根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次，有两项剩余。

　　Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs．They loved each other and played together so often that they had made a path(小路)through the grass of the field 　　1　　 their houses．

　　One evening Brownie' s family noticed that Brownie didn't return home．They went looking for him 　　2　　．Browne didn't show up the next day, and the next week．

　　Spotty went to Brownie's house alone．He barked loudly．But Brownie's 　　3　　 were too busy to care about him．Finally, one morning Spotty 　　4　　 to take“no”for an answer．He followed Ted, Brownie's owner, everywhere he went．He barked, then rushed toward a nearby empty place and back, as if to say,“Follow me!”

　　Finally, Ted followed the dog across the empty place．The little dog 　　5　　 the man to a tree half a mile from the house．There Ted found Brownie alive．One of his legs was crushed(压住)in a trap(老鼠夹)．Ted wished he had come 　　6　　．Then Ted noticed that, in a circle around the injured dog, a lot of 　　7　　 was left over after lots of meals．

　　Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day．He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him 　　8　　 and uzzling(用鼻子爱抚)him to keep his spirits up．

1．________　2．________　3．________　4．________

5．________　6．________　7．________　8．________

用所给单词的适当形式完成短文．(每词只能用一次，其中有两项多余)

　　The verb “chat” means to talk(to someone)in a friendly, informal(非正式的)way．Today there are many 　　1　　 on the Internet where you can chat．You can chat with people all over the world, in many languages and about many subjects．These places are 　　2　　 called “chat room”．Sometimes you need to register(注册)to enter a chat room．This means that you need to offer a usename(用户名)and possibly your e-mail 　　3　　．Your usename doesn't have to be your 　　4　　 name．It can be any name you want．When you have your usename, other people in the chat room will call you by that name and 　　5　　 else can use it．

　　Chatting is a good way to 　　6　　 your informal English, Messages in a chat room are usually short sentences．Sometimes 　　7　　 are not even sentences, 　　8　　 just a few words that are not really grammatically(语法)correct．It's a typical way in which we 　　9　　 in a quick conversation with friends．To save time, people often use abbreviations(缩写形式)like TTYL(talk to you later)or IDK(I don't know)．So don't go to a chat room to practice “perfect English”．Go to a chat room to practice informal English and find new 　　10　　 You can even use a chat room to help improve your typing skills if you want．