2 . Some children in Africa (非洲) don’t have school things. Some people from other countries give them some. Look! How happy they are!

Bill is really happy.     1     He can put his pencils in it now.

Jane gets a notebook. She always wants a notebook, but her parents are too poor (贫困的) to buy one for her.     2     What’s that in Mike’s hands? Oh. It’s a storybook. Mike likes reading books very much.     3     Little Tommy gets some pencils. He usually writes with a stone (石子), but his spelling is really great. Now he can write with a real pencil.

    4     You can give your old school things to us. We need books, schoolbags, dictionaries, pencils, rulers, pencil boxes...

    5     You can also email us at isamy@developafrica.org.

4 . Zhang Ning was a volunteer at the Winter Olympics in 2022. When she was interviewed on the radio, she shared her stories and ________ with the audience（观众）. “I was 10 years old when Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008. When I was watching TV and ________ the amazing performances, I was excited.”

She came to know that holding the Olympics was a chance to tell China’s stories to the world, showing the world a more beautiful China. “It’s a wonderful experience to be a ________ at the Winter Olympics 14 years later. It made my childhood dream ________.” said Zhang Ning. “I learned a lot, ________ I was busy and tired.”

In order to ________ better service, Zhang Ning and her team were trained seriously. They worked hard in the face of difficulties. One of the most ________ things was the cold weather, as some of the work was outside. With more than 300 other volunteers, she might have worked for about 1, 000 hours, like checking temperatures and tickets ________ at Wukesong Sports Center.

“I ________ for our athletes（运动员）when they were trying their best. I felt ________ proud when I saw our national flag rising high, tears in my eyes,” She said, “Volunteering is unusual. I’ll do such jobs again and invite more people to join us.”

There was an old man in our neighborhood. He was new here. He lived in the corner of the neighborhood by _______. He looked _______ all the time because he never talked to anyone. He _______ around the neighborhood every morning. As he ran, he picked up garbage（捡垃圾）and put it in bags.

One day, we heard that the old man had a car accident（事故）when he was picking up garbage. He would have to spend some time in the _______. We also learned that he could not _______ English very well and that was why he didn’t _______ anyone. That made people in our neighborhood feel sorry for him.

One of our teachers wanted to do _______. She told the old man’s _______ to a newspaper. A _______ visited the old man and wrote about him. His name was Mr. Polanski. In the country where Mr. Polanski grew up, there was ________ no garbage on the street. So when he first saw garbage in our neighborhood, he felt ________. He wanted ________ clean up the neighborhood so he could be happy in this new country.

Later, our school ________ that we would have a run in a winter day to pick up garbage, just as Mr. Polanski did. We called it the “Polanski Run” that day. Mr. Polanski ran in front, and hundreds of students ________. We ran around the neighborhood in groups, picking up garbage and putting it in bags.

________ the weather in winter was cold, our bodies and hearts were warm.

8 . 请根据所给素材，以“A small thing”为题，写一篇英语短文，记叙一件你经历过的小事。

A small thing

9 . When Sammie Vance was just 8, she thought about a question: What breaks your heart? “For me, it’s seeing people who need a friend,” the seventh grader from Indiana, US, told people magazine, “I’ve been lonely myself, I don’t want others to feel that way.”

Soon after a summer camp, Vance learned about buddy benches (“伙伴长椅”). These benches are seats at a school playground. A lonely child can sit on it, which shows that he or she is in need of a friend.

She loved this idea. “This would be really cool to have at my school,” Vance said. Then she got into action immediately. She collected 725 kilograms of bottle caps and found a company to turn the caps into benches for her school. According to Vance, these recycled benches cost much less than regular park benches and are good for the environment.

Vance collected more for benches at other schools too. She also made a Facebook page for others to follow her journey and make bottle cap donations. She was surprised that her small project has had an influence on people around the world. She even received bottle caps from Germany, Australia and Israel.

Today, Vance has helped make more than 200 recycled benches in schools and neighborhoods. But she has no plans of stopping. She said in an interview that even adults can use a buddy bench because people at any age can feel lonely. “I just look forward to making a difference,” she said, “and encouraging other people to make a difference.”

10 . Do you like travelling? Have you heard of volunteer travel? The main purpose of volunteer travel is to take part in service opportunity to help others. During the trip, volunteer travelers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. The volunteers may get free or discounted (打折) accommodation, meals and laundry, activities, or classes because of their help.

Traditionally, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. But now, more volunteer trips have taken place within the volunteers’ own countries in recent years. Volunteer projects in the countryside are now attracting more visitors living in the cities as a break from the fast and stressful city lives.

________ By doing voluntary work while traveling, travelers may make a real, positive influence on the world. The services volunteers provide can reduce the costs (成本) for the communities they serve. Another advantage of volunteer travel is that it helps people living in cities experience the life in the countryside. For those who are tired of city life but can’t move to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a way. In this way, travelers can relax themselves from their busy lives, while the countryside can get a lot by receiving more customers for local tourism industries.