1 . In the summer before I entered middle school, I read the book They Cage the Animals at Night. It’s a story about Jennings, a boy living in various orphanages(孤儿院)with only his stuffed animal(毛绒玩具), Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would _______ my life and the lives of others.
One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) _________ came to me. I would _________ stuffed animals for children like Jennings. _________ , I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly _________ children’s spirits.
I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and school newspapers, _________ donations of the “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone _________ ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my _________ , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I _________ the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too ____________ to look but shaking with excitement.
Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to ____________ . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been ____________ to agencies worldwide. Simon, a seven-year-old boy in an African Children’s Home, couldn’t sleep at night after he lost his parents. When asked to choose his “buddies”, Simon ____________ a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would ____________ this way.
Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to ____________ the project. The response was ____________ . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies ____________ were established across the nation.
This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how to ____________ impact a life. I will go to college with these ____________ in mind and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I ____________ a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.
1. A.touch | B.risk | C.lead | D.save |
2. A.chance | B.idea | C.explanation | D.word |
3. A.display | B.repair | C.purchase | D.collect |
4. A.Previously | B.Occasionally | C.Immediately | D.Gradually |
5. A.capture | B.reflect | C.lift | D.record |
6. A.putting aside | B.turning down | C.asking for | D.getting back |
7. A.delayed | B.kept | C.stopped | D.meant |
8. A.knowledge | B.taste | C.regret | D.delight |
9. A.delivered | B.applied | C.rented | D.returned |
10. A.shy | B.content | C.weak | D.eager |
11. A.reform | B.expand | C.dominate | D.divide |
12. A.produced | B.adopted | C.sold | D.donated |
13. A.picked out | B.came across | C.showed off | D.brought up |
14. A.decline | B.work | C.increase | D.react |
15. A.promote | B.start | C.evaluate | D.examine |
16. A.confusing | B.amusing | C.automatic | D.enthusiastic |
17. A.companies | B.committees | C.branches | D.institutes |
18. A.financially | B.positively | C.socially | D.physically |
19. A.plans | B.images | C.lessons | D.motives |
20. A.work out | B.keep off | C.rely on | D.engage in |