After their 15﹣year﹣old pet dog died，Rain and his wife，Ann，looked for months to find the right new pet．"I love dogs，"said Rain，a worker at a health club in New York．"I can't （1）　　not having one．"

Finally，the couple found a lovely young（2）　　and decided to（3）　　 him home．They named him Little Sheep．Little Sheep quickly made himself at home，sleeping on his new （4）___　 bed at night．

With heart disease for 25 years，Rain （5）　　 took his medicine four times a day and always had no problems．（6）　　on March 17，he took the wrong amount（数量） of medicine before he went to sleep．When he got out of bed to （7）　　the bathroom at night，suddenly，he felt his heart beating fast and later fell to the floor heavily．

"Little Sheep was usually very （8）　　and well behaved，"said Ann．"But when my husband hit the floor，the dog gave a loud cry like a wild animal．I was woken but didn't know what was happening．Then I saw my husband （9）　　on the bathroom floor．I ran for the （10）　　and called a hospital at once．"

Rain spent several hours in the hospital．By 6：30a．m，he had been （11）　　enough to go home．"It surprises me that Little Sheep has such great （12）　　，"said his thankful owner．"He's becoming a calm little gentleman．We can walk him on our street，unleashed（未拴住的），without any problem．He's got a lot of （13）　　 now，and everyone wants to （14）___　him kindly．"

"We feel the name Little Sheep is not good enough，"said Rain．"So now we call him Big Hero，more （15）　　 for an animal of his ability．"

1．A．plan	B．imagine	C．win	D．decide
2．A．dog	B．cat	C．sheep	D．bird
3．A．ride	B．catch	C．throw	D．take
4．A．relatives'	B．neighbors'	C．classmates'	D．owners'
5．A．politely	B．hardly	C．carefully	D．widely
6．A．And	B．But	C．Or	D．So
7．A．start	B．sell	C．use	D．burn
8．A．quiet	B．noisy	C．worried	D．rude
9．A．singing	B．standing	C．lying	D．dancing
10．A．clock	B．phone	C．pen	D．watch
11．A．good	B．full	C．weak	D．beautiful
12．A．stress	B．danger	C．courage	D．sadness
13．A．pollution	B．nature	C．advice	D．confidence
14．A．touch	B．throw	C．hurt	D．hit
15．A．wrong	B．suitable	C．colorful	D．common．