1 . I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family _________ an ant farm at home. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we brought some ants from the backyard and placed them into the _________ home.

Shortly after the new _________ were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew _________ what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had particular given jobs. With my mom’s help, I kept a journal of what happened each day and _________ the ants. My favorite was the biggest, Cinderella. I drew a picture of her in my journal, which I still have.

On day five a disaster _________ the ant farm. While I was observing the ants, I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally _________ it over. Unfortunately, my carelessness caused all the tunnels to _________. Although the ants _________ their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was __________ as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother explained that the ants were actually dying of “frustration”—feeling annoyed and disappointed as they couldn’t control the situation.They simply could not __________ the reality that their tunnels had been destroyed. Cinderella was the last to die; she did so while carrying a dead ant on her back.

Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world,__________ it taught me much more.__________ the years, I came to realize the ants were a study in the benefits of __________. Working together, they were able to create a(n)__________ world for themselves. I also learned that they should be __________ for their hard work. Day in and day out, each labored at their task. The ant farm demonstrated that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key__________for success. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not __________ until recently: Disaster is a natural part of life, and must be __________. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up when they face __________. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel comes down, we just have to build another.

3 . It was on March 11. The family’s dog, Jobe, took Teresa Wiederin’s   ______ in his mouth, and led her to the living room. Her son, Dominic, 19, ______ in a chair under an allergy attack and gasping for______.His father quickly drove him to the ______ .

The first time Dominic ______Jobe, it was two years ago. Then he had no idea how important the dog would become to him. Driving home from his summer job , he noticed a ______dog along the road. Without thinking too much, he______ his car and let the dog in.

Dominic asked his parents to______the dog. But they didn’t agree, especially______a vet said the dog was in bad condition. However, after the vet reassured that the dog’s problems were ______, they accepted the black dog. Their son named it Jobe and______ him back to health.

Jobe would soon have the chance to return the ______. Dominic had his first allergy attack four months later,______he was with friends at a barbecue restaurant. It was later determined that the reaction was______ by spices in the barbecue sauce. He was______to the emergency room. The teen soon learned that some food can make______difficult to breathe.

Now Jobe ______ his owner. The dog is gentle, sensitive, and ______, staying close to Dominic day and night. “I can be at peace,” his mother says, “knowing that Jobe is on ______watching Dom.”

Her son puts it more ______. “I saved him,” he says. “Now Jobe saves me.”

4 . China's giant pandas show the achievement of the international effort to save animals that are now in danger. In television programs we often see pandas _______ funny games. Children have panda toys and beautiful cards with pictures of lovely_______ in them. They often visit the giant pandas in the zoo in _______ holidays and have a good time there. However，scientists are worried about the _______ of giant pandas. They know only about 1000 giant pandas remain _______today.They think the giant panda will die out in 30 years if the present conditions are not _______.

It is reported that the giant pandas have a very _______ birthrate. About 115 pandas live in the zoo and research centres mainly in China，but during the past 10 years they _______ only 34 _______ pandas that are still alive. The survival rate for giant pandas in the wild is probably the same or lower.

There are several reasons for the low ________.The main reason is________ male pandas can make babies with females in a very ________ season—only a few days a year. When they do have babies，females often produce two pandas，but the mother is usually not able to care for ________ of them. The newborn pandas ________ only a few kilograms each. They are too weak to live without special care. In the zoo，scientists can help the mothers ________ the young pandas but those living in the wild do not get enough ________.It is very difficult for mother pandas to bring up their young pandas.

Conditions for the giant pandas have been worse in recent years. Pandas in China continue to ________in number. We know pandas live on bamboos. But sometimes all the bamboos in one area die. The pandas there have ________ to eat and die of hunger.

Giant pandas now live in 13 separate ________areas in China. Several years ago the Chinese government and the International Wild Life Organization agreed ________ a project of protecting giant pandas in the wild. We hope it could be helpful.

5 . Scott Poore is an animal lover. He moves into the shelter kennel(犬舍) with the ______ of helping unwanted young dogs get adopted. Queen, a 3-year-old dog, has just gotten the most ____ roommate despite the narrow living room.

Since Poore is a ______ visitor at the shelter, he is familiar with all of the ______. However, little Queen in particular has really ______ his heart. Poore says that he recently began to ____ that Queen seemed to be" losing ______"in finding a forever home. "I have been ______Queen every single day for over a year and now I can ______ see her giving up," Poore wrote on his blog last week. "She used to get so ______ when I would arrive and now she just lies in her bed and ______ at me. I sit in her room and all she does is look out of her window."

So as a ______ of raising awareness of Queen's situation, Poore ______ a suitcase and moved into the dog's kennel. Poore says it has been ______ managing his work while also living at the shelter, but he is ______ to stay in the kennel until someone adopts Queen. Since he ___ the kennel earlier this week, he and his new canine roommate have been ______ the headlines of dozens of national news outlets, although no potential ______ have stepped forward.

____, this dog has finally been given a loving home after his ______ crossed with that of a woman living on the other side of the country.

6 . Most dogs have an easy life in the U. S. They eat, play, get attention from their     _________and sleep. But some dogs work hard. They are called guide dogs. Guide dogs help___________people move from place to place safely.

Guide dogs and their owners are a___________. Guide dogs don’t lead the owners, and their owners don’t___________control the guide dogs. They work together. The guide dogs don’t know where the owners want to go, so they___________the owners’ instructions. The owners can’t see the obstacles (障碍物) along the way, so the dogs make decisions for the___________of the owners. Guide dogs stop at all crossroads before___________a street. They don’t see color, so they don’t know if the light is red or   ___________The owners decide if it is time to cross the street by listening to the sound of     ___________. The dogs help the owners get on a bus or train. They learn to____________many tasks.

Most guide dogs are very____________and friendly. A guide dog needs to work     ____________distraction(分心) in noisy places, bad weather, crowds of people, and____________situations. When you see a guide dog, it is important that you____________that the dog needs to focus on (集中于）its job. Don’t pet or talk to the dog.____________is very difficult, and it requires a dog’s full____________Guide dog training lasts about five months. Only about 72 percent of dogs that enter the training program “graduate”. Those that graduate bring their owners valuable____________and love. In other dog training programs, trainers use____________as a reward. In guide dog training, the trainers don’t use food. They use physical affection (爱抚). This is____________a guide dog sometimes takes the owner to a restaurant. It must lie____________at the owner’s feet without wanting to eat.

7 . That was when my son was 6 years old. My son is now 22 but whenever I look at him even as a grown man, I remember the small child with _______ .

Our cat was ______to give birth. And like all young children, my son was very interested in the birth of the babies. During the following week, he never stopped ________me for a chance to witness it. At last, I agreed. I answered all his questions and prepared him the best _____he might not be shocked or frightened.

That _____when my son arrived home, one baby cat had been born. He was so_______at what he saw that he would put his hand on the mother cat’s stomach and feel the other babies ______ . When the mother cat began to ______   very loudly, it was clear that the second baby was on its way. My son ______ but never said a word. Then he asked me, “Mum, why does she cry so loudly when the baby comes?” I _________that it was not a hurtful pain but a pain of great pleasure_______the mother.

When the______of the third baby was coming by the crying of the mother cat, my son ______ hugged (拥抱) me with tears ____ his face, saying, “Mum, I’m sorry for the _____I brought you to have me.” My heart almost stopped. With a(n) _________choice of words, I told him that his birth had brought me______but smiles, and that I would like to ______ it 100 times.

Now my son is a grown man, but he always _________that night, for it was on that night that he finally   _______ what the word “love” meant.