1 . In the early hours of the morning on April 17, Kevin Record, 43, was sleeping in his apartment on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England. His dog, Shogun, jumped onto the bed and ______ him up. Record’s e-scooter (电动摩托车) was sparking. In a sudden, the scooter’s battery ______ and the bedroom was quickly set on fire.

Though suffering serious life-changing ______ on the right-hand side of his body, Record managed to ______ from the flat and survive from the fire. ______, Shogun lost his life. “Losing my hero dog especially made me ______.” Record said. “He was everything to me. I’ll never ______ what he did for me.” Record added: “I can’t explain the ______ of the fire. I had never seen anything like that. Within seconds, it was like a fireball that ______ to everything in sight. It was so quick and ______.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) ______ to the apartment fire. They put out the fire but could not ______ any of Record’s belongings. Fire investigators believed that the ______ in Record’s e-scooter had been overheated while powering up, causing the scooter to catch fire.

Speaking from his hospital bed, Kevin promised he would routinely check his e-scooter and make sure it is in good working ______. After Kevin recovered from his injuries, the 43-year-old was hoping his experience would serve as a(n) ______ for anyone storing or charging e-scooters.

2 . At the age of 12, I started playing golf when my parents enrolled me in a junior camp at the local public course. From that moment, much of my life has been _________ the game. The aspect of golf that attracted me was the sense of _________. There’s always a chance of making something _________ happen, maybe breaking a personal record or potentially making a hole-in-one.

When I decided to pursue journalism in college, I had to take a _________ from the game. I’d still go out _________ to play with friends, but for the first time since my teens, I was away from my community.

My _________ for playing golf reawakened when a friend invited me to the Langston course, which _________ me of the courses where I grew up: a _________ spot for people of all working-class backgrounds, and a far cry from the private golf _________, in which expensive memberships are a basic __________. When I get paired up with strangers to play, it’s usually more of a __________ crowd.

Some of the best walks I’ve taken have been out on the golf course. It’s where I __________ with old friends and meet new ones, who __________ me to practice and get better. We share experiences on the golf course that are __________ and laugh about for days after our rounds.

The sense of community I’ve regained with golf goes beyond my imagination. My circle only seems to be __________, and I’m eager to see what the future holds.

3 . Looking at a timeline of Kirstie Ennis’ life, it’s clear that to call her ago-getter would be a considerable understatement By 31, she has made remarkable _________, such as gaining three masters degrees, walking 1,000 miles across England, and climbing six of the world’s tallest mountains, all after _________ a tragic accident.

In 2012, the former soldier _________ survived in a helicopter crash. Undergoing surgeries. she eventually lost her left _________ to serious infection. Forced into medical retirement, Ennis needed to _________ a way to both process her trauma (创伤) and continue to _________ people, one of her main reasons for joining the army.

She found the answer in the great _________. She began snowboarding and diving, participating in events to raise money for nonprofits. Soon, she had a more specific goal in mind: She would mount all Seven Summits — the highest _________ on each of the seven continents. Since 2017, she’s checked six of them off her list. Next spring, she would set to explore her final _________, the most difficult climb, Mount Everest.

She has also setup the Kirstie Ennis Foundation, offering educational and __________ opportunities to people like her and introducing medical device technology to underserved parts of the world. Its mission is to __________ individuals to bravely get over the mountains in front of them.

Ennis __________ doubt about her capabilities. “People look at me and think ‘She’s small she’s a woman, she has one leg. __________ I enjoy the challenge, and being the underdog.” She added, “I’m __________ of myself and I want to show people that with self-belief and __________, nothing is impossible.”

4 . Pregracke grew up in Illinois, where the Mississippi River was in his backyard. Communities along the river use it to ________ freshwater and drop their industrial and household waste. As a teenager he began to notice the piles of ________ in the waterway. “I got ________ of seeing it and just wanted to do something about it,” he said.

With persistence and sincerity, Pregracke got a small ________ from Alcoa, the largest aluminum (铝) company in the U.S., in 1997 and spent that money ________ a 35-mile of the river by himself that summer. He would transport the trash by boat and ________ it on his parents’front yard for recycling. By year’s end, he had ________ pulled around 45,000 pounds of trash out of the river, with 90% of it recycled properly.

It began as an individual effort, but over the years Pregracke turned it into a ________ movement. To date, about 70,000 volunteers have joined his ________ . His operation has become much more advanced since those early days, as his nonprofit Living Lands & Waters now has a group of ________ boats. Besides the river cleanup ________ , Pregracke has launched a floating classroom, where his staff ________ high school students and teachers about the ________ that pollution brought to river ecosystems.

Picking up garbage is ________ , but Pregracke believes it is worthwhile and that volunteers get a huge sense of ________ from seeing the garbage piled up and recycled.

5 . Farming is hard - weather, pests, tiredness. Yet, the women of What Cheer Flower Farm embrace (拥抱) it for the ________ their crops bring to others. The nonprofit ________ the lives of people facing difficult situations by providing flowers for free.

“We want to ________ the neighbourhood with flowers and create happiness,” says Anne Holland, a cofounder of the farm. Holland and her partners, Shelby Doggett and Marian Purviance gathered to raise flowers to ________ to people who may be going through a health ________ or a life-changing personal challenge. Purviance says flowers are in her DNA. “Growing cut flowers for ________ good is my way of giving back to society after years of ________ pleasure from flowers, something so simple but out of ________ for so many.”

The flower farm is located in what was a piece of ________ land, which was used as a ground for unwanted trash. Although it was a headache to neighbours, this polluted land held ________ for these three women. It was exactly where their dream of a flower farm would come true. They bought the place, cleaned it up and created an inner-city oasis (绿洲).“Not only do we bring life to this space that was ________ dead,” says Holland, “but we’re an eco-friendly community with the ability to help local insect and bird ________.”

