1 . In traditional Chinese culture, fish has rich meanings. It ______ wealth. Fish also stands for harmony and happy marriages ______ they multiply rapidly and some times swim in pairs. Fish is an important ______ in traditional values and are among the signs showing that something is ______ to be successful. The most popular fish theme found in Chinese art and ______ is that of the carp (鲤鱼). The ______ of “boneless” techniques makes the swimming fish more real and convincing. Known to most Westerners as koi fish (锦鲤), the Chinese carp has ______ symbolic values within Chinese culture. The carp is a powerful symbol of ______. The scales and whisker (须) of the carp is ______ to that of a dragon, a great symbol of power in China. During the Spring Festival “lucky money” is ______ in red envelopes decorated with a carp and symbols of long life ______ peaches and pine trees. There are many different ______ of the carp, with the major ones being black, white, red and yellow.

“You are not ______, so how would you know the happiness of fish? ” Chuang Tsu created this famous saying when he ______ an issue with Hui Tsu. The message of the story is that someone has his own enjoyment while others can ______ appreciate that.

2 . When I go to a new place, the first thing I like to do is walking around the streets to ________ the city. When I first arrived in Santiago, Chile, and took a walk around the city center, one of the first things I noticed was how many stray (无家可归的) ________ there were. The phrase “street dog” or “stray dog” is used to ________ a dog with no home, who lives on the streets.

On every comer there was a sleeping dog. At every traffic ________ there was a dog ________ to cross. By every shop there was a dog waiting for potential ________. At first I was ________ as I thought they might be ________ or unfriendly. However, I have been here for more than a year now and every stray dog I have seen has been passive (顺从的), quiet and friendly.

The dogs are ________ and welcomed here in Chile. I have never seen a street dog being mistreated. In fact, they are ________ given food and water by the public. Some people even ________ jackets for the dogs or ________ beds or kennels (狗舍) for them to sleep in.

The dogs do not have an easy life: they are often hungry, cold or injured. The government does not provide much ________ for these dogs.

Some people believe that the ________ is getting out of control and that it is ________ to have so many dogs on the streets. The dogs can sometimes cause ________ such as car accidents if they run into the road. There are around 2. 5 million stray dogs in Chile and the dog population is ________ faster than the human population. Many Chileans think that all the stray dogs should be sterilized (绝育的) so that they cannot ________. Others think that the stray dog population should be culled, that is, ________ the population by killing them.

The future of street dogs is ________ but for now it looks like they are here to stay with their population increasing year by year.

3 . A woman, Shanon, was driving on a Georgia road when a deer suddenly came out of nowhere. Before she knew what had happened, she was ________. When she woke up, she found her ________ upside down on the road and she could ________ move. What she least expected was that her savior (救世主) was already on the ________ and ready to help. Hero, a German shepherd who ________ for Shanon’s life when she could not ________.

Hero entered the car to figure out Shanon’s ________. Several minutes later, Hero began to ________ the collar of her shirt to try to get her out of the car. He was trying and trying with all his strength. As time passed, Hero’s efforts had good ________. Exhausted and sweaty as he was, he ________ to get Shanon out of the car and take her to the road where they could find ________. Finally, Shanon came to herself in the hospital.

Shanon soon ________ that Hero was abandoned. Although she wanted to ________ him, she was unable to do so for some reason. ________, there were many who appreciated Hero’s skill and ________. Hero was finally adopted by a dog trainer who will train Hero to become a search and rescue dog for police officers. Bravo Hero and good luck!

Hero could have ________ Shanon, or he could even have helped Shanon by going towards the road to ________ someone. But Hero fought and used all of his strength to save Shanon. The ________ love that animals give us is always beyond our ________.

Be kind to our loyal friends and treat them equally. Only by doing so can humans and animals live ________.

4 . A 57-year-old Tonga man survived a night in the ocean after a tsunami (海啸) wave swept him out to sea last Saturday.

Lisala Folau was painting his house last Saturday, _________ his brother told him a tsunami was moving toward the small island of Atata. The island has a population of about 60.

Folau is _________ and has difficulty walking. He climbed a tree to _________ the first wave but when he got down, another big wave _________ him away.

Folau was swept out to sea at about 7 p.m. local time. Then, he _________ or swam another eight hours to a second _________ with no one living on it before finally swimming again to the main island of Tongatapu. The _________ lasted more than 27 hours and _________ 7.5 kilometres.

