Problem: Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause unease. But there are classes that people can take to help them defeat the fear of flying. And now we are going to talk about similar training for service dogs that suffer from the same problem.

Service dogs almost never leave the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public transport systems. But the busy environment in an airport can trouble even the best trained working dog.

People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They also need the dogs to remain calmly on duty on the airplane, even when the flight is not smooth. This takes special training. The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.

The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. It is called a flight simulator . The simulator was built for filming airplane scenes in movies.

Sandy Alexander lives in Newport Beach, California. He has a disability that requires his two-year-old dog, Doc, to be always at his side. Mr. Alexander took the dog to the flight school to get him ready for plane trips. He says Doc did not like the bumpy part of the flight simulation. "When that started he was pretty _ and looked up at me and wasn't sure what was gong on."

"Dogs need to be exposed gradually and repetitively to stimulation, to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they are able to act in a way that they are used to acting and don't get excitable," days dog trainer, Mary Segall.

Dog owners who have attended the training say they now feel much more at ease about future flights. Their dogs also seem ready for take-off.
1. Who depends on dogs?
2. do service dogs leave the people?
3. What is the name of the school?
4. who does it train?
5. How can people overcome the fear?
6. What is the equipment in school called?
7. What does it provide?
8. Where does sandy live?
9. does he have a disability?
10. does he have a service dog?
11. what is his name?
12. how old is he?
13. where do you see service dogs?
14. was doc happy with the simulation?
15. how do dog owners feel about the training?
16. who is a trainer mentioned?
17. do dogs need to do the simulation many times?
18. and what else?
19. why was the simulator originally made?
20. can the airport upset the best dog?
Answer: 1. People with disabilities.
2. almost never
3. The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School
4. Service dogs
5. There are classes
6. a flight simulator
7. the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight
8. Newport Beach, California
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Doc
12. 2 years
13. buses, trains and other public transport systems.
14. Not at first
15. More at ease
16. Mary Segall
17. Yes
18. to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs
19. For filming airplane scenes in movies.
20. Yes

Problem: CHAPTER VI

THE FUN OF A NIGHT

"My gracious, Plum acts as if he was scared to death," observed Phil, after the bully and his companion had departed, leaving the others a clear field.

"He certainly was worked up," returned Dave. "I wonder what he'll have to say to-morrow?"

There was no answering that question, and the two boys hurried to where they had left Sam without attempting to reach a conclusion. They found their chum watching out anxiously.

"Well?" came from his lips as soon as he saw them.

"It's all right," answered Dave, and told as much as he deemed necessary. "Come, we must hurry, or Job Haskers will get back before we can fix things."

"This ram is going to be something to handle," observed Phil. "No 'meek as a lamb' about him."

"I'll show you how to do the trick," answered the boy from the country, and with a dexterous turn of the horns, threw the ram over on one side. "Now sit on him, until I tie his legs with the straps."

In a few minutes Dave had the animal secured, and the blanket was placed over the ram's head, that he might not make too much noise. Then they hoisted their burden up between them and started toward the Hall.

It was no easy matter to get the ram upstairs and into Job Haskers' room. On the upper landing they were met by Roger and Buster Beggs, who declared the coast clear. Once in the room of the assistant teacher, they cleared out the bottom of the closet and then, releasing the animal from his bonds, thrust him inside and shut and locked the door, leaving the key in the lock.
1. what was dave wondering?
2. what did Sam say when he saw them?
3. who are they afraid will return before they fix things?
4. was it easy to get the ram upstairs?
5. where were they trying to put it?
6. who was acting scared to death?
7. how much did Dave tell Sam?
8. who showed them how to catch the ram?
9. what instructions did he give?
10. did Dave and Phil take their time returning to Sam?
11. how was Sam acting when they reached him?
12. what did the country boy do to the ram?
13. why did Dave cover the animals head?
14. who meet them on the landing?
15. what did they tell them?
16. what did they do with the key?
17. whos room were they in?
18. who is he?
19. what did they do to the closet?
20. what did Phil say about the ram?
Answer: 1. what he'll have to say to-morrow
2. Well?
3. Job Haskers
4. no
5. in the closet
6. Plum
7. as much as he deemed necessary.
8. the boy from the country
9. Now sit on him, until I tie his legs with the straps
10. no
11. watching out anxiously
12. hrew the ram over on one side.
13. so that he might not make too much noise
14. Roger and Buster
15. the coast was clear
16. left it in the lock
17. Job Haskers
18. the assistant teacher,
19. cleared it out
20. No 'meek as a lamb' about him.

Problem: Researchers in over 80 nations are taking part in a project to conduct a decade-long census of sea life. Scientists presented some of their findings at a recent conference as the project neared its completion.

In deep icy waters under Antarctica, scientists found bulbous tunicates, an underground animal, and many newly-discovered creatures believed to be related to starfish and other marine creatures.

Elsewhere in the world's oceans, they have recently discovered many kinds of underwater life forms new to science. It is all part of a research effort called the Census of Marine Life.

"There are about 2,000 scientists worldwide involved," said Bob Gagosian, President, CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Gagosian helps manage the project. "Everywhere they've gone they've found new things," he says. "The ocean basically is unexplored from the point of view of marine living things."

Researchers have placed small markers on hundreds of fish and marine animals to track by satellite their migration routes and to discover places where sea life gathers.

According to Ron O'Dor, a senior scientist with the Census of Marine Life, knowledge of life on the ocean floor is especially limited. "90% of all the information we have is from the top hundred meters of the ocean," O'Dor states.

And he says the sea floor is, on average, at a depth of 4, 000 meters. And so, as some machines dive far below what people have previously seen, scientists are discovering new species of plants, animals and living things.

Since the census project began, more than 5,300 new marine animals have been found. Ocean researchers say they hope to catalogue 230,000 species during the census --which some say is only a small part of all the creatures living in the sea.
1. How long is the census?
2. And what type of life did the census study?
3. Where did scientists find bulbous tunicates?
4. And was it a plant or an animal?
5. What is this research effor called?
6. How many scientists are involved in this research collaboration?
7. Who helps manage the project?
8. What position does he hold in his organization?
9. And what is the name of that organization?
10. What small item have they placed on lots of underwater sea life?
11. And what purpose do these markers serve?
12. What is the average depth of the sea floor?
13. How many new sea animals have been found since the project started?
Answer:
1. a decade
2. sea life
3. In deep icy waters under Antarctica
4. an underground animal
5. the Census of Marine Life.
6. 2,000
7. Bob Gagosian
8. President, CEO
9. the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.
10. small markers
11. to track migration routes and places they gather
12. a depth of 4, 000 meters
13. 5,300