A dog named Peggy was unable to continue the job she was good     1    -herding (放牧) sheep一when at age 8 she lost    2    (she) hearing.

Peggy’s owners gave her to a local animal shelter (庇护所) when they found it hard    3    (communicate) with her. The manager of the shelter ChloeShorten    4    (offer) to help. Shorten and her husband, Jason,    5     had two other working sheepdogs, decided to take Peggy home.

While Peggy became deaf,    6     (obvious), her love for sheep herding hadn’t disappeared.“We knew Peggy wanted to work, so we taught her how to herd and work with us without     7    (depend) on voice commands (指令),Shorten said. With    8    help of a sheepdog trainer, Peggy finally learned to reply to sign language rather than traditional voice commands.

But the most important lesson Peggy learned had nothing to do with sheep. It was about trust. “It took her some time to learn that we love her, and understand our praise,” Shorten said.

These days, with her GPS tracker in place, Peggy heads out with sheep fom time to time, happily knowing that the     9    (mean) of a “thumbs (拇指)up” is that she’s a good girl. The Shortens couldn’t be     10    (pleased) with Peggy.