Being a veterinarian(兽医), I had to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their boy Shane, loved Belker very much.

    I examined Belker and found him {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(die) of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia(安乐死) procedure in their home.

    As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought {#blank#}3{#/blank#}would be good for six-year-old Shane to watch. They felt Shane might learn something.

    The next day, Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting(拍) the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was happening. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(peaceful) away.

    The little boy seemed to accept it without any difficulty. We sat together after Belker's death,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (wonder) why animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, having listened quietly, said, “I know {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.”

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(surprise), we all turned to him. What he said next amazed me. It has changed my life.

    He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live {#blank#}9{#/blank#}good life—like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”

    The six-year-old boy continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} they don't have to stay as long.”

Dear brother,

    I'm now writing to you for your advice. How I wish you{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) here with me!

    Yesterday afternoon, I went to a bookstore with one of my friends. After we went out, he showed me {#blank#}2{#/blank#}book he had stolen ,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(consider)he was wrong, I suggested he{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(go)back to return it or pay for it.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} he didn't listen to me, otherwise I wouldn't have reported it to his mother.

    Now I'm really{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (regret). I would rather I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (let)his mother know it. After all, he is my friend, without {#blank#}8{#/blank#}help, I wouldn't have made so rapid progress in study.

    But {#blank#}9{#/blank#}is now obvious that he has begun to hate me. It seems as if we hadn't been friends before. Can you advise what I should do now?

    {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (be) you in my position, what would you do? I hope you can give me some advice as soon as possible.

    A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to see {#blank#}1{#/blank#} animal would find them first.

    The {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(cheer) and optimistic rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(dig) here and there, totally convinced that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(lie) down and began to complain about how difficult it was to find one bone in such a big field.

    The rabbit dug {#blank#}5{#/blank#}hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the dog had been lying all the time. There he found the carrot and the bone.

    This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone {#blank#}10{#/blank#}he only complained and didn't try at all.