1 . A series of severe thunder storms struck our area recently. Heavy rains, strong winds, and lots of lightening had _________ flash flooding and even swept down trees. I had spent the afternoon _________ branches out of my yard. Then just before I was getting _________ to take my dogs for their last walk of the day the _________ came on my television and over my phone that another storm was _________.

I quickly took my dogs outside. Huge and _________ clouds were rolling in while thunder _________ over the hills. Despite this, I knew that the stars were shining and the moon was smiling up _________ but I just couldn’t see them. The blink of light, up high, at the far end of the meadow (草坪) might hide behind my _________. I smiled. It amazed me how far their light ____________ in the darkness of the night and how they didn’t seem ____________ at all by the approaching storm. I felt that the ____________ no longer seemed so scary and that my fear had been ____________ with relief and joy.

Life does have its ____________ of storms, some caused by ____________ and some caused by us. We can’t go through life being scared of them, ____________. We are here to shine our light. We are here to share our love. We are bound to ride through the ____________, clean up after them, and make this world a ____________ place. Light may seem tiny but you will be ____________ at how far it can be seen and how easily it can ____________ the dark away.

2 . The first time my mom came over to babysit Alice, our newborn daughter, for a couple of hours, all I wanted to do was take my elderly Brooklyn out for a walk.

Brooklyn was _________ my dog. Fourteen years ago, when I first saw her in the pet store, I knew it was a done deal: we were _________.I had never had a pet _________, but I welcomed everything about it. I _________ her whole life in photos. And during large _________ gatherings, seeing me with baby Brooklyn, my favourite aunt would tell me one day I would be a great _________.

Brooklyn was _________ getting old and grey when my daughter was born, but she _________ the new baby with gentleness. However, as my daughter _________ more and more space in my life, Brooklyn's place in it began to __________. And the less of a priority she became, the further I felt from my old self and the things that used to be __________ to me.

By the time she was nearly 17, she was in a(n)__________ condition. The day she died, she was in so much __________. I fought back my tears and buried my __________ in her fur as I carried her to the __________.When the pet doctor gave her two shots that would make her __________ forever, I watched her big brown eyes go __________.“Rest now, my baby." I __________ to her.

Four years later, I still __________ that dog every day, because she was the one who taught me the heart-breaking beauty of being __________ by another living being.

3 . Carley Coca is a dog lover. When she saw a post about three _______ dogs—Chance，Zeus，and Lily—living on the street，she knew she had to give _______.So she rushed to the scene immediately.

After Coca arrived，she _______ got Zeus and Lily to climb into her car. However，Chance _______ to follow. In fact，he didn’t _______ want to come near Coca or the car，Coca tried to _______ Chance little by little，but he just backed off and eventually _______.It broke her heart to see him go，but she could tell he was too scared to _______ a human. So，she brought Zeus and Lily to safety，and promised Chance she would _______.

The next day，Coca came back. Just like their first encounter(相遇)，Chance wanted ________ to do with her. She had ________ this，so she came prepared with some burgers for him，hoping to gain his trust.________ Chance gladly ate the burgers，he still showed ________ and didn’t come near Coca. So，Coca came with food every day.

When Coca arrived on the 6th day，something ________ happened. She found Chance waiting for her. Usually，he would ________ himself when she came. Coca knew she was making ________.On the 8th day，Chance licked(舔) her hand—he was not as ________ as he used to be！Finally Chance let Coca ________ him. She picked him up and brought him into her car.

Chance will stay at Coca’s home for 3 months. Then Chance will be up for ________ and Coca will help him find his forever family. She hopes that ________，his time with her will help him feel more comfortable around people.

4 . When 69-year-old Dobrgyal started looking after the wild macaques (猕猴) at a scenic spot in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, their population _________ only 40-50. Today, 18 years later, that same place is _________ to over 2,800 Tibetan macaques.

Dobrgyal’s relationship with the Tibetan macaques has been described as a _________ love story between man and monkey. A former _________ keeper, Dobrgyal has been driving 5km almost every day just to feed the macaques, show them _________ and make sure they are healthy. _________ , he has even taken some of the sick animals home and _________ them back to health.

China.org reports that Dobrgyal has been the only one working as a _________ in Gongbo’gyamda area for the last 16 years, and _________ him as the main reason that the macaque population is rising.

