2 . When she first looked for her wedding dress, Gwendolyn Stuglis had a budget or $1,000. After trying on several dresses, she was _______ a champagne-colored dress with long sleeves by the salesclerk. “I got _______ in my eyes because it was the dress I really wanted,” she admitted. The only _______: it was triple her budget. After some encouragement from her mother-in-law, Stulgis _______ it. She explained, “Although I hadn’t enough money, that dress was _______ made for me.” She wore the gown with _______ when she became a Stulgis.

As most brides do, she hung her wedding dress in her closet when the _______ was over. Realizing the dress would be _______ if it continued to sit there, she decided to give it away. Stulgis turned to Facebook to search a _______ bride. In the post, there were two ______________: the bride must have their ceremony within three months and the dress must be ______________ others. More than 70 messages ______________ into Stulgis’ mailbox immediately. Margaret Hyde had planned on making her own dress before she saw Stulgis’ Facebook ______________. She told her sister-in-law, Alycia Ashley, that she wanted to enter but was ______________. So, Ashley secretly emailed Stulgis, ______________ Hyde as the most selfless person she knew.

Stulgis was moved by Ashley’s ______________. On June 4, Hyde was told she was chosen. “It was unbelievable,” she said ______________. Hyde promised to follow the traveling dress requests. After her post, Stulgis ______________ a Facebook group called Shared Dream Dresses. Since June, 200 dresses have been given away. Stulgis’ community of bridal donations started with such a ______________ emotion. She shared, “I want people to feel like they are worth something. I want them to ______________ their dress dreams without worrying about buying one. A dressing shouldn’t be kept in the closet.”

5 . Alpinist (登山家) Marion has cleaned up 8. 5 tons of waste on Mount Qomolangma in just 3 years with her team.

_________? We certainly think so. But that’s nothing compared to Marion’s future _________.

Marion has a tough and _________ goal: finish cleaning up Qomolangma and then _________ on to the entire Himalayan mountain range.

“Climbing Qomolangma should offer one of the best interactions between _________ and the natural world. But _________, I realized that the mountain had been _________in the past 30 years when I reached the top in 2013. Nearly 10 tonnes of waste had been _________ at the top alone! I was totally shocked when I _________ the rubbish problem on the mountain,” she told the Yves Rocher Foundation.

For Marion,__________ is an important part of her life that helps her feel alive. Therefore, she wants to do her __________ in helping others get the best possible experience. Her __________ to nature started when she was a child. She would __________ in the woods and learn the names of the plants and animals. As a __________, she’s been working as a mountain guide in India and Tibet for over 17 years. After founding the Clean Qomolangma project, she __________ to ask the local authorities to __________ her project. She was given 50 yaks (牦牛) to help get the waste down. We can only hope that Marion will keep on and that others will __________ her.

The __________ affecting the Himalayas has an effect on the drinking water used by around 2 billion people living there, so the __________ to clean up the mountains isn’t just about protecting nature. It’s also about our __________ of life.

7 . My childhood is closely associated with the Yellow River. My father ______ to take me with him on his trips to Longyangxia Reservoir. At Longyangxia, I was ______ by the beauty of nature and as a child, I wanted to stay there and ______ up with the Yellow River. Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, praised the ______ water of the Yellow River. He saw it as coming down from heaven and ______ the people living on the banks of the river. However, in 1997, for about 330 days, not a single ______ of water from the Yellow River went into the sea. ______ are not the only punishments given by nature. A friend of my father, a university professor, is doing ______ on the Yellow River. According to him, since there is no longer enough water to ______ the mud, the river may soon change its course ______ we allow this situation to continue. This is the ______ of unbalanced growth. If we’d taken care of the vegetation in the upper and middle ______ of the river, we would still be able to ______ it as Li Bai described it.

In fact, people have begun to ______ the problem. I have seen farmers _______ trees on mountain slopes in Shanxi province. I have seen them ______ up the hillsides carrying heavy buckets of water collected several kilometers away down in the valley to ______ around the trees. These farmers are ______ helping our Yellow River, just as the river has helped them. These unsung heroes gave me the confidence that with hard work of us all, we and nature will grow together, and ______ in the future, we will be able to drink the ______ water from the Yellow River-our mother river.

8 . Recently the air was turning warm. I went for a drive ___ the local countryside, having no ___ in mind. It was sunny and the animals were out ___ freely in the forest.

____, I came across a car on the side of the road. I___ an old woman get out of her car and walk down to the ditch (沟渠).

I wondered ___ happened to her. Maybe she had some problems with her car or a medical situation. I became ___and, to see if I could be of any ___, I decided to stop my car. First, I___myself, and then I asked if she was all right.

She ____ me that she had just stopped to pick up ____ that had been ____ thrown out of the window by some travellers. She____ me to look inside her car and see how much rubbish she had already ____.

I told her that I wrote articles for the ____ paper and asked her if I could use her name. “Oh, no,” she said without ____. “I’m not doing this for recognition. We live in a beautiful country, and I try to do my little part to help keep it that way.”

So the next time you go out for a drive, be____ that there are people there who choose to be good ____ of the Earth. And consider taking some time to keep your little ____ of the roadside clean. You’ll get some exercise, fresh air and a good feeling knowing that you have ____ to helping keep our country beautiful.

10 . Johan and his younger brother, Rahim, had an unforgettable fishing experience. They could not spend the evening _______ their schoolwork with their mother. They had to go out fishing. Their father, a fisherman, was feeling _______ . The brothers had to catch some fish so that their father could _______ them in the market the next morning to support the family.

That evening, Rahim decided to _______ the sea early. He knew that if he and Johan were to set off late, they might not be able to find a good _______ at sea to catch plenty of fish. Rahim urged Johan to hurry and instructed him to _______ the fishing net onto their boat quickly.

While out at sea Rahim helped _______ the boat when Johan cast the net into the waters. Although it was _______ work, they were glad to be able to help their sick father. While waiting to pull the net in, the brothers took out their _______ from their bags to revise. It was not easy as they could not see clearly under the dim light from the oil lamp. Suddenly, their boat ________ hard from left to right. Rahim gasped(喘气)and held his brother’s arm ________ . Although he was ________ , Johan remained calm. He went to the ________ of their boat to take a look. He saw the net shaking.

Excited about the ________ , Johan decided to pull in the net. To his surprise, there were no fishes. Upon taking a ________ look, Johan found that the net had a huge ________ in it.

”A big fish must have damaged the net while trying to escape,“ Johan ________ seeing this.

________ , the brothers returned home. However, their parents were ________ that they had persevered(坚持)and put in their best ________ that night.