1 . Every year, a lot of young people in Britain finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some people go to other countries and work as volunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people—for example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they help to protect the environment.

Pauline Jones, 18, comes from Cardiff, Wales (威尔士加的夫). Next year she wants to go to a university to study Spanish, but now she is living in Belize, a small country in Central America (中美洲). Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to protect the coral reefs (珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is polluted (污染), the coral will die. I’m helping to study the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All over the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to do something about the problem before it’s too late.”

“I’m staying with a family here. They are very friendly and I help with the cooking and the cleaning. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I have learned a lot about the people of Belize—and myself. When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months. I plan to visit other countries in Central America too.”

1. What does the underlined word “volunteers” mean in Chinese?

A．志愿者

B．研究员

C．拓荒者

D．指挥员

2. From the passage, we can know that Pauline ________.

A．comes from Belize	B．is good at Spanish
C．makes a lot of money	D．is away from her family

3. Which of the following volunteer work does Pauline do?
① helping in a hospital                                                     ② helping to study fish
③ protecting coral reefs                                                    ④ teaching in a school

A．①②

B．①③

C．②③

D．②④

4. What does Pauline probably think of her volunteer work?

A．Difficult.

B．Relaxing.

C．Useful.

D．Boring.

5. What is Pauline going to do after she finishes her volunteer work?

A．Start work.

B．Go traveling.

C．Study English.

D．Learn to cook.

3 . Susan Jones often noticed people walking with guide dogs in her city. She was always     1     (interest) in how the guide dogs do their work. She finally     2     (find) the answer when she heard about the Seeing Eye program, whose purpose is to train dogs to be guides for blind people.

Last year, Susan and her family became Seeing Eye     3     (volunteer). They adopted (收养)     4     young Seeing Eye dog. “We spent a lot of time staying with him,” explained Susan. It     5     (take) at least two years to teach Seeing Eye dogs all the skills they needed to guide a disabled person.

During the first month of life, the little dogs live     6     a normal family. When the dog is about one year old, it leaves     7     (it) home. A professional trainer and a blind person teach the dog the skills. After a long     8     difficult training period, the dog and the blind person finally team up.

Susan said there was a deep     9     (feel) between her and the little dog. “It was always hard when the time came to say goodbye,” she said. “But we knew that the little dog was going to help someone who     10     (strong) needed it. I feel good about having had a small part in giving the gift of independence to someone who cannot see.”

4 . 阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Do you know community service? It’s unpaid work that we do to help others. My school ________ students to do community service. Doing this kind of service not only helps others, but also allows us to examine real-world ________.

Homelessness is a big problem all over the world and is ________ serious in Los Angeles, where I live. In Los Angeles, over 60,000 people have no choice but to live on the streets. In order to ________ these people, I have volunteered for different organizations where I make and hand out food to homeless people.

One of these volunteer programs is called Share a Meal. On Thursday nights, volunteers for Share a Meal meet at a ________ truck (卡车), where we take turns making burritos (墨西哥卷饼). Burritos are high in calories and protein, ________ them ideal (完美的) for homeless people. Volunteers also ________ water and bananas.

After making the burritos, we drive around to neighborhoods, ________ out burritos and other foods to groups of homeless people. Interacting (互动) with them has been a very valuable ________. Their life stories sometimes make me sad, ________ their warmth and hope for the future is great to see. This experience has made me want to do my best to be a helpful person in my community.

1.

A．asks

B．orders

C．makes

2.

A．chances

B．ways

C．problems

3.

A．especially

B．seldom

C．differently

4.

A．test

B．help

C．refuse

5.

A．water

B．model

C．food

6.

A．making

B．helping

C．becoming

7.

A．buy

B．bring

C．sell

8.

A．carrying

B．putting

C．handing

9.

A．reason

B．experience

C．necessary

10.

A．and

B．if

C．but

6 .

