The meaning of the word "volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means "one who offers his or her services.” There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.
At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta（加尔各答）. The following is her story.
"I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we watched a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks."
"I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world."
1.According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ______.
A. is willing to help those in need without pay
B. can afford to travel to different places
C. has a strong wish to be successful
D. has made a lot of money in life
2.Tracy started her work as a volunteer ______.
A. after she met Mother Teresa
B. after she finished high school
C. when she was touring Calcutta
D. when she was working in a hospital
3.Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?
A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.
B. She had already had some experience.
C. She was asked by Mother Teresa.
D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresas example.
4.What is Tracys new idea (Paragraph 2) of being a volunteer?
A. Going abroad to help the sick.
B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home.
C. Doing simple things to help the poor.
D. Improving oneself through helping others.
5.What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to Be a Volunteer.
B. The Life of Volunteer in India.
C. A Different Meaning of Volunteer.
D. Inspiration from Mother Teresa
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I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention and especially if its given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Just take them in. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it.
When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾), until I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them down, to take them out of their experience of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too timid to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power to connect and to heal than the most well-intentioned(善意的)words.
1.When we communicate with others we had better ________________.
A. listen more B. understand more
C. speak more D. look here and there
2. If we interrupt what someone is saying,________________.
A. they may think we are too rude to them
B. they must be very angry with us
C. they may know we dont care about them
D. they must stop and listen to us
3.Passing a person who is crying a tissue perhaps means_______________
A. stopping them from crying any more
B. Stopping them from saying anything
C. advising them to have a rest
D. helping them to accept the sadness
4.It is very difficult for us to learn to listen because _______________
A. we may know the answer
B. we have an interesting topic
C. parents teach us to speak
D. it goes against what we have been taught
5. What is probably the best title for this article?
A. Listening and talking
B. Listen, just listen
C. Listening is not easy to learn
D. How to comfort others
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Do you find it difficult to teach your children the alphabet (字母表)？ Here are some creative games for you to solve this problem.
1.______
This is an easy and fun way to teach your child the alphabet. Whenever you drive anywhere, play the ABC game. Have your child find the letter A on road signs __2.___Once you finish the alphabet you can play again.
Play the Alphabet Hide Away Game
Fill a bag with different objects that start with different letter sounds. For example, you could fill it with a toy car, a book, a pencil, and so on. Show your child all the items in the bag. _______3.______. Have him find the items only by touching them. Ask him if he can find something that stars with the letter B. Then see if he can find the “book” in your bag just by touching. ____4._____
Another Alphabet Games
This game is fun for children and can be fun for adults, too. ___5.____. Start with the letter A. “A is for apple”, “B is for banana”, “C is for cat”, and continue on with all the letters. If your child is older, you can play the game with a theme. For example, tell him to play the alphabet game with fruit or animals. By this way he is learning to sort animals or fruit and also practicing his alphabet.
A. Make an Alphabet Book
B. Then put all the items back in the bag.
C. Have your child paint the letters on the board
D. Play the A B C Game Whenever You Drive Somewhere
E. Start with the letter A and then look for the letters B, C, etc.
F. If your child is young, you can just play a simple game.
G. This game is not only good for learning letters and sounds, but also helps him to use his senses.
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We arrived at the hospital to find Dad exhausted and weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our by Monday morning. Local relatives would ______that Dad got home from the hospital and look after him regularly and prepare his meals. ___ would make sure he got his daily ____and take him to his doctor appointments. But I wanted to let him know that we too, even when we weren’t with him.
Then I remembered a family ______ I started when our children were small. When ___ their grandparents’ home after a visit, each child would a love note in the house for their grandfather or grandmother to find after we were gone. For several days after our , their grandparents would smile as they these reminders of our love.
So as I tidied Dad’s kitchen and made up a ___ for him downstairs in the living room, I began writing notes. Some were ____. “Dad, I froze the food in the fridge so it would not go bad.” Some expressed my love. “Dad, I ______ you sleep well in your new bed.” _______ notes were downstairs where he would have to remain for weeks he regained strength, but one note I hid under this pillow. “Dad, if you have______this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad!”