Folau said that he went _________ nine times. The ninth time he went under and came up and __________ a log. And that’s what kept him __________.

Tongan officials said they learned a man was __________ from Atata island and they weren’t very __________ about it.

There was even a video recorded by Folau’s son, who went __________ for his father. The video shows, that almost __________ was left standing on the island other than a church, where many of the villagers took ad __________.

“It’s one of these __________ that happens,” said an official.

The story of Folau’s __________ went viral among Tongan groups on social media. “Real life Aquaman,” said one post, __________ the comic book and movie character. When __________ if he knew who Aquaman was, Folau said he did not.

5 . I was on vacation in Cuba and during an afternoon, I went to a dolphin cove (小海湾) where you could have a close look at dolphins and even swim with them. At first, my expectations were quite _______ for this. I’ve never been a(n) _______ of captive (圈养的) animals so I don’t go to the zoo.

There were about 6 cages underwater surrounding the dock where the _______ were and where you could swim with them. These cages had no _______ part. They rose out of the _______ about a foot and had a fairly good amount of depth. These dolphins could easily jump over the cages.

As the tour started, _______, our Cuban guide overheard everyone talking about the cages. Therefore, he started off the tour by _______ the intelligence of dolphins and the deal _______ people made with them. Not sure how they started the _______, but basically it follows as this. These dolphins are completely ________. They arrive inland during a certain part of the season when they find it difficult to find ________ in the seas. They will ________ and live in the dolphin park and get fed with really good food. When hurricane season starts, they go back to the ________ and stay there until the season changes.

The dolphins are there by their own free will because it ________ them. I wished other facilities could establish a   ________like this.

6 . One day, Ruslan was fishing with his friends when they noticed something wrong. A mother bear was swimming confidently toward an island but her cubs (幼熊) were ________ in the lake. Ruslan and his friends could ________ believe what was happening.

As the mother bear ________ to head straight for the shore, leaving the cubs drowning in water, Ruslan felt he should do something to help. However, Ruslan’s boat did not turn for them, in ________ of the mother bear turning around and ________ them, until she was out of sight. When the fishermen were still wondering how to save the cubs, or if it was even safe to do so, the cubs made their first ________ and swam toward them.

When the cubs closed up aside the boat and tended to ________ in, they couldn’t get strong enough grasps so they kept slipping. ________, Rusland figured that he could use the fishing net, with the help of which the cubs were finally into the ________. The men were ________ that the cubs would attack them, but it was obvious that they were too ________ to do anything but lie down.

Though the mother never ________ to save the cubs, for their survival and the safety of the men, they ________ moved the cubs to the edge of the forest and then sailed away. Their heroic deed was later ________ spread. When asked why they took such a ________, Ruslan said, “It was dangerous, of course. But they are living creatures, just like us.”

7 . We are so used to the beauty of trees, plants and flowers that we may even take it for granted without realizing how much inspiration it has given us. For instance, an open flower might make us think how _______ it resembles an umbrella. It’s natural to think in this way, but actually it is the flower that inspires the umbrella.

Nature has inspired many of the most fascinating designs around us, those in architecture included. Today, architects continue to _______ ways to capture the beauty of natural forms, to mimic the way nature _______ or even to make natural organisms part of a building.

People whose interest is exploring the _______ between art and science will enjoy Singapore’s ArtScience Museum. It is _______to resemble a lotus flower whose floor collects rainwater and then recycles it through the plumbing system. Visitors are often _______ to find themselves in an urban building that so _______ captures the beauty of natural form.

Watching a nature documentary in which termites were constructing their nests inspired Zimbabwean architect Mick Pearce to create the Eastgate Centre. The design _______ the need for traditional air conditioning and heating systems, so the building uses less energy and costs _______to run.

The world’s first algae-powered building is in Hamburg, Germany. The ________ of the apartment building is covered in panels containing algae, which capture ________ from the sun and change it into energy that powers the building. Therefore, the building not only ________ its environment and uses less energy, but also reduces ________ to the environment.

Creating buildings such as these enables us to live ________ our environment. To meet the needs of today while protecting the world of tomorrow may be a challenge, but even the ________organisms can help teach us how to achieve this.

8 . What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest of the five offshore plastic accumulation zones in the world’s oceans. It is located halfway between Hawaii and California.

