1 . Helping people is nothing new to many teenagers. Some teenagers often work as volunteers and help others. Two teenagers came to our radio station and shared their experience about being a volunteer. Here’s what they said.
Lucy, 13, said. “I love volunteering! I often go around and clean up yards for some old people. You know, they are too old to clean them up. I usually make gifts for some women on Mother’s Day. And soon I’ll help with a Christmas dinner for the old or single people. I love the feeling when people smile at me.”
Peter, 14, said, “I often volunteer to teach young children how to read. When I see the happiness on their faces, I feel very proud. When they learn a new word, I always praise them and often encourage them to learn more words. Young children like me. They say that I am a good teacher. I’m very happy when I am with the children.”
1. What does Lucy often do as a volunteer?| A．She helps some old people. | B．She makes gifts for children. |
| C．She cooks for her family. | D．She reads books for some women. |
| A．Young children. | B．Poor children | C．Sick children. | D．Disabled children. |
| A．批评 | B．改正 | C．表扬 | D．欣赏 |
| A．Peter doesn’t like stay with the children. | B．Lucy only helps cook for her mother. |
| C．Peter often helps old people read. | D．Lucy and Peter have the same experience. |
My name is Feng Guixiang. I want to tell you about the China Children and Teenager’s Fund (CCTF) and how it helped me.
One of the CCTF’s special activities is the Spring Bud Project. In 1989, 4.8 million children in the country, aged from seven to fourteen（A） couldn’t go to school. Eighty-three percent（B）_______ them were girls. Because of this, the CCTF launched (创办), the project has helped millions of girls return to school. It has also built a lot of schools.
The very first Spring Bud class was here in Guangxi in 1989. The Spring Bud Project paid for me to attend that class. It also rented a room（C）close to the school for me.
Before the project started, I stayed at home and helped my mother （D）_______ the housework. （E）上学改变了我的生活. I learnt to read and write and do many other things.
Now I work as a teacher at a Spring Bud school here in Guangxi. I（F）wish to help other girls the way the Spring Bud Project helped me.
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3. 写出文中画线部分（C）和（F）的同义词或近义词：
4. 将文中画线部分（E）译成英语：
5. 从文中找出改变本文主人公命运的活动名称：
Years ago, I was on a train ride into the city when I noticed two girls and their mom getting on board. They carried two bags, which were big enough
As the train ride went on, the girl said that they were on their way to the children’s hospital
Towards the end of the ride, the man puzzled me because he
The moment left a lasting impression
“The firewood (柴火) is too close to your house. Keep it a bit further away.” On a sunny day, a group of women are making inspections (检查) in Mushan Village, Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province. They are
Mushan Village is in the east of Guizhou Province. There are over 1, 700 people living in the village. More than 90% of local houses are made from wood,
Liu Taicheng is a villager
“They are trying to keep
So far, the women firefighters have given more than 200 fire inspections and 40 presentations (讲座) on fire safety. Their work has won high
| A．makers | B．winners | C．members | D．users |
| A．but | B．so | C．because | D．while |
| A．into | B．from | C．to | D．as |
| A．teach | B．practise | C．change | D．offer |
| A．how | B．what | C．who | D．why |
| A．cheap | B．low | C．slow | D．old |
| A．suddenly | B．loudly | C．exactly | D．thankfully |
| A．ourselves | B．us | C．them | D．themselves |
| A．praise | B．sense | C．pride | D．energy |
| A．connect | B．treat | C．join | D．spread |
5 . What does it feel like being stung (叮咬) by a bee? What about being hit by a fallen apple? Can you think out of the box when such things happen? Well, for an 18-year-old Mikaila Ulmer from the US, her first bee sting at the age of 4 was a special experience. It encouraged her to make a difference and turned her into an entrepreneur (企业家).
The bee sting scared Mikaila, but it also made her interested in the bee. She soon learned how important bees are for the planet and how they are at risk of dying out.
At not even 5 years old, Mikaila wanted to do something to help save the bees. With her parents’ help, she set up a lemonade stand (柠檬水摊) in her front yard. She used her grandmother’s homemade lemonade recipe (食谱) and add a little bit of honey to it. The money from every lemonade she sold went to bee protection groups.
But Mikaila wanted to do more. She made her special recipe into a product, called Me and the Bees Lemonade. At age 10, she went on a TV show with her dad to try to get funding (资助) and public attention. It worked. Now, more than 10 years since her first lemonade, she sells five different drink products at many restaurants and stores across the country.
In 2020, Mikaila brought out a book about her experience as an entrepreneur called Bee Fearless, Dream Like a Kid. As she explained to CNBC, “I always say that it’s important to dream like a kid and that (as a kid) it’s the perfect age to start finding out what you enjoy and trying new things and taking risks.”