Building the farm was ________ work, but it all paid off when they ________ their first flowers to a hospital. “Giving someone a flower really shows that they’re cared for, and that they ________ beauty,” said Shelby.

6 . I feared it was going to be a terrible firework season this year. The bangs (巨响)_________   before the first of July and lasted three more days. I have never been a big fan of fireworks since I was a boy. It was then that a local fair _________   a huge firework show near our house and I saw how the huge _________   terrified our dogs. I sat on the_________ in the house with them during the whole show, holding their_________ bodies.

I know a lot of people enjoy the_________ light shows the fireworks can put on at times. They can be bright and beautiful. Still, I find that I_________ the gentler lights of summers to these noisy ones. I love seeing the moon rising _________ above the hills in the evening. The shining stars always look so wonderful when you take the time to_________ into the sky and watch them shine.

I also__________   the beautiful, blinking lights of the fireflies (萤火虫) at this__________   of year. Seeing their lovely, little lights as they__________ around always fills my heart with joy and light as well. It feeds my soul and reminds me of what a glorious__________ we live in.

I think we all might do better to develop and grow the gentler__________ within ourselves. They are meant to be__________ with others. They are meant to be shined.

7 . City walk gains popularity among young Chinese. Different from the fast-paced “special forces style” (特种部队式) tourism, city walk is _________ and not very purposeful.

To a certain extent, “special forces style” tourism is just a(n) _________ of regular travel, where young people spend 24 hours in a city with the same travel guides and check-in list. By comparison, city walk allows people to explore a city _________ without deliberately joining the _________ at popular tourist spots or waiting in _________ lines outside popular restaurants for hours. People _________ the past and present of a city as a local resident. After all, time is not _________ and the need for travel is not so pressing any more.

While “special forces style” tourists _________ fast pace and purposefulness, city walkers are completely slow and free. What really matters is _________ wandering. People expect that a trip frees themselves from high __________ and repetitive daily life. Since such words as leisure, __________ and purposelessness are associated with city walk, it seems not difficult to understand why young people are __________ about it.

When we were children in school, 45 minutes of class was worth a 10 minute __________. As we have __________ and started working hard, we always want to __________ freedom in life during free time. City walk is a path where we can freely choose, plan, and explore.

8 . In 2018, Patrick Smith walked into Curiosity Inc. , an antique (古董) store in Edmonton, Canada. The________man found an old photo of the Disney character Bambi in a rubbish bin and________it to David, the shop owner.

At first, David________the artwork was a replica (仿制品), but he still paid 20 dollars as a kind________. “If I replace the broken frame (框架) and________it up”, he thought, “it will be worth 50 dollars”. After Smith’s leaving, David removed the frame, turned the photo over and saw the________of it. There was a copyright (版权) date of 1937. He suddenly realized it was a(n)________hand-drawn image with much more value. Excited as he was, his next________was to share the fortune with the finder.

The piece sold for 4,000 dollars. But then came the________part: Finding the street man. Only knowing Smith’s first name, the shop owner drove the streets of Edmonton,________wherever he saw homeless people. He________came across someone who knew Smith. That person________ a message to Smith, who then turned up at the store and learned David’s________.

David didn’t stop there. He founded a GoFundMe page,________money to help Smith get off the streets. Then Smith’s family saw news reports about the incredible story and________David. Now, David is helping him make plans to return home.

9 . By thirty-six, Scott Fischer had already climbed big mountains of Asia. _______, he had promised himself to conquer (征服) the second-highest mountain in the world — mighty K2 of the Karakoram Range.　　

Fischer and his guide, Ed Viesturs, began their trip with other climbers. As Fischer was preparing to make a long step, an ice block shifted under his foot and _______ him off-balance. His arm had been torn from its socket (关节窝) when Viesturs _______ him to safety. Fischer’s _______ was horribly swollen (肿) so they tried to return to base camp. Luckily, after two hours among the six climbers was a _______, who helped fix his arm. For two weeks, he stayed _______ in the camp to rest while others continued with the climb. The news that the leader had managed to reach the peak _______ him to pursue his goal despite a _______ arm.　　

When they _______ their climb, they met with countless other problems. At one time, they were almost________ by an avalanche (雪崩) while moving to rescue others. Fighting against all ________ , they struggled upwards and soon emerged into the magical world of intense blue sky. They realized they could go no further — they had ________ K2’s top. After a small ________ , they realized they had to return to the camp before dark but the footprints they made on the snow were hardly ________. With instinct (直觉) and courage, they finally managed to struggle their way back. After fifty-three days on K2, Scott Fischer ________ it.

10 . Chris Raven, a former IT professional, found a new career after retirement. As a child, he had a(n) ________ for woodwork and music, but his career took a different ________. After retirement, he ________ his two loves and became a flute (长笛) maker.

Raven ________ this unique journey at the age of 70, after decades in IT. He was ________ in a musical family, with both his parents ________ in music. He played the flute in his teenage years. And his love for the ________ was reawakened in his 40s.

Due to a long lack of practice, his woodworking skills has ________. One day, when Raven found his old school reports ________, which showed his best subjects were music and woodwork. That led him to ________ his passion for the two again.

Around the age of 70, he signed up to an Irish flute making workshop. ________, Raven spends at least four days a week in the workshop, carefully ________ each flute. He has ________ his skills in wood turning, silverwork, leatherwork, and French polishing. He even cleared out his garage to settle a lathe (车床), bandsaws, milling machine and other ________.

Raven loves the feel of the wood and the smell of it when he is working. He feels ________ with his work, stating, “You could call it a job, but I never think of it as that.”