1 . When you are storm chasing，most mornings start off in a cheap hotel trying to remember where you ended up the night before. This morning we were in Wichita，Kansas，midway through a project to _________ the dramatic and destructive weather that travels across the middle of the United States every spring.

We loaded the car with our _________, and off we went, driving under cloudless blue skies for hundreds of miles. Then we reached the border of our targeted storm and entered a dark scene of clouds and occasional rain. As we _________ the heart of the storm, we found ourselves _________ with high winds, violent rain, and severe hail (冰雹). Photographer Krystle, at the wheel, sped up to get in front of the storm, but it was moving too _________ . We could _________ keep pace with it.

Then we caught sight of something _________, created by the storm: a rain-wrapped tornado half a mile to our right. The chaotic conditions made it _________ for us to keep it in sight. We lost our cellphone signals and all the data we were desperately _________ for communication. We couldn't see beyond 20 feet. That was when Nick, our expedition (探险) leader and weather expert, called, “We have to flee.” Krystle __________ changed direction, driving the car north onto a country road,__________ the madness of that dangerous chase.

We weren't done. After a stretch of clear skies, we found another __________ waiting for us. This time, we __________ to get in front of it, stopping to photograph it and racing back to the car to __________ its extreme anger.

A little past midnight, we let the storm go. We watched as the lightning-filled cloud rolled away, displaying the night sky — a beautiful __________ for those reckless (不顾危险的) enough to seek it.

2 . Society has certain standards for beauty. But Romanian photographer Mihaela Noroc, who spent nearly four years ________ photos of women from around the world, is challenging these standards.

She believes that beauty can ________ many forms. “Beauty just means being yourself,” Noroc told NPR,“I don’t think we have to ________ ourselves to be in a certain way; I think we just have to keep ourselves as we are and don’t ________ need to change.”

________ by a trip to Africa in 2013, Noroc hastraveled to more than 50 countries and regions since then. In 2017, she published a book called The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits to show how many different kinds of beauty there are in the world.

From a struggling Russian dancer to a talkative cafe owner in New York, Noroc’s subjects (拍摄对象)________ her in deep conversation. Noroc found out what ________ them, what their daily struggles and joys are, and what brings beauty into their own lives. “No matter where I go, it’s the ________ that carry all the culture and traditions of a place. I really try to focus on women’s stories, how they face challenges and ________ them,” Noroc told CNN.

Ala, a student at a self-defense school in Jordan called “She Fighter”, left a(n)________ impression on her. Ala raises her clenched (紧握) fists as she looks into the ________ while her faceis covered by a white hijab (面纱). Noroc describes “She Fighter” as “the first self-defense school for women in the Arab world”, and writes, “I discovered an amazing enthusiasm and a(n)________ sisterhood.”

In Iran. Noroc met Farnoush, a woman who lives in two worlds. “In one, she is an economist, by ________. In the other, she is an artist, because this is her ________.” For Noroc, the women’s beauty ________ how natural and comfortable they appear while just being themselves.

3 . The hurricane made my father and me homeless. It was lunchtime. However, we had nowhere to cook. Even worse, we were _________ at the moment. Approaching the door of a small restaurant in poor clothes, we _________ to enter it. A diner at the restaurant _________ us and then continued his lunch silently.

After deciding to put the bill to our account, _________ my father and I went in. Our conversation was about the power of a positive mindset, miracles, saving for future dreams and just life in general.

The waiter _________ my attention halfway through our meal and pointed towards the _________ saying something to us, but I didn’t _________ him at first because he was behind the counter which was a fair _________ away so he walked over to us and asked if we knew the guy walking out.

Feeling embarrassed, I said no and his reply was “Oh, he just _________ your table.” Dad and I were completely __________. We tried to __________ who the person was to say thank you but by the time I turned around, he had already gone.

I asked the waiter how it __________ and he said he just asked to put our bill with his, without giving any __________.

There are beautiful souls in the world that spread __________. As my father and I talked, when you __________ miracles, miracles will happen.

4 . Dexter lives in Ouray, Colorado, where, for the past few years, the two-footed dog has been turning heads wherever he goes. His owner, Kentee Pasek, says ________ on two legs isn’t a trick she taught him. Rather, it’s a(n) ________ he made after a near-death experience.

