1 . A four-year-old dog named Kob became a hero in its neighborhood by discovering a possibly life-threatening gas leak (泄漏) in its owner’s front yard.

This dog’s actions not only_______its surroundings, but also stressed the importance of the behavior of our furry friends.

The story began when Kob,_______by 28-year-old Chanell Bell, started digging a large hole in the yard. At first, Bell thought this was typical dog_______, but as the hole grew larger, she became_______. Recognizing that Kob’s actions were unusual, she trusted the dog’s judgment, considering its normally well-behaved nature.

After_______a recent gas leak in her home, Chanel_______a gas detecting(探测) tool. She followed her sense and chose to use the tool to_______the newly dug hole by Kob.

Finding gas coming out of the hole, Bell_______contacted the authorities about the issue.

“If it wasn’t found, the_______would have continued to escape into our homes,” Bell said. “We were told it could have caused________health effects like breathing issues, brain damage, and even________. They told me that something as simple as________a light could have caused a burst!”

During the repairs, workers________three main gas leaks in Bell’s neighborhood caused by aging________. It took the workers over three days to repair the leaks and replace the old equipment.

Throughout the repairs, the workers________Kob for saving the neighborhood.

3 . My family always had some sort of animal around, but none of them were truly mine. My parents didn’t permit me to _________ my own until I was seven years old. Finally, I was _________ to have my own _________, a fish called George. I said it was my responsibility to _________ it.

Every Friday I would clean out his bowl. I found myself _________ invitations to go somewhere immediately after school, because I would have to feed my fish first. Every day he would remind me that I was _________ and that I had someone depending on me.

One day, I came home from school and headed to my room to _________George. I found a _________ thing had happened. I _________ my bag and ran over to the bowl. I saw my best friend George floating around lifeless.

My mom walked into my room. I turned around as tears started to well in my eyes. “Mommy, George d…d…died.” With that __________ word I started crying uncontrollably. My mom came to my side as I hid my face in my pillows.

Suddenly, I realized that George hadn’t just __________ me. He had taught me what __________ meant. I learned it through feeding him and cleaning his bowl. This made me feel __________ . To my seven-year-old self, this was a great __________ . Slowly, a smile crossed my face. George was gone.__________ , the lessons he taught me would forever be carved into my memory.

4 . My desire was to be someone who mattered. I wanted to make a ________ in the lives of people and in the lives of animals. After all, ________ had always been a large part of my life, from the time when I was a little girl. I thought that my “________” would somehow include my love of singing, writing, travel, and of course, working with animals.

But something happened that ________ my entire core. The “love of my life” dog, my Nicholas died because of cancer, which was ________ for me.

However, I didn’t lose hope. Nicholas’ death made me aware that I should do something meaningful to ________ a need. Thus, I began to do research and then ________ a small group called Small Paws Rescue. I ________ sending the latest news on our rescue efforts to about 25 people. Within a few months we had ________ to a group of several hundred.

A few years passed and my rescue ________ were being read by more than six thousand people in different countries. National media began asking me to do interviews and to ________ episodes for Animal Planet.

It took me a while to ________ that I had not only found my purpose in life, but each of the ________ of my heart had been included as well. Now my days are filled with ________ people and animals. In the past 13 years, my Small Paws Rescue has ________ more than 8,000 dogs and affected the lives of thousands of people, too.

5 . On New Year’s Eve, a teenager survived a terrible house fire. It’s all thanks to the _________ of the family dog, Macho.

Nicole Evans, a single mom, received a(n) _________ call while out of town, learning that her house was on fire. Macho, sensing the coming _________, immediately took action and _________ Nicole’s teenage son, Griffin, around 5:30 a.m., warning him of the _________.

“He kept barking(吠叫)at Griffin and then just gave him a small _________, a couple of them, and awakened him. And Griffin said, ‘What’s happening?’ And as soon as he turned around, there was just no _________ that he had to leave. He had to go _________,” said the mother. “It was probably the _________ experience of my life, when something happened to the person you __________ the most. And there was nothing you could do about it and you couldn’t __________ with him,” she added.

While the __________ of the fire is still under investigation(调查), the family is left with a total loss of their home. Despite the material losses, Nicole __________ the great value of Macho’s quick thinking and loyalty(忠诚).

After the __________, the community has united around the Evans family, __________ a charity group to collect money to help them get their lives back to normal.

6 . I got a message from my friend, Megan. “This little _________, Winnie, needed a home,” she said, and then _________ some pictures.

