According to a new research this year, kids and teenagers who volunteer aren’t just helping their community. They might also be helping themselves. It is said that doing volunteering through school or community groups will do good to the health of kids and teens.
What the survey shows
Experts did a survey among the parents of about 50,000 kids aged 6 to 17 in the United States and found that kids who took part in community service were 34% more likely to be in very good physical health than those who didn’t. And those who volunteered were 66% more likely to be doing well in general. Kids aged 12 and older who volunteered were 2.5% less likely to have anxiety (焦虑) than those who didn’t.
What the result suggests
The result may have something useful to do with youth mental (精神的) health. In recent years, depression (抑郁) and anxiety are becoming more popular among young people. For example, more than 40% of high school students are reported experiencing feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2023. One possible way to deal with this may be doing volunteering in the community.
Why volunteering works
Other researches have also found the connections between volunteering and well-being among kids and teenagers. Serving the community seems to help people feel a sense of purpose. In this way, they feel connected to those around them, and it makes them happier and healthier.
However, experts also point out that it’s not possible to say for sure that volunteering makes better mental and physical health. It could be that when kids and teenagers take part in volunteering work, they get out of themselves and relax for a while, which has some active influence to both the mental and physical health.
1. The writer uses _________ to show the result of the research in paragraph 2.A.examples | B.numbers | C.rules | D.questions |
A.Children who volunteered are always healthy. |
B.Volunteering is good for kids and teenagers. |
C.Healthy people do more volunteering work. |
D.About 50,000 kids took part in the survey. |
A.The result of the mental and physical health. |
B.The volunteering work in the community. |
C.The rising of depression and anxiety. |
D.The experience of high school students. |
A.To encourage young people to take part in volunteering. |
B.To advise young people to live a healthier life. |
C.To explain why young people experience anxiety. |
D.To show how young people volunteer in community. |
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After Mrs. Weeks read the story, she said, “This story gave me an idea.”
“You want us to bring some money for the toys. ” “We could bring some of our own toys for the children in the hospital. "said the boys and girls one after another.
“Well, your ideas would be nice,” Mrs Weeks said, “but mine is different.”
“We could make some toys,” shouted one of them.
Mrs. Weeks smiled. “Do you think you could make toys?” she asked.
“Yes, yes.” the whole class answered.
“Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow,” said Mrs. Weeks.
On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Weeks took her students to the hospital with the toys made by her students. The children in the class felt happy, too.
1. The children learned the story from ________.A.TV program | B.newspaper | C.radio report | D.textbook |
A.give some money to | B.get money to buy toys for |
C.make some toys for | D.borrow some toys for |
A.to give some money | B.to send some of their own toys |
C.to make some toys themselves and give them | D.to go to the hospital to talk |
A.some of the children | B.most of the children | C.a few children | D.all of the children |
A.sad | B.sorry | C.pleased | D.relaxed |
【推荐2】Here is a poster about a volunteer activity in a mountain village.
Green and Rich Life
Time: July 8—August 22.Place: Some villages in mountain areas.
Details:
Teach children all the subjects at the village school from Monday to Thursday. Plant trees from Friday to Sunday. Usually, we plant about fifty trees on the hill at a time and water them in time. Sometimes, we go to clean the river along the village, because some tourists throw some rubbish into it.
Requests:You must be at least high school students and strong enough. Then you can have lessons and plant trees or carry water. You must take your bicycles. Most of time, you need to ride. Between some villages, there are only narrow roads.
What else:We’ll provide volunteer clothes for you. When you volunteer there, you can be offered free meals each day.
1. What will volunteers do in the volunteer activity?A.Plant and water some new trees. | B.Buy some books for the children. |
C.Teach the children to ride bicycles. | D.Help the villagers study subjects. |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.To protect wild animals. | B.To help develop the mountain villages. |
C.To make money for the villagers. | D.To travel in the mountain villages. |
As we know, Zhang Guimei was the founder of China’s first and only free public high school for girls.
Zhang was born in Heilongjiang.
After a short period of working, she learned that most abandoned (被遗弃的) children in the area were girls.
With Zhang’s effort, around 100 girls from poor local families came to live and study at the new school.
