Five years ago, a friend asked me to look after his cat while he went on holiday, and I realized the idea had potential on a bigger scale. So I moved to London and decided to _______ cat sitting (猫咪代养).

For me, cat sitting is about _______ two groups of people who need what the other can offer. I get to stay in people’s _______ without rent while they’re on holiday. The owners get _______ cat sitting. It also means that there is someone to keep an eye on their homes while they are away. It seems a fairer _______ than just watering plants or walking dogs — I’m more of a cat person.

I have always loved cats, and their gentle temper makes them ideal _______ for someone working from home. Cats have such different personalities, so it’s not surprising that I _______ more with some than others. An owner once told me not to _______ her cat to sit on me, as it had happened only once. But just four days later, the cat came over and sat on my lap. I sent her a photo!

Cat sitting helps me with my _______ anxiety disorder, too. I want to be around people, but sometimes I can’t. Sometimes, this anxiety even ________ me from leaving the house. But since becoming a cat sitter my mental health has ________. Having my own ________ gives me the power to plan my day. I can recharge when I need to and can go out and meet people when I want. The cats have ________ helped.

Now I have stayed in 25 houses, ________ 30 cats and saved more than 10,000 pounds that would have gone on ________. One day I want to save up for a flat so I can have a cat of my own.

At 57, Marley made the decision six years ago to move north from Foster to Lismore. “For years I ________ my parents both with cancer. When they passed away, I ________ and depression (抑郁) took over — it was terrible,” Marley says. “So my ________ Melanie who lives in Lismore, a place I never really liked, ________ me to come for a two-week holiday. I went, and I’ve been here ever since!”

Melanie happened to learn that an organization ________ as Friends of the Koala (考拉) was looking for ________, and she advised her mother to have a try. After just one day at the organization Marley ________ she’d found her life’s calling. Then she took part in many voluntary activities in it, “It was unbelievable — I had an immediate ________ with the koalas,” Marley said.

Last year, a call came in to Friends of the Koala from a local farmer. The farmer ______ a koala from a fire, which had ________ on the feet. Marley and her colleagues rushed her to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital ________. “We’ve named her Ember,” said Marley. “She’s back with us now and got stronger, and before being put back in the ________, in the coming weeks, she has to learn to become more ________.”

“I have helped hundreds of koalas over the years, but ________, they saved my life and brought me out of a very dark place,” Marley says. “They need us, but we should never ________ that we need them more.”

Romero is an 84-year-old man. He owes his _______ to his pet dog, Palomo, who took _______ to him after he got lost in the _______ for a week.

On November 27, Romero left his home for a walk, but he didn’t come back _______. His family wasn’t _______ at first as he used to walked to _______ villages and would be back a few days later. However, after four days, the man’s niece, Ramona, panicked and _______ it to the local authorities and a search party was put together.   

The police with trained dogs were brought in to _______ Romero. They searched the area around, but a week after his _______, Romero was nowhere to be found. That’s when the old man’s ________ dog, Palomo, was brought in as the last ________.

According to one member of the search team, the brown dog ________ them through hills and valleys and finally to the place in the desert where Romero had been ________. His niece told the authorities that Romero sometimes had poor memory and that ________ his getting lost on his trip.

The ________ weak man was rushed to the hospital where he spent two days getting back on his feet. One officer commented online that “Palomo ________ by the hospital door day and night waiting for the ________ of its beloved Romero. It is the unconditional love of his pet ________ allowed Romero to be ________ with his family”. A photo of Palomo staying by Romero’s side after he came back home was ________ along with these words.