Smile Train is a charity that helps the children around the world, who suffer from a facial defect (缺陷) .The defect h1. when a baby's top lip or mouth doesn't form properly before birth. Eating and drinking is very difficult for these babies. The charity p2. free operations, which give these children a new smile, and with it, new hope and a new beginning.

Children with the defect need all the help. A3. many of them are accepted by their families, sadly, others are not. In some countries, children with this defect are often abandoned (遗弃) at birth because their parents feel ashamed (羞愧的) of them or cannot a4. the operations. The good news is that the operation is not difficult. It takes less than an hour and c5. the family nothing. The charity raises money and finds the right medical volunteers to perform the operations.

A Smile Train doctor from the UK said, “Each child who has the operation is given a second c6. at life. After years of staying at home, the children can finally go to school and be happy. Every year I do hundreds of operations free of cost through Smile Train. Some of the stories I have heard are quite s7. . One newborn baby girl was found abandoned on a train. L8. for her, she was found and adopted (收养) by a passenger. This lady then heard about Smile Train and brought the baby to our hospital. I did the operation and brought h9. to the family. Experienced doctors like me share our s10. with local doctors. In this way we make sure that these operations will always be available.

The young idol with positive energy

A fine example has endless power. As a pop star, he is q1. popular in Asia with more than 70 million followers on Weibo. As a role model, he was chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)(联合国环境规划署)as the UN Environment National Goodwill Ambassador(亲善大使) in April 2018.

The example m2. above is the Chinese singer and actor Wang Junkai, or Karry Wang, the leader of TFBOYS. As UNEP’s y3. ambassador, Wang attended a United Nations(UN) meeting in Kenya on March 14. He gave a speech in English on sustainable(可持续的) fashion.

In an i4. after the meeting, Wang said that he would like to spread the concept(观念) of environmental protection a5. the world, and to build a better sustainable future for humans and our planet.

In fact, it’s not the first time that Wang has contributed to h6. people understand the importance of protecting the world. In 2016, Wang widely shared the wildlife activities, reaching 400 million viewers. A year later, he publicly spoke out on the urgent need to protect wildlife in d7.. He named them “the superstars of the planet”.

Besides drawing attention to wildlife, he also called on his f8. to pledge(许诺) to reduce e-waste. Within 24 hours, his post was s9. 1.67 million times, and more than 400, 000 followers signed the pledge.

According to Wang, young people are no l10. onlookers when it comes to environmental action; nor should they be. “I will spare no effort to do everything I can to take care of our earth. And I invite everyone to join me,” he said.

A dog was found swimming more than 220 kilometers off the coast of Thailand, and it has been returned safely to land.

Late last week, workers on an oil ______ noticed the animal, all alone, in the water. It began to swim towards the side of the ship. The dog was able to get itself onto a solid area. It looked cold, ______ and scared. It barked at the workers but it was too weak to be heard. The workers lowered a rope around it and worked together to ______ the animal up to safety.

The workers who saved the dog quickly gave their new friend a name: Boonrod. The name means something ______ to "survivor" in the Thai language.

One of those workers was Vitisak. He kept on writing the stories of Boonrod on his home page. He said it was lucky that they noticed the dog in the ______. If there had been waves, he said, the animal likely would not have been seen.

No one knows how Boonrod ended up all alone at sea, or ______ he had been out there. But Vitisak and others have suggested the animal might have fallen ______ a fishing boat.

On Monday, Boonrod arrived at the Songkhla port (码头) in the southern Thai province. A team of animal doctors was waiting for him there. Local people also ______ the dog with neck rubs and a special necklace made of yellow flowers. Many people took pictures with the lucky dog.

Vitisak wrote on his home page, "Today, ship and Boonrod arrived onshore at around 10 a.m. His health ______ has improved. He is getting a bit stronger and can smile."

The dog is now under the care of an animal doctor. On Tuesday, the group published pictures of Boonrod getting washed—______ getting plenty of love and attention.

Vitisak says that if the dog can't find its owner, he will take him with him to his home in northeast Thailand.

1.A.plane B.ship C.train D.underground

2.A.excited B.energetic C.tired D.thankful

3.A.pull B.push C.lift D.carry

4.A.difficult B.different C.familiar D.similar

5.A.ship B.bottom C.island D.sea

6.A.how far B.how long C.how soon D.how often

7.A.away B.down C.off D.onto

8.A.welcomed B.protected C.shared D.invited

9.A.tradition B.position C.action D.condition

10.A.and B.but C.so D.or

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