A	B
People do volunteering for different reasons, but mainly to help other people or animals. Volunteering not only is good for those who receive help, but also even brings more good to the help-givers. For school-aged kids, volunteering helps build social skills and develop self-worth awareness (自我价值意识). Through volunteering, high school students may help themselves get into a good college, and college students can improve themselves for better jobs after graduation. Volunteering truly makes a difference.	Volunteering plays a key role in making our society stronger. Volunteer organizations provide services that help build a united (团结的) society together with other organizations. Volunteering helps develop socially responsible business practice (惯例). The practice helps get business decisions made with respect for the neighborhood and environment. Socially responsible businesses also like to be known for setting up or supporting charity programs.
C	D
To volunteer, one should know how to choose right work. If you are a first-time volunteer, short-term work will provide you with the best chance to see if the work is right for you. Short-term volunteering is especially valuable if you can help by providing skills not found at the organization. When you find the right volunteer program, serving a longer term gives you the chance to develop a higher level of skill.	Want to do volunteer work? Join us! Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit (非盈利的) housing organization working in the US and other countries. Our dream is to have a world where everyone has a place to live. We partner with people nearby and around the world. In the coming year, we will serve more people than ever before through low-cost housing. Email us supportcenter@habitat. org!

1. Match the passages A ~ D with the two topics: ①The reasons to volunteer; ②How to volunteer. Which of the following is right?

A．①-AB; ②-CD	B．①-AC; ②-BD
C．①-AD; ②-BC	D．①-BC; ②-AD

2. Doing volunteer work can help high school students _______.

A．live a happy life

B．enter a good college

C．prepare themselves for a better job

D．get a deep understanding of themselves

3. Passage B is mainly talking about the relationship between _______.

A．business and society

B．volunteering and the environment

C．volunteering and society

D．business and neighborhood

4. When choosing volunteer work, one should _______.

A．pick up what he is not good at

B．do his first work for a long time

C．try all kinds of work for a short term

D．find what is right for him and serve long

5. Where does passage D possibly come from?

A．A textbook.	B．A tour guide.
C．An advertisement.	D．A science report.

7 .

		Good For You About a quarter of the people who volunteered in the last 12 months say that volunteering has helped them to manage a chronic (慢性的) illness.
76% of people who volunteered in the last twelve months say that volunteering makes them feel stronger.				94% of people who volunteered in the last twelve months say that volunteering makes them happier.
			96% say that volunteering makes their life helpful and it is good for the society (社会).
95% say that they are helping to make their community a better place.
	80% of people who volunteered in the last 12 months say that they feel they have a better feeling in health.			78% of people who volunteered in the last 12 months say that volunteering helps them feel less upset.

1. The main purpose of the text is to show ________.

A．volunteering is good for you	B．most people want to volunteer
C．volunteering is good for study	D．many people volunteered last year

2. How many people think volunteering makes them feel stronger?

A．76%.

B．78%.

C．80%.

D．94%.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about volunteering?

A．96% say that volunteering makes them happier.

B．94% say that volunteering helps them feel less upset.

C．95% say that volunteering makes their life meaningful.

D．80% say that they feel they have a better feeling in health.

4. What do 96% of volunteers think of what they’re doing?

A．Difficult.

B．Boring.

C．Useful.

D．Surprising.

5. In which section of a newspaper would you probably read the text?

A．Science.

B．Society.

C．Travel.

D．Art.

8 .

Hainan, China If you are: 22~40 years old Free from February 13th to March 15th & able to ※ teach ※ take care of children ※ organize international meetings ※ or speak Chinese & English Please contact us by calling 777-458 Please join us and take part in our activities.	New Delhi, India If you are: 28~35 years old Free from June 7th to July 15th & September 1 st to October 8th & able to ※ collect rubbish ※ take care of pets ※ plant trees ※ be a tour guide ※ or speak Chinese & English Please contact us: 777-459indiavt@aa.com

1. You can click (点击) ________ if you want to learn about the volunteer (志愿者) work in Canada.

A．Home

B．Countries

C．Activities

D．Contact

2. Volunteers need to work in Hainan for ________.

A．a week

B．half a month

C．a month

D．two months

3. They both need someone who can ________ to work in Hainan and New Delhi.

A．speak two languages	B．look after children
C．teach Chinese & English	D．collect rubbish

4. ________ can take part in the volunteer activities in New Delhi.

A．Ben, 26, a zookeeper	B．Sally, 30, a travel guide
C．Mark, 28, a math teacher	D．Peter, 33, who is free in August

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．You can only send an e-mail to be a volunteer.

