One day, a boy was playing in a garden. He was _________ after butterflies and trying to catch them. He was very happy to see the colorful flowers, too. A cow was eating grass in the garden. A fly then came there and flew over the cow. It felt annoyed and _________ drove the fly away with its tail. The child laughed happily.

The boy was enjoying the beauty of nature. He said, “Nature is _________. Its beauty attracts everyone.” When he saw a squirrel, he ran after it and _________ a bed of roses. He tried to pick some of the roses, but a thorn (刺) hurt his finger. It was very _________. The boy started crying and ran to his mother who was in the house.

His mother asked him, “What is the _________?” The boy said, “The thorn of the rose hurt my finger while I was picking it.” His mother said, “That was your _________. You should not have tried to pick the flower. The flowers are meant to be _________ and not to be picked. Besides, we should help protect nature instead of doing something _________ to it.” The son nodded. The mother said, “Let me know what you have learnt today.” Her son explained, “We should protect all living beings, whether animals or _________. We should never harm them. We should not harm nature. If we do, it may harm us in the long run, too.”

Jessica Brown is a middle school student. She is a great ________ lover. She keeps a little dog at home and its ________ is Bobo. She likes the dog and often ________ with it in the park.

This morning, Jessica is really ________ because she is going to a zoo with her friend Sarah by bus. She likes having ________ to different zoos and taking photos of different animals.

“________, Sarah! The bus is coming!” Jessica says. They get off the bus ________ and go to the zoo. There are all kinds of animals in the zoo, such as giraffes and elephants. Jessica likes the ________ pandas best. They are so lovely. What are the ________ doing? Some pandas are sleeping, some are ________ bamboo and some are even waving (挥手) their hands. Jessica and Sarah stay there for 3 hours and have a good time. What a nice day!

Animals are our friends. There are many _______ in the world. It’s good to _______ animals in zoos. Zoos have many advantages (优点), I think.

Firstly, zoos are places for people to see _______ kinds of animals. Without (没有) zoos, most people would _______ see a real bear or tiger.

_______, zoos can take good care of animals. Zoos give _______ to animals and help to clean them on time every day. In the wild (在野外), it is not always easy for an animal to _______ food. So sometimes it goes _______. But animals in zoos never go hungry.

Thirdly, people protect (保护) the animals _______ zoos and offer them safe places to live in. Animals are living in zoos safely and happily. In the wild, some kinds of animals are killed. But zoos give these animals a chance (机会) to live. Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world. People should do ________ things to protect animals.