专题17 著名人物 -备战2022高考英语完形填空话题分类训练（高考真题+各地模拟题）

完形填空之著名人物专项 Passage 1 （2019·天津高考真题）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 1 my life and the lives of others. One day, as I looked across my room at the pile of stuffed animals, a(n) 2 came to me. I would 3 stuffed animals for children like Jennings. 4 , I contacted agencies that support those children and they said the stuffed animals would certainly 5 children’s spirits. I named my project “Cuddle Buddies”. I wrote articles for the local and school newspapers, 6 donations of the “buddies”— stuffed animals. My phone 7 ringing; schools, families, and toy factories all wanted to help. Much to my 8 , by the second week my living room looked like a zoo. Whenever Mom and I 9 the “buddies” to the agencies, the kids would be waiting there with their eyes down, too 10 to look but shaking with excitement. Six years after its launch, Cuddle Buddies continues to 11 . Now over 25,000 stuffed animals have been 12 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 13 a panda and soon after was sleeping through the night. I never dreamed Cuddle Buddies would 14 this way. Upon graduating from high school, I designed a website, www.cuddlebuddies.net, to 15 the project. The response was 16 . More and more people joined me and two dozen Cuddle Buddies 17 were established across the nation. This has been a great experience. I’ve learned how to follow through on an idea and how to 18 impact a life. I will go to college with these 19 in mind and continue my work with Cuddle B