In the world, there are lots of people who want to help out. Many join organizations (管理) run by their governments, for example, the Peace Corps in the United States and Voluntary Service Overseas in Britain. Since the terrible earthquake took place in Wenchuan, more than 200 thousand volunteers across China have been helping there! They do all kinds of work or come up with ways to help improve life. Some offer their professional skills for free. Others have no qualifications (资历), but they love to work hard to help.
One of the most famous volunteers in the world was Mother Teresa. She could be the best volunteer because she gave her life to helping the poorest people of Calcutta. She helped the homeless, cared for the sick, gave out food, and became the mother of those without families.
Now more and more teenagers actively look for volunteering opportunities (机会), too. They volunteer because they think it will be fun or they will learn something. They also like the idea of being helpful to others, even if it is just handing out books for the teacher. As they get older, these reasons are still the same, but there are other important reasons for volunteering such as learning on—the-job, getting work experience, and improving their social life.
All volunteers bring joy to the people they help in so many ways. They might read books to the blind, fix up broken homes, find ways to get water for villagers. Could you be a volunteer? What kind of volunteer work could you do? There is someone in the world who needs you.
1. The Peace Corps is ________ in the United States.| A．a city | B．an organization | C．a volunteer | D．a school |
| A．a kind and helpful | B．a poor and sick |
| C．a homeless but kind | D．a sick but active |
| A．the homeless | B．the sick | C．the poor | D．the kids |
| A．They want to make more friends. | B．They want to be helpful. |
| C．It helps them get work experience. | D．It can improve their social life. |
| A．Volunteers do all kinds of work. | B．Mother Teresa was a great volunteer. |
| C．The world needs volunteers. | D．There are different ways of volunteering. |
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【推荐1】Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help other people in your spare time? Then join us and be a volunteer(志愿者)!
We are a non-profit organization(非盈利性组织). We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their 80s, can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children when their parents are working.
Hospitals need volunteers to look after children when their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I am happy, too,” says Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62.
If everyone helps a bit, we’ll all have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us at 1-800-5756, or visit our website: www. activol. com.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。1. What kind of people can become volunteers?
| A．Only teenagers. | B．Only old people. |
| C．From 12-year-old people to people in their 80s. | D．Only students and teachers. |
| A．Children | B．Many people | C．Volunteer | D．Nobody |
| A．everything | B．money | C．computers | D．nothing |
| A．dogs | B．cats | C．children | D．old people |
| A．an advertisement | B．a play | C．a film | D．a story |
【推荐2】Good things always happen to good people. Sometimes, you will get an unexpected treat for your kindness. Charlene Leslie is a good example.
Charlene is a supermarket worker. one day, on her way to shopping, Charlene saw a Graham’s Milk truck having trouble going up the hill. At that time, a snowstorm made the roads difficult for any cars. Without thinking much, Charlene went to help. Thanks to Charlene, the truck made it to the top Of the hill. Some people recorded the process (过程) and put the videos online.
After watching the video. Robert Graham, the boss of the Graham’s Family Dairy, decided to reward (酬谢) Charlene for her kind help. “Charlene and her family will receive our milk for free for the rest of the year,” he said.
However, Graham also advised people not to follow Charlene’s action(行为), because she could get hurt during the process. “We should think about our safety and health first,” he said.
1. The underlined word “unexpected” in the first paragraph means ________.| A．意外的 | B．必要的 | C．罕见的 | D．无用的 |
| A．In a supermarket. | B．In a clothing store. |
| C．In a milk factory. | D．In a truck company. |
| A．It was broken. | B．The road was full of cars. |
| C．The weather was terrible. | D．It carried too much milk. |
| A．Because she was unhealthy. | B．Because she was helpful. |
| C．Because she worked hard. | D．Because she was poor. |
| A．We should always follow others’ advice. |
| B．Our safety and health are not important. |
| C．Charlene was badly injured because of the truck. |
| D．Graham was against others following Charlene’s action. |
【推荐3】When talking about helping improve village education, the first thing most people think of is to give away things like books, clothes and money. However, Hou Changliang doesn’t think so. He uses a saying to show his idea, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
In 2017, he began to volunteer(自愿做) to teach at Xiangyang Primary School in Yunnan. Before he came here, he taught in Hechi, Guangxi, for four years and in Bijie, Guizhou, for two years.
He teaches in Yunnan for about five years until now. “The longer I stay in the countryside, the more I know about the difficulties in village education. Village schools need teachers, especially good ones,” Hou said, adding that a good teacher can make a real difference to a student and even a village.
Yang Feifan, a volunteer teacher at a village school in Guangxi, shared the same idea as Hou. He said, “Once we got a lot of donations(捐赠物) from across the country. But I didn’t want the students to get something without giving, so I came up with an idea to open a supermarket selling these donations.”
“Students can get things by cleaning classrooms, cooking or helping others,” Yang said. “I believe good education can help students learn life skills and become responsible(有责任心的) people.”
1. What can we learn from Hou’s words in Paragraph 1?| A．One fish is enough for a person to eat for a day. |
| B．It is important to teach students in the village how to fish. |
| C．Teaching a man how to fish is better than giving him a fish. |
| A．In 2022. | B．In 2020. | C．In 2017. |
| A．By playing sports. | B．By cleaning classrooms. | C．By doing homework. |
| A．They both play an important role in village education. |
| B．They both opened a supermarket to sell donations. |
| C．They both gave away books and clothes to students in the village. |
【推荐1】According to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar (阴历), there are 24 solar terms (节气) in a year. Major Snow is the 21st solar term of the year. During Major Snow, the temperature drops greatly. Here are three things you should know about Major Snow.
