2 . One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods_______she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and _______what to do, she began crying. After a while. She decided to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes.When it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and _______ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the _______. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a _______.

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy _______ that his mistrees（女主人）was in danger. He jumped _______ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a familiar scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He followed the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking _______ into the air, the dog _______ through the woods until he found the ________. But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ________ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ________.

When she opened her eyes and________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________me, Laddy, ” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of relief . That night Laddy had a heror’s supper: a huge meal of steak

3 . It was Monday. Mrs. Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house. Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher(屠夫)and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers(顾客).

But, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher’s more surprise, it came for the third time at six o’clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He  said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

5 . A Faithful (忠实的) Dog

More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.

One day the Prince wanted to go hunting (打猎) with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle (摇篮), which was like a small bed.

When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged (摇) his tail (尾巴) and jumped up to put his paws (手爪) on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood (血) on Gelert's jaws (颚) and head.

"What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.

"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword (剑) and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed (设法) to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog.

The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt (没受伤). Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended (保卫) the baby and killed the wolf.

The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried (埋葬) him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.

If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.

7 . Love Is Blind：The Magic of Tabby

In October, 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50, 000 animals have ________ the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are ________ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly ________ them. Tabby was one such animal.

Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances at adoption seemed ________ at best. After all, there weren’t many adopters coming here ________, “Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also ________ ?” We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ________.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had ________ Tabby’s picture and stories on the shelter’s website at home. They were interested in meeting her! It was the only ________ we ever had from others about Tabby. What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ________ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ________ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!

If Tabby's story had simply ended with her ________ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ________ , it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as “magic”. Gary ________ from seizures. Since Gary and Tabby met, they became ________. They did everything together. They became so “in tune” with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures ________ they occurred, giving his family a (n) ________ that one was about to strike. What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's ________ .

How could it be？Nobody could explain ________ Tabby did it. But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had ________ the magic, the kind that has its roots in love.

8 . Have you complained     1    your family, your boss, or even your life? Maybe everyone has, but after reading this story, you may change your view and treat the world with another attitude.

An ass (驴),    2    (belong) to an herb-seller who gave him too little food and too much work, could not bear the life any longer. So he made a request to God, to be released from his present service and provided with    3    master. After warning him    4    he would regret doing it, God made him to be sold to a tile-maker. Shortly afterwards, the ass found that he had     5    (heavy) loads to carry and harder work in the brick-field, and asked for another change again. God, telling him that it would be    6    last time that he could satisfy his request, made him sold to a tanner (皮革工). The ass found that he    7    (fall) into worse hands. Knowing his new master’s occupation, he said, “It would have been better for me either to have been starved by the first owner     8     to have been overworked by the second. But now I have already been bought by my present owner,    9    will peel off my skin even after I am dead, and make me useful .”

We can see that people with dissatisfaction in a place are not    10    (like) to find happiness in another.