. When she looked out to the distant water on her ship, a very ______ scene came into sight：miles away was swimming a huge tiger shark. Hauser ______ what was going on immediately. Far from making an ______ the whale was trying to rescue her.

“I’ve spent 28 years protecting whales, but never heard of such a thing. The experience makes me more ______ to be a guardian,” Hauser says.

4 . My daughter is such a beautiful, loving and giving soul. Every day she comes over to my house to help me _______ her two mentally disabled brothers. Her love isn’t _______ to just people, though. She has also rescued several homeless dogs over the years and showered them with _______ and love.

Last year, she _______ a female homeless cat. Then it seemed _______ spread because soon other homeless cats started coming around to enjoy her food and her love. The _______ one is a male, orange Tabby(a kind of cat) that she _______ Tang.

Tang isn’t quite like the other cats, however. My daughter _______ him a dog in a cat suit because there is no aloofness(高傲) about him at all. Every time he sees her, he meows(喵喵叫)for her to pick him up and _______ him.

Just yesterday I watched as my daughter started to walk back to her own house. ________ an orange cat appeared. It was Tang. He ran down the road to her, meowing all the way. When she eventually ________   him, Tang’s eyes closed as he took in the love from her heart. He rubbed his head against her. He just ________ being in her arms.

I ________ how much better our own lives would be if we took a lesson or two from that cat.

   Love is all around us, which ________ in a thousand different ways. If we were as ________ as Tang is, we would soak(浸泡) in that Love every chance we got. Perhaps one day I will be as loving and wise as this furry animal. Until then I will keep trying my best to Love, each and every day.

5 . Sam, the four-legged superhero, works to keep a park in Santiago clean. The dog’s superpower? Collecting garbage as a________for visitors.

Sam, who takes regular________in Santiago’s park with his owner, has become________, wearing a green cape (披风) in a comic (连环画) to work as an educational guide.

It________when Sam and Gonzalo Chiang had to stop again and again in the city’s largest green area to________plastic bottles, cans and food packages. “On Sam’s walks, we began to find a lot of________,” Chiang said. “From there, the________to take away the garbage that we found on each visit became apparent. The walk is a good opportunity to________, rather than litter,” Chiang said.

Park officials were impressed and decided to use Sam’s________in its park care campaign. They turned Sam into a cartoon in Sam: The Parquemet Superhero,________visitors to take their waste with them or use________ points found along the path. “This became much more________than expected,” Aravena said. “It reached different schools and has spread very well on social media.”

The________launched anti-litter campaigns last year urging drink vendors (摊主) to switch from plastic cups to glass ones and started________garbage into separate bins.

“Sam and Gonzalo have________us to accelerate (加快) this education process and structure this garbage classification,” said Eduardo Villalobos, the park’s acting director.

6 . The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to _________ a unique honey harvest. Here, in south-east Ethiopia, hand-carved beehives(蜂箱)are placed in the _________. Reaching them to get the honey is difficult—and often _________ .

I _________ beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland before entering a thick jungle. Ziyad began preparations. He _________ handfuls of damp tree leaves, wrapped them with string, and _________ the bunch to create a torch(火把). Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree, Ziyad began _________ . He stopped every few minutes to move the _________ higher up the tree trunk.

_________ , Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 metres above the ground. Sitting on a branch, he __________ towards it and blew smoke from his torch into a tiny hole in the hive. Suddenly, Ziyad let out a sharp cry. Within seconds, he’d __________ the trunk and was back on the ground.

It was too __________ to collect the honey. A cool summer had delayed __________ . Baby bees were still in the honeycombs(蜂巢). The adult bees were __________ and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree. He had to wait for the right __________ to go back up.