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
Mary’s description of the party was so vivid that I felt as if I there.
A. would be B. might have been
C. would have been D. had been
The course normally attracts about 100 students per year, up to half will be from abroad.
A. who B. of which
C. when D. of whom
Paul did a great job in the speech contest. He many times last week.
A. need have practised B. might practise
C. must have practised D. could practise
We are determined that our raining should ______the current development in education.
A. keep pace with B. take possession of
C. make room for D. give birth to
People believe writing poems provides a through which they can express their feelings.
A. shelter B. source
C. channel D. background