While others cared for Dad’s day—to–day needs, we, of course, would stay in touch by _____. But our notes were a reminder of our love and concern for him. Just like his medicines improved his health _____ , our notes would improve his spiritual health. Several weeks later, in one of our______phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said, “I will tell you how I’ m doing. I just found your note under my upstairs pillow!”
1.A. power B. holiday C. jobs D. parents
2.A. know B. see C. think D. report
3.A. We B. They C. Others D. None
4.A. treatment B. examination C. work D. medicine
5.A. cared B. hurried C. changed D. suffered
6.A. story B. event C. party D. tradition
7.A. leaving B. reaching C. approaching D. cleaning
8.A. pick B. hide C. find D. drop
9.A. appointments B. preparation C. departure D. arrival
10.A. thought of B. looked for C. discovered D. understood
11.A. bed B. meal C. table D. plan
12.A. difficult B. imaginary C. practical D. interesting
13.A. let B. hope C. guess D. hear
14.A. All B. Most C. Some D. Few
15.A. until B. because C. though D. when
16.A. somewhere B. nearby C. outside D. upstairs
17.A. found B. missed C. remembered D. forgotten
18.A. note- writing B. e-mail C. post D. phone
19.A. thankfully B. academically C. physically D. professionally
20.A. urgent B. regular C. unexpected D. accidental
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1.The workers surrounded them, _________________ (祝贺) them
2.We have __________________ (充分的) evidence to prove his guilt.
3.Children under 14 must be ___________________ (陪同)
4.Some soldiers are trained to ____________________ (服从) without question
5.He frequently __________________ (捐赠) large sums to charity
6.I longed to have the opportunity of ___________________ (参加) in the strike activities.
7.He took part in the activity ____________________ (自愿)
8.Lily is a planter ____________________ (合适的) for planting in a flowerbed
9.It’s a ____________________ (安慰) to know there is someone to keep an eye on the kids
10.How much you are paid can _______________ (反映) how important you are to the company.
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完成句子： (共10小题，满分10分) 从方框中所给12个词语中选出10个并用其正确形式完成句子，每个词语只能使用一次。
| upside down, hear from, dry up, out of the question, settle in, meet with, adjust to, dry out, in need, be occupied with, ring up, out of question, |
1.We waited for our wet clothes to _________________
2.We don’t have enough money, so another trip abroad this year is __________________
3.After years of travel, we ______________________ London
4.He ____________________ preparation for the mid-term exam now.
5.Generally speaking, the body quickly _________________ changes in temperature.
6.Early in the morning, his mom left, never to be _________________again
7.We should help those _________________
8.He has __________________the airport and found out when the plane leaves.
9.No matter what difficulty you _______________, you must carry out your plan.
10.Turn the cake _________________ and cover it with cream
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This year, I will spend Thanksgiving Day at my elder brother’s home. I will be offered wines, seafood, turkey and other delicious 1. (dish). But the Thanksgiving I remember with the _____2.________ (sweet) memories is the first one. It made me understand the meaning of “Thanksgiving”
That Thanksgiving, my family gathered on the floor and ate two turkeys __3.______(give) to us by a charity. The children fought over the food _____4._____ the adults talked about job matters. There was even talk of __5.___ possible trip the following summer to the place I had been looking forward _________6.____ seeing: Disneyland. Although I wore old clothes at that time, I was very happy. I had many friends. They tried their best to help me. Eric ____7.______ (teach) me to play baseball; Jack protected me from naughty children, and Robert offered ____8.________ (take) me on vacation with his family. And best of all was _____9.____ English teacher: Mr. White. Whenever I missed the bus, he _______10._______ drive ne home after school.
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One day I happened to find a chatting room on my QQ, there people were chatting with English .I tried to chat with some of them. To my surprise, I found the oral English of some junior students were better me. I asked them for advices and they tell me to practice more on QQ .But every day after that I would spend one hour practice my oral English on QQ. Day by day I learned from many useful words and expressions. With time going by, I found that I could even communicate some college students freely
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假设你是李华，David是你的美国网友。他对目前中国出现的雾霾天气很关注，来信向你询问此事。请你给他写封回信。 主要内容如下：
1.感谢他的关注。
2.简介雾霾 （smog） 天气给人们的身体、生活带来的危害。
3.谈谈你的感想。
注意：可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯流畅；开头与结尾已写好，不计人总词数；词数：100左右
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