天津完形 Cl013・2019_03 完形填空

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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 (填充动物玩具), Doggie, for companionship. It’s a fascinating book, but little did I know how it would 16 my life and the lives of others.

One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) 17 came to me. I would 18 stuffed animals for children like Jennings. 19 , I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly 20 children’s spirits.

I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and school newspapers, 21 donations of the “buddies”—stuffed animals. My phone 22 ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my 23 by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I 24 the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too 25 to look but shaking with excitement.

Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to 26 . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been 27 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 28 a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would 29 this way.

Upon graduation from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to 30 the project. The response was 31 . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies 32 were established across the nation.

This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how to 33 impact a life. I will go to college with these 34 in mind and continue my work with Cuddle Buddies, even when I 35 a whole new set of exciting academic and nonacademic pursuits.