Animals are our friends. We can find different 【小题1】 of animals in the world. Some animals are living in the forest. And some animals are living 【小题2】 man. Animals are very 【小题3】 to people. They can help man do lots of things. People can teach the elephants to do some heavy work. And they can also 【小题4】 the dogs to look after（照看）the house. A watch dog is very smart. 【小题5】 can help people in danger. So people like dogs very much and want to keep them as 【小题6】 . They even teach them to walk on their 【小题7】 and do other interesting things. Most of children 【小题8】 to go to the zoo. Why? 【小题9】 there are many animals in zoos. Zoo is 【小题10】 good place for children to get to know animals. They can see smart monkeys, scary tigers, lazy koalas and so on.

Have you ever seen guide dogs? Guide dogs are the best “helping hands” for the 【小题1】. Most guide dogs are both their eyes and their good friends. What makes dogs become guide dogs? The first requirement（要求）is that a guide dog must be healthy and have a good temper（脾气）. 【小题2】, one of the dog’s parents must be a guide dog. Third, when they are two months 【小题3】 they would be sent to the training center. People there train them how to get along 【小题4】 people. Then they can understand 【小题5】 to help people. Fourth, when they are one year old, they have to return to the training center to learn more skills about 【小题6】 people. Then, if they pass the test, they will be guide dogs.

Guide dogs help the blind 【小题7】. Can other animals help disabled people? Now, some other animals are being trained to help them. In the USA, some monkeys have been specially 【小题8】 to help those people that can’t move anymore. The monkeys can put a CD into the CD player, open the fridge to get 【小题9】, turn on the light and even hand the owner the TV remote control（遥控器）. 【小题10】 these tasks are simple, the monkeys have at least 18 months’ training to be able to do them. Animals are not only people’s pets, but also our best helpers.

When I first saw the dog Lucy, she was about the size of a little cat. I thought she was【小题1】 (small) dog in the world. She was so cute.

However, she was 【小题2】 very naughty(淘气的) dog. One night, she ate our socks and 【小题3】 (break) our shoes. My mom did read some books about dogs, but we were not prepared for the naughty dog. We were very angry and we shouted to her 【小题4】 (loud), but it didn’t work.

So we decided【小题5】 (take) her to the dog school. We believed that she could learn how to be a man’s best friend there. After a few 【小题6】 (month), we were surprised that Lucy could even help us do some small things.

Now, Lucy is already 10 years old. Though she is a little old, she can still help us a lot. For example, 【小题7】 I say “socks”, she will run quickly to get my socks. Thanks to the dog school, it has made a big 【小题8】 (different) to Lucy.