1 . Dogs are more faithful than other animals, so they are considered as man’s best friends. Recently a dog named Capitan has shown us why dogs are a symbol of _______ and friendship.

In 2005, Capitan was _______ by a man named Miguel Guzman in Argentina. Miguel got Capitan as a(n) _______ for his son Damian. In 2006, Miguel passed away, and _______, Capitan disappeared. They thought he was _______ or had been adopted by another family. _______, when Damian and his mother went to visit Miguel’s grave, they were _______ to see Capitan at the cemetery(公墓). They couldn’t believe it because they had _______ brought Capitan to the cemetery before. They didn’t know how he had _______ the grave, but the dog was there barking and ________. Damian’s mother said, “We went back the next Sunday, and he was there again. This time, he ________ us home and spent a few hours with us, but then went back to the cemetery before it got ________. It was probable that he didn’t want to leave Miguel on his own at night.”

Later, they tried to bring the dog home many times, but each time Capitan would ________ and return to the cemetery. For eleven years, he ________ there and was taken care of by the cemetery staff. In 2018, Capitan’s life came to an end. He was ________ buried next to his master he loved so much.

2 . Even though Gus is tail-wagged and smiling, and the past few years have been tough for him.________, that didn’t keep him from helping another furry friend.

The 6-year-old dog had a tumor (肿瘤) ________ earlier this year. But doctors found another tumor in Gus, and had to ________ his back leg. “He is going to run like he used to. And it hasn’t slowed him down at all.” the dog’s owner Cleo Young said.

Even with three legs, Gus can still run around and swim, which proved to be________on Sunday. Gus and his family were walking near St. Croix River when he suddenly ________the river. Young’s grandkids, Ella and Lucy, _______Gus from the shore, astonished.

“________, he was going after something, but we didn’t know at first,” Ella said. “And he came to the ________ with a tiny otter (水獭) in his mouth, and it turned out to be very tinny otter.”

The family washed the sand off the baby otter and ________ it to a nearby wildlife rehabilitation (康复) center. “It was kind of disturbing trip,________it was closing at 6:00 and we didn’t know if we were going to________ it,” Young said. Fortunately, they arrived in time. The team at the center said the otter might not have________if Gus hadn’t found it.

“He was really gentle. I think he knew it needed________, so he brought it straight to us right away,” Lucy said.

3 . One day last summer, my 9-year-old son Ben and I were riding the waves at a popular ocean beach on outer Cape Cod. As we were playing happily with our surfboard, I suddenly noticed an astonishing _________—some whales were spouting (喷水) well within view of where we _________.

We stared and pointed in _________. “Ben, can you believe it?” I cried. “We’re swimming with the whales!” “Mom,” Ben said in reply, “we’re _________ swimming with the whales. This is their habitat, not ours!”

Ben’s words took my breath away, more than the dramatic waves and the amazing sight of the _________.

He was absolutely _________, of course. These whales live in the waters off Cape Cod. This is their _________—one that we visit, love and protect. So when we set foot into a _________ space, it’s meaningful and important to _________ that we are visiting something that is beautiful and enjoyable to us, but is not __________ for us.

We each have a part to play in __________ space. When we acknowledge our coexistence, as Ben __________, we set ourselves up for success in how we interact with each other. This is as __________ in the vastness of the ocean as it is in our __________ where we live, work, play and serve.

How we __________ and support each other in this vast ocean of life—that’s up to us.

4 . Last year my daughter started feeding a homeless cat that we named Miss Alice. Since then, things have_________. First two other homeless cats that we named Garfield and Tang also showed up, wanting to be__________ . Some days later, the local __________noticed them and started flying down to enjoy any leftover cat food after those three had finished__________. Everything was going well. Now my daughter is like a Disney princess. Anytime she walks outside, the __________ gather around.

My daughter always treats them equally with care. The only one who seems ____________with this new arrangement is Miss Alice. She keeps __________the other two cats away from the food. The other day when I walked over to my daughter’ s house, Alice came up meowing(喵喵叫) asking to be___________. While I was touching her head and___________her back, Garfield and Tang also meowed for attention. But Miss Alice scared them away. She wasn’t___________to share anything about me.

The thing that Miss Alice___________understands is something that has taken me years to learn, too. It is the truth that the more love we share and___________ ,the more love we have. Some __________ people like my daughter seem to know a lot about___________. It is in sharing love that we can make__________with the world. It is in love that we support each other. May we all learn this even if poor Miss Alice never does.

5 . Have you ever heard of and seen Canadian geese? Do you know that they __ fresh grass and seeds?

Canadian geese have a good __ for their politeness. They always bow down to you whenever you walk by. However, I have recently found that they can sometimes be __ to their peers, especially on occasions when they quarrel for food——yes, these __ gentlemen do quarrel, just for something to eat

Yesterday I witnessed two Canadian Geese arguing __ for a clump(草丛) of beautiful fresh grass. The clump was __ right in the middle of them, while the two were shouting noisily, stretching their necks as long as they could to look aggressively at each other. It’s __ to witness the “impolite” side of Canadian geese. Hence, I couldn’t help __ my morning walk, standing still to watch these “gentlemen” quarreling. Interestingly, after a short while, a truck roared past their feast, disturbing their __ conversation. The two geese were equally __ by the massive “monster”, thus giving up their conversation.

Would they start quarreling again? I stood still, __ the ridiculous question and waited. Beyond my expectation, right after the truck’s passing by, the two geese immediately lost their ___for quarreling as if they had forgotten all about what had happened. Even the two turned around and left the __ in opposite directions as if nothing had happened. They left only me there, imagining what might have happened without the __.

