1 . Ten years ago, the Italian area of Cinque Terre was ______ by a deadly flood. Paradisi at that time ran a hotel. Just a month earlier, he had got a dog, Leo, on September 25, 2011. A month later, although dogs were ______ from his office, he decided to take his new pet to work. A storm was already brewing (形成) in the area, and he was ______ leaving the dog at home.

“It was the fault that saved my ______,” he says. By the time the pair got to La Spezia, the storm had already ______ — heavy rain, thunder and hail. Paradisi decided to leave early, ______ the weather would only get worse. “Even in the first mile, it ______ —I’d never seen it worsen like that before,” he says. “There was a tornado of water that hit the mountains, and I couldn’t even see a meter ahead. I had ______ of about 30 centimeters, so was driving extremely slowly.”

Paradisi had put Leo in the back of his car for the 17-mile journey, and for most of it, the dog had ______ there in silence. Until, getting closer and closer to Prevo, as the car wound round the cliff, Leo made his move.” He ______ into the front and onto my knees, so I had to stop,” says Paradisi. “I was angry — I said, “Leo, I’m driving.” At that moment —just as he was trying to ______ the dog off his lap, and get going again — the cliff fell away in front of them. “The rocks just came down. It almost ______ the car. A meter further forward, and we’d have been ______ ,” he says.

In ______, he says, he managed to turn the car around and make it as far as Manarola, another of the Cinque Terre villages. “It was only then that I understood what was happening. It was ______ Leo that I’m alive. ”

2 . Growing up in the “City of Lakes”, Udaipur, India, my passion and love for animals grew with each passing day. I often _____ the harm of animal suffering in my own community and nearby villages. My heart ______, but because I was young and without means, my actions were _____. I longed for the power to make a bigger _____ and wished I could help every suffering animal I saw along the roadside.

As I matured, I could no longer stand idle, resigned (屈服的) to a passive role. I decided to _____ the Animal Protection Society in Udaipur, an organization to protect and rescue animals _____. Presenting the idea of an animal _____ organization to my family proved challenging. Their ______ of support mirrored a negative attitude towards animals in our society. I recall a time when I encountered an injured dog on the street, and instead of receiving ______, I was met with criticism. Despite these discouragements, I ______ forward, with positivity as my guide.

I sought inspiration from others who had experience ______ in animal protection. Their ______ advice guided me through the most difficult decisions.   Slowly but surely, a compassionate team began to ______, consisting of individuals who shared my determined love for animals. Vishal Hiloriya, our co-founder, emerged as a pillar (支柱) of ______, along with a host of others who offered financial aid and volunteered ______ for our cause. Their dedication transformed our dreams into ______.

Each time we rescue a sick or injured animal, there is a celebration in our hearts. When you save a life, your soul feels so ______. I wish for a time when every human being extends empathy (共情) and ______ to all living beings. I call for each person to deepen their ______ to animals, each other, and every living thing. In doing so, we will ______ and strengthen our loving experience on this planet.

3 . Kathy Xu,a high school teacher,had always wanted to see a shark in the wild.The opportunity finally _______in 2011,when she went on a snorkelling trip to the Ningaloo Reef.She was so inspired by its beauty and grace that tears _______to her eyes.

After returning home,Xu learned about the shark trade _______at one of Indonesia’s largest fish markets,on the island of Lombok.Shark parts including meat,cartilage(软骨)and teeth are cut up for export.The most prized are the fins,which _______high prices.

Curious,Xu _______her bags and headed to the fish market.There,she spoke with several fishermen.Shark fishing is _______ risky and involves hard physical work,but it is one of few ways for them to_______for their families.“I told them I’d pay them to take _______out to see these snorkelling havens,“she says.Together, Xu and the fishermen came up with the idea of snorkelling boat trips,and a deal was_______.

In late 2012,Xu________her full-time job to focus on building The Dorsal Effect, an ecotourism business she hoped would help save the declining shark________.In 2019,Xu found a female Rhynchobatus cook, a relative of the shark.The species had not been seen for more than 20 years and was believed to be________.The discovery gave scientists hope,and it could be________ for an in-depth conservation study.

In the past decade,global demand for shark fins has________-a promising result of conservation campaigns.For now,Kathy,41,is proud of the small changes she sees happening on Lombok,from the fishermen who now have a new way to________an income to the schoolchildren who learn about sharks on tours with The Dorsal Effect.

4 . The polar bear was a tiny point in a frozen white world. A film crew began to follow at a distance, gradually getting_________, hoping to get a good picture. However, the bear came to a rest at a hole in the ice and started to_________. So did the crew.

