Nowadays, more and more teenagers do volunteer activities in their free time. They can not only help others but also exercise themselves. They set good     1     for us.

Zhang Ping is a student from Shanghai. Although she is     2     with her study, she spends several hours helping others every week. For example, she cleans up the streets in her neighborhood and helps the pupils with their     3    . She says she has a feeling of     4     after volunteering.

Li Fang’s mother is good at making shoes. Li Fang has a great interest in it, so she learned     5     to make shoes from her mother. Now she can make shoes by herself. She is excited about it and she wants     6     some shoes for the homeless people.

Li Wei is a boy from Jiangxi. He joined a special club     7     month. In the club, the club members go to the old people’s home on weekends and help do housework for them. The club members believe their     8     will make a difference to those old people. Li Wei also likes repairing things. After school, he often     9     broken things for people in need. There are     10     disabled people in his neighborhood. They have difficulty moving around, so he usually goes to their homes to help them.

Zhang Ping, Li Fang and Li Wei are really     11    . We should learn from them.

We need some volunteers. We are looking for ten students to contribute (贡献) their free time. You should be patient and open-minded.

You can choose one from the following:

◆The orphanage (孤儿院). We will go to the orphanage on Saturday morning. You can bring flowers or some interesting books. If you can sing or dance, that will be better.

◆The library. We will help move books from the old library to the new one on Sunday afternoon. It seems boring but it really helps the librarians a lot.

◆The park. We will go to the park on Sunday morning. We will take out some rubbish and water the trees. We can have free bread and some bottles of water.

If you want to be a volunteer, please call Miss Lee at 6528186. And go to her office to fill in a form before Tuesday.

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6 . The process (过程) of donating blood doesn’t take very long. If you’re willing to donate (捐献) blood, you can go to a nearby Red Cross donation center.

When you arrive at the center, you can first read some information about donating blood. Then you need to fill in a form and tell the doctor your medical history. After that you’ll receive a health check. It’s important for doctors to know your health condition (状况). ______

When it’s time to donate, you’ll sit in a comfortable chair or lie on the bed. A nurse will clean part of your arm and use a needle (针) to get the blood into a plastic bag. Several minutes later, the process is over. The doctor will place a small bandage over the needle mark.

Before you leave, you’ll be given biscuits and milk, as well as a donation record card. It’s important to avoid too much exercise a few hours after donating blood. Remember that the Red Cross does not pay for blood. All donors (捐献者) are volunteers.

8 . There are many volunteers who try their best to protect (保护) the environment around us. Xu Haiou, a 61-year-old woman, is one of ________. Xu has spent most of her life ________environmental protection work in Beihai, Guangxi. In her free time, she takes an ________ part in volunteer activities ________ cleaning beaches, helping homeless animals, and recycling (回收) kitchen waste.

In 2004, Xu ________ her own organization (组织) to protect the environment. At that time, her organization was the only non-profit (非营利的) organization ________ volunteer work in Beihai, it ________ all kinds of volunteer activities.

In 2008, the organization ________ a sea animals protection program (海洋动物保护项目). Xu and the other members of the team (团队) organized ________ volunteer activities. People can ________ sea animals in these activities. People can also learn a lot about the ________ of protecting animals. The protection of sea animals is important to both Xu and her ________.

The hard work of Xu’s team in Beihai is ________. “Doing volunteer work is very important, because it makes a big ________. Protecting the environment is very hard work, it can’t be done ________ only one or two persons. I hope more people can join us in protecting the environment than before.”

9 . 阅读理解A篇有四则志愿者招聘广告。假设你是张华，请从A篇的招聘广告中选择一份自己感兴趣的志愿者工作，或者自选其它的志愿者工作，写一封申请信。申请信需要包括以下要点：

I am writing to you for applying to be a volunteer. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Hope I can get the job.

Yours,

Zhang Hua