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2022 年浙江省宁波慈溪市中考二模英语试题 学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________ 一、完形填空 Ellie Laks is a girl who showed great worry for injured animals when she was young. By 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, Laks promised herself that one day she would have a place of her own to ____2____ the animals she’d saved. At college, Laks got her degree in psychology and special education, a(n) ____3____ step towards the realization of her dream. About 15 years ago, Laks visited a zoo in Tarzana, Calif. Much to her ____4____, it was terrible, filled with abused (虐待) animals. She called on for help to protect them, but in vain. 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, Laks moved to a larger site in Santa Clarita. But saving animals is just half of Laks’ ____6____. She hoped to help children who had ____7____ bad experiences as 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,” Laks explains. “They find if the animal 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_____ Laks 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 hear it again, and then threw his arms around Lakes, 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