Is there something in your community (社区) that could be changed? Is there a person in your neighborhood who needs help? If you’re hoping for someone to make a difference, that someone could be you!
Volunteering your time is a great way to make a difference in your community. And you’ll feel good about doing something that helps people or improves the places around you.
This past summer, my friends and I noticed how messy our neighborhood park was. We wanted it to be different. We worked without parents and teachers to clean up the park. We had a great time making the park even better than before, and now the whole neighborhood is able to share and enjoy it again.
Maybe cleaning up a park isn’t your choice, though. It doesn’t matter! You can turn anything that matters to you into a volunteer project. You can volunteer to do what you love to do. For example, you could help at an old people’s center, simply by talking or playing games with them to make their days better. If you’re great at math or English. You could volunteer to be a homework helper at your school.
You see, there is something for everyone. Whatever you do as a volunteer, your time will be enjoyed and that always feels good. Kids everywhere are making a difference by volunteering. You can make it, too!
1. The passage is to call ________ for volunteering work.| A．kids | B．parents | C．teachers | D．neighbors |
| A．walk dogs | B．teach pupils math | C．talk with the old | D．clean up the park |
| A．playing has a lot of fun | B．cleaning up a park isn’t your choice |
| C．the old people always need help | D．anything can become a volunteer job |
| A．Volunteering to make a difference | B．Cleaning up the park |
| C．Volunteering to be a homework helper | D．Helping at an old people’s center |
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【推荐1】Every year in China, March is the month for remembering Lei Feng by helping others. What did you do this year?
Ye Meina, a middle school student in Harbin, joined a teen volunteer group last year. The group did helpful things like cleaning the streets, taking care of the old and the disabled and helping to direct traffic. The first thing Ye did was to clean snow from the streets after a heavy snow. “ Helping others really makes me happy,” Ye said.
There were about 100 middle school students in Ye’s group. They did all kinds of things to help others.
Ye Jing, another middle school student has been looking after a disabled woman for two years. She started that before she joined the group. She did housework for the woman twice a month.
People in China remember the spirit of Lei Feng, but what is it? Do you have to join a group to be a part of it? Sun Maofang has a good answer. Sun who lives in Beiiing, is one of China’s famous Lei Feng Models and he has been helping others for forty years.
“Always being ready to care for others is the true spirit of Lei Feng. It is never out of date.” Sun said.
Sun also said we could even learn from Lei Feng by doing small things. “For example, love your parents and teachers, try to help your desk mate with his studies if you can.”
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How do Chinese people remember Lei Feng in March every year?| A．By helping others. | B．By cleaning the streets. | C．By taking care of the old. |
| A．Twice a week. | B．Twice a month. | C．Twice a year. |
| A．In about 1983. | B．In about 1993. | C．In about 2009. |
| A．Loving our parents and teachers is not a way to learn from Lei Feng. |
| B．Ye Meina joined a teen volunteer group last year to do helpful things. |
| C．Ye Jing looked after a disabled woman after she joined the teen volunteer group. |
| A．Let’s be a volunteer! |
| B．A teen volunteer group |
| C．The true spirit of Lei Feng |
【推荐2】One day, a farmer took a bag of wheat (小麦) to town. He didn’t know what to do when the bag fell off his horse. The hag was too heavy for him to lift. He hoped that someone would come and help him.
Before long a man came over. But the farmer’s heart sank (下沉) when he saw the man, because he was the famous judge (官) in town. The farmer was afraid to ask him for help.
As soon as he came up to the farmer, the judge got off his horse and said, “You need my help, don’t you? Let me help you.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They lifted the bag of wheat onto the horse.
“Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?”
“Well,” the judge replied, “if you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The farmer did not know what to do because _________.
| A．his horse ran away | B．his bag was very heavy |
| C．his horse fell down | D．he could not lift the bag himself |
| A．someone | B．the other farmer | C．the famous judge | D．one of his friends |
| A．got off his horse | B．refused to help the farmer |
| C．asked the farmer to get on the horse | D．helped the farmer lift the bag onto the horse |
| A．needs help, help him | B．helps you, do the same for him |
| C．helps you, help him | D．is in need of help, tell him the same |
| A．Heavy Bag | B．Do the Same | C．The Farmer | D．A Famous Judge |
【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入1~5小题的正确答案。把答案涂在答题卡1~5小题的后面。
Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer!
