Fill in the Blanks READING COMPREHENSION PRACTICEOnline version Read the text and complete the spaces in blank. by Laura Oliveros 1 Although provide signing rescued methods discover effect researching totally whenever noticed DOGS ARE LIKE PEOPLE Two years ago , my colleagues and I began ( 1 ) into the brain of dogs . Some dogs had to go into an M . R . I . ( 2 ) awake . We wanted to ( 3 ) how dog brains work . An M . R . I . scanner can ( 4 ) information about their thoughts . The dog ownerrs agreed with this by ( 5 ) a form . In the study we used positive training ( 6 ) ; the dogs could leave the scanner ( 7 ) they wanted . My dog Lassie , which was ( 8 ) from a homeless dog charity , was the first . After training Lassie for months , we got the first maps of her brain activity . This was a great ( 9 ) for us . In later experiments , we ( 10 ) the similarity between dogs and humans in an important brain region : the caudate nucleus . In humans , this part plays an important role in the anticipation of things we enjoy , like food . ( 11 ) these facts about the canine brain are llimited , they cannot be ignored .