For 12 hours the bear lay half asleep, half ________ without a move. It was too long; the crew had been working for 22 hours ________ on the sea ice. Cold and exhausted, they ________ defeat.

Hours of waiting for little reward is not_________. “It’s the price we pay to get unique images,” says award-winning photographer Florian Ledoux. “It is a ________ for us to get each shot in Arctic — we push our limits.” The battle is intense especially during winter:_________ darkness affects your mood, the lack of routine_________ your body clock, you are forever fighting the bitter cold, and everything you touch with_________ hands sticks to your skin. However_________ your clothes are, the cold bites through.

An Arctic photographer for years, Ledoux has witnessed the significant ________ there. It is heating up, causing ice to melt and ________ the whole ecosystem. “Am I just photographing? No,” he says. “I try to catch some unique beauty of ________, to give a voice to the one that cannot ________.”

5 . I have loved and cared for all kinds of creatures for as long as I can remember. A few years ago, I came across news reports that said animals with _________ challenges are less likely to be adopted from _________ and are more at risk of being killed without pain.

I had to _________ up with some way to help because I believe all living things deserve a _________. During the pandemic, when activities were _________ and I was mostly at home, I had the perfect opportunity to go through online ways on how to build a _________ to help them. It takes me from a few weeks to a couple of months to make one. Each wheelchair is _________ and depends on the size of the animal and the type of support they require. I have built 16 wheelchairs so far, for dogs, a cat, a hedgehog — and a sling for a duck. When I help an animal _________ their moving ability back, it feels so rewarding and means _________ to me. Knowing that I’ve made a __________ in an animal’s life makes me feel needed, and seeing them use their wheelchair for the first time is __________ priceless.

It warms my heart! No matter what ability or disability an animal or human has, they deserve the best __________ of life possible. If you have a __________ for something and feel that you can change something, no matter how __________, then go for it. Have confidence and believe in yourself, and don’t let anyone __________ you!

6 . An orphaned (孤儿的) deer named Afra and a rabbit named Alice have formed a friendship that’s straight out of a Disney movie. Workers at Chase Sanctuary (保护区) and Wildlife Conservancy in Webster, Florida, have seen many interspecies friendships_______ over the years, but this one is, by far, the cutest!

Alice and Afra were_______drawn together when landing in the sanctuary since they were both alone. Afra lost her _______ at an early age and couldn’t _______ herself in the wild. Around the same time, Alice’s former owner made the_______ and sent her to the shelter, where he felt she would be_______ “Her owner came here for a tour, and saw we have this big, open habitat. He _______   her to run all around in the grass,” said sanctuary founder, Nina Vassallo.

These days, they’re always_______   Afra follows Alice and eats the green grass in the day, and they sleep curled up together at night. “They_______ each other,” Nina explained with _______   “They watch out for each other, just like human friends. It’s so amazing!”

Visitors_______ seeing the two friends together, and the sanctuary says they don’t plan to_______   them. Watching their friendship grow up makes the_______   business of rescuing animals very_______. As is known, rescuing them often faces challenges.

“It always brings us joy to_______ to make an animal’s life better,” said Nina.

7 . Mawson was an Australian explorer and scientist who explored the Antarctic with a team of fellow adventurers in 1912. His travels in the frozen continent brought him worldwide _______. In December of that year, Mawson and two other _______ left the main base at Commonwealth Bay, _______ a 300-mile exploration into the central part of the continent to gather scientific data and samples. _______ followed.

One of the men, a young British soldier named Belgrave Ninnis, _______ down an open crack on a sledge, along with several of their best dogs and many of the team’s supplies, dead. For several weeks, the two others, _______ with scurvy(坏血病)and other _______, struggled to return to camp, keeping living first on the _______ dogs, then on starvation food. _______, Xavier Mertz, a Swiss mountaineer and skiing champion, died from exhaustion, starvation and possible poisonousness from eating dogs’ livers.

________ to return with the research data, Mawson ________ the elements for 30 days. Finally he returned to the________ in February of 1913, extremely thin, frost-bitten and exhausted-only to ________ he had missed the ship rescuing the rest of the ________ by hours. Mawson was regarded as a survivor hero. For his achievements as an explorer and scientist, he was knighted(封爵)in 1914. In addition to his other ________, Mawson edited and contributed to the 22-volume Reports of Australasian Antarctic Expeditions.

