Bert is a 45-year-old man. He is a kind man and he ______ animals. He comes to a pet shop on a Sunday afternoon. It is a ______ pet shop but it’s not big. Dave is the owner(主人) of the _____. Bert comes in and says _____ to Dave. Then Dave says the same word.

Bert looks around the shop, _____ he doesn’t see any pets at all. “______ are the pets?” he asks. “The cute _____ are just here,” says Dave. Dave ______ Bert a yellow album(相册). Bert sees some photos in it. “Why do you give _____ this album?” asks Bert. “Please ______ the photos. You can _____ your favorite pets,” says Dave.

Lots of different kinds of pets are in the _____. They’re cats, dogs, rabbits, birds and _____ pets. Bert sees the photos of pets in a green album too, and he thinks all of them are _____. He likes the photo of a gray rabbit very much. So he _____ the album with that photo in it. Then he goes home happily.

There was an old dog in the middle of the street who seemed lost. You could tell he had loving owners _______ he looked well-fed and he had no street sense. The basset hound was standing in a busy street, and everyone was _______.A man was able to get the dog out of the _______ with a ham sandwich that he had prepared for his lunch. The dog had no collar (项圈).I said I would take him to the police station. When I did, the police told me they did not deal with _______. They said I would have to take him to the pound (猫狗收容所) twenty miles away. I told them I was _______ and I was really busy. I asked whether they could _______ the dog until I got off work. I would take him home if _______claimed (认领) him by then. They agreed.

When I got home at six, I called the police station. I was very _______ to learn that the owners had picked up their dog. The police said they wanted my name and address to send me a(n) _______ note. I gave my information, but I ________ expected to hear from them.

Later, I was making dinner and heard a knock on the door. It was the flower man holding a large, beautiful arrangement. The card read, “l may be old, fat, and hard of hearing, but you were a ________ lady to save my life. My small owners are happy that I wasn’t killed.” With much love. Barney the Basset Hound. I got flowers from a ________! They were a perfect decoration for my table.

Many of us enjoy watching animals in the world. But do you know they can teach us？

Geese（雁），for example，teach a very good lesson about_____. In the fall，Canada geese fly to the warm south to_____Canada's cold winter.   They lift off in no order.   Yet_____they form a V shape，with one bird leading the group.

This V shape allows geese to_____energy.   When the front bird moves its wings up and down, the resulting force of the air lifts the next one.   This continues down the line.   The bird_____has the hardest job.   When it gets_____, it moves behind, and another bird moves into the lead.   By sharing therole, the group can travel long distances.   Geese flying in a V shape can fly 70 percent farther without_____than birds flying alone.

During the long flying journey，geese communicate with one another.   They honk（鸣叫）to_____the birds up front to keep up the speed.   They also cheer each other up_____working toward a common goal.

What have we learned from the lovely geese's experience and skills？

______together！Whether it is our personal lives or our jobs，we need other people.   We need the spirit of teamwork！