“This is no longer a matter of respect for work. She is a well-deserved (当之无愧的) model of the times,” someone said on Weibo.
A.At 17, she moved to Yunnan with her father. |
B.She was praised as a hero for building the school in Huaping County. |
C.Three years later, they all passed examinations and went on to university. |
D.Zhang strongly decided to provide free high school education for these girls. |
E.And while boys were encouraged to continue their education, their female classmates were not. |
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Next, Charles’s father sent him to school to become a minister (牧师). This time he made it to graduation. But he didn’t want to do the work-of a minister. His friends encouraged him to follow his interest in science.
After graduation, Charles was invited to sail on the ship Beagle as a scientist without any money.
The Beagle was to travel to South America and then around the world. Their work was to make maps of the places they visited.
On December 27th, 1831 Charles Darwin sailed from England on the Beagle. The trip was planned to last two years. In fact, it lasted five years. During the time, he saw many amazing man named Wallace. In the paper Darwin talked about how some animals have adaptations that help them survive. Darwin’s ideas about adaptations are still important to the study of living things.
1. What was Darwin’s work on the Beagle?A.Writing scientific papers. | B.Making maps. |
C.Collecting plants and animals. | D.Studying animals. |
A.From South America. | B.From America. | C.From England. | D.From North America. |
A.Darwin’s father didn’t want him to become a minister. |
B.After finishing school Darwin worked as a scientist to make money. |
C.Darwin published an important scientific paper by himself. |
D.Darwin spent five years travelling to many places by ship. |
【推荐2】Do you like running? Running is a good sport and it is good for our health. Parkour (跑酷) is a kind of running. It is a cool sport. Let me tell you more about parkour.
Parkour comes from France, but now a lot of people all over the world love parkour very much. They think it is a fun way to stay healthy.
Parkour players often take cities as their playground. They run along walls, climb to high places, jump from roof (屋顶) to roof. They also roll (翻滚) on the way.
Some young people love parkour and want to practice it. Why? That’s because the young people want to look cool. But some parents don’t want their children to practice parkour. They think parkour is dangerous. Their children may hurt themselves when doing it.
1. Where does parkour come from?A.France. | B.America. | C.China. | D.Canada. |
① Running along walls. ② Dancing on streets. ③ Rolling on the way.
④ Jumping among roofs. ⑤ Climbing to high places.
A.①②④⑤ | B.①③④⑤ | C.①②③⑤ | D.②③④⑤ |
A.they want their children to be safe | B.they want their children to study |
C.they think parkour is difficult | D.they think parkour isn’t useful |
A.How many people practice parkour? |
B.When people usually practice parkour? |
C.Which is the best place to practice parkour? |
D.Why some young people want to practice parkour? |
A.A Healthy Lifestyle | B.A Funny Game | C.A Cool Sport | D.A Dangerous Sport |
Language changes for several reasons. First, it changes because the needs of its speaker change. New technologies, new products, and new experiences need new words to express them clearly. Another reason for change is that different people have different language experiences. People use different sets of words and expressions, because they have different ages, jobs, education levels(水平) and so on.
How does language develop then? On the one hand, many of the languages changes begin with young people. When young people communicate with others of their own age, their language grows in grammar, words and expressions that are different from the older people’s. Some have a short lifetime but others can influence the language for long. On the other hand, we get new words in many different ways. We borrow them from other languages, we create them by making words shorter or combining(组合) words and we make them out of proper names.
Languages that don’t change over time are considered dead languages. The fact that English changes so much shows that it is alive and well.
1. What does the writer think of the change and development of language? He thinks it is .
A.not a bad thing | B.a terrible thing |
C.a bad thing | D.an uncomfortable thing |
Because their and education levels are different.
A.ages, jobs | B.jobs, height |
C.weight, ages | D.weight, height |
A.2 | B.3 | C.4 | D.5 |
A.They do it when they communicate with others of their own age. |
B.They change words on their own. |
C.They create them by making words shorter or combining words. |
D.They make them out of proper names. |
The one that over time is considered a dead language.
A.always changes | B.often improves |
C.is spoken | D.never changes |