1 . Romero is an 84-year-old man. He owes his _______ to his pet dog, Palomo, who took _______ to him after he got lost in the _______ for a week.

On November 27, Romero left his home for a walk, but he didn’t come back _______. His family wasn’t _______ at first as he used to walked to _______ villages and would be back a few days later. However, after four days, the man’s niece, Ramona, panicked and _______ it to the local authorities and a search party was put together.   

The police with trained dogs were brought in to _______ Romero. They searched the area around, but a week after his _______, Romero was nowhere to be found. That’s when the old man’s ________ dog, Palomo, was brought in as the last ________.

According to one member of the search team, the brown dog ________ them through hills and valleys and finally to the place in the desert where Romero had been ________. His niece told the authorities that Romero sometimes had poor memory and that ________ his getting lost on his trip.

The ________ weak man was rushed to the hospital where he spent two days getting back on his feet. One officer commented online that “Palomo ________ by the hospital door day and night waiting for the ________ of its beloved Romero. It is the unconditional love of his pet ________ allowed Romero to be ________ with his family”. A photo of Palomo staying by Romero’s side after he came back home was ________ along with these words.

2 . Working in a pet hospital, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound(爱尔兰猎狼犬) named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very _________ about Belker, and they were hoping for a _________.

I examined Belker and found he was _________ of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do _________ for Belker but perform the euthanasia procedure(安乐死) for the old dog. Ron and Lisa _________ and told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to stay _________ Belker. They _________ as if Shane might learn something from the _________.

Before the procedure, Shane seemed so _________, petting the old dog for the last time, that I __________ if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker left the world __________.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s __________ without any difficulty or puzzle. We sat together for a while after my work, __________ about the sad fact that animal lives are __________ than human lives.

Shane, who had been listening quietly, __________, “I know why.” Surprised, we all __________ him. What came out of his mouth next __________ me. I’d never heard a more moving __________. It has changed the way I think and live.

He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live a __________ life—like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The six-year-old __________, “Well, dogs already know how to love others, so they don’t have got to stay as long as us.”

5 . For decades, humans have torn up the natural landscape in Asia, cutting down trees to build resorts (旅游胜地) in the most beautiful locations and caging wild animals to attract tourists.

Bangkok-based hotel architect Bill Bensley is saying “_________.”

When a businessman talked with him about _________a resort that included a zoo in Asia, he came up with a (n) _________: let’s _________ the humans and let the rare and endangered _________wander free.

Sounds _________ ? Bensley is known for _________ ideas so that he’s been called the “Willy Wonka of hotel design.”

At his Shinta Mani Wild resort in Cambodia _________ arrive via a 380-meter zip wire (高空滑索) over the wilderness of the South Cardamom National Park and are _________ to join Wildlife Alliance anti-poaching patrols (防盗猎巡逻).

But he’s not doing things __________ for eye-catching. Bensley is a lifelong conservationist who deeply __________ what humans are doing to the planet. That’s why he wanted to do the World Wild Project. 61-year-old Bensley says the first stage of the eight-year project, which will __________ several different top branded hotels, is expected to __________ in 2023.

The cages for __________ will actually be 2,400 hotel rooms, with a budget of generally a million __________ per room. Let’s just say the guests won’t be uncomfortable.

__________ , it’s not the rooms the California-native is talking about. Having a __________ with a local official, he has got the permission to relocate abused animals from __________ in Asia, and set them free onto the __________ 2,000-hectare (公顷) piece of land __________ the human zoo will be located.

7 . My doctor accompanied me out for a stroll(散步) around the farm where she lives. I was physically and emotionally exhausted and_________by anxiety and stress from work. The farm was full of life. There were insects, horses, rabbits, and a cat. She told me to_________my hobby in the environment.

When I was ill, I tended to hide myself and_________from the here and now. So, when I met a horse named Lira, I expected_________As I got closer to Lira, she nuzzled(用鼻子爱抚) her nose into my chest, putting a(n)_________pressure over my heart. Suddenly, I felt_________I had reached a wellspring(源泉) of past hurts, fears and_______ I began to melt emotionally. I patted Lira’s nose and_________in her smell. I found I felt_________ I worked with Lira__________ learning basic communication and feeding methods to work together with her.____________I wasn’t sure at first what one would do with a horse except____________it, I knew that Lira had enabled me to bond with the world in an uncommon way by____________my feelings and giving them back to me.

In my meetings with Lira, I found that I lost my usual self-consciousness and I would focus on____________. I learned to live in the____________ . With Lira by my side, I saw into a____________in which trust comes first, and compassion(同情) ____________.I found a deep peace in leading her____________a path, by using my own power of intention to tell___________to start, stop, turn left or turn right. I felt an inner quietness and even joy. My work with this horse was part of a____________out of a very dark night in my soul.

8 . Lots of people have trees to look at from their bedrooms, but my perspective（视角）is different. My name is Miranda Gibson. I have been living at the top of a tree_______60 meters for 449 days now. Some people might wonder_______on earth I would choose to do this.

Stretching out below me is one of Tasmania's last areas of ancient forest---in an area that was proposed for World Heritage protection, yet remains under the_______of industrial logging（砍伐）. On 12 December 2011, machinery（大型机械）rolled into the forest and the destruction began. I couldn't_______the thought that these forests would be_______forever. So, on 14 December 2011, I packed up my life,_______of my job plans, and climbed 200 feet onto the top of this tree. I have been here ever since.

People often ask me what I do up here all day. It's busier than you would imagine. Like an office job, but with a splendid_______! I spend my days writing about this forest and its urgent（紧急的）need for_______on my blog.

Life in the treetops can be_______at times. I have times when I feel frustrated（沮丧）and wish I could________, to anywhere, just to have a change of scenery for a minute! There are also times when I feel terribly________. I miss my friends and family. My only connection to the outside world is my phone and computer, which I charge via solar panel.________these times, I find myself loving the experience. Living on the tree has been inspiring. I am willing to________up here for as long as it takes, but I honestly hope it won't be too________before I will be able to get down and put my feet on the ground in a forest that is no longer under threat—in a forest that will be________guarded for future generations.

9 . I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a ________ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ________ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since--- ________ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my ________.

About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ________, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s ________ me why visitors started respecting the place ________ and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried ________ trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would ________an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so _______ it that I decided something had to change.

As a rock-climbing guide, I knew ________about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ________. I couldn’t believe the ________ we made ---the park looked clean!

Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and ________ 132 miles of roadway.

I often hear people ________ about 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 ________. You can’t blame others ________ you start with yourself.

10 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The _______ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of _______ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we _______ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to _______ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _______ modern manufacturing (制造业)and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _______.

Another cause is our _______of disposable (一次性的) products. As _______ people, we are always looking for _______ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies ________ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also ________ to the problem. We are ________ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that ________ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we ________ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the ________ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To ________ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ________, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. ________, this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions ________ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about ________. Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.