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．

A sled dog (雪橇犬) has reunited with his owner three months after disappearing from an Iditarod race checkpoint in Alaska.

Leon, a 3-year-old dog, went ________ in March while competing in The Iditarod with his owner Sébastien Dos Santos Borges. In April, the Iditarod Trail Committee (ITC) ________ a $1,000 reward for information that would________ Leon’s return home. The dog’s ________ home began in late May when residents________ an Iditarod race director they had seen Leon multiple times near a cabin (小木屋) in McGrath, more than 120 miles south of the checkpoint. The cabin owner began to put out food for Leon ________ helping catch him. The ________ appeared to work as another local________ to find and catch Leon, allowing the dog to reunite with Sébastien in Alaska.

“The Iditarod cannot express enough ________ for all of Iditarod Nation’s help for Leon. From the volunteers to the ________ fund organizers and the individual donors, and the ________ of McGrath who have helped towards the ________ of finding Leon,” the ITC said on its website, adding, “The spirit of the community makes The Iditarod so________.”

Sébastien shared a post on Facebook to ________ the moment. “Leon is with me! A beautiful story of love and friendship. Thank you!” The ________ will soon head home to France.

For ten years my father had been fighting cancer. Now he was forced into the hospital because of an infection. I sensed he_________being there, but he hardly complained. That wasn't his_________

One night after_________ to call a nurse, he tried to reach the bathroom on his own and fell, getting his_________ injured. When I saw his wounded head the next day, I felt my helpless anger_________.Why isn't anything I can do? I thought. As if_________ my thoughts, when the lift I waited for opened, two dogs greeted me. I was_________ that hospital rules should allow it.

A(n) _________ grew as I walked to my car.I_________ that if I could give my dad nothing else, I was going to give him some__________ with his beloved dog Boots. When dad was at home, Boots was always there, watching him protectively. When dad had to go to the hospital, Boots waited and jumped every time a car__________ to the house. Later that day I came back for another__________, bringing Boots. Upon arrival, Boots flew out of the car and dragged me through the hospital lobby.__________, she knew to stop directly in front of the very lift.__________ she had never been here before, when the lift door opened, she ran directly into the room. Ever so gently, she crawled into my father's open arms, not touching his __________ sides and laid her face next to his. For the first time in a long time, I saw my father’s broad smile.