We are glad to invite you to our volunteer appreciation dinner at the Chicago Yacht Club.
We thank you for your time and hard work spent in planning the club’s many activities. In the past year we held two big competitions and offered free training to hundreds of students. All these couldn’t be done perfectly without your efforts (努力). Your job makes the group stronger and more successful. We hope more volunteers like you will join our club.
During the party, the manager of our club will give a talk to share his own experiences about volunteer jobs. After that, you can enjoy good music and delicious food. You can also enjoy a dance party. Hope you have a great time.
Date: Sunday, July 1st, 2023
Time: 6:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.
Place: Chicago Yacht Club, Monroe Street Station
Please let us know before June 29th, 2023 if you would like to join. You can bring a friend here with you.
You can contact us by calling 312-8577686 or visiting www. chicagoyachtclub.org.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。1. The dinner party will be held ________.
| A．in a restaurant | B．in a club | C．at a coffee shop |
| A．entered two competitions | B．offered free training | C．helped to plan activities |
| A．give a talk | B．listen to music | C．enjoy great food |
| A．By writing an email. | B．By talking to the manager. | C．By making a phone call. |
| A．Any volunteer can bring some friends. |
| B．The manager will share his volunteer experiences. |
| C．The party will last for two and a half hours. |
2 . Qin Tian, 26, returned from Britain to her hometown of Xiangyang, Hubei Province, for the Spring Festival. And she stayed to help in the fight against COVID-19.
Since January 24, she has collected and given out aid with many volunteers. Between January and March, the most difficult time for medical workers, Qin wore plastic bags so that she could work 10 hours. Every morning, Qin helped distribute aid to hospitals, communities and the people in need. In the afternoon she communicated with people to get the latest information about the need. Sometimes, Qin and her father took turns driving the family car to bring aid from another city. They needed to drive for about eight hours for a round trip. It was often 11 p.m. or 4 a.m. when the aid arrived. After arriving, Qin would then help unload (卸) the aid. She took a rest in the office for four or five hours a day, with scabs (痂) on her shoulders. The scabs were from unloading the aid. Nowadays, everything returns to normal. She hands out daily necessary things to poor people. Those people thank her a lot.
Qin’s idea for volunteer work came from her mother. When she was in junior high school, her mother took her to many places to offer some help. “The experience touched me a lot. I used to complain about life, such as the strict rules from my parents, but after learning many people were still living in difficulty, I realized that what I should do is to help those in need. Doing meaningful things makes me feel valued and I would like to give lots of my time to that,” she said.
1. When did Qin Tian begin to give out aid?| A．On February 26 | B．On January 24 | C．On March 24 |
| A．give out | B．give up | C．clean up |
| A．Because of the skin disease. | B．Because of the knife damage by mistake. | C．Because of the hard unloading work. |
| A．Her friend. | B．Her mother. | C．Her father. |
| A．She has quite a rich family. | B．She is a university student. | C．She is a kind and helpful girl. |
3 . This weekend we’ll have a charity sale (义卖) for the poor African children. We will give away the money we raise in the charity sale. Now we have collected some really good things. Let’s have a look.
Some soft toys from Nancy. The teddy bear is her thirteen-year-old birthday present. Her aunt gave it to her. She has had it for one year. It still looks very new. Its original price is $50. You only need to pay $15 for it now. Other toys are very new but cheap, too.
An MP3 player from David. He bought it on the Internet. He has had it for three months. It works very well now. It stays with David whenever he feels upset. And he has downloaded some pop songs in it. I hope it can be with you when you are not happy. It cost $220. Now you can take it with $100.
Some books from Henry. He began to buy fiction when he was thirteen years old. His favorite kind of books is science fiction. He said he believed anyone would learn a lot from his books. Each book only costs $10. You can get the second one at half price.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。1. Who may get the money from the charity sale?
| A．A poor child in Africa. |
| B．A homeless man from Africa. |
| C．A disabled man in hospital. |
| A．单价 | B．原价 | C．促销价 |
| A．His aunt. | B．His grandfather. | C．He bought it himself. |
| A．$5. | B．$10. | C．$15. |
| A．The Time Machine. | B．Robinson Crusoe. | C．Journey to the West. |
4 . I dream of being a fireman someday
Saving families from the flames
What a good job that will be
Fighting fires every day
Many people will thank me
For carrying them away from danger
Mothers and children, sons and uncles
Will always want to meet me
In a fire, they will need me
Happy to help with hands and hose
Climbing ladders to the windows
There I will be, to rescue
1. In the poem, many people will thank the writer because ________.| A．the writer always meets them |
| B．the writer saves people from fire |
| C．the writer carries heavy things |
| D．the writer climbs a ladder to the window |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．A man went to a cinema to see a film. |
| B．A man bought three notebooks last week. |
| C．A man watched TV in the evening on Friday. |
| D．A man climbed a tree to bring a cat in danger down. |
5 . It’s always a good thing to have a hobby. For Miss Patty, a school bus driver in Erie County, her hobby of knitting (编织) has made her really touch the community.
