1 . Photographer Joe Sartore began making studio portraits (肖像) of________in 2006. The purpose is to________for future generations species that someday might be extinct. Sartore expects to have portraits of nearly 1,000 animals. Here are some________of his project, which is featured in this special issue on________wildlife.

In Sartore’s opinion, the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog (巴拿马树蛙) is one of the most________species he has photographed that have since gone________. A few years ago there was one left________, a male, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. He had________it there times before it passed away. At those moments he thought to himself________, “Don’t mess this up.” It might be this animal’s only________to have its story told well.

Another memorable species Sartore photographed is the Florida grasshopper sparrow (草蜢沙鹀). It is endangered, but seems to be________back. It’s a small brown bird, and some people________it enough to try to save it. There are many________stories, such as the California condor, the Mexican gray wolf, sand so on. They all got down to perhaps two dozen or fewer individuals, but they’re all________now due to human efforts.

The situation is still________as a recent report says that as many as one million species are already on their ________to extinction. It’s foolish to think that we can throw away so much________and not have it affect humanity in a(n)________way. Sartore’s goal is to get the________to care about the extinction crisis while there’s still________to save the planet.

2 . After my parents had passed away, I took over their old house. At first, I would go there ________ to ensure everything was okay. But years passed and my ________ grew infrequent. One day, my wife declared the house a hidden ________ for kids in the neighborhood and was considering tearing it down. I thought it ________ to check it out first, so that nothing ________ would be left behind.

Time had ________ the house. The door was so out of ________ that it couldn’t be ________, so I entered through an open window. There lay the ________ of my parents’ lives: some old clothes, cards from old friends, etc. ________ started to emerge in my head.

As I entered their ________, a letter on the bedside table drew my eyes, yellowed with age. I picked it up ________ and started reading. It was ________ by my dad when he served during wartime. From the ________ handwriting I’d read many times, I learned how much he ________ the house and his family. There he was, a homesick young man ________ on the sea. At the bottom of the page, Dad passed on another ________. Tears burned my eyes as I read those words: “All is well here. Don’t worry.”

________ hit me at not taking good care of a place that my parents once ________. At that moment, I decided to ________ the house and care for it the way it deserves.

3 . In high school, I got my first job at the local hardware (五金制品) store, all thanks to Mr. Anderson, our neighbor. He offered me a chance to _________ there. My parents gave the thumbs (拇指) up, so I _________ the world of part-time jobs.

My daily tasks weren’t too _________. I tidied up shelves and helped _________ find what they needed. But working in a(n) _________ hardware store during the summer turned out to be more _________ than I thought. I had to manage between helping customers with screws and refilling shelves with goods.

At dinner, I’d _________ tales of my day, admitting that the _________ was proving more difficult than I first thought. My dad, who had his share of hands-on experience fixing cars, would laugh and share _________ from his early mechanic (机械师) days.

He’d say, “Jobs like this teach you more than just about money; they __________ your character.” Back then, I didn’t realize that my summer __________ at the hardware store was turning out to be more than just a way to __________ some extra money.

As the summer went on, I found myself gaining a __________ understanding of responsibility and the essence of hard work. The simple __________ in the store became life lessons, teaching me to appreciate and __________ the people who work hard every day to make everything go smoothly.

4 . In the last months of Dad’s life, my brothers and I moved him to a local nursing home nearby. I spent as much time as I could ______ him there. Cancer had damaged his body badly and was now ______ his mind.

During one visit, I entered his room, only to find him in a ______ sleep. I sat by his side for a while ______, wishing for more time with him and also ______ I hadn’t made the most of all the years we had together. Then I got up and walked out.

A light rain was starting to fall and it matched my ______. As I walked to my car, I saw a woman in a wheelchair ______ to move herself out of the rain. I ______ walked over and helped push her inside. She thanked me and gave me a ______ smile. At that moment, I felt a light shine into my soul and a sense of ______ return to my heart. I walked back out, letting the rain wash over me, and thanked all the years I had with Dad. I also knew even if Dad died, the love we shared would ______ continue.

I now still think of that ______ of loving kindness. It reminds me that while we might not be able to live every moment to the fullest, we can still ______ the moments we do have. Life is

______ for love and kindness, which go beyond even death and are ever-lasting ______. May you fill your days with them.

5 . From a young age, Allison Gilbert loved to write-and now the award-winning _________is telling the story of a trailblazer (先驱者) whose ambitions were similar to hers. Gilberts___________ book is Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson:___________America’s Most-Read Woman. It is the first biography ever written___________Elsie Robinson, one of the most influential news___________in US history.

Gilbert, 52, got ___________in journalism by writing for her high school and college newspapers and went on to ___________major stories for The New-York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and other news outlets. She ___________The Week Junior that she discovered Elsie Robinson while___________her mother’s belongings after she died. When she found a____________attributed to Elsie Robinson and did some____________about her, Gilbert learned that Robinson was a great journalist in the 1900s. She was the highest-paid female writer at the Hearst media____________and the nation’s most-read columnist.

Gilbert was ____________by Robinson’s story. “She had no money, no resources, no connections, yet she had a ____________,” Gilbert said. “And through her own determination and hard work, she ____________it.” Gilbert wrote Listen, World!____________others could learn about Robinson and she would not be ____________ to history.

The advice for aspiring writers Gilbert____________with The Week Junior comes from Robinson. “Elsie would say that nobody is anointed (选定) a writer-you are a writer____________you say you are,” Gilbert said. “She would also say that writers____________, so just begin.”