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything.
| A．You can help people in many ways. |
| B．If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. |
| C．We have volunteer jobs of all ages. |
| D．Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too. |
| E．Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. |
| F．You can stay at home. |
【推荐1】Mr. Hunt went to the country on business. Bad luck! The rain lasted from Tuesday to Sunday and all the traffic stopped. His bags were heavy and he could not carry them to town. He had to stay in an inn (小旅店) alone. There were only several houses in the small village and he could talk with nobody when the night fell. He could not see any televisions and there was no cinema there, either. He had to go to bed early after supper. But he often woke up early in the morning. He would not get up, but lay in bed, listening to the rain falling.
One morning he was listening to the radio on the bed. Suddenly he remembered it was his birthday that day. He borrowed a bike. It took him nearly three hours to get to the small town by bike. There was a restaurant. He told the waiter to take some nice food to him. He called out after he ate a little, “Waiter! Your food is very terrible! Call your manager (经理) here!”
“I’m sorry, sir,” said the waiter. “Our manager has gone out (已经出去) for lunch.”
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T)、误(F)。
1. The rain lasted for a whole week.
2. There were many houses in the small village.
3. Mr. Hunt couldn’t watch TV or see a film in the inn.
4. Mr. Hunt went to the small town to buy a cake for his birthday.
5. The manager might also think the food in his restaurant was terrible.
【推荐2】Teenager Jake Denham was skiing (滑雪) with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis (滑雪板). His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.
Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.
It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm (镇定). At home, Jake watched a lot of TV programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to -15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.
But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said, “If you are lost, you should find someone else’s tracks (轨迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life,” remembers Jake. “So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of workers who came to save him. He was safe!
His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries (伤痛).
So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life.
1. Jake’s parents didn’t know that he was missing until ________.| A．they reached the foot of the mountain | B．they began to ski down the mountain |
| C．a team of workers found Jake | D．Jake lost one of his skis |
| A．He followed his parents. | B．He followed the workers. |
| C．He followed some ski tracks. | D．He followed some lights. |
a. Jake made a hole in the snow.
b. Jake lost one of his skis.
c. Jake finally saw lights.
d. Jake skied with his family.
| A．d-b-a-c | B．a-b-c-d | C．b-a-d-c | D．c-b-a-d |
| A．polite and hardworking | B．calm and clever |
| C．outgoing and helpful | D．warm and friendly |
【推荐3】Tests can be stressful. But don’t worry! You’re not alone! Tests have been stressing people out for thousands of years. Here’s one man’s story about test stress.
During the Tang Dynasty (朝代) there was a poor man named Meng Jiao. He loved studying and writing poems. Though his hard work helped him become a talented poet, he needed to make more money. He decided to take the Ke Ju exams. The exams were open for anyone to take. Whoever passed could get an official (官方的) job.
Meng Jiao studied hard for the tests. He took them several times. Each time, he failed. But Meng Jiao never gave up. He studied harder and harder. He took the tests over and over again.
Finally, when he was 46 years old, Meng Jiao passed the test! He was so happy! He put on new clothes. He tied on red flowers to celebrate. Then he rode on a horse through Chang’an City.
During his ride, Meng Jiao wrote a poem. In English, it reads, “Horseback riding swiftly (迅速地) through the spring breeze (微风), while seeing all the flowers of Chang’an in one day.”
Meng Jiao’s poem tells about his feelings on that exciting day. His words describe the feeling of enjoying the flowers and Chang’an City in a day.
The poem became famous. But people said it would be impossible to really enjoy everything in one day. This led to the phrase (成语) “seeing flowers while riding a horse swiftly.” It describes giving something a quick look without noticing the details (细节).
