1 . 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。所填单词必须写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。每个空格只能填一个单词。

Have you ever noticed you feel happier after helping someone else? Volunteering isn’t just great for the people you support, and it can bring you happiness too.

Volunteering means that you give your time, energy or skills to help others but don’t expect others to give you anything back. There are more than one billion volunteers helping others all over the world, and there are lots of ways you can join them, including raising money for charity, helping in your local community,or even carrying a neighbour’s shopping goods home.

According to Susan Albers, a psychologist, volunteering can reduce stress and make you feel better about your life. This is because being kind and doing things for other people activates (激活) the reward part of the brain and releases (释放) feel good chemicals like dopamine and serotonin. Albers says that volunteering has other benefits (益处) too, such as feeling part of a community, making friends and learning skills.

There are lots of ways you can volunteer. Albers recommends finding something that is meaningful to you. If you love sports, say, then ask if your club needs help like coaching younger players. If you’re passionate about protecting the environment, organize a litter pick or beach clean. You could also ask at your local library, community center or school for volunteering opportunities (机会). Before you start, remember to make sure you check with your parents. What’s more, Albers says volunteering is an activity that everyone can do. You needn’t have a lot of skills or spend much time.”

Title: Volunteering

What is volunteering?	It means giving your time, energy or skills to help others without expecting anything in     1    .
Why is volunteering good for us?	> Because it helps us     2     and makes us feel better about our life. > Because it helps us not feel     3     and helps us learn skills.
How can we volunteer?	> Find something meaningful to us. > Look for volunteering opportunities. > Make sure our parents     4     us.
Everyone can volunteer because it’s not     5     for us to have lots of skills or spend much time.

2 . Do you know Tang Shuai? He is China’s only sign language lawyer (手语律师). He was born in 1985 in Chongging. His parents can’t hear or speak. After Tang was born, his father sent him to his grandparents’ home, so he could talk to others. They wanted him to be healthy. But when Tang was old enough (足够), he hoped to learn more about his parents and communicate with them, so he decided to learn sign language.

One day in 2006, a mother asked him to help her daughter who couldn’t speak. Someone thought the girl took away his mobile phone, but she didn’t do that. With the help of Tang Shuai, people finally knew the fact. After that, Tang Shuai decided to be a sign language lawyer to help more people. He worked hard and became a lawyer six years later.

Now Tang Shuai spends lots of his free time on legal education (法律教育). He hopes that there will be more sign language lawyers in China.

1. Tang Shuai was born in ________.

A．Beijing

B．Chongqing

C．Shanghai

2. Why did Tang Shuai’s father send him to his grandparents’ home?

A．Because Tang Shuai’s parents were busy.

B．Because Tang Shuai’s grandparents lived alone.

C．Because they wanted Tang Shuai to talk with others.

3. The underlined word “communicate” means ________ in Chinese.

A．交流

B．保护

C．讨论

4. When did Tang Shuai become a lawyer?

A．In 2006.

B．In 2008.

C．In 2012.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Tang Shuai’s parents aren’t able to walk.

B．Tang Shuai hopes to have lots of free time.

C．Tang Shuai is very kind and he works hard.

3 . 阅读下文并回答问题。

At just 14 years old, Ryan Hickman from San Juan Hills High School, US, attracts a lot of eyes with a beach clean-up activity. On April 20th, 2024, he and many volunteers started a five-week activity to pick up trash from five beaches along the Southern California coast and even some beaches in Mexico.

“The trash ends up in the ocean, and animals are eating it,” Ryan told The Orange County Register. “Picking up a piece of trash may save a turtle’s life.” He has collected about 2 million bottles from beaches, lakes and rivers since 2012.

Ryan first learned about the influence of pollution at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC,太平洋海洋哺乳动物中心) in Laguna Beach, which has been saving and protecting sea animals for more than 40 years. Watching sea animals improve inspired him to think about what he could do to help to save them.

From a young age, he has developed a love for recycling. He kept collecting trash and bottles for a long time. One day, Ryan knew from the workers in PMMC that saving sea animals needed money. “Why not sell them?” he thought. In 2017, Ryan handed a $10,000 check (支票) to the PMMC after picking up 50,000 pounds of trash and more than 200,000 recyclable bottles.

Ryan has also traveled worldwide, speaking to kids about caring for our planet and oceans. He hopes every kid can do something.

He said, “It’s meaningful. __________________________________________________________________.”

