1 . A woman is volunteering in ashelter. It all started because she missed her own _________ .
Sandy was at a loss when her beloved Angus died last year — terribly lonely, yet not quite______for a new dog in her life. ________, she decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and spend some quality time with furry friends who, like her, were ________ their old buddies (伙伴).
Remembering that her dog had loved being read to, she brought along a ________ there.
It's now been 18 months sinceSandy first began ________ her chair beside the dog house. Shelter workers say it really calms down the dogs, but Sandy says it does more ________ to her than it does to the dogs.
Sandy was ________ that photos of her reading to dogs were spreading on the Internet until the media started calling. Kathleen, a fellow shelter volunteer was so touched by the sight of her ____ to an old dog that she took a photo and posted it on the Internet. She was so ______ with the dogs — I watched her read to several — and they just loved being ________ by her, "Kathleen said.
Inspired by Sandy's style of _________, the shelter has announced that a reading marathon is being ________ for next September. The plan is to get kids in the neighborhood ______ in reading to the animals, with the added benefit of reading practice for the two-leggers, along with plenty of friendly _______ for the four-leggers.
1. A.husband | B.kid | C.dog | D.animal |
2. A.ready | B.free | C.sorry | D.grateful |
3. A.However | B.Meanwhile | C.Besides | D.Therefore |
4. A.comforting | B.admiring | C.missing | D.helping |
5. A.toy | B.book | C.camera | D.photo |
6. A.settling into | B.stealing into | C.heading for | D.looking for |
7. A.duty | B.work | C.good | D.wrong |
8. A.uneasy | B.unsure | C.unhappy | D.unaware |
9. A.reading | B.attending | C.waving | D.whispering |
10. A.content | B.patient | C.strict | D.careful |
11. A.interviewed | B.trained | C.petted | D.photographed |
12. A.teaching | B.living | C.thinking | D.volunteering |
13. A.accepted | B.predicted | C.recorded | D.organized |
14. A.involved | B.experienced | C.united | D.relaxed |
15. A.competition | B.company | C.service | D.advice |