B．The volunteers will do some cleaning in Hainan.

C．The passage probably comes from a science magazine.

D．The passage asks people to be volunteers.

9 . While many young people were enjoying the summer vacation, Zach Bonner was working his hardest. Zach started walking from Valrico, Florida, his hometown, on Christmas, 2009. He reached Los Angeles nine months later in September, 2010. He covered a total of 2,478 miles and raised $120,000 for kids in need. Along the way, Zach attended school online. His mother, brother and sister took turns to walk or drive together with him.

Although he is very young, Zach has a long history of helping others. When a terrible storm hit the town in 2004, Zach, when six, pulled a wagon (小推车) through his community and collected food for people in need.

He has raised $400,000 for his Little Red Wagon Foundation from then on. It gives money to projects which help homeless children. In 2007, Zach began walking to support a children’s charity (慈善组织) in Tampa, Florida. He finished his journey 23 days later, 280 miles away in Tallahassee. Then in the summer of 2009, he trekked about 670 miles from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., in just two months.

“As long as there are homeless kids, I will never stop walking for them,” Zach says.

1. We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ______.

A．Zach is from Los Angeles	B．Zach gave up school while walking
C．Zach’s family were against him to walk	D．Zach walked to collect money for kids in need.

2. At what age did Zach start walking from his hometown to Los Angeles?

A．11

B．6

C．12

D．9

3. The underlined word “trekked” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A．延伸

B．挖掘

C．跋涉

D．飞行

4. What do you think of Zach?

A．Friendly and shy.

B．Stupid but lovely.

C．Kind and helpful.

D．Clever but lazy.

5. We can infer (推断) from the passage that ______.

A．There will be no homeless kids in the future

B．Zach will keep on walking for the kids in need

C．It took Zach 23 days to walk from Tallahassee to Washington, D.C.

D．Zach started to raise money for his Little Red Wagon Foundation in 2007

10 . It was a hot day. Mark and Timo were glad that they weren’t lugging (用力拖) cans today. It was Wednesday yesterday, and it took hours to get all of the cans they had saved to the recycling (回收) center.

Today, the boys had to know how much money they got and what to do with it. They talked about bikes and basketballs. They dreamed about rockets and hot air balloons (气球).

As they walked, Mark bent over and picked up a can without even thinking about it. When he saw the can in his hand, he laughed.

“Old habits die hard,” Timo said. “Maybe we had better buy more rubbish bags!” Mark and Timo were still laughing about picking up cans when they caught up with Mr. Timmons.

“Hi. Mr. Timmons,” smiled Timo, “Where are you heading?”

Mr. Timmons seemed pleased to see them. “Well, I’m on my way to help at the food pantry (食品柜).”

“What goes on there?” Mark asked.

“Oh, they always need to help pack or unpack cans of food,” Mr. Timmons answered, “The pantry helps those people who don’t have enough money to buy food.”

“Not enough money for food?” said the boys together. They looked at each other and agreed.

“Can we come along, Mr. Timmons?” asked Timo. “I think we just found out what to do with our recycling money.”

1. What did Mark and Timo do on Wednesday?

A．They picked up cans on the streets.

B．They learned how to make rockets.

C．They sold the cans to the recycling center.

D．They talked about what to do with their money.

2. What does the underlined phrase “bent over” mean in Paragraph 3?

A．摔跤

B．弯腰

C．张望

D．倾斜

3. When did Mr. Timmons go to the food pantry?

A．On Wednesday.

B．On Thursday

C．On Friday.

D．On Sunday.

4. Which of the following is the correct order of the story?
①Mark picked up one more can.
②Timo said they should buy more rubbish bags.
③The boys found out what to do with their recycling money.
④The boys met Mr. Timmons who was going to help at the food pantry.

A．①→②→③→④	B．④→②→①→③
C．①→②→④→③	D．③→②→①→④

5. What’s the probable ending of the story?

A．The boys volunteered at the food pantry once a week.

B．Mark bought a bike and Timo bought a basketball with the money.

C．The boys bought food for poor people with their recycling money.

D．The boys became interested in rockets and dreamed to work at them.