Volunteering is a great way to support an organization and make a difference in your community. It can also be a chance to meet new people and learn new skills. 1 And what should we plan for? Here’s a guide for beginners.
Step 1: Think about why you want to volunteer.
Do you want to help the world, or your community? Do you want to build your own skills, make new friends, and learn? Do you love what you do? Do you want to share your gifts with others or give something back? 2 That can help you to choose the right direction for your volunteer work.
Step 2: Choose an organization that is meaningful to you.
If you feel strongly about literacy (读写), for example, volunteer at your local library or find out if there is an organization of volunteer tutors (家教) in your area. There are organizations doing all sorts of work. It is important that you choose something that you feel meaningful.
Step 3: Start small.
If you already have a busy school life, volunteer your time for an hour or two a week, or perhaps one day a month. 3 Then, if you find you enjoy the work and have more time to do it, take on more time by time.
Step 4: Get training.
If there is a training course, attend it. If not, talk to the group leaders and other volunteers about their experiences. 4
Step 5
Volunteer work sometimes includes unpleasant tasks, difficult workers, busy days, or bad management. However, try to keep on doing it. You are sure to meet a better yourself and the world one day.
A. Think about these kinds of questions.B. You will be surprised by how much you can do in even a little bit of time.
C. Get to know others in the organization.
D. But how do we go about volunteering?
E. You’ll pick up some good tips to make your work there more productive.
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5. 请结合你的理解，模仿文中小标题的格式，用不超过5个词为最后一段补全小标题。
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Think what will happen if you shake up a bottle of Coca-Cola. The gas inside gets very excited and tries to go out. Then, if you open the bottle, the drink and gas inside break through the opening quickly and even get you all wet. What if the drink and gas are orange and come out of a mountain-like bottle? Yep, a volcano (火山)comes alive! Today, let’s make a homemade volcano and see what it might look like when a real volcano erupts(喷发).
What you need:
✧a bottle ✧half a cup of dish washing soap
✧six pieces of newspapers ✧five drops each of the red and yellow food coloring
✧a tea spoon and a plate ✧a cup of baking soda(小苏打)
✧two cups of white vinegar(醋)
What to do:
To start with, you need to build your model volcano. Shape the newspapers around the bottle and make it mountain like. Be sure that the mountain is as high as the bottle. Next, put the model volcano on the plate so it will hold the things that will run out later. Then, put the baking soda, dish washing soap and food coloring into the bottle one by one and mix them together with a tea spoon until they are orange. Finally, time for the eruption! Don’t add the vinegar until you are ready for that! The eruption can be pretty fast. When you are ready, pour the vinegar into the bottle at once and step back and watch your volcano come alive!
Making a Homemade Volcano
 | First, shape the newspapers around the bottle and make it mountain like. Make sure it is as tall as the bottle. Now, you have a |
 | Next, Make sure it is big enough to hold all the things that will run out. |
 | Then, put the baking soda, dish washing soap and food coloring into the bottle one by one and |
 | Time for the eruption! Pour |
 | Step back and watch your volcano come alive. |
【推荐2】The aim of students who come to school is to study. But to study requires a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.
1 If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one until we have learned the first one.
2 , or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
2. When is the best time to read?
3. How many ways for studying are mentioned in the passage?
4. Why must we always ask “whys” in our study?
【推荐3】Be careful with a storm
Watch the sky. Look for darkening (变黑的) skies or the winds. Rain often follows suddenly. So don’t wait for it to begin. If you hear the thunder (雷), go to a safe place at once. A building or a car is the best place to go, but make sure the windows of the car are closed. If there is no good place around you, stay away from trees. Crouch(蹲伏) down in the open area, put your feet together and put your hands over your ears. If you’re with a group of people, stay about 5 metres from one another. Stay out of the water. Also, stay away from clotheslines, and drop your bags because they often have metal on them. If you’re playing an outdoor activity, stop it quickly.