8 . The Grey’s Anatomy doctors are navigating the patients that have kept them on our screens for some 400 episodes of the show. But in this episode, for the first time, the _______ to the drama is the very real issue of climate change. It’s a relatively rare example of the many kinds of climate-related storylines that are typically missing from _______ TV and film worlds. Social scientists argue that climate is a topic that belongs in many kinds of on-screen stories, not just the _______ climate-disaster thriller.

But can seeing the realities of climate change affecting characters on the screen help us relate _______ to the unfolding climate crisis – to cope better, or even change our behavior?

Non-profit storytelling consultancy Good Energy believes it can. It is among a small but growing number of organizations _______ far more TV and film scripts to _______ climate-related storylines. In April 2022, it released its Good Energy Playbook, a set of guidelines for embedding climate change into any on-screen story. It joins other initiatives in drawing attention to the need for film and TV to _______ the numerous ways climate change leaves its mark on our everyday lives.

The Good Energy Playbook’s suggestions are appropriately wide-ranging: characters with climate anxiety and those fighting against injustice; utopian (乌托邦的) narratives that explore climate solutions; storylines that quietly _______ climate references into their characters’ worlds.

The playbook was created by Good Energy founder Anna Jane Joyner, “It started as a personal _______, where I just got on the phone with as many screenwriters as I could,” she says. She quickly learned that writers wanted to talk about climate, but “didn’t really have the support and toolset to be able to do it”.

Many research studies looked at the impact introducing climate stories had on viewers, and found it prompted greater concern about climate change. It also ________ people’s understanding of it and made them more likely to take action to reduce their emissions. ________, science tells us that stories have a power that hard facts often don’t. Research has long established that the human brain finds it easier to understand and remember information delivered as a ________, and has even found that stories can influence behavior.

Climate stories, then, seem like a pretty good idea. But these sorts of narratives have been few and far between. Julie Doyle, professor of media at the University of Brighton in the UK, says climate change has ________ for years to get into any form of fictional film or TV representation. “There’s been a silence around it,” she says.

It’s time to break the climate silence, says Doyle. “Mainstream media has tended to follow rather than lead, and it would be great if mainstream media could lead this.” Day-to-day mentions of climate change in media are especially important because, while blockbuster climate films can have a positive impact on awareness and action, the effect is sadly __________. People can feel inspired to take action in the moment, but the feeling __________ in a matter of weeks.

9 . Christmas was approaching. I still hadn’t prepared a gift for my wife Donna. However, Donna was good at _________things, and she would have _________gifts for everyone long before Christmas.

We had just moved to Italy and were still _________.While Donna was away on business, I continued working on the _________so that we could live in it comfortably. I also cared for Princess, Donna’s beloved cat. One day, she rushed out and was gone!

Northern Italy is usually _________warm, so she wouldn’t_________. But she might have to handle feral (野生的) cats. Our holidays would be _________if Princess wasn’t back before Christmas. Therefore, I made a poster with a (n) _________of Princess, a hurried drawing and a promised pay back. Soon, people visited me with various feral cats because of my unclear drawing or the _________I offered, I could never ____________a hungry animal. So many cats moved into our yard soon.

Donna’s daily calls continued, and so did my daily visits. I still didn’t mention the ____________.Donna finally returned and showed me the gifts for Princess as we drove home, while ____________considered how to ____________the news.

When approaching our home, Donna shouted, “You give me the best Christmas gift!” I was ____________ . Looking around, I saw Princess playing with other cats in our yard! Then I realized Donna misunderstood my ____________.Anyway, that was how I avoided the possible blame and gave Donna a Christmas gift at the last minute again.

10 . Last year in early summer, I was walking to my house when I saw two large birds standing in my yard. They didn’t seem to _______ me until I was right in front of them and then they _______ disappeared into the nearby bushes. I was quite excited by the _______ of two special birds making a nest (巢) in my yard．

A few weeks later, the birds _______. I found them crouching (蹲伏) beside a tree. As I approached them, they _______ their heads and made a croaking (嘶哑地叫) sound. I didn’t know why they were croaking at me until a short time later I made an amazing _______: there were two small birds _______ around happily.

As I inched towards the birds, _______ not to make sudden movements, they started their croaking again, putting their necks forward so they seemed _______ and more threatening.

The mother put the baby birds under her wings and carefully crouched down over them so her babies were well ________.

I was watching them with respect when I suddenly ________ and fell to the ground. The mother took this as a/an ________ and the father raced towards me, ________ his wings to protect the mother and the baby birds.

I felt sorry to have disturbed them and left quickly. I am amazed by their ________ actions. Their parental love made them so courageous. It is hard not to show ________ for nature.