1. In the text, the underlined phrase “make a difference” means ________.| A．disagreeing something | B．having an effect on something |
| C．not being important | D．noticing what the difference is |
| A．wanted to make money by selling honey |
| B．hated the bees and wanted to kill them |
| C．learned the bees’ situation in which death is possible |
| D．made up her mind to be an entrepreneur |
| A．helping her grandparents sell drinks | B．selling her grandma’s lemonade recipe |
| C．working for bee protection groups | D．selling lemonade drinks with honey |
| A．Don’t be afraid of bees | B．Helping others is helping yourself |
| C．To dream like a kid | D．Creativity is a natural gift |
What happens to the coins in Rome’s Trevi Fountain? People from all over the world come to throw coins into the fountain (喷泉), making a wish. Few give
Well, the coins don’t just sit there. Instead, they
The process of collecting the coins is quite interesting. Workers
Tourists are happy to hear that their coins
In December 2023, 18-year-old Reed Marcum, together with about 200 volunteers did a great thing. They handed out over 10,000 gifts to
One day, Reed learned that a classmate of
She agreed and shared a video
Since then, the tradition has continued every year. Reed is now a student at Oklahoma State University, but he still
Reed’s mother, said, “I watched Reed go from a shy boy
8 . 247 graduate students of Fudan University have volunteered to teach the children in Xihaigu region (地区) of Ningxia for the past 22 years. The region used to be poor because of its terrible natural environment. “We expect to make a difference to the children’s life by sharing our knowledge in different fields.”, one of the volunteers says.
The students have different abilities, so the volunteers have used different teaching methods to help them develop good study habits. “Local children had never learned English before, so we started with basic knowledge like English letters and pronunciation.”, says Li Lianshuo, a Fudan volunteer.
“We visit the students’ homes in cur free time.We communicate with their parents so that we help the parents understand the importance of children’s education, because the parents didn’t care much about it years ago,”, explains Yang Chenhaotong, who was the leader of the volunteer team in 2019. According to Yang, the parents give their children a lot of support in their studies now.
They have also set up football clubs and held many ball games to make the children’s life colorful.
Fudan University has also given away more than 10 million yuan to the region to build playgrounds and other buildings over the past 22 years.
“Thanks to my volunteer teacher, my life has changed a lot.I will study hard and become an excellent person like her,”, Li Sumei, a local student, says excitedly.
1. What do the volunteers expect to do in Xihaigu region?| A．To make a difference to the children’s life . | B．To make the volunteers’ life more interesting. |
| C．To change the bad natural environment in the region. | D．To make people know more about Fudan University. |
| A．Because children had different hobbies . | B．Because children were not clever enough. |
| C．Because children thought English was difficult. | D．Because children had never learned English before. |
| A．Children’s ability | B．Children’s life. | C．Children’s education | D．Children’s health. |
| A．Making the Poor Region Rich | B．Volunteering in Xihaigu Region |
| C．How to Change Parents’ Minds | D．How to Be Excellent Volunteers |
9 . “Purple cat, looking at me,” a boy read. Herman Cruise listened and said in an exciting voice, “
But Herman is not an English teacher at Middle Township School.
It all started when Herman tried to kill his time between shifts (轮班). He noticed a child in a classroom. He wanted to read, but failed.
“His action really touched me a lot at that time,” Miss Byron said. “Now Mr Herman is the most popular ‘teacher’ among the students. Every day, they ask me, ‘
Herman Cruise really loved the activity. “I don’t care how many children will come. As long as I’m still healthy, I’m going to read with the children together,” he said.
Herman still enjoys driving students to school and back home. “The beautiful thing about a school bus driver is, I’m kind of another parent for the children. Now I’m more than that with this activity,” Herman smiled.
| A．Can I read with Mr Herman? |
| B．You are getting better at this! |
| C．In fact, he is not a teacher at all. |
| D．So Herman decided to offer help. |
| E．Can I play games with Mr Herman? |
You saw news reports about people who needed help after an accident or homeless animals. Maybe you once walked past people who were living on the streets. Or maybe you watched TV programs about how lonely old people got.
What can you do about any of those things?
Volunteering isn’t like going to school. Different from being told what to do and what subjects to learn, you get to pick.
The possibilities are endless. Below are a few of the many possibilities. You can go to a library to read to little kids, give away meals to the homeless, or help people with disabilities.
| A．You’ll get a lot out of your experience. |
| B．You can also cheer people up in hospitals. |
| C．You can choose what really interests you. |
| D．The answer is: you can volunteer to help. |
| E．You should take part in the voluntary work. |
