Mrs. Jones is over 80, but she still drives her old car {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a young woman. She loves driving very fast, and she says that she has never broken the traffic rules.

    One day,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, she nearly broke her record. A police car followed her, and the policeman in it saw her pass a red light without {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(stop).

    When Mrs. Jones came before the policeman, he looked at her seriously and said that she was too old {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (drive) a car, and that her eyes had probably become weak with old age,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}she had not stopped at the red light.

    After the policeman finished his words, Mrs. Jones quietly opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing (针线活) kit. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(choose) a needle (针) with a very small eye, and threaded (穿线) it at her first try.

    When she had successfully done this, she took the thread {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the needle again and handed both the needle {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the thread to the policeman, saying, “Now it is your turn. You drive a car and you must see clearly.”

    The policeman took the needle and tried to thread it. After trying six {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(time), he still didn't succeed. So Mrs. Jones {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (not punish) and her record remained unbroken.

—With pleasure. But you mustn't ________ it to others.

    In America, when people say "man's best friend", they don't mean another person. Instead, they are talking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a lovely animal--dog!

These words show the friendship {#blank#}2{#/blank#} people and animals. Dogs and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (others) pets can give joy to people's lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets {#blank#}4{#/blank#}they die!

    Animals can help people too. Dogs can {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (teach) to be the "eyes" of a blind person or the "ears" of a deaf person. Scientists have found {#blank#}6{#/blank#}pets help people live longer! They make people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(happy) too.

    Americans hold "Be Kind to Animals Week" in the first week of May.  Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don't live in America, you can do this too. How? First, think about how animals make your tile richer. If you have a pet, spend more time this week playing with it. Remember {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) it delicious food.

    If you don't have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it alone, or make {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(friend) with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals that can't speak for {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they).

    Dr Irene Pepperberg, a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(science)at a university, has worked with Alex for many years.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(teach)Alex to speak and understand wasn't easy at first. He had to learn one word at a time. Irene and an assistant(助手)would teach Alex by {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(show)him the meaning of a word. Irene would hold up an object, saying, "What's this? "Her assistant would give the word "candy". It took Alex many weeks {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(learn)his first word. After that, each new {#blank#}5{#/blank#}became easier and easier for him. Why did Irene spend so much time {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(get)a parrot to talk? Scientists like Irene are interested {#blank#}7{#/blank#}discovering how intelligent animals are and how their brains work. But studying animal intelligence has always been difficult, partly because animals haven't been able to communicate {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(clear)with humans. Teaching Alex to speak words that he understands has let Irene {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(talk)to him directly. She can ask him questions, and he can answer them in English. In this way, Irene is finding {#blank#}10{#/blank#}things Alex can do. She has found out that parrots are much smarter than scientists used to think.