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话题:动物与人,和谐共处
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(2014·四川卷)My husband,Tom,has always been good with animals,but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse(松鸡).It's__1__for a grouse to have any contact(接触)with people.In fact,they're hard to spot,__2__they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in__3__.Tom was working out in the field when he__4__her walking around at the edge of the field.She was__5__unafraid and seemed to be__6__about what he was doing.
Tom saw the__7__bird several times,and she got more comfortable around him.We quickly grew__8__of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day,as Tom was working,Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch.Tom__9__he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently,she didn't like to be__10__.She'd run up and peck(啄)at Tom's hands,then__11__off to see what he would do.This went on for about 20 minutes,until Mildred became tired of the__12__and left.
As spring went and summer came,Mildred started to__13__more and more often.__14__Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a__15__of the two of them together.This friendly grouse soon felt__16__not just with our family,but with anybody who walked or drove by.
When hunting season opened,we put a__17__at the end of our driveway asking__18__not to shoot our pet grouse.My father,who lived down the road,__19__warned people not to shoot her.__20__,hunters would stop