Tibetan macaques are a/an __________ species in China, and their food is provided by the Gongbo’gyamda forestry bureau(局), but it’s Dobrgyal who loads the bags in his trucks and __________ it to the monkeys personally. Thanks to his __________ , the macaques have become very __________ with tourists, many of whom also help to __________ the animals.

Having dedicated almost two decades of his life to the macaques, Dobrgyal now __________ himself about what will happen to them if his physical __________ no longer allows him to take care of them properly.

“Now I’m so old, nearly 70 years old,” Dobrgyal said recently. “In the __________ of my life I will do my best to take care of the monkeys, but if someday my health __________ me feeding them anymore, I will have my sons replace me.”

__________ , the furry creatures will be able to rely on their __________ human father for many years to come.

5 . Lauren Singer has produced almost no waste in the past two years. It proves that a waste-free _________ is possible.

Lauren studied environmental science at NYU, and it was during her student years that she began working towards a zero-waste _________. Today, she has learned to _________ all of her own everyday eco-friendly products, such as toothpaste, shampoo, kitchen cleaner and the like. She also _________ her own eco-friendly company, “The Simple Co”, through which she plans to _________ her homemade products.

Lauren regularly writes about her _________ of a zero-waste life on her blog. She _________ that the past two years haven’t been _________. “I stopped buying _________ products and began __________ my own bags and jars to fill with products at the __________.” she explained. “I stopped buying __________ clothes and shopped only second hand. I said no to plastic or paper bags at stores”. Although the journey has been __________, her zero-waste life has been well worth the __________. She says that she now __________ a lot of money simply because she is __________ when she goes shopping and does not buy things blindly. She also eats healthy food because she __________ fresh organic fruits and vegetables instead of packaged foods.

The girl has become a(n) __________ to many. She’s giving __________ in schools and colleges and also conducting more and more __________ about her zero-waste lifestyle on TV and the radio worldwide.

6 . My two nephews Nivea, 8, and Krishna, 5, were getting ready for their new music class. I happened to be _________ that day. _________, their mom asked me to drive them there. I _________without any hesitation.

As we were leaving, we found a _________ sitting outside the door. Since we human beings aren’t _________ with these kind of animals in my part of the world, they _________ run away when they sense human presence. But this one didn’t _________ when she suddenly found us a couple of steps away. We felt she might be afraid, or she might be in need of some _________.

I signed to Nivea to _________ the cat. We are usually quite afraid of ____________ animals, but this time he brought her in. We searched and ____________ a little milk and gave it, and at once she drank quickly, looking quite ____________.

When we had to leave for the music class, she ____________ us out of the door. Suddenly, two ____________ street dogs showed up and we could physically see her spine (脊柱) contract as she froze in ____________. We all felt ____________ for her safety. We tried to put her in our car so that we could take her to the music class, but she jumped off. We could only ____________ for her and then moved on for our class.

We did an act of ____________ toward the cat, but somehow, I think she did a much bigger one towards us. We were given an opportunity to engage in a moment, when one could just give without any ____________. We could feel a connection, without having to say any words, and learn the joy of ____________.

7 . A 60-pound bird has been given a second life. His caretakers came up with a (n) _________ solution for putting him on the road to_________. Bill, the turkey, is just one of the many “_________” at the Odd Man Inn Animal Rescue in Washington, home to a number of_________, like goats and chickens.

After Bill was_________ to the nonprofit reserve from a farm, an infected_________ on his right leg left him unable to_________. Although his caretakers managed to get his_________ taken care of by a vet, they quickly realized how_________ it was to turn the turkey over to change his bandages.

Not only that, the vet said the turkey would need to lose__________ if wanted to walk on his right leg again. Rather than__________ their feathered friend, the caretakers adjusted a Walkin’ Wheels wheelchair to help Bill.

The caretakers fitted the wheelchair with a sling (悬带) to__________ Bill’s weight while he got his daily exercise. This has also allowed his caretakers to change his bandages without breaking a__________.

Since Bill began using the wheelchair for his daily__________ therapy (治疗) sessions last week, he has slowly but steadily regained his ability to walk__________, making his caretakers thrilled.

