3 . Susan Jones often noticed people walking with guide dogs in her city. She was always     1     (interest) in how the guide dogs do their work. She finally     2     (find) the answer when she heard about the Seeing Eye program, whose purpose is to train dogs to be guides for blind people.

Last year, Susan and her family became Seeing Eye     3     (volunteer). They adopted (收养)     4     young Seeing Eye dog. “We spent a lot of time staying with him,” explained Susan. It     5     (take) at least two years to teach Seeing Eye dogs all the skills they needed to guide a disabled person.

During the first month of life, the little dogs live     6     a normal family. When the dog is about one year old, it leaves     7     (it) home. A professional trainer and a blind person teach the dog the skills. After a long     8     difficult training period, the dog and the blind person finally team up.

Susan said there was a deep     9     (feel) between her and the little dog. “It was always hard when the time came to say goodbye,” she said. “But we knew that the little dog was going to help someone who     10     (strong) needed it. I feel good about having had a small part in giving the gift of independence to someone who cannot see.”

4 . People believe some things about cats that might not be true. These myths (荒诞的说法) can make cat owners not able to think clearly. If you like cats, learn some true facts about them.

Some people think that cats need to drink milk. That is not true.     1     Does your cat drink milk? Most cats like milk, but too much of it can make them sick. They can only have a little milk.

Some people put garlic (蒜) on cat food.     2     Does it work? Garlic makes food taste better, but it does nothing to worms. If your cat has worms in its body, take it to a doctor.     3    

Some people think that a cat’s whiskers (须) help them keep balance (平衡). In fact, whiskers have nothing at all to do with balance.     4    

Have you heard these myths about cats before?     5     You should just learn how to care for cats by reading books or talking to experts. Cats need good owners to care for them.

6 . Once upon a time, there was a large lion. He felt ashamed because he was afraid of ________. He was ________ a large lion, but he was afraid of little chickens.

Some animals knew the lion was afraid of chickens. They didn’t help the lion. They ________ him, instead. The lion was ________ when the other animals laughed at him. He knew that an elephant, Ernest, was a wise animal. So he decided to go and have a ________ with Ernest. He wanted to ask Ernest for advice.

The lion met the elephant in a big yard. ________ he was talking to the elephant, he found Ernest kept flapping (拍打) the great ________.

“What’s the matter with you, Ernest?” asked the lion.

“I’m sorry.” said Ernest. “But I get to worried when some mosquitoes (蚊子) ________ around my ears. They often bite me. I can’t ________ them because they fly fast. I am really afraid of them.”

When the lion knew the elephant was afraid of mosquitoes, he felt much ________. He felt better because he was not the only large animal that afraid of small ones.

7 . We need animals. Every animal has its place in the balance (平衡) of nature. We should try to help save animals. Should we have zoos?

I think we should build national parks as wildlife nature reserves (保护区) and advise farmers to leave reserves. If we do nothing, animals will get fewer and fewer.

It is 8:30 a. m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Lin Wei and the other panda keepers are     1     (prepare) the milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast.     2     9:00 a. m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and hungry.

    3     the babies see the keepers, they run over with excitement and some of them even walk into their friends and fall over! “They’re so cute and lovely. I take     4     of them like they’re my own babies. I wash, feed and play with them every day. They’re very special to me.” Lin Wei     5     (love) her job, but it is a difficult one.

Pandas do not have many babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often die from illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas     6     more than 12 hours a day eating about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to cut down the forests. Scientists say there are now     7     (few) than 2,000 pandas living in the remaining forests. Another 200 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other     8     (country).

An education program in Chengdu teaches children in cities about pandas and other endangered animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of saving these animals. The children sing songs or make artwork about pandas and other wild animals.     9     (teach) children is one way to help save pandas. The Chinese government is also planting more bamboo trees so there will be more forests for pandas to live in. We all hope that in the     10     /fju:tʃə(r)/ there will be a lot more pandas than now.