1 . In Lauderdale lives a young girl, Mary Lou. She is a(n) ______ bird-watcher at a very young age. In fact, she’s so ______ about birds that she has already written a children’s book about them. It's ______ for a 13-year-old girl in school.

It all started when her family moved to a new neighborhood. Mary would feel very ______ at times with few kids living on her street. Becoming a bird-watcher helped her ______ the new neighborhood and feel more at home.

She became deeply attracted to bird-watching in Grade Six when she had to write a book for a school project. She decided to write something she knew: the mockingbird. The homework was just the ______ of Mary’s great writing adventure.

Every morning Mary takes her binoculars (望远镜) and heads out to ______ birds. To watch birds, one must not make a lot of ______. If a watcher makes any sudden movements, the birds will probably become ______ and fly away.

Mary usually uses her binoculars to ______ different types of birds. Sometimes she just sits in the wildlife areas, ______ the various birds as they come to eat and drink at the nearby lake. Mary is quite a(n) ______ on birds types, but she can't always name every bird she sees. So she thinks there are always new lessons and the sky is full of ______.

When Mary was writing her bird book for children, she studied hard by searching the Internet. She also ______ some of the birds for the book herself with her color pencils. Finally, after nine months of ______, the book was finished.