8 . There was no question how Jack Hallock was going to spend his birthday. The 12-year-old had been waiting somewhat impatiently for the _________ to volunteer at Best Friends Lifesaving Center in Atlanta but he just wasn’t _________ enough. Volunteers have to be at least 12 to help out at the facility.

When the big day came, he _________ to celebrate the landmark occasion surrounded by rescue dogs and cats _________ homes. Instead of gifts, he asked his friends and family members to donate to the _________. Six of his friends _________ him as they filled food bags for adoption kits (工具箱) and played with the dogs and cats.

When asked   _________ he chose to spend his birthday at the shelter instead of having a big party, Jack told MNN. “Because I feel bad for the animals and I want them to have a better _________.”

Caring for animals is _________ new for Jack. He’s been sensitive to animals and their plight (困境) for as long as his birthday can remember. Jack says the turning point was __________ he was 5 years old. “We were at a restaurant and I asked if the chicken I was eating was real chicken, and when my parents said it was, __________ ate meat again.”

Jack is not __________ in his passion for animals. His family members have __________ him to love all creatures.

“My friends and family have __________ me over the past few years,” he says. “My aunt Connie was a vegetarian (素食者) before I was and always loved animals, and my mom inspired me because she was __________ at the rescue center.”

Jack’s mom, Jayne, started volunteering at the rescue center in 2015 after the __________ of the family dog, Wolfgang.

“I really __________ our dog and knew I had a lot of love to __________, so I began to volunteer,” she said. “I didn’t do much __________ I tried to make a difference where I could. Jack, who was eight at that time, was __________ about where I was going and when I told him, he wanted to join me. He just wasn’t old enough yet.”

9 . Out in the Arizona wilderness, a very good boy is doing his part to save the planet. Chipper, an 8-year-old rescue dog who loves to _________, and his owner, Katie Pollak, are on a mission to help the _________ environment, picking up garbage wherever they _________ it near their home in Mesa, Arizona.

Pollak realized her dog had a(n) _________ passion for plastic shortly after _________ him from a shelter back in 2011, when he demonstrated an _________ in collecting water bottles. So she encouraged it and he motivated her to do the same. Soon they _________ a team and started getting out and picking up garbage _________.

Everywhere they go, they collect bags and bags of garbage— _________ beer cans, plastic bottles, old clothing and more - that other people have __________. Pollak always comes prepared with bags to collect the __________, and has been shocked at how much garbage she and her dog can pick up on a __________ day.

Pollak and Chipper often meet up with friends to do big cleanups. Many of them are part of an __________ called Wild Keepers, which plans to collect 1 million pounds of litter by the year 2023. They’ve been at it since 2016 and have collected over 200,000 pounds so far.

Chipper’s __________ skill has made him something of a celebrity. Over 28,000 people follow their __________ through Pollak’s social media account.

10 . While Mary Beth Westward and her two daughters were on ______ last month, her husband Todd made an unexpected new ______, a wild ruffed grouse （松鸡）.

The small, feathered bird started ______ pecking （啄食）around the Westwards' backyard in April. However, when the girls ______ for their May trip, the bird — which the family lovingly named Walter — began ______ Todd all the time as he did yard work outside.

In the last few weeks, their friendship has only grown ______ . Walter has begun flying up to Todd and ______ on his shoulder, as well as appearing outside the Westwards' bedroom window, ______ its human companion.

In a recent ______ that has since got more than 1,000 likes online, Westward ______ Walter and Todd's adventures. "It's like a dog,"   she wrote. "It runs up to ______ Todd in the morning and when he comes home and then goes back up and sits on the porch and pretends to be our watch-bird." Westward described the pair's bond as "strange and ______ " but says it's been a lot of ______ to watch.

Westward adds that Todd and Walter's ______ didn't surprise her as her husband is ”very ______ ” with animals. Walter, however, hasn't taken the same ______ to Westward and her daughters. Westward says it will just sometimes ______ her and the girls.

According to the Pennsylvania Game Association, male ruffed grouse typically mate (交配)in the spring, with nesting usually ______ in late April. The “tame grouse phenomenon" —where grouse may ______ friendly and approach humans — often occurs in spring, around peak mating season. Some brings up the theory that the birds are likely defending their homes.

______ Walter, "Maybe it has a family we don't know about," Westward says.