Since I introduced animals into my child psychotherapy（心理治疗）practice, my life as a doctor has been full of wonders. One Friday afternoon, Diane, a dark-haired five-year-old, who had hardly said a word to anyone outside her home environment, came to me for professional ________.

When Diane and her parents were seated in the waiting room, I took Puppy and walked out to ________ them. I noticed immediately Diane sat with her ________ down, and her eyes directed toward the floor in front of her, making no move to look up.

Puppy, walking ahead of me, went straight to Diane. Because Diane’s head was lowered, Puppy was almost ________ her when the girl finally caught sight of him. Surprised by the ________ sight, the girl’s eyes became huge and then her mouth slowly smiled a little. Puppy stopped directly in front of Diane and ________ his head on Diane’s leg.

I greeted Diane, but she didn’t respond. Instead, she began to silently pet Puppy’s head, running her ________ softly over Puppy’s ears and nose. Obviously she was still ________, but she was smiling and seemed to be enjoying her “communication” with Puppy.

Then I gave Puppy a ________ to go back into the office. As Puppy walked away, I watched Diane’s face fall and her eyes take on a ________ look. I said, “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you wanted Puppy to ________. All you have to do for him to come back is to say, ‘Puppy, come.’”

After struggling inside, Diane ________ in a soft voice. “Puppy, come; please come.” Diane’s parents watched in ________. They couldn’t believe what had happened before them. I gave Puppy another signal and he ran over to the girl who got off her chair and hugged Puppy tightly around the neck. Seeing this, I was ________. It was for sure that Diane had taken the first ________ in her journey toward being able to interact（互动）with the world outside her home. Puppy had worked his magic again.

【推荐3】One day, a young man didn’t feel well, so he went to see a doctor. He drove his car to the nearest ________. The doctor’s office was on the third floor. He was so ________ that he had to spend a lot of time walking upstairs.

After ________ the man carefully, the doctor said in a sad ________, “I regret to tell you this. You have unfortunately been diagnosed (诊断) with a highly contagious (接触传染的) disease. You will have to quarantine (隔离) yourself. You are not allowed to leave your house. You are not allowed to ________ anyone, your family included. You’ll ________ only pancakes.”

“That’s terrible!” said the young man. He stood up from the seat quickly and sat down slowly. He couldn’t stand any pancakes. He had never ________ them. Then he asked the doctor again, “Why do I have to eat pancakes? I ________ to eat them. I’ve never tried such a diet before.”

The doctor didn’t look up at the young man. He asked the young man to keep ________. He said,”Don’t be so surprised, young man. Pancakes are not exactly a diet. They’re just the only ________ that will fit under the door!”

【推荐1】Did you know that chocolate comes from a tree? The cacao tree gets large brown fruits called cocoa pods（荚）, and _______ the pods are cocoa beans. To make chocolate, _______ we leave the beans in the dark for a few days, and then _______ them in the sun. After that, the beans are pressed hard until a dark liquid（液体）comes out. That liquid is pressed _______ it separates and the result is cocoa butter（可可脂）, which can be turned into chocolate. What a lot of work just to make a piece of chocolate!

The first people to _______ cacao trees for chocolate were the Mayans, who lived in Mexico thousands of years ago. They used chocolate to make a special _______ that they used during their religious（宗教的）services. When people from Spain came to Mexico, they discovered the drink. They took chocolate home with them, and soon the passion for chocolate _______ all over Europe!

Wouldn’t you like to have a cacao tree in your _______ so you could have your own special supply chocolate? Well, don’t even think about it! Cacao trees can only grow in rainforests, where it is very hot and _______ all the time. What a pity!

Chocolate is good for you as long as you don’t eat it all day long! It has iron（铁）, which is good for your body! But remember where there is chocolate, there is ________! So don’t eat too much, and remember to brush your teeth after you eat it!

Li Tao works for an outdoor activities club called Yanhuang Teenage Camp in Beijing. He said that tree climbing is a useful ________ for survival in the wild. By climbing up a tree, you might find ________ like fruits or bird eggs. It also helps you to stay ________ from dangerous animals and floods. Tree climbing is also good for the mind and soul. It ________ you to overcome a fear of heights and you feel more connected to nature.

Usually, you use ropes, safety belts, and other equipment to go up the tree. Equipment is good to have, although you can ________ climb a tree with your arms and legs. However, this is more tiring and unsafe. While climbing, every tree is like a ________ you have to solve. You need to look at all the branches and ________ which ones are good for climbing. Some common rules are ________ to climb a tree you can’t get up into by yourself, and don’t climb on any branches that are less thick than your arm.

Although many people take tree climbing as a fun sport, some make it a real job. Did you know the arborists (育木专家)? They are like tree doctors. They plant and ________ trees. This means they need to know how to climb them. Many competitions are ________ each year for tree climbing, and a lot of arborists take part in. They go to such competitions to learn better climbing techniques and see new innovations in the field.