①________ The snow in North China may last a whole day, covering the ground and blocking (堵塞) the roads. People can see the beautiful natural scene of “ice blockading for hundreds of miles and snow flying through thousands of miles”. In the south, snow falls and the world turns white. There is a saying about the snow, “A timely snow promises a good harvest (瑞雪兆丰年).” As the snow covers the ground, pests (害虫) living through the winter will be killed by the cold temperature.
②________ People usually lose themselves in the beauty of wintersweet (腊梅) around Major Snow. Wintersweet usually opens in mid-to-late December in some southern cities of China. Wintersweet comes from China and is greatly admired in Chinese culture for its resilience during cold winters. With pine and bamboo, it is regarded as one of the Three Friends of Winter.
③________ Hot porridge can help warm you and make your body healthy in cold weather. In China, it’s traditional to eat red bean porridge on the first day of Major Snow.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?| A．The cold winter. | B．The bamboo. | C．Chinese culture. | D．Wintersweet. |
| A．It can treat illnesses. | B．It’s a symbol of good luck. |
| C．It can make the body warm. | D．It’s a wish for a good harvest. |
a. Eating porridge. b. Having a big meal with family. c. Enjoying the snowscape.
d. Admiring wintersweet. e. Making snowmen.
| A．①-e, ②-d, ③-c | B．①-c, ②-d, ③-a | C．①-e, ②-a, ③-d | D．①-c, ②-b, ③-a |
| A．Chinese people like wintersweet very much. |
| B．Major Snow is in November. |
| C．Major Snow is the last solar term of the year. |
| D．Major Snow is more popular in North China than in South China. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐2】A team of elderly women in Chongqing, serving as “shared-grand mas” to help working parents pick up their children from school and stay with the kids, has received a lot of likes online recently.
The team of “shared-grandmas” from the Shipingcun Community in Chongqing’s Jiulongpo District includes nine retired women, mostly empty-nesters(空巢老人). They volumteer to take care of 25 kids in the community.
Working parents of the children who aren’t able to pick up their kids from school are in need of a temporary guardian(临时监护人). The volunteers can spare the time and energy for the family and feel less lonely by doing the job.
Deng Lihong, 66, is a member of the team. Every weekday, she picks up the children from school, and accompanies them while they are doing their homework and playing in the community room until their parents pick them up.
“I feel young with the kids and my retired life is meaningful.” she said.
“The program started in April and the number of the team members is still growing,” Cao Yidan, the chairman of Chongqing Amber Social Work Service Center, said.
“The program is great and worth promoting(推广) in other places in the country,” an Internet user said.
“We encourage the retired women in the community to take part in this public service. It’s a win-win situation for the families in need and ‘shared-grandmas’. The feeling of achievement(成就感) and happiness means a lot to them,” Peng Mei, the secretary of the Party Committee of Shipingcun Community, said.
1. About working parents, we can learn from the third paragraph that ________.| A．they hope their kids to stay with the elderly |
| B．they think their kids need the care of grandmas |
| C．they want to go home directly after a day’s work |
| D．they can’t pick up their kids from school on time |
| A．teaches somebody to do housework | B．buys somebody some important things |
| C．cooks some delicious breakfast for kids | D．stays or goes somewhere with somebody |
| A．warm-hearted | B．intelligent | C．poor | D．rich |
| A．How the elderly spend their retired lives. |
| B．Offering chances for the elderly to enjoy life. |
| C．Empty-nesters volunteer to look after families. |
| D．“Shared-grandmas” a win-win public service. |
【推荐3】Earth Day comes every April 22. It’s a day to do some good for the planet. It’s also a time to think about how to help year-round. Get inspired by reading about three young people who have taken action for Mother Earth.
Fighting wildfires When Reshma Kosaraju was 12, her family moved to California. Soon after, the Camp Fire started.“It was one of the largest fires in California’s history,” Reshma, now 17, says. Her school was about 200 miles south of the fire. But students had to wear masks because of the smoke.“It was a terrible experience for me,” she says. It made her want to find a solution. She created a way to use AI to predict forest fires. Her method is nearly 90% accurate (准确的). |
Recycling power On his 10th birthday, Sri Nihal Tammana learned a scary fact. Every year, 15 billion batteries (电池) are thrown out. They pollute groundwater and harm the environment. Nihal’s organization, Recycle My Battery, provides recycling bins for batteries. It is now a team of 250 student volunteers around the world. In the past three years, they’ve helped recycle more than 26,000 batteries. |
Rescue effort Miles Fetherston -Resch, 10, is in the business of saving oceans. When he learned that sharks are in trouble, he persuaded his mom to help him start a non-profit (非营利的) organization. It’s called Kids Saving Oceans. Its website sells T-shirts, hats, and stickers made out of recycled plastic found in the ocean. A part of every sale —some $40,000 so far—is donated to charities that support clean waterways. |
1. Reshama Kosaraju is trying to help fight wildfires by________.
| A．using technology | B．starting an organization |
| C．raising money | D．giving money to fire stations |
| A．There was no clean drinking water in his city. |
| B．The world’s environment got worse and worse. |
| C．Sharks are endangered because of water pollution. |
| D．A huge number of old batteries polluted the environment. |
| A．Give it to their school. | B．Give it away to charities. |
| C．Spend it on toys. | D．Spend it helping poor kids. |
| A．Kid heroes for the planet | B．How to save energy at school |
| C．A school’s green group | D．How to recycle at school |
