My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. I always felt blessed growing up in her home 1. a boy. She worked hard, laughed loud, and was never afraid of 2. life threw at her.
When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties, my Dad 3. (force) to admit that he could no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart 4. Dad moved Grandmother into a nursing home.
Our whole family gathered together for her 90th birthday in the nursing home dining room. It was a wonderful celebration of her life and the love we all had 5. her.
Shortly after that birthday, however, life gave her the 6. (tough) challenge of all as age and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia（痴呆） grew worse and worse. At times when I visited her she didn’t know 7. I was. During one of these visits I was holding her hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes stared at me and I could tell she didn’t recognize 8. . She looked down at my hand 9. (hold) hers and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me. Then she closed her eyes and went 10. (peace) back to sleep. I could see then that even though her mind didn’t remember me, her spirit still remembered love.
Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause . But there are classes people can take to help them the fear of flying. And there is training for service dogs that suffer the same problem.
Service dogs almost never the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can even the best trained working dog.
People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain on duty on the airplane, even when the flying is not . This takes special . The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.
The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. Dog trainers say training is based on a simple rule: preparation. Dogs need to be exposed gradually and to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they're able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get .
Dog owners who the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future . Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff.
1.A. trouble B. unease C. accidents D. diseases
2.A. defeat B. describe C. sense D. record
3.A. professional B. varied C. free D. similar
4.A .approach B. bark C. leave D. take
5.A. association B. running C. transport D. society
6.A. trouble B. attract C. interrupt D. instruct
7.A. follow B. guide C. train D. land
8.A. nervously B. stressfully C. calmly D. enthusiastically
9.A. speedy B. relaxing C. dangerous D. smooth
10.A. interest B. attention C. training D. procedure
11.A. previous B. cooperative C. academic D. successful
12.A. repeatedly B. abruptly C. occasionally D. instantly
13.A. bored B. excitable C. energetic D. fragile
14.A. attended B. inquired C. overlooked D. recommended
15.A. career B. flights C. security D. generations
— Do you have the time? I've got something to tell you.
— Ok, ______ you make your story short.
A. now that B. even if
C. so long as D. in case
–— It is unwise for some people to drive and talk on a cell phone.
–— _______. It's very dangerous.
A. I couldn't agree more B. Not really
C. Good idea D. That's great
An ant，going to a river to drink，fell in，and was carried along in the stream．“Help! Help!” A dove(鸽子)heard the cry and threw a small branch into the river．With the help of the branch，the ant finally reached the shore．A while later，the ant saw a man take aim at the dove with an arrow．The ant stung(刺)the man sharply on his foot，causing him to miss the dove and so saved the dove’s life．
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How do you know what is happening in the world every day? Do you watch news programmes 1._________television? Or do you read a newspaper or listen to the radio ? There are2. _____ called news agencies that gather the news so that we read and hear about3.______（事件）quickly．
News agencies usually have a main office in a capital city and small offices in other capital cities around the world．Many journalists are4.________（雇佣）in each office and they gather information in the country，and in other countries nearby．
News agencies try to be quick，fair and5.t______ When they gather news stories．If the news is inaccurate，it will be worthless．And people like to know about important news stories, especially6.t______ with pictures．
The oldest news agency in the world is Reuters，which was7._________in 1851.Their
work has changed a lot，especially8.________ email and the Internet began to be used．They also provide news for people9.________on（飞行）on airplanes, so even in the air you can know what is happening many thousands of metres10.b on the Earth!
