Our beloved dog, Poppy,    1     (茫然失措) and didn’t conduct herself as usual. Poppy frowned and grieved all day long and we were concerned about her very much.     2     (为了阻止她受到伤害), we     3     (尝试使她高兴起来). But she     4     (抗议我们的每次尝试). Finally,    5     (我建议) we get a little dog for Poppy. Seeing that she had a playmate again, Poppy smiled happily, barked gently and     6     (高兴地直摇尾巴). Her gloomy moods finally disappeared. Poppy and the little dog     7     (建立了友谊) immediately.

George told me,     1     towards the hunt. And just at that moment, the most     2     thing happened. The killers started racing between our boat and the whale just like a pack of excited dogs.

Being badly     3    , the whale soon died. Within a moment or two, its body was dragged     4     by the killers down into the depths of the sea. The men started turning the boat around to go home.

In the evening, I drink a cup of tea and watch the stars. I think about the antelopes and what Zhaxi told me. Much     1     to protect wildlife, but if we really want to     2    , we must     3    of life. Only when we learn to     4     with nature can we stop     5    to wildlife and to our planet.

Wildlife     1     (开始存在) billions of years ago, which used to live happily in their own homes and live     2     (与……和谐相处) other animals and plants. However, in recent years, animals are     3     (灭绝) at an alarming rate, 75 species every day     4     (平均). In order to obtain their parts, organs, or the skin and fur, or to obtain high     5     (利润), human beings ignore animal protection laws, engaging in     6     (违法的) killing. Furthermore, human activities have direct or indirect     7     (消极影响) animals.     8     (一方面), the expansion of human activity space means the decrease of animal habitat, which directly disturbs their peaceful life.     9     (另一方面), human activities lead to the rise of global temperature, which threatens the survival of some animals, especially those species living in the polar regions. They live on ice, where they hunt the ocean creatures. But the rapid melting of ice makes it hard for them to     10     (适应) the changes, which puts them     11     (处于危险之中). If we do not     12     (足够关注) this, the situation will be worse and the process of extinction will be accelerated.

We and wildlife     13     (属于) a common life circle, where we depend on each other. The extinction of     14     (大量) animals is an alarm to us. Protecting animals is to protect ourselves, which is urgent. If we do not act     15     (立刻;马上), perhaps the next species to die out in the near future will be ourselves.