My father would take me to the Queens County Farm Museum to see the sheep, lambs, horses, cows, chickens. I worked for a friend who had ________ many wild animals. And I also did part-time work with other farmers. I wanted to gain some working ________.

I also wanted to do the work that gave me target and ________ my longtime dream of working hands-on with ________. So I researched online and found a(n) ________ at a natural reserve in Zimbabwe. I didn't even know where that was on a map! But they ________ me for a three-week program, which turned into a year.

We were researching and ________ the animals. We'd go out in a truck and make sure they were safe, ________ and uninjured. There were days when we discovered animals ________ in a trap, bleeding, and we calmed them down in order to ________ them. Traps can cause serious pain and sometimes even ________.

We built bomas-secure enclosures (围墙) for the animals to sleep—and ________ they were doing well with their babies. We walked with the white rhinos, taking them to different enclosures and enrichment (强化) areas to stimulate (刺激) their ________ with new smells and features. The lions needed enrichment programs too, so we made toys and built play areas for them.

Seeing these animals ________ under human care and being able to live in harmony, I realized this is what I was ________ to do.

A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, but unluckily two of them fell into a deep pit(坑). All the other frogs _________ the pit. When they saw how _________ the pit was, they told the two frogs that they might as well be dead.

The two frogs _________ what the others were saying and tried to jump up out of the pit with all of their physical _________. The other frogs kept telling them to _________. Finally, one of the frogs paid attention to the comments, _________ considered them, and gave up. He _________ down and died.

The other frog continued to jump as _________ as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs _________ him to stop the pain and just die. He jumped even harder and finally __________ it out. When he got out, the other frogs said, “Did you not hear us?” The frog __________ to them that he was a little __________. He thought they were encouraging him the __________ time.

This story teaches two lessons: First, there is power of life and death in the __________. An encouraging word to someone who is __________ can lift him up and help him make it through the day. Second, a destructive word to someone who is down can be __________ it takes to kill him. Be __________ of what you say. Speak life to those who cross your path.

The __________ of words is great. It is sometimes hard to understand that an encouraging word can go such a long way. Anyone can speak words that __________ to rob another of the spirit to continue in __________ times.

Susie has become our hero by saving our lives from an upcoming traffic accident．

Every Christmas， we visit my parents who live nearly 400 miles away from us． It is always a/an______9 to 10-hour drive， but we always try to_____ it because that's the only______my parents get to see their_____．

One year， I was the driver， my wife Adriana was in the passenger seat； my three kids were all______in the back seat． We tried______our dog Susie into her carrier， but she______refused to be placed there， so the kids decided to put her by their feet． That year， we traveled at night to avoid the______holiday traffic．

The first three hours were fine． My three kids were all fast asleep in the______seat， including Susie who was ______on their lap． My wife accompanied me and kept me______through that______few hours of driving． But by around 1：00am， she______asleep too． I was also very sleepy by that time， so I stopped at a small store and tried to wake myself up with a cup of coffee which helped for several_____． But soon the boring driving______it soon．

I had fallen asleep at the______when Susie______woke me up by jumping onto my lap． When I opened my_____， I saw the glaring headlights of the truck______towards our car． I quickly drove the car back to our lane． I had_____ missed hitting the truck．