Keep away from water. Do not take a shower, wash your hands, do the dishes or do other things with water. Do not use a mobile phone. Do not use computers or TV sets during a storm. Stay away from windows and doors.
根据短文内容，完成下面的表格。
| What you can do | What you can’t do |
| Look for darkening skies or the | Don’t stay in the water. |
| If you hear the thunder, go to a | Don’t go on doing an |
| Crouch down in the open area, put your feet together and put your hands | Don’t stay under |
| If you’re with some people, stay about 5 metres from | Don’t do anything with |
| Stay away from the clotheslines and | Don’t stay |
There’s a “one teacher’s school” in Buchen village, Anhui province. The only teacher here is a 96-year-old man, Ye Lianping. Ye started teaching students in 2000. He builds the “home for left-behind children (留守儿童)”. He teaches students English and Chinese for free. Because young people work in the city, the old men and children are left behind in the village.
Ye has no sons or daughters. He lives with his wife in a small house in Buchen village. The house has more than 30 years of history. Some of his students live very far (远的) and Ye will ask them to spend (度过) the night in his home.
Over the past years, Ye has helped more than (超过) 2,000 children. Yang Hongyan is one of Ye’s students. “I finish my schoolwork because of Grandpa Ye’s help,” says Yang. Someone asks me, ‘Are you tired (累的)?’ It must be a lie (谎言) to say that I’m not tired. But I think the meaning of life is to do something for others, and that’s the most important (最重要的) thing of life. I live to work. I’ll try to teach more children,” says Ye.
Ye hopes, the children can learn more about the outside world and have their own dreams.
1. How old is Ye Lianping?2. Do students need to pay (支付) for Ye’s English and Chinese lessons?
3. Why are old people and children left behind in the village?
4. Where does Ye Lianping live?
5. In Ye’s eyes, what is the most important thing in life?
【推荐2】Cheng Feng is a teacher. However, to many of her students, the 33-year-old teacher is more than that. Cheng’s care for her students has made her “a mother” to them.
Over the past years, Cheng has gone into the mountains and worked in several poor schools in Poyang to help village children.
Right after graduation in 2011, Cheng became a teacher at Tutang Primary School in Youcheng Town of Poyang. Over the following four years, she did well at her job there.
Beitang Primary School is a poor school far away from her home. When Cheng found out it was going to close because of a lack (缺少) of teachers, she decided to give up her life at Tutang Primary School and go there.
After arriving there, she learned that because of the poor educational conditions, many local parents had sent their children to schools further away. Cheng tried her best to encourage seventeen students to return. She called upon her college classmates to offer a helping hand. To make the students’ life more colorful, Cheng learned music, sports and art courses online and then taught the students. As things got well at Beitang Primary School, Cheng went to Siwanghu Primary School.
Cheng’s husband is 35 years old. He always supports Cheng’s choice. He has also served as a teacher in Poyang over the years.
“We should help the children to see further and dream bigger. Cheng says.
根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Did Cheng Feng work as a teacher in a city at first?Three teenagers offered to do some voluntary work during the school holidays. They wrote the following reports.
Betty
I did some voluntary work in a children’s hospital. The children there all suffer from serious illnesses. We organized a painting competition for them.
I met a girl called Cindy. She wanted to (A) ______ a picture of the park near her home. I went there and took some photos of it. Cindy used them for her painting.
Mark
There are many children (B) ______ parents. I met some of these children with my mother. We taught them to tell stories. This helps them express their feelings. One child said, “My friends don’t understand my pain.”
We spent time with a girl called Vivien. Her parents died in a car accident, and she is unhappy and very lonely. She needs friendship. (C) My mother and I will continue to visit her.
Annie
I wanted to help disabled children. They have difficulty walking or moving. I taught them to sing because music can bring them joy and peace.
I met a boy called Tim. He hurt his legs in an accident, but (D) 他具备很多勇气. We need to help children like Tim and raise their spirits. I will continue to do voluntary work in the future.
