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It’s often said that you can’t “ teach an old dog new skills”, but these three New Zealand dogs have changed the saying by learning a skill------driving a car.

To get their training started. 10-month-old Porter, 18-month-old Monty and one-year-old Cinny were chosen from seven dogs. And they were sent to Animal Q, a talent center that specialized ( 专攻 ) in teaching animals skills for movies and TV shows.

The three dogs were taught by the trainer Marke Vette. The two-month driving classes began with teaching the dogs some basic driving skills like turning the steering wheels ( 方向盘) . After that the dogs practiced everything they had learned. Finally, it was time for the big test------driving a real car.

As we know, human cars aren’t built for four-legged animals. The car that people drove had to be improved so that the dogs could easily reach the steering wheels with their paws( 爪子 ). A stick attached( 固定 ) to the accelerator(油门)and brake ( 刹车 ) helped start and stop the car. All the three dogs passed the test without human help. Monty was the best of the three.

It’s hoped that these pioneers will land their names in the Cuinness World Records as the world’s “First Driving Dogs”.

1.The three dogs were trained to ____________.

2.Animal Q specialized in ____________.

3.____________ was the oldest dog of the three.

4.The dogs’ driving classes lasted ____________.

5.The stick attached to the accelerator and brake could help dogs ___________________.

An old woman lost her only son. The sad woman went to a clever man and asked, “Is there any way I can throw away my ______ ?”

The clever man said to her, “Go and bring ____ a seed (种子) from a home that

has never known sadness. I will ______ it to drive the sadness out of your life.” The woman went off at once to look _____ that magical seed.

First, she came to a beautiful house, knocked at the door, and asked ____ , “Excuse me, I am looking for a home that has never known sadness. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.”

They told her, “You’ve certainly come to the _____ place,” and began to describe all the sad things that had recently happened to them.

The woman said to herself, “Who is able to ____ these people that have had such sadness like me?” She stayed to cheer them up _____ she went on looking for a home that had never known sadness.

But wherever she went, whether in the homes of the poor or the rich, she found one sad ___ after another. She became so busy helping other people that she ____about looking for a seed that would magically end her own sadness. She even never realized that her helping others had driven the sadness out of her life.

1.A. happiness B. kindness C. sadness D. illness

2.A. me B. you C. her D. him

3.A. push B. use C. lend D. lose

4.A. at B. up C. for D. after

5.A. politely B. happily C. proudly D. angrily

6.A. right B. wrong C. clean D. dirty

7.A. catch B. order C. hide D. help

8.A. before B. after C. when D. while

9.A. man B. woman C. story D. trip

10.A. knew B. worried C. thought D. forgot

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