Every boy and girl ( know )____1______that there (be)_____2____

hundreds of different animals in the world. And yet, if you asked the question what you favourite animal is, almost every boy and girl ( answer )_____3____

without hesitation, “The dog “.

All ( agree )____4____that the dog (be )____5_____the best companion for children. Mr. Dog always ( enter )____6_____so thoroughly into games and enjoyment of his little master or mistress . He quickly ( understand )____7____

what (require )_____8____of him.

You ( ever / see )____9___St. Bernard dogs? Many years ago they ( name)

____10____ so after a monastery high up in the Alps. After the monks (breed )

___11____ them, the dogs ( use )___12___ (guide ) ___13___travellers through

the snowbound passes. If a traveller ( stray ) ____14_____from his pass and (become )___15__lost in the snowdrifts , the dogs ( rescue )__16____ him. The dogs ( work ) ___17___in pairs . When they ( find ) ___18___the traveller, who ( lie ) __19____ in the snow, they ( try ) ___20_____ to dig him out. If the dogs ( not / can / help ) ___21____the man, one of them ( go ) _22___ back to the monastery ( fetch ) ____23___ the monks while the other ( remain ) ___24____

with the lost who perhaps ( get ) ___25____ some injuries.

Since that time St. Bernand dogs ( be ) ____26____ the most intelligent and devoted to their masters.

If you want to know the correct answers , look at the next page

1. knows 14.strayed

2. are 15.became

3. would answer 16.rescued

4. will agree 17.worked

5. is 18.found

6. enters 19.was lying

7. understands 20.tried

8. is required 21.couldn’t help

9. Have you ever seen 22.went

10.were named 23.to fetch

11.had bred 24.remained

12.were used 25.had got

13.to guide 26.have been