PLASTIC __________

It is estimated that 1.15 to 2.41 million tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean each year from rivers. More than half of this plastic is less __________than the water, meaning that it will not sink once it encounters the sea.

The strong and floating plastics show resiliency(韧性) in the marine environment, allowing them to be transported over __________distances. They persist at the sea surface as they make their way off shore, transported by converging (汇聚的) currents and finally accumulating in the patch.

Once these plastics enter the gyre（环流）, they are unlikely to leave the area until they __________into smaller microplastics under the effects of sun, waves and marine life. As more and more plastics are discarded into the environment, microplastic __________in the GPGP will only continue to increase.

LOCATION

Due to seasonal and interannual variabilities of winds and currents, the GPGP’s location and shape are constantly changing. Only floating objects that are __________influenced by currents were likely to remain within the patch.

By simulating concentration levels in the North Pacific, the researchers were able to follow the location of the patch and found on average it orbits around 32°N and 145°W. However, the team observed seasonal __________from west to east and substantial variations in latitude（纬度）depending on the year.

IMPACT ON WILDLIFE

Plastic has increasingly become a very common substance in the ocean. Due to its size and color, animals __________the plastic for food, causing malnutrition; it poses entanglement（缠绕）risks and threatens their overall behavior, health, and existence.

Studies have shown that about 700 species have encountered marine debris, and 92% of these __________are with plastic. 17% of the species affected by plastic are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species.

IMPACT ON HUMANS AND SOCIETY

Once plastic enters the marine food web, there is a possibility that it will contaminate the human food chain as well. Through a process called bioaccumulation, chemicals in plastics will enter the body of the animal __________on the plastic, and as the feeder becomes prey, the chemicals will pass to the __________—making their way up the food web that includes humans. These chemicals that affected the plastic feeders could then be __________within the human as well.

__________, yearly economic costs due to marine plastic are estimated to be between $6-19billion USD. The costs __________its impact on tourism, fisheries and aquaculture, and governmental cleanups. These costs do not include the impact on human health and the marine ecosystem due to __________research available.

9 . A black cat was regarded as a hero recently. It helped rescuers find his 83-year-old owner who had ________ into a deep narrow valley.

Tamar Longmuir, 38, says she was informed of her ________ neighbor by the woman’s friend on Saturday afternoon and ________ started searching her farm in Bodmin, Cornwall. She was ________ by other members of her family who live and work on the farm. The searchers then ________ her cat, Piran, was sitting at the gate to one of the cornfields — meowing (喵喵叫) at them constantly.

“The cat is very ________ to her, and he was going backward and forward in front of the gateway and meowing, so I decided to go and ________ the cornfield,” Longmuir told Sky News. While searching she heard a weak ________ for help. According to the local police, the woman had fallen70 feet down an embankment (路堤), with incredibly ________ access and uneven land.

“She had gone through the barbed wire fence (倒刺铁丝围栏) and was ________ in the stream,” Longmuir said. She called local authorities for ________. “After about two hours she was carried up to ________ and into the air ambulance,” Longmuir said. “________ the cat waiting at the gate to that field, it could have been hours later that I or anyone else would have ________ there.”

“Piran the cat ________ the day!” the Bodmin Police wrote in a Facebook post.

10 . Reilly, my daughter’s dog, enjoys running about in the huge backyard all day. Despite his _________ lifestyle, Reilly is a bit overweight. That’s because Reilly is always hungry and he always _________ watches us eat anything.

Sometimes, he will hold his bowl in his mouth, _________ that someone will put dog treats in it. Then he will drop the bowl on the floor so that the treats jump out, and he goes at them fast like lightning. He loves this _________ ! If we’re preparing dinner and ignoring him, he carries his bowl to the _________ and drops it with a loud noise. He hopes to draw our attention and reminds us Reilly’s _________.

One day, Reilly _________, and my daughter Erin didn’t know where he went. He isn’t _________ to leave our home alone, and usually he doesn’t. Erin was _________ and walked to neighbors’ homes to __________ him. No Reilly.

Some time later, the big dog was back and not __________. In his huge mouth was a piece of delicious cooked beef, still __________. Whose dinner was this and where did he get it? __________ seemed to know a thing about it. Only one big yellow dog knew, but he wasn’t __________. To this day, not a single neighbor has reported the theft. It’s still a __________.