The dog, later {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (name) Arthur, came up to a Swedish team while the members were sharing a meal in front of a 20_mile race stage through the rough area in Ecuador. One of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (athlete), Mikael Lindnord, took pity on the dog wandering near their table and fed {#blank#}3{#/blank#} meatball to it. And that meatball made them friends for life, as far as Arthur was concerned.

The extreme sport of adventure racing includes biking, hiking, and boating that challenge even the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (strong) humans. Imagine a dirty stray（迷失的）dog trying {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (keep ) up. But Arthur {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (do) keep up. The dog followed the team as they got up to leave. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (actual), he never stopped following them—swimming alongside the boat of the team, and taking on muddy(泥泞的)slopes when the team hiked.

    Arthur stayed alongside the team for the rest of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (compete),but not without cost to his well—being. The dog needed doctor's attention after the six-day race was finished {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the team helped Arthur as much as they could during the event. Arthur's hard work paid off: Lindnord decided to adopt(收养) the dog {#blank#}10{#/blank#} brought him back to Sweden.

    In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(usual) way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.

    In June that year, a baby girl became {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(serious) ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(confident), so she was sent to big hospital in London {#blank#}4{#/blank#}specialist help was available. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(discover) that they, too, were confused by the very unusual disease. Just then, a nurse asked to speak to them.

     "Excuse me," said the nurse, "{#blank#}6{#/blank#} I think the baby is suffering from thallium(铊) poisoning. "

    "What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremely rare."

"I read a detective novel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Agatha Christie a few days ago,” the nurse explained, "and in the book, somebody suffers from thallium poisoning, and all the symptoms {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(describe). They're exactly {#blank#}9{#/blank#} same as the baby's."

    The tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (use) in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back home.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southeast Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for increasing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (disturb) problem in many parts of the countryside. Yuan Longping grows {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is called super hybrid rice, making{#blank#}6{#/blank#}possible to increase rice harvest without {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (expand) the area of the field. Yuan Longping has been considered the first agricultural pioneer in the world {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(grow) rice that has a high output.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world {#blank#}10{#/blank#} hunger.

    Are you a man or a mouse? When {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (ask) this question, people want to know {#blank#}2{#/blank#} you think you are a brave person or a coward. But you will never really know the answer to this question until you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (test) in real life. Some people think they are brave but when they come face to face with real danger, they act like cowards. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (hero).

    When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (call) adrenalin (肾上腺素) in the blood. With adrenalin in the blood system, you feel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (strong) than ever before. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, when you are absolutely {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (terrify), the body can produce too much adrenalin, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} makes you find you can't do anything at all.

    Yesterday was a crazy day. I felt very tired {#blank#}1{#/blank#}I had a lot of work stuff going. Then I got {#blank#}2{#/blank#} message from one of my teammates. It said, “ We want to let you know that there are people who see and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(true)appreciate all your hard work.” This meant more to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(I)than anything else . And it made me think that maybe I need to set time aside{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(tell)the people in my life how much I appreciate what they did. Say “Thank you” {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the delivery guy, telling him that you appreciate how hard he {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(work); tell your daughter that you are proud of her {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (perform)at school; tell your mom that you notice how much she does for the family.

    Sometimes when a long time goes by without{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(recognize)for the good we do, we start to get upset, but a simple statement of appreciation could make us become{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(energy)again for a good long time.

    Fu Xuewei, a 25-year-old girl from Chengdu, China {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (recent) shared a beautiful set of wedding photos on the Internet. However, there's a debate on the photographs, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} no groom (新郎) seems to be found in the photos. In fact, the only people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (feature) in the photos are Ms. Fu and her 87-year-old grandfather.

    Despite having no plans of getting married anytime soon, Fu decided {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wear) the wedding dress for her grandfather. The man fell seriously ill last September, with doctors warning that he could pass away {#blank#}5{#/blank#} any time. Fearing he might never get to fulfill the dream of walking her down to the Mr. Right, Fu arranged the surprise photoshoot. She took {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (she) grandfather for a regular hospital check-up, only to reveal that they were going to take pictures later and he agreed.

    Ms Fu {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (raise) by her grandparents from the age of ten, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} makes them mean a lot to her. She insists that she takes care of them in return. The young woman even {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have) a tattoo of her grandfather. "I had my grandfather's appearance tattooed on my arm because I want all my new {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (friend) to know what he looks like in the future," she said.