They got along harmoniously again. Sometimes it’s not that bad to be __.

6 . Many animals use some kinds of “language”. They use signals and the signals have meanings. For example, ______ a bee has found some food, it goes ______ its home.   ______ is difficult for a bee to tell   ______   bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it can do a little dancing. This tells the bees where the food is and ______   it is.

Some animals show ______ they feel by making sounds. It is not difficult to tell if a dog is angry because it barks. Birds make several different sounds and ______ has its meaning. Sometimes we humans make songs in the same way we make sounds like “Oh” to ______   how we feel about ______or we ______something on our feet.

We humans have languages. We have words. These words have meanings of things, actions, feelings, or ideas. We are able to ______each other information , to tell other people ______ we think about or how we feel. By writing down words, we can remember what has happened or______messages to people far away.

Languages, like people, live and die. If a language is not used by people, it is called a dead language. This language cannot live and grow because ______ speaks it.

A living language, of course, is often spoken by people today. It grows and changes with time. New words are created, and some old words have______ meanings.

7 . Shane was finally reunited with his favorite horse, Mongo, 8 years after it ran away with wild mustangs(野马).Shane _________ in a farm, riding and training horses, among which Mongo was his favourite. _________, he lost him while they were on a _________ trip in the West Desert.

It was an early morning when Shane _________ the hoofbeat (马蹄声) of horses. He got _________ and got out of his tent only to see his _________ horse running after a herd of wild mustangs. He tried to _________ Mongo but a snowstorm stopped him.

He reported Mongo _________ and for three years, he kept coming back to the same place where he left Mongo but he had no_________. Shane made sure people knew that Mongo was missing and even got in touch with the authorities. In 2017, Shane finally gave up on Mongo and __________ he was dead.

After five years, Shane was __________ to hear the good news about Mongo. An official sent him a message that his favorite horse was still alive. Mongo was __________ at a gathering. It was an effort to manage the population of horses in the area.

Shane drove for four hours to see the __________ and was so happy to __________ with his old friend, He had experienced many __________. However, life can be kind to each of us. It will give us something sweet after the tough time.

8 . My father collected birds’ eggshells—beautiful blue pieces of robin’s egg. All ten of us children _________, often finding shells beside the path where a bird cleaned her house after her young had hatched (孵化).

We’d _________ a find and carry it to the house on the tip of a finger. Then we’d lay it _________ on the bed of something soft Dad had prepared in a wide, _________ desk drawer (抽屉). Mamma and Dad would examine each shell carefully and help us _________ what kind of bird might have laid the egg. _________, we collected hundreds of shell pieces, so many that we had to prepare another drawer for our _________. Many of us also started our own _________.

My siblings and I loved _________, like seeing which one of us could swim the farthest underwater in the pond by our house. Of course we __________ a competition of who could find the rarest (最稀有的) eggshell. Many birds lay blue eggs, except the hummingbird. A tiny hummingbird’s shell was a sure __________!

When I became a grandmother, my granddaughter and I __________ the beloved family tradition. I value passing down this __________ connection to the natural world, and sharing with my granddaughter my __________ of being out on a summer’s day with my brothers and sisters to __________ for some of nature’s most beautiful creations.

9 . For more than a century, fishermen in Laguna, Brazil, have caught fish with the help of bottlenose dolphins.

The dolphins push schools of fish in the _________ of the shore and then jump out of the water, _________ to the fishermen to rapidly cast out their nets. The fishermen make a large catch, and _________, the dolphins look around for the fish that have missed the fishing nets-a quick and _________ meal!

This dolphin-human _________ is especially unique, because it is _________ to both humans and dolphins.

According to a research _________ with underwater sound recordings, dolphins _________ with his relationship with humans are 13% more likely to _________ in the wild. This is because they stay near the shores of the ocean and are less likely to be ______________ when fishing nets are thrown into the open ocean. In Laguna, fishing with fellow dolphins has become a(n) ______________ in many families, though the dolphins are not ______________ trained for this purpose. From their ______________, fishermen pass on their ______________ to their children, teaching them to ______________ with their partners through clicking noises and how to ______________ dolphin behaviors.

Interestingly, this is not the first time humans and other species of animals have ______________ to hunt for food together. In Africa, the honeyguides, a small bird species that ______________ on beeswax, use large noises and calls to communicate, ______________ humans to trees where bees’ nests are ______________.

Researchers hope that future generations will be able to carry on this special tradition.

10 . An injured dog named Chi Chi wastes cued from a trash bag ns idea dustbin. When animal workers_________her, her legs were cutaway by wires still wrapped around them.

A Facebook video _________Chi Chi’s story, caught the eye of Howell in Arizona. Howell watched the video _________ and was attracted by Chi Chi’s eyes and the way she wagged her tail despite her_________. The Howells adopted Chi Chi and performed a surgery on her, even though they weren’t sure how she would_________from it. But Chi Chi___________everyone. She not only learned how to walk but soon _________the other pets that were also adopted by the Howells.

But not for long, Chi Chi had another surgery to _________cancerous tumors(肿癌), making her a cancer_________on top of everything else that she has overcome. Her sweet tempered and ____________spirit opens people’s hearts, and they are ____________by her never-give-up attitude.

Chi Chi has become a ____________hero dog for people she helps as a certified therapy dog. On any given week, Chi Chi could be____________ old soldiers, residents-of assisted-living facilities. People are______________for everyday she is there to abundantly share her love and spirit. In 2021, Chi Chi was named American Hero Dog, She and other Hero Dogs were______________in Beverly Hills, California.