Brownie and Spotty were neighbour dogs who met every day to play together. Like pairs of dogs you can find in any_________, these two dogs loved each other and played_________so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their own houses.

One evening, Brownie’s family_________that Brownie hadn’t returned home. They went looking for him with no_______. Brownie didn’t appear the next day, and, despite their_______ to find him, by the next week he was still missing.

Curiously, Spotty_________at Brownie’s house alone, barking. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored (to pay no attention to) the_________little neighbour dog. Finally, one morning Spotty_________to take “no” for an answer. Spotty followed Ted about, barking strongly, then running towards a nearby wood, as if to say, “_______ me! It’s urgent!”

Ted followed the anxious Spotty. The little dog led the man to a__________spot a half mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie________, one of his hind legs stuck in a steel trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he’d taken Spotty’s earlier requirement________. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable.

Spotty had done more than simply__________Brownie’s owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the__________dog, Ted found some dog food---which was later__________as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that________!

Spotty had been visiting Brownie________, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by offering his own comfort. Spotty had obviously stayed with Brownie to protect him from being hurt, snuggling (依偎) with him at night to keep him__________and touching him gently with its nose to keep his spirits up.

Brownie’s__________was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years afterwards, the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking (嬉戏) ________ chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses.

   The 30 miles of steep（陡峭的）roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivers' hands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn't expecting any trouble on the road last New Year's Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-year-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbour Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Logan Canyon hundreds of times over the years.

The weather was fine-but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour towards the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam towards the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped towards the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-down car was filled with water. "It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater, "remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager. "You're thinking, is this how it's all going to end？"

Having lost the sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Miahad been right next to him in the front seat；now, in the blackness, he couldn't find her. "I thought, if I didn't get out, maybe none of us were going to get out." Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. That's when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Leading all the three children to safety, they began to shout at the father, "Who else is in the car？"Andersen says respectfully, "It was like the sight of angels（天使）."

   Suffering the bone-weakening disease, Gary Rosheisen was a wheelchair-bound man living alone.His house felt_________and he brought home Tommy, an orange cat that soon became his best_________.

Because of his significant___________problem including seizures（疾病的突然发作）, Gary always kept the___________in the living room on the floor, and it had a speed-dial button_________to call 911. Gary trained Tommy in how to_________that button whenever he felt better___________there were any emergencies.

Then one day, while in his bedroom, Gary had a seizure which_________him to fall out of his wheelchair and onto the floor. Once the seizure_________, Gary soon realized he was unable to   _____. What made him feel terrible was that he__________to put his cell phone on the bed. So he lay there,__________and desperate.

Meanwhile, the police received a call from Gary's  _______. No one said anything. The line was__________，and then disconnected. And the dispatcher（调度员）__________, hoping to get an answer. When the phone just rang and rang, police were sent to______________.

Officer Patrick Daugherty entered the home and found Gary and his__________cat, Tommy. Tommy was lying next to the phone, while Gary was_________on the floor in his bedroom， And so, the only_________was that Tommy's training had been far more_________than Gary thought.

Thanks to the call made to the police! Both he and the police considered Tommy a hero.

   April Fool’s Day is a day for all of us to have some fan and play a few jokes on our friends or even on strangers. The story below will show what I mean. Enjoy it!

On April 1, all kids will have a safe place to surf the Web. Nations around the world have started a plan to make a new World Wide Web — just for kids! You can now surf safely without running into anything not proper for kids.

Beginning on April 1, all kids have to register (注册) with the World Wide Web for Kids(www4k). You will no longer be able to surf the “www”.

The World Wide Web for Kids, will only contain selected (挑选的) websites proper for kids under 13. A group of experts will review all content on it. All kids under 13 must surf this section of the World Wide Web — if kids under 13 are caught on the “regular” Web they may face serious fines.

All the nations can track (跟踪) all computers online and will be able to find if a child under 13 is surfing the wrong section of the Web. You will be kicked out of the regular “www” and sent to the new World Wide Web for Kids section. Your parents will then be told that you have been on the wrong Web.

All proper websites will now have to use “www4k”. For example, children’s familiar http://kidsturncentral.com will now be located at http://kidsturncentral.www4k.

Register now before you are told you are on the wrong Web! It’s free.

   When 65-year-old Joan Price got a check in a hospital in November，she knew she wouldn't be returning to her home. But she _________ to pay her rent so her cat，Isis，would have a _________ place to live in.

Price got _________ wrong with her liver 40 years ago. She was unable to walk or stand without _________—a difficult condition，but her only _________ was for Isis.

The manager of Price's building in Fort Lauderdale，Florida，_________ the cat and cleaned her litter box，but Isis，a 2-year-old black cat that Price had _________，was alone. And with no friends or family nearby，Price _________ that Isis would have no one to care for her.

"I was so anxious. I cried every night，"Price _________ Vetstreet. com. "I don't care about myself. I'm ready. But I am worried if Isis is OK."

Price began getting in touch with rescue groups to find a new home for Isis，but she wasn't having any luck ____________ Dorian Wagner，a Florida blogger，who often helps local rescues find homes for cats，____________ Price's unpleasant situation.

Wagner ____________ Price's story with her Facebook community. Soon so many people were ____________ in helping that Wagner started a Facebook page to ____________ updates and organise assistance.

The ____________ quickly found a foster home（寄养家庭）for Isis，but they knew she needed a ____________ home，so Wagner worked with Good Karma Pet Rescue and began to ____________ whoever hoped to adopt Isis.

Soon they found a home with the help of a friend in Michigan, and another member of the Facebook group offered to ____________ the cat to meet her new owner.

When Price learned that Isis would have a new family, she was ____________ deeply. Just knowing Isis was taken care of gave her much ____________.