3 . A dog in Virginia jumped into action on Thursday morning to warn a family of danger. Charity Golloway and her two children were able to make it out of their house without ________ and call the local fire department, thanks to Butter, a homeless dog that had ________ a few months before.

Charity had made an outdoor ________ with an electric lamp for the dog, ________ the dog was homeless. The lamp Charity was using to keep Butter warm obviously caught fire, and the doghouse was close to Charity’s home. ________, Butter ran to Charity’s bedroom window and started barking ________.

“He knew something wasn’t right and that someone needed to know it. He is a(n) ________ dog.” Charity said. His barking ________, waking up Charity in time for her to hear the sound of the window breaking because of the ________. “The fire just got big really fast.” Charity said. “It’s actually hard to believe how fast it happened.”

The family ran out of the house and were able to ________ the fire before the arrival of the firefighters. Owing to Butter’s quick ________, no one was hurt.

When the firefighters arrived, Butter was there to ________ them. “It was a really nice dog.” said firefighter Justin Stidham. “It came up and played with all of us. I was sitting there petting it. It was just as nice as it could be.”

A ________ of Justin with Butter went viral (走红). That’s when Charity learned Butter was not actually Butter. The dog’s original owners ________. Butter as Cooper, who had run away from home. Charity said she would give Cooper a steak for his good deed and take him back to his owners. She now believes that animals return the love people show them, especially so during a(n) ________.

4 . Tim and Jim are best friends and they stick together like glue. Last year these two British schoolboys conducted a project designed to answer the question “What color, if any, do birds like best?”The project led to the boys______ the Young Science Award of the year after presenting their______to a group of scholars.

The boys' decision to find out whether birds have a ______ for a particular color came purely from scientific curiosity. Both of them are very ______ about nature and the power of colors in things.______ they worked as a perfect team and began a citizen science project that didn't ______ fancy equipment. In their backyards, the boys ______ five bird feeders, colored blue, green, red, yellow and transparent(透明的). They ______ changed the position of the feeders and placed a ______ for am hour each morning, afternoon, and evening across four seasons to ______ birds visiting each feeder. They collected ______ covering a total period of 400 hours.

When the experiment finished, they had recorded the birds’ ______ to the backyards added up to over 3,000. with most of the birds coming to the ______ feeders. It was a conclusive and distinct win for blue over other colors. The pair ______ the results and male a conclusion that blue is ______ to birds because of their familiarity with the sky; green and transparent ranks second and third because they ______ grass and water, while red and yellow are often u ______ of poison   in nature.

Tim and Jim said they would propose ______ their idea in some fields, such as using less popular colors of red and yellow to ______ bird strikes on planes. There seems a quite strong ______ between the color of planes and the occurrence of bird strikes.

6 . Dressed in a kachhad, a traditional Nepalese clothes, Umesh Balal walked into his meetings at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on climate change in Dubai with a sense of determination,

Balal, who has physical disability, was there to publicly ________ inclusion of disability rights in the climate change conference an aspect that he said has long been ________ by organizers of the world’s largest annual meeting on climate issues.

As a student, Balal was ________ about science and involved himself in research on environmental science. Those were his first few interactions that ________ the climate related issues to him. Being from a mountainous region, Balal ________ more about how climate change had ________ people there, which led him to develop climate anxiety.

The more Balan ________ himself to climate science, the more he learned about the impact of climate change. People with more resources have better chances of ________ the climate crisis. But the less developed countries, for the ________ communities, usually don’t have the same opportunities, which will push them further into the ________.

And it is even harder for people with ________. Many people with disabilities in Nepal don’t have ________ to proper education or opportunities for growth. As a result, they aren’t able to advocate for their rights.

In an interview, Balan said, “________, I am honored that I come from a supportive family, where I had a chance of good education which ________ me to grow in life. This is what I ________ for others, to change the way they live their lives.”

9 . Last Sunday afternoon, a truck rolled into the Animal League on Long Island, carrying more than four dozen homeless cats and dogs that lost their homes in the hurricane hit on South Carolina. These animals were ________ new homes to be offered.

After communicating ________ the Rescue Center in South Carolina, the truck from Long Island ________ for South Carolina on Tuesday. It was full of ________ dog and cat food, toys and clean-up supplies. An Animal League member, Ted Moriates said. “We ________ this truck with donations from the warm-hearted people on the island. Thanks to them for donating these supplies ________.”

Moriates and another member ________ to four shelters (避难所) along the coast in South Carolina after Hurricane Dorian hit. They ________ up the animals and delivered the supplies — creating ________ for creatures moved by the storm. “We must ________ the homeless animals,” said Moriates. “These animals would have been killed if we had ________ them,” he said.

The return trip with 53 cats, kittens, dogs and puppies, ________ stops for dog walking. Some of the animals needed extra ________ on the trip because they were ________ or not used to human touch. “With a little bit of love these animals can make a ________ change and become the loving pets that everyone ________.” Moriates said.

Hours before the truck ________, the Animal League on Long Island had been full of people hoping to ________ pets. However, the animals from South Carolinas won’t be ________ for adoption for a few days because they still have to go through medical ________.

10 . A family had had a cat for years. Then one day, the children finally _______ to persuade their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador (拉布拉多犬) _______.

The dog was so _______ that everyone wanted to hold him and he charmed everyone by just loving them. The cat made it very clear that she did not welcome another _______ in the house, but the little dog _______ her everywhere, trying to make friends with the angry cat.

So the family thought the cat would _______ like the dog.

Then one day the family heard horrible _______ from their backyard. They ran to the _______ to see what was happening. They lived in the suburbs and so they saw a real lynx (猞猁) was just planning to _______ their cat for lunch. The poor cat had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be ________.

And then suddenly a black lightning ran to the cat. The little dog ________ the big lynx with all its strength. He was not frightened, nor did he stop to think. He saw his ________ in trouble and did what to be done. The family opened the window and started yelling and the father ran to the yard. The lynx soon disappeared into the ________.

And ever since that day the cat’s behaviour towards the dog ________ totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere.

So we can draw a conclusion: if ever anyone is ________ towards you, don’t turn your back on them. They may not rescue your life—but their kindness can certainly rescue your day!