Question

閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題。（請(qǐng)注意問(wèn)題后的詞數(shù)要求）

[1]The government employs many people to take care of our city. However, these professionals can not help out everyone by themselves. They need our help!

[2]Volunteering is something that really helps as individuals. Volunteering is when we regularly go and do nice things for other people. Volunteers may help out in local retirement homes, or in hospitals. Some volunteers work with poor people and other volunteers help teach orphaned children to read.

[3]Volunteering teaches mature thinking. Volunteering gives us a chance to stop complaining about our lives and realize exactly how lucky we are. We are able to see the people who really need the help. Volunteering also teaches more about the quality of being responsible for others and ourselves, the character of giving understanding and showing pity to others in trouble.

[4]Volunteering gives us a chance to our share of the work of making this society the best it possibly can be. It helps us feel good about ourselves when we can help those who rally need our help. When we can make somebody else feel special, it helps us remember what life is really about.

[5]There are many places that you can go to try volunteering. Here are a few places for you

◆Hospitals—You can go and visit people who are really sick. Sometimes all they need is someone who will talk with them, or someone

◆Orphanage—The children living here really need someone to play with them.

◆Food shelter—Many food shelters can really use more people willing to just organize the shelters and help distribute the food to those who need it.

◆Community center—Although a lot of community centers are well run, some of them can really           , especially with cleaning and with repairs.

◆Retirement home—Many of the elderly people living here have lived very fascinating lives. Lister to them.

Whatever you decide to do, just do the best you can. Remember that giving can be its own reward!

What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?(no more than 10 words)

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According to the underlined part of Paragraph 3, list three words that can summarize what volunteering can also teach us about.

    ①             ②             ③      

Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

We will understand the real meaning of life if we let others feel they are different.

                                                  

Fill in the blank with proper words(no more than 5 words)

                                                      

Please translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4.

                                                      

Answer 1

【小題1】It explains (tells) what volunteering is.

【小題2】①responsibility/duty   ②patience      ③sympathy/compassion

【小題3】When we can make somebody else feel special, it helps us remember what life is really about.

【小題4】need (extra) help

【小題5】志愿者工作使我們能夠?yàn)閯?chuàng)建美好社會(huì)貢獻(xiàn)自己的力量。

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