Sammie Vance, 14, knows there’s nothing worse than feeling left out. For years, she’s been helping those kids make friends. What she has been doing is ______ the Buddy Bench program. Originally, the idea was that anyone at school who was feeling ______ could sit on the “buddy bench”. That let other kids know someone needed a friend. The idea quickly ______.
Sammie got the idea for the ______ at summer camp in 2017. She thought it would be ______ to have a buddy bench in her school, so when she got back, she ______ the idea to her headmaster, teachers and her parents.
Getting ______ for the project was just the first step. “There have been a lot of small ______, like money,” Sammie says. To reduce costs and be ______, Sammie decided to make the bench out of recycled material. So she rallied(号召)her ______ to gather bottle caps.
Word of the project got out, and soon Sammie was getting ______ from people in broader regions — all 50 states, and in the end she ______ more than 1,200 pounds. A company called GreenTree Plastics was able to ______ these into three benches.
______, Sammie helped other schools acquire benches. She has helped ______ more than 20 benches to schools and parks by now. Her ______ of kindness continues to spread far and wide. ______ all the kids her project has helped, Sammie benefits from it, feeling grateful for how it gave her ______ in so many different aspects of life.
“______ as some acts of kindness can be, they can make a significant difference and lead to a chain reaction,” she says. “You never ______. Just be kind, in general.”
1.A.planning | B.funding | C.advocating | D.running |
2.A.depressed | B.lonely | C.sorrowful | D.uncomfortable |
3.A.caught on | B.came over | C.set off | D.got through |
4.A.ambition | B.program | C.task | D.instructor |
5.A.impractical | B.uncommon | C.popular | D.cool |
6.A.sold | B.gifted | C.took | D.reflected |
7.A.approval | B.promise | C.advice | D.hope |
8.A.achievements | B.steps | C.challenges | D.matters |
9.A.eye-catching | B.light-weighted | C.good-looking | D.eco-friendly |
10.A.relatives | B.friends | C.community | D.government |
11.A.money | B.caps | C.benches | D.praise |
12.A.made | B.raised | C.collected | D.saved |
13.A.invest | B.divide | C.break | D.recycle |
14.A.Before long | B.Believe it or not | C.By contrast | D.By the way |
15.A.bought | B.borrowed | C.donated | D.delivered |
16.A.behavior | B.gesture | C.faith | D.love |
17.A.Despite | B.Unlike | C.Among | D.Besides |
18.A.honors | B.lessons | C.attention | D.purpose |
19.A.Tiring | B.Small | C.Regular | D.Dull |
20.A.know | B.withdraw | C.stop | D.recall |