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A woman is volunteering in a shelter.It all started because she missed her own 1 .
Sandy was at a loss when her beloved Angus died last year—terribly lonely,yet not quite 2 for a new dog in her life. 3 ,she decided to volunteer at the local animal shelter and spend some quality time with furry friends who,like her,were 4 their old buddies (伙伴).
Remembering that her dog had loved being read to,she brought along a 5 there.
It’s now been 18 months since Sandy first began 6 her chair beside the dog house.Shelter workers say it really calms down the dogs,but Sandy says it does more 7 to her than it does to the dogs.
Sandy was 8 that photos of her reading to dogs were spreading on the Internet until the media started calling.Kathleen,a fellow shelter volunteer was so touched by the sight of her 9 to an old dog that she took a photo and posted it on the Internet.“She was so 10 with the dogs—I watched her read to several—and they just loved being 11 by her,”Kathleen said.
Inspired by Sandy’s style of 12 ,the shelter has announced that a reading marathon is being 13 for next September.The plan is to get kids in the neighborhood 14 in reading to the animals,with the added benefit of reading practice for the two-leggers,along with plenty of friendly 15 for the four-leggers.
1.A.husband B.kid C.dog D.animal
2.A.ready B.free C.sorry D.grateful
3.A.However B.Meanwhile C.Besides D.Therefore
4.A.comforting B.admiring C.missing D.helping
5.A.toy B.book C.camera D.photo
6.A.settling into B.stealing into C.heading for D.looking for
7.A.duty B.work C.good D.wrong
8.A.uneasy B.unsure C.unhappy D.unaware
9.A.reading B.attending C.waving D.whispering
10.A.content B.patient C.strict D.careful
11.A.interviewed B.trained C.petted D.photographed
12.A.teaching B.living C.thinking D.volunteering
13.A.accepted B.predicted C.recorded D.organized
14.A.involved B.experienced C.united D.relaxed
15.A.competition B.company C.service D.advice