I’d started my animal _________ in 2017 after I’d bought a piece of land and used it to give some _________ animals a home. To give them a better life, I _________ the home with the profits I made running four pet supply stores. My first animal was a sheep, Charlotte, who had a bad back leg. _________, the farm had grown to feed 200 animals.

Looking at the _________ Megan sent me of the cute disabled dog on my phone, I decided that I had room for one more. Despite his deformed(畸形的)front legs, his beautiful brown eyes on the pictures made my heart melt(软化). So I took him to a hospital. The doctor got him to _________ with a cool set of wheels.

“_________ doggie,” strangers showed pity sometimes when they saw Winnie. But within minutes, they __________ that Winnie was living his best lives on the farm and they didn’t need to feel __________ for him. I __________ Winnie’s own web page where I would share Winnie’s life. And he earned a lot of followers. “He __________ me when I was feeling sad,” one follower commented recently.

Winnie proves that animals with __________ can lead fulfilling(令人心满意足的)lives. He’s my best friend and I’m __________ of everything that he does.

8 . Rumeysa Gurbuz was at home asleep on February 6 in the city of Iskenderun on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast when a magnitude 7. 8 earthquake attacked the region. The quake caused ________ damage in Iskenderun. Fortunately, her beloved pet cat Leyla woke her up 15 minutes before the earthquake ________, enabling her to ________. When the quake hit, Gurbuz jumped out the window of her home, only ________ her legs.

“If I hadn’t woken up, I would have been in the ________, Gurbuz said in comments provided to Newsweek by animal welfare nonprofit Humane Society International (HSI). ”I ________ her a lot. We are alive, and there is ________.”

After being injured in the quake, Gurbuz was ________ to a hospital. But she posted an article on the Internet in a desperate attempt to ________ Leyla. HSI saw the ________ and began searching for the cat but finally was ________.

Kelly Donithan, HSI’s director of animal disaster response who was helping to ________ Leyla, asked Gurbuz to send her a voice message calling the pet’s name in an attempt to ________ the cat out. After a lot of ________, the trick worked and the ________ pet finally emerged from the ruins.

9 . “When one door closes,” the saying goes, “another door opens.” For one _______ dog, it appears that saying is also suitable for doggy doors.

A dog named Sheldon took part in a program to _______ a service dog. Unluckily, he couldn’t quite make the _______. Whenever he would _______ something interesting, Sheldon’s concentration flew out of the window and all he wanted to do was _______ the source.

But the very thing that made him a failure as a service dog meant he was likely _______ for another dog job. Sheldon was sent to the State Farm Arson Dog Program, where his sensitive (灵敏的) nose soon put him _______ the class for detecting the accelerants (探测肋燃剂) used to light illegal fires.

_______ John Tadlock of the Saginaw fire department, after his _______ Sheldon went on to become the department’s best accelerant detection dog.

In his first ________, Sheldon and his partner Tadlock were called to a car shop to look into some cars that had been ________ under suspicious (可疑的) circumstances. After three days, no one had been able to figure out how the fire got started — but the cause wasn’t ________ to Sheldon. “I put him to ________. It took him about 30 seconds to give me an alert (警报),” Tadlock said. Sheldon found the evidence with no ________.

For a dog with a super sense of smell, we guess whether you’re tailing bad guys or hunting for a job, it’s always best to follow your ________.

10 . Forest & Bird, a conservation organization in New Zealand, held a contest for Bird of the Century and invited people in the country and abroad to ______ their favorite threatened species, Comedian and talk show host John Oliver ______ Forest & Bird if he could campaign for the püteketeke, a native water bird with eye-catching black-brown ______ around its neck. The organization ______ .

To get ______ for the species, Oliver started a worldwide campaign, which focused on its ______ feather surrounding its neck, romantic mating ceremony and heart-warming parenting style.

“The püteketeke are fantastic couples and ______ parents who always carry their babies on their backs!“ read one of the ads.

His effort ______ The püteketeke began at the bottom of the ______ . But it ______ the contest with 290,374 votes after Oliver started the campaign on its behalf. By comparison, the much more ______ bird kiwi just got 12,904 votes.

According to Forest & Bird, there are fewer than 3,000 of the bird across New Zealand a few decades ago. But the ______ has been increasing thanks in part to conservation efforts.

Usually called Bird of the Year, the annual ______ is held to raise awareness about the plight (困境) of the nation’s native ______ , 80% of which are on the threatened species list. This year, the contest was named Bird of the Century to celebrate the group’s ______ birthday.