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3. 将画线部分(D)译成英语
4. 在文中找出两个被帮助孩子的名字：
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AI is a common theme in science fiction. But the level that AI could reach is a real concern (关心的事) of many people. With more talk of AI and smart devices (设备) in the home, what is the good of bringing these things into your life?
Hans Rosling, a professor of international health, once spoke about the changes that the washing machine made. The once-arduous (曾经费力的) task of cleaning clothes by hand was taken on by a machine. And people have freed up more time for other activities. There are so many smart devices that you can use in your home. Imagine waking up to find a hot, freshly made cup of coffee and clean floors that have been recently swept. With smart devices, these things can happen while you sleep. Automating (使自动化) parts of your life means that you can focus on other tasks in your life.
But there is a difference between smart devices and AI. Smart devices are the things that perform the tasks, while AI can “think”, and can be used to control the smart devices. There are many AI systems which can control the smart devices around your home. You can ask these AI-powered home devices to start making coffee, play some music or search the Internet for you. Some of these devices even have a sense of humour, and when you ask them certain questions, they will talk back. In some ways, they can act as company.
Well, in films and games we often see robots taking over all of the housework. It seems for now, that this only lives in our imaginations, but it could take place sooner than we think.
1. According to the passage, the once-arduous tasks taken on by a machine help people make more time to2. AI
3. You may be talked back to by your AI-powered home devices that have a
4. The writer believes that the dream of robots helping with all of the housework will
5. Which one do you prefer, smart home devices or AI? Why?
A good book can be satisfying, improve your knowledge and teach you a lot. There are several ways to develop a lifetime reading habit.
Set times. For example, you can have a few set times every day when you’ll read for at least 5-10 minutes no matter what happens. Make it a habit to read during breakfast and lunch (and even dinner if you are alone).
Always carry a book. No matter where you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure to have at least one book.
You may keep the book in the car, or into the office or to anywhere you go. unless you’re sure you won’t have time to read.
Make a list. Keep a list of all the great books you want to read. You can keep this in a pocket notebook. Whenever you hear about a good book be sure to add it to the list. Keep a running list, and cross out the ones you have read.
Find a ________ place. Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair without television or computer near the chair. There should be no music or noisy family members.
Set a high aim. For example, tell yourself that you want to read 50 books this year. Try your best to finish reading them. Just be sure you’re still enjoying the reading.
1. What’s the aim of writing the passage?To give some
2. How does the writer develop the idea of setting times in the second paragraph?
He does it by using a(n)
3. What are you expected to do when you hear about a good book?
We’d better
4. The best word for the blank in the bold（黑体）sentence is
5. What does “them” refer to in the last paragraph?
It refers to the
Do you live in a city? You’ve probably noticed how noisy and crowded cities can be. What if you could live next to a calm lake or river instead?
As it turns out, living near water, such as the ocean, lakes or rivers, can help us feel both happier and healthier. Those who live less than a kilometer from the beach are around 22 percent less likely to have mental problems than those who live 50 km or more away. People who visit the beach at least twice a week can experience better physical and mental health as well.
So how does “blue space” make us feel better? For one thing, aquatic (与水相关的) environments may have less pollution and more sunlight, and they are connected with better mental and physical health. People who get more sunlight can be happier than those who don’t.
There’s also fresher air above the sea. After spending time near the ocean, you might find that you feel more relaxed than usual. This is because sea air is full of negative ions (负离子). These ions balance our levels of serotonin (血清素)，a body chemical that has an effect (影响) on our feelings. With balanced serotonin levels, we feel calmer and more relaxed.
Finally, people who live near water can be more physically active. Water sports like swimming and boating can help us stay in shape, which in turn keeps us healthy.
1. What are cities like?2. Who can feel both happier and healthier according to the passage?
3. Why do people feel more relaxed after spending time near the ocean?
4. What is serotonin?
5. What water sports can help people stay in shape?
