2 . 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.

3 . 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.

4 . 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.

5 . “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 ________.

6 . Twenty years ago, I became involved in pet therapy (疗法) work with our dog J.J. After J.J. passed away, we ____ another young dog, whom we named Angel. As she ____ and went through training, we realized that she would be a good therapy dog.

Angel is ten now and ____ every week. She visits two hospitals, a day care center and a library. At the library, dogs lie on the floor, and kids ____ a book to read to a dog. After they_____, they get a trading card with the dog’s picture and history. Angel has also ____ at a children’s special needs camp. She is so _____ that everywhere we go people recognize her, _____ the kids she has worked with.

We have ____ some very special things through our pet therapy work. We used to pay a ____to a woman who was completely paralyzed (瘫痪) on her right side from a stroke. One day, my husband, Jack, asked the_____if she wanted to give Angel a treat.

She_______, and Jack carefully placed the treat in her right hand. Angel_____ took the treat. Then the woman_______her right hand and started ______Angel. Her friend in the room looked ______ and said, “ She hasn’t been able to move that_______since she had her stroke!” After that, every time she lifted her left hand to   ______us, we’d tell her she had to use her right hand, and she would.

When Angel visits the hospital, she also performs_______ for the patients, such as rolling over, shaking and balancing treats on her nose. Once she starts her performance, she won’t stop________Jack claps his hands.

7 . An elephant was rescued in southern India after falling into a well. It ______ more than 12 hours, but the elephant in Tamil Nadu has been rescued after plunging into a well estimated at ______ 50-feet deep.

The elephant had ______ into the village of Dharmapuri from a nearby forest when it fell into the well. The well did not have a ______ and had been hidden by bushes.

Locals from the village alerted authorities about the ______ animal early on Thursday. They dropped banana leaves down the well for the elephant to ______, as rescuers worked throughout the night to ______ it.

Forest officials brought in a crane (吊车) to ______ the elephant. Footage of the rescue showed the elephant strapped in (系住) by belts and hanging upside down as the crane lifted it to ______. Doctors helped rescuers sedate (给……服镇静剂) the animal after it ______ pipes they were using to pump water out of the well.

The area where the rescue happened has had some ______ saving trapped elephants. Two other elephants have fallen down wells in the past year. ______ wells and ditches have caused a ______ to the animals. The animals need ______ land to survive as they look for food and water.

Open wells and ditches (壕沟) in elephant migratory ______ are huge problems for these animals. Since they are long ______ creatures, they migrate to long distances for food and water.

Least we can do is ______ such wells or keep safety wall. Imagine it was a 50 feet deep well. Authorities ______ the elephant for roughly three hours after the rescue. It was found to be ______ and active.

______ are also given to the elephant for her will.

8 . A hero sheep dog became the guiding light of hope for three trapped sheep as it swam across dangerous flooded fields to _________ them to safety.

Llyr Derwydd, a 44-year-old farmer coming from the area of Ruthin, _________ himself in a dangerous situation on a Friday afternoon. While _________ his sheep in Flints hire as usual, he realized a sad fact — three sheep were helplessly trapped on a small piece of land within the field, cut off by the _________ .

Considering the dangerous conditions that the flood caused, the _________ required a special hero. In this serious moment, _________ that hero was none other than the quick-thinking sheep dog, Patsy.

Mr. Derwydd talked about the sad experience, stating, “We realized we needed to act _________to ensure the safety of the trapped sheep. The piece of land they were on was _________ very fast, and the great danger was increasing.”

In order to rescue the sheep, he made a _________. With a sense of urgency (紧急) in the air, he wondered whether Patsy, his clever sheep dog, would deal with the problem. A silent __________was made, and Patsy, with strong determination, took a brave try.

It was a moment filled with __________ , as the true depth of the water remained unknown. Yet, Patsy’s born swimming __________ and strong determination pushed her forward. Without hesitation (犹豫), she braved the dangerous waters to __________ the trapped sheep.

Mr. Derwydd shared his __________ , saying, “I knew she was a good swimmer, or I wouldn’t take the __________. However, I was quite surprised by her courage and skill.”

9 . It is 8:30 a.m. at the Chengdu Research Base. Panda keepers are preparing milk for the baby pandas’ breakfast. At 9:00 a.m., they find that most of the babies are already awake and _________. When the babies see the keepers, they run over to them with _________ and some of the young pandas even walk into their friends and _________! They’re so cute and lovely, and the keepers takes care of them like they’re their own babies._________, many people around the world love these black and white animals. Pandas have become so _________ that they are now a symbol of China.

Scientists say there are now fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. _________ 300 or so live in zoos or research centers in China and other countries. Pandas do not have _________ babies, maybe only one every two years. The babies often _________ illnesses and do not live very long. Adult pandas spend more than 12 hours a day _________ about 10 kilos of bamboo. Many years ago, there were a lot more bamboo forests and pandas in China, but then humans started to __________ these forests. As the forests get smaller and other human activities __________ more problems, pandas cannot find enough to eat and they are having __________ babies.

An education program in Chengdu teaches children about pandas and other __________ wild animals. They send people to schools to tell children about the importance of __________ these animals. And the Chinese government is trying hard to help save the pandas. Scientists are doing research to better __________ the habits of pandas. We all hope that in the future there will be a lot more pandas.

10 . Owning chickens may be nothing special for you, but in the life of a chicken, we catch a glimpse (一瞥) of an important truth.

You see, when a hen lays her egg, she labors to make sure the _______are just right to promote life for that little chick. She must lay it in a ________spot. She also must apply heat to the egg for it to _______.

In the life of this baby chick though, there comes a point that is necessary but that is often _______. As the egg begins to crack and slowly break _______, what you will not see is the mother hen ________the chick to get the shell off. No matter how hard the chick________, pushes and strains (拉紧) itself, the mother hen will not do the ________ for it.

At this point, someone can see the _______of this chick and think the mother does not _______ her young. This person can then seek to help the chick and ________ the pieces of the shell. However, if such a thing really happens, often this person ________ does not save the chick’s life but rather ________ its death.

This ________ stage is essential for the chick. It will produce within the chick the ________ that will allow it to live and thrive (茁壮成长).