Miss Patty always wanted to do something with her spare time to help the students. After a conversation with one of the students, things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats.
“The one boy gets on the bus, and he goes ‘what are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m making a hat. He said, ‘That would be great having such a warm hat in icy winter.’ So I said, ‘What color would you like?’ That started everything,” Miss Patty told the local newspaper.
Several years have passed since that day, and Miss Patty has already knitted 7, 083 hats for students in her spare time. Sometimes she will get the student’s favorite color before she begins the project.
What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials (材料) using her own money. Some people do give her gift cards around the holidays to help, but she still puts out a lot of her own money.
Along with making hats for the students that will keep them warm, Miss Patty also gets praise for being a trusted friend to the students.
1. What made Miss Patty decide to knit more hats?| A．A drive to Erie County. | B．A show of colorful hats. |
| C．A letter in the newspaper. | D．A conversation with a boy. |
| A．To practice her skill. | B．To better her business. |
| C．To make more friends. | D．To gift students for winter. |
| A．She refuses others’ help. |
| B．She buys materials with her own money. |
| C．She works during holidays. |
| D．She knits hats of different colors for kids. |
| A．Humorous. | B．Honest. | C．Caring. | D．Shy. |
6 . If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.
Alice Hamilton, 17I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.
Jason Moore, 18This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ l help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
Trish Anderson, 16I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
1. Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ________ helping others.| A．school holidays | B．Weekdays | C．every morning | D．every afternoon |
| A．To breathe the clean mountain air. |
| B．To spend the whole summer living in the tent. |
| C．To sleep under the stars. |
| D．To help build new hiking paths in the mountain. |
| A．children in poor families | B．workers who build houses |
| C．poor families can’t afford houses | D．build hiking paths |
| A．Alice Hamilton | B．Jason Moore | C．Trish Anderson | D．none of them |
| A．Reading for life | B．A Special House Program |
| C．The Forest Centre | D．Young American Volunteers |
7 . In April this year, lots of bags full of small change were seen at bus stops in Tianjin. They were made for passengers to turn their notes (纸币) into small change. And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School, Tianjin.
“People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins. We just want to do something to help them.” said Wang Yongcun, 15, one of the four students.
The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags. After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school, and then chose the top six stops to put the bags.
Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job. But things didn’t go as the boys thought. Two days later, they found that the money was gone, and that even the bags were missing. It really made them sad but they would not give up. Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time. They put their pocket money in bags again. And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags. They tried their best to do it.
The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers. Their warm hearts are moving. More and more people are beginning to join in the activity.
1. What does the underlined word “change” mean in Chinese?| A．机会 | B．变化 | C．替代 | D．零钱 |
| A．four students from Zhongbei Middle School |
| B．four teachers from Zhongbei Middle School |
| C．four passengers from bus stops in Tianjin |
| D．four workers from bus stops in Tianjin |
| A．Where the change came from. | B．Why they made the change bags. |
| C．How they made the change bags. | D．When they made the change bags. |
| A．Nobody helped the four boys. |
| B．The four boys didn’t meet any problems. |
| C．Many people were unhappy with the four boys. |
| D．The four boys would keep making the change bags. |
| A．Practice Makes Perfect | B．Reading Makes a Full Man |
| C．Helping Brings Happiness | D．All Roads Lead to Rome |
8 . A young woman spends her time helping people know more about saving Yangtze’s “smiling angels”. The Yangtze River is home to the endangered (濒危的) Yangtze finless porpoises (长江江豚). We know them as the “smiling angels” because of their special mouths.
______. There are only around 1, 000 of the porpoises left. The government, scientists and volunteers (志愿者) are working hard to save them. Tan Ge is one of them.
Tan Ge was born in 1991. She grew up in Hunan’s Yueyang, a city beside Dongting Lake. The lake is linked (连接的) to the Yangtze River. After learning about this important animal and the importance of protecting the animal, she joined a group of volunteers and started working to protect them.