6 . It was wintertime 30 years ago. I was a young father with 3 little children to support. My college education, however, didn’t ________ me a good job. Now I was working in a sawmill (锯木厂) for just above the minimum ________. Every day before I went to work, I would ________ band-aids around my fingers. Working 8 hours a day in the cold dry air had ________ cuts and scars.

That day was harder than normal. We were ________ of workers and the machines kept breaking down. We could see our ________ as the heaters weren’t working. When the day finally came to an end, I ________ my legs to my car. There I took off my work ________ to see my aching fingers. The cuts were worse than ever and ________ leaked through again. As I made a (n) ________ to fix it, my bad back cramped (抽筋). I had never felt that ________ before. I finally started my car back home and ________ fought back the tears. I wondered why life was so hard and how ________ I could keep doing this.

As I opened the door, I ________ a weak smile on my face. But it soon became ________ as my daughter screamed a sweet “Daddy”. When she threw her little arms around my neck, my heart ________ with love. All my aches and pains disappeared in her ________! In that second I remembered again I was here for ________ and I knew I could move on.

In our lives, we all have ________ fingers and band-aid days. But with love we can survive.________, work may give us a living, but love gives us a life.

7 . Amateur photographer Guo Liming was surprised to find a vulture(秃鹰)being “bullied” by some magpies(喜鹊)when he was looking to take photos of birds. The large bird just lowered its head without any______. He guessed it might have______something poisonous or be too hungry to fight back.

Although afraid, Guo______the vulture, covered its head with a hat,______moved it to his car and called the local forest rangers(护林员). “I was afraid because its______and beak seemed a bit threatening; however, it______obediently. After moving it to the______, I took the hat off its head.To my surprise, it didn’t even try to______me at all. Maybe it was aware I was______help. Animals are really______,”recalled Guo.

It is one of Guo’s many upclose interactions with birds. He has spent years______birds and wild animals, and has witnessed changes in the area’s______.While filming birds, he tries to keep a suitable______from his subjects so that he can take clear pictures while not making them feel______. His peer commented, “He has great______for wild animals and birds, and often likes to help them. It’s quite______that he seems to be able to communicate with the animals, and they seem to______him.”

”It’s beneficial to my______. In nature, away from pollution and a daily routine, I am in a total______. Sometimes even though I cannot find any birds to______, I could stay there for a whole day.” said Guo.

8 . In 2015, Amy Genzlinger had a successful heart surgery(手术). _________, she lost her voice in the process. Even worse, doctors couldn’t tell her when or if her voice would _________. “At first, I was very _________, but soon I decided to accept it since I couldn’t change it,” she says.

To _________ feelings of pain, Amy began making collages(拼贴画) out of _________ phrases and images cut from magazines and photographs. “They became my way to express what I was _________,” she says. “Not only the loss, disappointment and anger, but also my _________ that somehow this was going to work out.” After several months, Amy _________ her husband, her children and a few friends to join her. “It was a way we could be together _________ I totally couldn’t join the __________,” she says.

Surprisingly, it did __________ finally. The next year, __________, her voice returned. Inspired to __________ the power of creativity with others, Amy founded Art from the Heart, an in-home crafting party business. Most of her customers are people who have difficulty __________. She says, “I’ve seen __________ how making collages has helped me express myself, so I hope to __________ more people.”

Armed with plenty of encouraging photos and quotes, Amy helps party participants(参与者) created personalized works of art. Last year, Amy threw about 50 successful __________, and this year she says she is __________ to work with schools, churches, youth groups and hospitals to offer classes for free. Her __________ is to help others find their voice just as she found hers.

Truly great people are those who overcome their own __________ and use it to help others.

9 . Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear(拆)the walls open. Japanese houses _________ have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴)_________ there because a nail(钉子)from the outside had been _________ into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt _________ for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.

He knew very well that _________ had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first _________. What had happened since then? The lizard had _________ for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without _________—it seems impossible, and is hard to _________. Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its __________ was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to __________ the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and how it had survived.

A short time later another lizard __________ with food in its mouth. He was __________, and at the same time __________ affected(感动的). Another lizard had been __________ the trapped one for the past ten years.

“What love __________ in this tiny animal! What can love do? It can do __________! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of __________ for ten years, without __________ hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself. If a small lizard can __________ like this, just imagine how we could if we tried.

10 . Five years ago, after the birth of my son, I first started suffering from anxiety. Later, I learned to ________ my feelings by meditating (冥想) and getting outside every day. But recently, too much work made me feel powerless. The old ________, like meditation that used to calm me, failed, ________ I had to find a new kind of healing (治愈) experience.

One day a friend ________ forest bathing, a type of moving meditation first invented in Japan. “It can help calm your mind through getting close to ________,” he added.

Attracted by this idea, I ________ to have a try. I ________ a group heading to the forest, and hoped this experience would be ________ in stopping my anxiety. Listening to singing birds and ________ the air in the forest, I soon felt very relaxed. On the way back, a woman said to me, “You have the most beautiful smile today.” ________, I realized that might be the ________ of forest bathing.

The next morning, I followed a team to a larger forest. We would bathe ourselves in the ________. After leading us deep into the forest, our guide ________ us to walk singly. The trees were so tall and so thick that I could hardly ________ the sky. And quickly I lost sight of the others and became ________, just hearing the voice of our guide through the forest who ________ us to enjoy what was happening in our bodies. At first, I was too ________ to make any movement. But after ten minutes, my breathing slowed and I ________ to feel a new calm.

Back at home. I found myself way behind with a mountain of ________ to do. Instead of being anxious, though, I ________ the feeling in the forest and got down to business. The words became more beautiful than they had been in years.