Ⅳ.完形填空。
Ellie Laks is a girl who showed great worry for injured animals when she was young. At the age of 7,she was bringing home injured animals that she'd found,receiving no 1 from her parents. Though they made her stop,Ellie promised herself that one day she would have a place of her own to 2 the animals she'd saved.
At college,Ellie got her degree学位 in psychology and special education,a(n) 3 step towards the realization of her dream. About 15 years ago,Ellie visited a zoo in Tarzana,Calif. Much to her 4,it was terrible,filled with abused被虐待的 animals. She called on for help to protect them,but in vain徒劳无功. So she began saving animals from the zoo and soon she had 50 animals in her yard,and the Gentle Barn was 5. Four years later,Ellie moved to a larger site in Santa Clarita. But saving animals is just half of Ellie's 6. She hoped to help children who had 7 bad experiences to her animals. Once she started the Gentle Barn,she went to schools and invited the kids there to come. And they 8.
"These kids are used to being told to sit down,shut up and behave. Nobody is talking to their 9. At the Gentle Barn, there are animals that mirror every child's story,and they 10 they're not alone," Ellie explains. "They find if the animals can make it,they can too."
She tells the story of a boy who was 11 causing problems. At first,he was not ready to join 12 Ellie began to talk about a horse named Banzai who'd been abused by his owner. Before she could even 13,the boy ran up to her,asking to listen to it again,and then threw his arms around Ellie,whispering,"He's going to be OK."
A big 14 happened. "Slowly,that boy started making friends in school. The 15 saved his life. I believe he can make it!" says Ellie.
()1. A. joy
B. help
C. care
D. pressure
()2. A. run after
B. take after
C. look after
D. go after
()3. A. interesting
B. necessary
C. careful
D. brave
()4. A. happiness
B. excitement
C. pride
D. anger
()5. A. reported
B. improved
C. trained
D. created
()6. A. hobby
B. decision
C. dream
D. opinion
()7. A. different
B. strange
C. rich
D. similar
()8. A. failed
B. arrived
C. waited
D. refused
()9. A. degrees
B. hearts
C. excuses
D. minds
()10. A. remember
B. wonder
C. understand
D. doubt
()11. A. still
B. always
C. seldom
D. even
()12. A. until
B. because
C. if
D. though
()13. A. leave
B. finish
C. smile
D. agree
()14. A. mistake
B. accident
C. fight
D. change
()15. A. game
B. hope
C. horse
D. school

Ⅳ.1—5 B C B D D 6—10 C D B B C
11—15 B A B D C

【分析】
做完形填空时，需先通读全文把握文章主旨（本文讲述Ellie救助受伤动物并帮助有相似经历孩子的励志故事），再结合上下文语境、词汇含义及固定搭配逐一分析每个空，排除不符合语境的干扰项，选出最贴合文意的答案。
【解析】
1. 结合语境：Ellie带受伤动物回家，父母阻止她，说明她没得到父母的帮助，故选B（help）；
2. 短语辨析：look after意为“照顾”，符合Ellie想照顾自己救下的动物的语境，故选C（look after）；
3. 语境理解：心理学和特殊教育学位是实现梦想的必要步骤，necessary符合文意，故选B（necessary）；
4. 语境：看到动物园里被虐待的动物，Ellie应感到愤怒，anger符合，故选D（anger）；
5. 语境：Ellie救助动物后，Gentle Barn这个场所就创建了，created符合，故选D（created）；
6. 语境：拯救动物只是Ellie梦想的一部分，dream符合，故选C（dream）；
7. 语境：Ellie想帮助有相似坏经历的孩子，similar符合，故选D（similar）；
8. 语境：Ellie邀请孩子来，孩子们接受了邀请，arrived符合，故选B（arrived）；
9. 语境：孩子们习惯了被命令，没人关注他们的内心，hearts符合，故选B（hearts）；
10. 语境：动物让孩子们理解自己并不孤单，understand符合，故选C（understand）；
11. 语境：男孩总是惹麻烦，always符合，故选B（always）；
12. 固定搭配：not...until...意为“直到...才...”，符合文意，故选A（until）；
13. 语境：Ellie还没讲完马的故事，男孩就跑过来，finish符合，故选B（finish）；
14. 语境：男孩发生了很大的变化，change符合，故选D（change）；
15. 语境：是那匹马改变并拯救了男孩，horse符合，故选C（horse）；
【答案】
1—5 B C B D D；6—10 C D B B C；11—15 B A B D C
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇辨析、上下文语境理解
【点评】
本文通过Ellie救助动物并帮助有相似经历孩子的故事，传递了爱心与陪伴的力量，兼具教育意义，考查学生对语境和词汇的综合运用能力，是一篇典型的完形填空练习题。
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