四、完形填空。〔人与社会——公共服务〕
Sammie Vance is from Indiana, the USA. In 2017, at the age of eight, she 1 a summer camp. There were a few buddy 2 at the camp. When a child felt 3, he or she could sit down on one of the benches. This would let other kids know he or she needed a 4.
Sammie thought it would be 5 to have a buddy bench in her school too. When she got home from the camp, she told her parents and her principal(校长) about the 6. The principal agreed to her project.
Sammie then got down to work. She and her mother found a company called Green Tree Plastics. This company makes benches out of 7 bottle caps. These benches are not only good for the environment, but they also 8 much less than regular(普通的) park benches.
Sammie asked her community to 9 bottle caps. The news of her project spread. Soon, she was getting caps from people in all 50 states. She 10 got some from Germany and elsewhere. Within two months, she collected more than 540 kilograms of bottle caps.
Sammie used these 11 to make three buddy benches for her school. They helped students who felt lonely make friends. “One day, I 12 a little boy in the school,” she said. “He told me that my benches 13 him a lot.”
So far, Sammie has 14 more than 200 benches to schools and parks all around the USA, and in Mexico and Australia too. “You don’t have to be an adult to make a 15,” said the girl. Indeed, even small acts of kindness can be powerful.
() 1. A. guided
B. attended
C. introduced
D. checked
() 2. A. benches
B. clubs
C. organizations
D. charities
() 3. A. confident
B. relaxed
C. lonely
D. nervous
() 4. A. ride
B. rest
C. touch
D. friend
() 5. A. hard
B. cool
C. strange
D. polite
() 6. A. activity
B. camp
C. idea
D. result
() 7. A. recycled
B. polluted
C. hidden
D. broken
() 8. A. pay
B. weigh
C. spend
D. cost
() 9. A. collect
B. prepare
C. count
D. produce
() 10. A. always
B. even
C. already
D. just
() 11. A. sticks
B. bottles
C. caps
D. bricks
() 12. A. caught
B. met
C. pushed
D. trained
() 13. A. improved
B. worried
C. surprised
D. helped
() 14. A. showed
B. provided
C. donated
D. carried
() 15. A. mistake
B. friend
C. plan
D. difference

1~5. BACDB 6~10. CADAB 11~15. CBDCD

【分析】
首先通读全文，明确文章主旨是Sammie在夏令营接触到伙伴长椅后，在学校推广并制作回收瓶盖的环保伙伴长椅，帮助孤独同学，属于人与社会的公共服务类主题。解题时需结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配逐一分析：1. 第1空考查“参加夏令营”的固定搭配；2. 第2空依据后文反复出现的benches确定核心名词；3. 第3空结合后文“需要朋友”判断情绪；4. 第4空对应上文逻辑，明确需求；5. 第5空表达主观评价；6. 第6空明确她向他人提出的内容；7. 第7空结合“环保”线索判断瓶盖属性；8. 第8空考查表“花费”的动词用法；9. 第9空明确她的行动；10. 第10空体现递进逻辑；11. 第11空指代前文核心物品；12. 第12空明确动作；13. 第13空对应长椅的作用；14. 第14空明确她的行为；15. 第15空考查固定搭配。
【解析】
1. 考查动词词义辨析，attend a summer camp为固定搭配，意为“参加夏令营”，故选B。
2. 考查名词词义辨析，根据下文多次提到的“benches”，可知此处指“伙伴长椅”，故选A。
3. 考查形容词词义辨析，结合后文“需要朋友”，可知孩子感到孤独，故选C。
4. 考查名词词义辨析，坐在长椅上是为了让他人知道自己需要朋友，故选D。
5. 考查形容词词义辨析，Sammie觉得学校有伙伴长椅是很酷的事，故选B。
6. 考查名词词义辨析，她向父母和校长讲述自己的想法，故选C。
7. 考查形容词词义辨析，根据后文“环保”，可知是回收的瓶盖，故选A。
8. 考查动词词义辨析，cost表示“花费”，主语为物，符合语境，故选D。
9. 考查动词词义辨析，她请求社区收集瓶盖，故选A。
10. 考查副词词义辨析，此处表示递进，意为“甚至”，故选B。
11. 考查名词词义辨析，指代前文提到的“bottle caps”，故选C。
12. 考查动词词义辨析，她遇到了一个小男孩，故选B。
13. 考查动词词义辨析，小男孩说长椅帮助了他，故选D。
14. 考查动词词义辨析，她向学校和公园捐赠长椅，故选C。
15. 考查固定搭配，make a difference意为“有影响，起作用”，符合语境，故选D。
【答案】1~5. BACDB 6~10. CADAB 11~15. CBDCD
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文以人与社会为主题，讲述Sammie通过制作环保伙伴长椅帮助他人的暖心故事，贴近学生生活，考查词汇在语境中的运用，需结合上下文逻辑和词义辨析解题，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6