1 . A 23-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable feat that many of us dream of- visiting every country on Earth.

Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to _________ places such as Cambodia, Dubai and Egypt during her childhood, according to Forbes magazine. She began saving up at age 12 to _________ her goal of visiting all countries. By her 18th birthday, she had travelled to 72 nations. In October, 2016 she realized she could see the _________ nations on her list in time to set an official record. Many people _________ her travel on social media platform Instagram, so she decided to chase the world record partly to _________ others. “Honestly, in the beginning, I _________ wanted to push the limits of what I thought I could do with my life and see as much of the world as possible in the _________,” she told Forbes. “It wasn’t until things started getting really _________ that I realized I was inspiring people around me, especially the _________ .”

“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and __________ of the locals were astonishing,” Ms Alford said. “The most pleasant __________ about travelling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the least expectation for __________ being the most incredible.”

“My __________ for young people is to believe that you can do anything you set your mind to do. You have to make __________ to travel the world but if it’s something that’s genuinely __________ to you, it’s only a matter of time until you can make it a reality. ”

2 . Remember the heart-warming story of a loyal dog, who spent nine years waiting for his owner to return without knowing his death. His being _______ to his owner is being challenged by another dog, Thor.

In December 2015, Thor’s owner died at 58, and his loyal companion fell into _______. The owner’s family looked after Thor, but they didn’t give him the same love and attention. Seeing the miserable dog, a neighbor called Saionara asked if she could _______ him in, and maybe help him _______ the death of his owner. Then under her loving care, Thor started getting better. About a year ago, he started following the same _______ he had taken alongside his owner.

Every morning Saionara gets up early, makes his food and then opens the gate for him to take the walks he was already _______ with. Thor has a good memory, and he _______ at all the usual places his owner used to spend time in, and lets those who _______ him pet him on the head. That’s become his routine for the last year or so. And it seems that he is waiting for his _______ to come back.

Wherever he goes, Thor always ________ love and affection. Everyone knows his story and is eager to make his ________ more bearable. People stop to pet him. His food and water bowls are always ________ at the shoe store he walks by every day, and some people even stop to take photos with the famous dog.

After ________ his walk and spending time outside the places his owner used to spend time in, ________ the lottery(彩票) office, which he visited every day, Thor returns to his new owner, Saionara. “I’ll tell you that I love him, but I’m also ________ because I’m old. But I’ll take good care of him.” she says.

5 . Growing up in coastal Maine, Lynda Doughty spent lots of time out on the sea. There she often saw whales, seals and other marine (海洋的) animals. She developed a(n) _______ for the wildlife living along the coast.

“I remember being so amazed by them and _______ what was happening in their life,” Doughty said.

She also _______ that their livelihood was influenced by pollution and other human-related activities. She wanted to do something to _______ these animals.

So she became a marine _______ and worked with organisations that provided help for sick and injured sea animals. But as many nonprofits (非营利机构) closed their doors, Doughty decided to step in.

In 2011, she _______ her nonprofit, Marine Mammals of Maine, and has since provided help and medical care for more than 3,000 sea animals.

When COVID-19 broke out, things became more difficult, but they couldn’t _______—the animals _______, needed their help.

“We were so nervous of how we would _______ as a nonprofit in uncertain times,” Doughty said. “________, our team stood strong and we were able to continue to help animals.”

When another New England-based marine animal rescue program ________ its animal care during COVID-19, Doughty’s work became more ________ than ever.

“We could no longer take any ________ to their rescue center and there were not enough rehabilitation (康复) places for these animals. Actually, we were really ________ and there was more pressure for our center to stay open,” Doughty said.

“I feel this strong ________ to help these animals,” Doughty said. “This is what I was put on the earth to do.”

6 . You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their ______ was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year, I started dating, but with ______. When I first dated Steve, I ______ he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was amused that he was an animal lover, I ______ that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack Flora, the cat.

The next week we walked our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our ______, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so _____? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs. ______, I began to fall for him.

We continued to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her ______. I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly ______ climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve ______ his house. All worked ______. The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, ______ Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team ______ for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my delight, this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I ______ him to. That’s only for giving ______ to the dogs that brought us together.

8 . I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it. I went there for camping with my parents. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to EI Capitan, a huge rock of 3, 300 feet straight up. I touched that ________ rock and knew immediately I wanted to ________ it. That has been my life’s ________ ever since—climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 7 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste,________ beer cans, empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place less and treated such a beautiful ________ place this way.

I made an attempt to clean the place myself, but the job was too ________. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I had to ________ an idea to change the situation.

In 2018, together with some climbers, I set a ________ for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people appeared there. Over three days we ________ about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was ________ how much we were able to achieve. I couldn’t believe the difference we made—the ________ looked clean!

Each year these climbers come for the ________ from everywhere. In 2022 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash.

There are many people around us who are ________ with their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ rather than complaining. We need to teach by example. After all, everybody has his ________ to protect the environment.

9 . As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely in her youth. But that all changed when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae’s grandmother _______ her with an adorable gray _______ named Chloe.

From the very start, the two were _______. “She was my best friend,” Renae said. Every ounce of love Renae gave, the little dog returned tenfold.

But when Renae was 14, her father _______ a new job that came with a shocking warning: He’d be working at home, and the house needed to _______ noise disturbance.

“Chloe was very noisy,” Renae said. “I was just a kid, so I didn’t have any _______ in the matter. I didn’t want to _______ my dog. I just felt so sick and _______ about it. With no easier option, the family sent Chloe to a humane society.

_______, Renae grew up, got married, and had a child of her own. But her family didn’t feel quite complete. Remembering the ________ that having a dog had brought her as a kid, Renae wanted her daughter to ________ the same. She had it in her mind that she would ________ a puppy, but then one day she saw a post on a social media platform about a ________ dog that needed a new home. The dog in the photograph looked a lot like Chloe —she was even named Chloe. In an instant it was ________: She would adopt this older dog.

When she met Chloe, the dog seemed so familiar. And Chloe appeared to feel the same ________ about Renae. Soon Renae cried with excitement because she felt so lucky to have Chloe again.

10 . While a lot of undergraduates live with loud roommates, 24-year-old Nikolai shares his home with over 600 noisy animals. It is no _______ he is continuously getting interrupted.

Twenty years ago his parents bought a zoo in Denmark and started the first zoo and rescue centre for animals. Two years ago his dad unfortunately _______ cancer and he was out on his own as a game developer. So he instantly came home again to his mother to _______ the zoo and attend to the 600 animals.

Owning a zoo is busywork with Nikolai taking on many _______: feeding, cleaning and playing with the animals. 600 animals may sound like _______ but Nikolai actually wants the zoo to _______. He hopes to achieve his parents’ goal and make it the greatest rescue centre for rare animals in all of Europe.

“As it is a rescue zoo, everything _______ a little bit differently than it did in the _______ zoos. Because in general zoos, it usually has perfect animals. We feel a need and a (n)_______ to help where we can. Thus, we ________ the zoo into a rescue zoo instead,” Nikolai once said. And that means taking in animals that has been treated ________ or has been in laboratories. And some of our animals may have some scars and some ________ that we have to deal with or treat.

Having to support his mother and the zoo, Nikolai has come up with a ________ way to collect extra money: a mobile app game about the zoo. The game’s ________ will go to various charities. Nikolai believes the money ________ will surely help realize his family’s dream of making their rescue centre the biggest.