When Dexter was a puppy, he escaped his yard, dashed into the ________ and got hit by a car. He lost his front legs. Everyone ________ he would need some kind of adaptive equipment to get around. He did use a ________ for a while until one day when Pasek set the dog at the foot of her porch (门廊) without it.

Pasek ran in to get a cup of coffee, came out and ________ found that her dog had climbed the stairs. She ________ her cellphone, put Dexter back at the bottom of the stairs and ________ him walking up the stairs on two feet without the wheelchair.

In the six years since, Dexter has become a full-blown celebrity, ________ in parades and building a group of social media ________, who now come to the dog’s hometown just hoping for a glimpse of Ouray’s most ________ “citizen”.

The whole thing isn’t considered as a ________ for many people. People praise Dexter for his option to stay ________. He shows where humans see ________, dogs sometimes beg to differ. And Dexter’s action has proven that sometimes getting ________ is the only way to see how tall you stand.

6 . A club called We Dine Together was formed at Boca High School in Florida last autumn. During each lunch period, ________ make their way around the school courtyard looking for students who are eating ________. They then introduce themselves and get to know the students.

Estimon, who came to the US from Haiti in the first grade, is one of four students who ________ We Dine Together. He said having been the ________ kid before, he knew how it felt to be ________. And he didn’t want any other kid to have ________ problems.

“When I first arrived, I had a great feeling of loneliness, which was more ________ during my lunch break,” said Estimon. “If we don’t try to make that ________, who’s going to do it?”

Allie, who also helped organize the club, got emotional while ________ what it was like to sit alone at lunch.

“It’s not a good feeling — you’re ________. And that’s something I don’t want anybody to ________.” said Allie. “Meeting someone who actually ________ and listens to what you have to say really makes a difference.”

Since the club was founded, dozens of ________ and friendship have already been formed between teens who may not have met ________. Estimon and his friends are planning to ________ the success. “We’ll open clubs in schools across the country — no matter where anyone lives, they have the chance to make friends.”

7 . In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was travelling across the country, trying to make a new start for himself. Along the way he had completely run out of _________ and was forced to spend the night in his car. This _________ until one morning, after a week of sleeping in his car, he walked _________ into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast.

After eating his first good meal in _________, he found himself _________ to the waiter, telling him he had lost his _________. The waiter, who was also the owner, walked _________ the chair where the young man had been sitting. He bent down, _________ a $20 bill that looked _________ it had fallen on the floor and said, “Son, you must have __________ this,” the owner said. The young man couldn't believe his good __________! He quickly paid for the breakfast, left a __________ , bought gas with the change, and headed West.

On the way out of town, he began to understand __________ the fellow did. Maybe nobody dropped the money __________ . “Maybe that fellow just knew I was __________ and he helped me in a way that didn't embarrass (使困窘) me. So I just made a __________ to help others if I can.”

Later, he worked very hard and became a (an) __________ man. Now, he lives near Kansas City. Each year he __________ thousands of dollars. He is known as the “Secret Santa” because at __________ time each year, he personally hands money out to those on the streets and at __________. Last year, he gave more than $50,000 away in Kansas City.

8 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

10 . Gurnah, growing up in Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.

He is the first Black writer _________ the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993, and some observers saw his _________ as a long delayed corrective (矫正)after years of European and American Nobel laureates (获得者). In his 10 novels, Gurnah has often explored the _________ of exile(流放), identity and belonging. They _________“Memory of Departure” “Pilgrims Way” and “Dottie,” which all deal with the immigrant(移民)experience in Britain.

Gurnah’s first language is Swahili, but he _________ English as his literary language. He drew on the imagery and stories from the Quran, _________ from Arabic and Persian poetry, particularly “The Arabian Nights.” The news of Gumah’s Nobel _________ by fellow novelists and academics who have long argued that his _________ deserve a wider audience.

Gurnah was born in Zanzibar, which is now _________ of Tanzania, in 1948. Then, in 1964, he fled to England. __________ , poor, homesick, he began to write scraps(片段)in his diary, then __________ entries, then stories about other people. In his 20s, he started __________ fiction. Then he finished his first novel, “Memory of Departure,” about a young man who flees a failed uprising, at the same time he was writing his Ph. D. dissertation(论文). __________, he became a professor of English.

Though Gurnah hasn’t lived in Tanzania since he was a __________, his homeland always inspires him of his imagination. __________, he said “my homeland always asserts myself in my imagination, even when I deliberately try to set my stories elsewhere”.