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【2014·四川卷】My husband, Tom, has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse(松鸡). It's __1__ for a grouse to have any contact(接触) with people. In fact, they're hard to spot, __2__ they usually fly off when they hear humans approaching.
This grouse came into our lives in __3__. Tom was working out in the field when he __4__ her walking around at the e dge of the field. She was __5__ unafraid and see med to be __6__ about what he was doing.
Tom saw the __7__ bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew __8__ of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.
One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom __9__ he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.
Apparently, she didn't like to be __10__. She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then __11__ off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the __12__ and left.
As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to __13__ more and more often. __14__ Mildred
