奇速英语

Seven arctic wolves (北极狼) move smoothly across a frozen pool and begin to run after a thick piece office.

The three older wolves are ___1___ wildly, hitting the four young wolves and sending them rolling (打滚) on the frozen grass. But the young jump up and run back onto the frozen pool to ___2___ the game. Finally, the youngest wolf quickly catches the ice, making it to pieces. Game over. The rest of the wolves ___3___ him, as if to say, “What now?” Then, one by one, they all turn to look at me.

I’ve been ___4___ these seven wolves for hours, keeping a good distance (距离) between us so they don’t feel ___5___. There’s probably no other place on Earth than Ellesmere Island (Canada’s northernmost island) where wolves would let a human sit alongside them like I’m doing. For this ___6___, I traveled here to join a documentary (纪录片) film team.

They ___7___ I was there, but they hadn’t paid any attention to me—until now. I ___8___ as our eyes meet. No matter how playful they appeared a few minutes before, I remember that these are ___9___ wild animals.

The wolves begin to walk toward me. But they ___10___ me before stopping at their preferred prey (猎物). Most of the meat is ___11___, but enough for each wolf to have something to eat. Every few minutes, one of the wolves looks over at me, but none of them seem ___12___. I relax a little as I watch them eat.

After they finish feeding on the prey, they walk slowly to the grass for a ___13___. The young stay together while each older wolf finds a comfortable place alone.

Many hours later, they begin to wake up. It’s time to eat again. What happens next makes me ___14___: The three older wolves run off into the hills for food, leaving me with the young! I suppose they understood it would be ___15___ to be with me.