1. Did the five-week beach clean-up activity start on April 20th, 2024?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How many bottles has Ryan collected since 2012?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3. What did Ryan do to help save the sea animals?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Finish what Ryan said. (about 30 words)
__________________________________________________________________________________________

4 . 阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容按要求完成任务。

Did you ever volunteer (自愿) some of your time to help others? If you do volunteer work, you can get a lot. You can learn about yourself, learn about others and help others as you help yourself. One of the hardest parts of volunteering is to find a volunteering chance. Here are some ideas for you.

Homeless shelters (无家可归者的庇护所)

In almost all big cities, there’s at least (至少) one homeless shelter. It can help homeless people with meals, beds and other services. Most homeless shelters welcome volunteers. You can help to prepare meals.

Helping others learn to read

Reading is one of the most important skills a person can have. Many people, however, have never learned how to read. Volunteers can help people to learn this important skill.

Animal shelters

Many animal shelters are non-profit or government organizations (非营利或政府机构). So they welcome volunteers to help look after animals, keep everything clean and help people know about protecting animals. You can call an animal shelter for more information.

Task I: Finish the chart according to the article. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words.

How to find the right     1     chance
Homeless shelters	They can provide homeless people with meals, beds and other     2    . You can help to get     3     ready.
Helping others learn to read	You can help people to learn     4     skills.
Animal shelters	You can help look after animals, keep everything clean and tell people how     5     animals.

Task II: Answer the following questions.
1)How many homeless shelters are there in almost all big cities?
    6    
2)What can you do if you want to know more information about animal shelters?
    7    
3)Do you think volunteering is important? Explain your reason(s) in about 20 words.
    8    

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案写在答题卡相应位置。

Paul Barton, a British, is now living in Thailand (泰国). In his online videos, he plays the piano for elephants. So far, he     1     (own) nearly 700 thousand followers on YouTube. In his most watched video, a nearly-blind elephant named Ampan     2     (calm) listens to him playing classical music.

Ampan is 80 years old and lives at Elephants World, which is     3     organization to rescue elephants. There live over 30 elephants like Ampan. Before they were rescued, they     4     (force) to perform for tourists. Now Elephants World provides these beautiful animals     5     a comfortable sanctuary (庇护所). So for the rest of their lives, they can live a happy and     6     (peace) life there.

Paul started to play the piano for elephants there from his     7     (fifty) birthday. He talked the manager there into allowing him to bring a piano into the sanctuary. However, carrying a heavy piano was not as easy as he expected. It took him almost two     8     (hour) to get the piano deep into the sanctuary in the wild.

“These elephants have worked for humans all their life and many are blind     9     disabled, so I wanted to carry something heavy for them,” Paul said. “I saw elephants so hungry and eating all the time. But whenever I started playing, one blind elephant would always stop     10     (listen). We realised that this elephant, even in a world of darkness, loved music.”

10 . There were strong earthquakes in Turkey in February, 2023. Did you feel ________ for the people when the earthquakes happened? Did you think of doing something to help? A boy called Benjamin did.

Benjamin is ________ 13-year-old boy from Sarajevo, Bosnia. After he read the news on the Internet, he set up a stand in Sarajevo and sold tea to ________ money for people in Turkey. He spent 4 hours a day in the cold ________ tea for $ 0.5 each cup. Many people came to help and he raised $107 ________ in the end. Benjamin used the money to get tooth brushes, food and other things for the people who suffered in the earthquakes.

On March 17, the International University of Sarajevo(TUS) invited him to the school to share ________ experience. The university also gave Benjamin a full scholarship (奖学金) for the future education. The scholarship was for what he did to help the people ________. “He is a little boy who has a(n) ________ heart. He shows us every single person can ________ difficult things, and we are proud of him,” said Prof. Dr. Ahmet Yildirim of IUS.

Even tiny ________ can make a difference to our life. When we care about the world, it cares about us.

1.

A．weak

B．sorry

C．excited

D．surprised

2.

A．the

B．an

C．a

D．/

3.

A．give

B．lend

C．raise

D．borrow

4.

A．buying

B．selling

C．getting

D．making

5.

A．slowly

B．honestly

C．quickly

D．successfully

6.

A．her

B．his

C．their

D．our

7.

A．in order

B．in surprise

C．in trouble

D．in common

8.

A．big

B．small

C．lonely

D．usual

9.

A．get on with

B．catch up with

C．come up with

D．help out with

10.

A．kindness

B．illness

C．tiredness

D．happiness