“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me 36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January 37 air.
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really 38 thing to do.But then she took a step 39 . “Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats(犒劳物) and 40 him in front of the open door. “Touch.” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a 41 position. She 42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became 43 . Over the last few days I have been with Kolby. Each time he comes in I bring him back to the 44 door and ask him to close. There have been 45 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes.
However, there remains much work to be done. I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again 46 he will close the door from a distance. But, I now realize, 47 you keep to the focus, the 48 will be completed.
What a 49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the 50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby.
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take 51 . Once you 52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of 53 . Once you want to accomplish a goal, and 54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done.Just 55 doing it.
A.complain B.scream C.worry D.scare
A.thin B.fresh C.dirty D.cold
A.interesting B.funny C.tough D.possible
A.again B.further C.deeper D.backward
A.pushing B.catching C.driving D.positioning
A.stopped B.fixed C.closed D.checked
A.rewarded B.provided C.offered D.thanked
A.moved B.convinced C.concerned D.puzzled
A.open B.closed C.broken D.perfect
A.pleasures B.experiments C.failures D.pauses
A.in case B.even if C.as if D.so that
A.even if B.as long as C.in that
A.interest B.task C.profit D.harmony
A.wonderful B.small C.different D.simple
A.knowledge B.skills C.lessons D.experience
A.patience B.part C.delight D.action
A.hold on to B.pay attention to C.come up with D.live up to
A.date B.touch C.reach D.power
A.prove B.decide C.approve D.realize
A.imagine B.start C.keep D.enjoy