I never wanted a dog, but now I'm so glad I have one. About two years ago, my wife, Cathy, got a little dog with a face only a mother could love. We named her Gertie.
Gertie is the kind of dog that has to grow on you. So I dicided that the dog would be trained. This didn't quite go as planned. At 15 weeks old, she was nearly made to leave the Petsmart Training School. She spent every night lying in our bed-snoring (打鼾)so loudly that I hardly got a good night's sleep.
Then, about six months after she arrived, I felt that something in my heart was taking place, and I was unable to stop it. My behaviour(行为方式)began to change. I began to smile at people when passing them in a street. I returned(招手)from neighbours. I started calling my kids, and to my surprise, they started calling me. I even tried to speak to my grandchildren over the phone once. I even was glad to listen to laughter from a 10-month-old granddaughter. The point is that I was changing.
My wife and I both agree that it is Gertie who has changed my behaviour. Gertie is now nearly two years old and almost fully grown.I have come to like the pet little by little, though she is my wife's dog.
【小题1】What did the man think of the dog at the beginning?

【小题1】We ________(听到) him singing in the next room when we passed.
【小题2】The tired children don’t get home _________（直到）7 pm.
【小题3】While the boy was          (争吵) with his sister, their mother came into the room.
【小题4】The dog has three legs. How ________(奇怪的) it is!
【小题5】Many athletes give money to schools and charities, and do a lot of work to help people.
This is a great ______(机会) that many people do not have.

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1. Millie wants to be a ________ when she grows up.

2. I don’t know how many _______ the dog has.

3. The young woman at the gate looks __________ in a red dress.

4. Daniel didn’t go to school yesterday because it __________ heavily.

5. This book __________ Simon. I’ll give it back to him at once.

6.  It’s very kind _______ you. Thank you for your wonderful present.

7. The children clapped and shouted _____ when they saw their favorite characters.

8. Please _________ at the second crossing, and you will find the library on your left.

 Excuse me, but could you tell me _______?

A. what is your name                    B. how I can call this young lady

C. what is the matter with you         D. how long the dog has died

Dogs like living with people. A dog can be a very good friend. He can do a lot of things for people.
Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find lost (丢失的)children. And some of the dogs can help the blind(盲人)do things.
Many years ago there was a ver dog. His name was Seeing Eye dog. Now we can see this kind of dogs all over the world. They are working for the blind. The Seeing Eye dog is strong ,good and easy to train(训练).He helps the blind to walk from place.
Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson the dog learns to make his trainer across busy streets.
The dog has many things to learn. And in every lesson he must do one thing again and again many times.
At the end of the training schooled must take tests. When he passes the tests, the Seeing Eye dog will do things by himself.
Now he can help blind people. The new master(主人)may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.
【小题1】We can see the Seeing Eye dog           .
only in the country  B. only in small cities
C. all over the world   D. only on the busy street
【小题2】What can the Seeing Eye dog do?