1. Meng Jiao decided to take the Ke Ju exams because he _______.
| A．needed to make more money | B．wanted to write poems |
| C．wanted to enjoy the flowers | D．had to deal with the stress |
| A．stress is bad for study |
| B．we should give up when we fail |
| C．it was not easy to pass the Ke Ju exams |
| D．Meng Jiao was so clever that he succeeded |
| A．the beauty of Chang’an City |
| B．his excitement after his success |
| C．his stress from the Ke Ju exams |
| D．the difficulty he had during his study |
| A．鸟语花香 | B．五花杀马 | C．走马观花 | D．落花流水 |
【推荐1】We do eye exercises. We wear sunglasses. We do lots of things to protect our eyes. But we usually forget another important part of our body — the ears. Ears help us hear the world. But many things, such as loud noises, can hurt our ears, even make us deaf. Once this happens, it’s hard to get your hearing back. March 3rd is Ear Care Day. So how can we protect our ears?
◆Keep your ears dry and warm
Dry your ears with a towel (毛巾) after swimming or taking a shower. If you feel water in your ear, shake your head a little bit. This can help you get the water out of your ear. Also, when the sun is shining, wear some sunscreen (防晒霜) on your ears. During the winter, protect your ears with a hat or a scarf.
◆How to clean your ears
Usually, our ears clean themselves. The earwax (耳垢) builds up, dries out, and then comes out of the ear along with some dirt. Don’t clean your ears with anything sharp (尖锐的), or it may make the earwax go too deep into your ears and hurt them. But if your ears start to hurt, you can go to a doctor for help.
◆How to use earphones
Don’t listen to loud music on your earphones for a long time. Follow the “60 Rule”: listen to music for no more than 60 minutes a day. Over-ear (头戴式) earphones are better than in-ear ones. It will do a better job of stopping outside noise. So you can listen at a lower volume.
1. What sign is right for the day March 3rd?| A．Give our earth a chance. | B．Enjoy reading, enjoy life. |
| C．To hear for life, listen with care. | D．To see the world, keep away from cell phones. |
| A．Using a towel to dry your ears after swimming. |
| B．Covering your ears with a hat or a scarf in winter. |
| C．Using some sunscreen on your ears in summer. |
| D．Taking the earwax out with any sharp things. |
| A．Following the “60 Rule”. | B．Listening to loud music. |
| C．Wearing in-ear earphones. | D．Wearing over-ear earphones. |
| A．Why are ears so important? | B．What can hurt our ears? |
| C．How do we take care of our ears? | D．When is the Ear Care Day? |
Do you always worry about your grades? Do you work really hard so that you can go to a good high school? Do you get upset with yourself about not doing very well at school? Although you work very hard, are your exam results still not high enough?
| A．Stay at home to read a book. |
| B．People like delicious food. |
| C．Then you will see an improvement in your grades. |
| D．Don't keep your problems to yourself. |
| E．It sounds like you got stress. |
【推荐3】“Volunteering makes you look at the world differently. You see how little things can change a person’s life for the better.” Mason, a volunteer said.
National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and it is a good chance to encourage people to take their first step to become a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem, because they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations(期望). Some people fear not knowing anyone else in the group. Not having enough time also stops some people from becoming volunteers.
The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.
★ Start out slowly, don’t add too much pressure.
★ Choose an organization with the same interests.
★ Take part in a training meeting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.
★ Work with a veteran volunteer. He volunteered a lot, he can help you be confident and completely understand the organization’s expectations.
★ Invite a friend or family member to serve. It is a good experience to volunteer with them.
★ Finally, it is most important to enjoy the volunteer experience and to remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect.
Spend some time on volunteer work and you will see great changes in people’s lives.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
1. Volunteering can help ________.
| A．make a decision | B．see the world clearly |
| C．thank other people | D．make person’s life better |
| A．They don’t have enough money. | B．They are stopped by their families. |
| C．They fear that they can’t get on well with others. | D．they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations. |
| A．Start out quickly. | B．Organize a training meeting. |
| C．Invite a friend to be with them. | D．Join in a group with different interests. |
| A．有礼貌的 | B．友好的 | C．年轻的 | D．有经验的 |
| A．To tell people to make changes in their lives. | B．How to make friends in volunteering. |
| C．To encourage people to start their volunteering. | D．How to keep on volunteering. |
