精品解析：江苏省扬州市2023-2024学年高二上学期学业水平模拟考试英语试题

学业水平合格性考试——英语 第一部分 阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分) 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Sammie Vance knows it feels bad to be left out. So she has been helping kids who feel lonely make friends. Sammie is 14. When she was in the third grade, she started the Buddy Bench program. That was at her school, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Anyone who felt lonely could sit on the “buddy bench.” It showed others that someone needed a friend. The bench brought kids together. “There was one little boy at school, younger than me,” Sammie told TIME for Kids. “He would see me in the hallway and give me a thumbs-up. That told me that what I was doing helped him.” It costs money to build benches Sammie decided to make them out of recycled materials. This lowered the cost. And the benches were eco-friendly. Sammie gathered friends in her community. They collected 1,200 pounds of bottle caps. A company called Green Tree Plastics made three benches with the bottle caps. Sammie has helped communities all over the country set up buddy benches. And she is spreading kindness around the world. “We recently got a bench in Ghana, Africa,” she says. “That was cool.” Sammie reminds us that kids can help their community. Even small acts of kindness can be powerful. “You don’t have to be an adult to make a difference,” she says. Sammie wrote a book. It is called Inspire the World: A Kid’s Journey to Making a Difference. It tells the story of her buddy benches. Sammie hopes her example will inspire others. “I used to be really, really shy,” she says. Building buddy benches gave her confidence. “I’m definitely more outgoing now.” 1. When did Sammie start the Buddy Bench program? A. In the third grade. B. In the fourth grade. C. In the fifth grade. D. In the sixth grade. 2. What does Sammie do to help lonely kids? A. She helps them find a new hobby. B. She introduces them to her friends. C. She starts a program to help them make friends. D. She gives them a thumbs-up to make them happy. 3.