As we all know, getting benched in sports is usually a bad thing. But at one school in Florida, a girl has taken a bench and turned it into something entirely different – a place to find friends. It’s called the Friendship Bench. And it’s the brainchild of a sixth grader at Palm Bay Elementary – a girl named Acacia Woodley.
Acacia’s attitude toward life might be summed up best by a question she recently asked members of the Brevard County School Board – “what if we spend as much time putting the spotlight on kindness as we do on cruelty?” It’s a philosophy Acacias has learned to live her own life -despite having a lot of people would consider a handicap. She was born without a right hand. And her left hand did not form properly. But Acacia says that she has not stopped her from achieving her goals. “You need to believe in your dreams. If you don’t believe in you dreams, I can definitely tell you that they are not going to come true.” She said.
Acacia came up with the idea for the Friendship Bench after seeing kids getting bullied at school. She says she has also experienced bullying herself – kids whispering about her or picking on her because she is different. “Some people say they feel sorry for me. I tell them not to,” she said. “I don’t care that I’m different. I like being different.”
The Friendship Bench looks like a lot of other benches. It has arm sets and a place to lean on. But there are also words painted on it – words such as “hope”, “respect”, “l(fā)isten” and “dream”. Acacia put the benches together with the help from her mother and brother.
Any time a kid feels he or she needs a friend, all that kid needs to do is sit on the bench. It is then up to the other kids – or grown-ups – to fill that need. “It’s a perfect idea,” Palm Bay Elementary Principal Lori said. “It’s something we’ve needed so badly.”
The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too. “There’s a saying in my teacher’s classroom,” Acacia said. “It says, ‘it you can dream it, you can achieve it.’”
【小題1】What is the function of the first sentence in Paragraph One?

A．To explain the meaning of getting benched is sports.
B．To introduce the important role “bench” plays in sports.
C．To introduce what the author wants to say in the text to us.
D．To tell us that the passage is connected with the word “bench”.
【小題2】What can be learned about Acacia from the passage?
A．She is disabled but leads an active life.
B．She has a deep understanding of life.
C．She finds it difficult to achieve her goals.
D．She finds herself always in need of help.
【小題3】Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Acacia has also suffered from other kids’ bullying.
B．The kids who sit on the bench feel they need friends.
C．Grown-ups are allowed to offer their help to the one in need.
D．The Friendship Bench is different from others in the arm sets.
【小題4】What can we infer from the passage?
A．More Friendship Benches will be installed in other schools soon.
B．Students stop bullying other schoolmates at Palm Bay Elementary.
C．The students at Palm Bay Elementary have become more friendly.
D．Acacia has become a very important figure at Palm Bay Elementary.
【小題5】What is the best title of this passage?
A．Acacia’s New Invention
B．The Friendship Bench
C．Help from a Special Bench
D．Getting Benched in School


【小題1】C
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】A
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：本文講述的即使被換下場也不是件壞事，Acacia通過自己對人生的感情，相信自己就能成功，這種情況下，人人都需要友誼，并且很多學(xué)校開始效仿。
【小題1】C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第一句話As we all know, getting benched in sports is usually a bad thing眾所周知，在運(yùn)動聲被換下來是一件很糟糕的事情。而緊接著出現(xiàn)了But at one school in Florida, a girl has taken a bench and turned it into something entirely different但是一個小女孩把這事完成轉(zhuǎn)變了，是用來引出所以講述的內(nèi)容，所以選C項。
【小題2】A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到的But Acacia says that she has not stopped her from achieving her goals. “You need to believe in your dreams. If you don’t believe in you dreams, I can definitely tell you that they are not going to come true.” She said.她從來沒有阻止她去實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的目標(biāo)，你需要相信自己，你就能實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想，如果你不相信，你就不能實(shí)現(xiàn)，可見小女孩雖然殘疾但積極樂觀的生活，所以選A項。
【小題3】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段She says she has also experienced bullying herself她也曾被人欺負(fù)故A正確。根據(jù)第四段Any time a kid feels he or she needs a friend, all that kid needs to do is sit on the bench做在板凳上是需要朋友的，故B項正確。根據(jù)第四段提到It is then up to the other kids – or grown-ups – to fill that need.可知 成年人也需要幫助，C項也正確。根據(jù)第五段提到The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too友誼在這個學(xué)校如此成功以致于其它的學(xué)校也發(fā)展友誼這事感興趣，所以D項錯誤。
【小題4】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中提到The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too.其它的學(xué)校對這事十分感興趣，也想沿用它，所以選A項。
【小題5】B 主旨大意。文章第一句話引出這篇的主題長凳，通過Acacia對于人生的感悟，相信自己，就能實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想，The Friendship Bench has been such a success at Palm Bay Elementary that other schools are now interested in installing one too，The Friendship Bench如此成功以致于很多學(xué)校開始效仿，所以B項符合文章的主題。
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