As she worked with the volunteers, Tan Ge learned more about the animal. And she knew that maybe a lot of people, like herself, didn’t know much of the animal. So, in 2018, she joined the association (协会) to save them.
Since then, she has tried her best to work for the animal. She has taken part in over 350 field trips to fight against bad fishing. She saved not only finless porpoises, but also other wildlife species (物种) in the area.
1. Who is the “smiling angel”? ________| A．Tan Ge. | B．A reporter. | C．A Yangtze finless porpoise. | D．A volunteer group. |
| A．And they are always smiling. | B．However, they don’t smile any more. |
| C．So they are in great danger. | D．But they are really nice. |
| A．Because she likes finless porpoises very much. | B．Because finless porpoises are “smiling angels”. |
| C．Because she knew little about finless porpoises. | D．Because she tried her best to work for the animal. |
| A．is a young woman from Yueyang, Hubei |
| B．became a volunteer after starting to protect finless porpoises |
| C．went on more than 350 trips to learn about bad fishing |
| D．helped both finless porpoises and other wild animals |
| A．Working with Volunteers | B．Saving “Smiling Angels” |
| C．Taking over 350 Field Trips | D．Wildlife Species in Dongting Lake |
9 . Jordyn Perez was about to turn 8 years old when her mom suggested a new way to celebrate her birthday. “What would you think about donating your gifts to a children’s hospital?” her mom said. At first, Jordyn wasn’t sure. Then she gave it some thought. “I was like, ‘Okay,’” Jordyn said, “I already had everything. In needed and these kids that were going through things at the hospital—they needed it more than I did.”
“Just to see these kids’ little faces when Jordyn hands them the gifts at the hospital, that’s always been our favorite part,” says Jordyn’s mother. “Seeing these kids’ reactions just touches our hearts.” Kids can be in the hospital for lots of reasons, asthma, a condition that affects breathing. Whatever the patient’s ailment is, a hospital stay can be stressful. Efforts like Jordyn’s are a bright spot during a difficult time.
Since that time, it has kicked off each year in early November, five or six weeks before her birthday. Along with an invitation to her party, gifts might include building blocks or toy trains. “And for the teenagers, my age or older,” it might be music player or books.”
Natalie Gutierrez works in the public relations office at Baptist Children’s Hospital. She has seen first-hand the effect of Jordyn’s gift-giving. “She puts smiles on the faces of these little patients in our hospital and on our nurses and staff, ”Gutierrez says. Jordyn’s efforts to help kids in the hospital have inspired others to follow in her footsteps. More boys and girls have collected and given gifts for their birthdays too. “Giving to others, it’s just a good feeling to have at the end of the day,” Jordyn says. “I want to keep doing this as long as I can.”
1. What can we learn about Jordyn from Paragraph 1?| A．She wasn’t satisfied with her birthday gifts. |
| B．She accepted her mother’s advice. |
| C．She was busy choosing gifts for kids in hospital. |
| D．She wanted a new way to celebrate her birthday. |
| A．Treatment. | B．Expectation. | C．Illness. | D．Reaction. |
| A．To introduce her hospital work. | B．To recommend some suitable gifts. |
| C．To explain Jordyn’s great difficulties. | D．To show the effect of Jordyn’s behavior. |
| A．Begin Early, Succeed Early | B．Think Often, Practice Often |
| C．Do Good, Feel Good | D．Smile Much, Achieve Much |
10 .
Help Needed |
Are you good with children? We need two people to volunteer your time at Sunnyview Children’s Hospital. You need to be friendly and cheerful—the children are sick and you need to cheer them up. Your job is to set up a play group with fun games for the children. If you can spare an hour three times a week, come and join us! Please call Mr. Chan at 555-9879. Thanks! |
Are you interested in repairing things? We have set up a group, Home Love, to help old people who need to fix up their houses. If you have repair skills and can spare three hours this Saturday, join us. Call Home Love at 555-4663. |
Do you love to clean beaches? We need people who are strong and can help clean up Blue Water Beach. We don’t want to put off this job till summer. We need your help to collect and carry rubbish. If you are available for six hours this Saturday, call at 555-6668 or 555-6669. |
1. What can we know about Mr. Chan?
| A．He works at Home Love. |
| B．He works at Blue Water Beach. |
| C．He works at Sunnyview Children’s Hospital. |
| A．555-9879. | B．555-4663. | C．555-6669. |
| A．Fixing up old building. | B．Cleaning up the beach. | C．Playing games with others. |
| A．One hour. | B．Three hours. | C．Six hours. |
| A．On a notice board. | B．In a library. | C．In a bookstore. |
