For many people，volunteering is a way of life. Holidays are the time of the year that more people are in a giving mood. Homeless shelters，children’s hospitals，and nursing homes are excellent places to give of one’s time.
Volunteering in Homeless Shelters
There is a homeless directory online that anyone can easily access to find the closest homeless shelter to their home. According to the homeless shelter directory，currently there are 3,233 shelters in the US，so it is not difficult to find a shelter. Helping to serve food，picking up donations of food，preparing meals，and cleaning up are things that one can do to help at a homeless shelter.
Volunteering in Children’s Hospitals
Every child needs comfort and joy，especially during the holiday seasons. By visiting sick children in hospitals，an individual provides helping hands by supplementing the services usually done by the hospital staff. Personalizing the hospital experience adds to the comfort and happiness of the children and their families. Volunteers provide help，and positive interactions (相互交流) which enhance the patient’s quality of care. Help is needed almost everywhere in a hospital；from the lobby，parking lot，cafeteria，to admitting，helping with the gift cart，and even reading to children in the waiting rooms or their hospital rooms.
Volunteering in Nursing Homes
According to the National Center for Health Statistics，“Over 50% of those living in nursing homes do not have close relatives and 46% have no living children.” Life in a nursing home is lonely，confusing，and frightening for many residents. Volunteering at a nursing home is a great opportunity to make a difference in someone else’s life. Playing cards，sitting with and talking to a resident，taking a walk，or sharing a meal makes a huge difference，especially when they have no other sole on earth to visit them.
The three examples above are only a small fraction of institutions in which volunteers are needed. Giving of oneself，especially during the holidays blesses and cheers others.
1.According to the passage，what can a volunteer do in nursing homes?
A. Visiting the sick children.
B. Picking up the donated food.
C. Helping with the gift cart.
D. Playing cards with a lonely old man.
2.What can we learn about the volunteering?
A. You can only volunteer during the holidays.
B. You can help prepare meals in a nursing home.
C. It is easy to find a homeless shelter to volunteer.
D. Help is needed everywhere in a homeless shelter.
3.In a children’s hospital，which of the following is true?
A. Over 50% of those living there do not have relatives.
B. A personal visit brings happiness to a sick boy.
C. Children live a lonely and frightening life.
D. Children love listening to volunteers’ reading.
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Gattardino shuttle trains will be running between the two endpoints of the tunnel and make a stop at Sedrun, a mountain station in the middle. 65 passenger and 240 freight(货物) trains are expected to travel through the tunnel every day. The Gotthard Base Tunnel will reduce the time it takes trains to pass through the Alps, which have been a natural barrier to travel. In the past traders and merchants had to use mountain passes to travel from north to south. The first Gotthard rail tunnel opened in 1882, but as time went on, it could not handle the growing traffic.
In the 1990s, Swiss citizens approved of a government plan to build a new tunnel. The main purpose of the Gotthard Base Tunnel is to increase local transport capacity(容量) through the Alpine barrier, especially for freight. This not only significantly reduces the danger of deadly road crashes involving trucks, but also reduces the environmental damage caused by the ever-increasing amount of freight carried by heavy trucks. The new tunnel is expected to reduce road traffic crossing the Alps as more and more truck companies will put their freight on Swiss trains.
1.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “excavate” in Paragraph 1?
A. bury B. wash C. weigh D. remove
2.What is the main purpose of building the tunnel through the Alps?
A. To allow more trains to pass through. B. To enlarge the mountain passes.
C. To control the growing road traffic. D. To reduce the cost of truck companies.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. Gottardino shuttle trains will run through the tunnel without stopping.
B. More passenger trains will travel through the tunnel than freight trains.
C. Constructing the tunnel can be hard and dangerous.
D. There is only one rail tunnel running through the Alps.
4.Where is the text probably taken from?
A. A travel guide. B. A fiction story. C. A fashion magazine. D. A news report.
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While I wasn’t very happy with the person for cutting in front of me, I decided to consider it an honest mistake—a lack of attention to the lane change or a driver lost in thought. It certainly could not have been done on purpose. The car sped away after cutting in front of me and was soon out of sight.
After a while, I caught up with the same motorist on the side of the road. He was an elderly gentleman who was walking along the side of the freeway on this hot day. With his car stopped on the side of the road and the nearest services at least twenty miles away, I decided to stop and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire, and while he had a spare tire, he didn’t have a jack. I decided to help him and allowed him to sit in my air–conditioned car while I changed his tire. Fifteen minutes later, I was hot, sweaty and dirty, but I did feel good after doing something for someone.
1.Which of the following word can best describe the author?
A. Bad-tempered. B. Humorous. C. Hard-working. D. Kind-hearted.
2.We can infer from the second paragraph that the _______.
A. motorist didn’t pay any attention to the lane change
B. motorist was lost in thought while he was driving
C. motorist cut in front of the author on purpose
D. author forgave the motorist
3.Why did the motorist stop his car on the side of the road? Because_______.
A. he got lost B. his car had a flat tire
C. he wanted to have a rest D. he wanted to travel with the author
4.What can we learn from the text?
A. Actions speak louder than words. B. An act of kindness can make you feel good.
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The biggest difference is that blogging is much more ____ than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of _____ that she does not want to _______.
It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog _____ a diary will probably write nearly the same information.
I have a little sister, and sometimes I go online to read her blog. She ______ about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. ____ I was her age, I wrote about the same things, but _____ in my diary. Then, after I had finished writing, I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was _______ that my sister might read it!
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There are also ____ to blogging, of course. If I were feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me,” ______ w ould know about it. However if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would ______ respond and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people ____ in contact with their friends and to hear what the people _______ them are doing.
1.A. notebook B. diary C. blog D. book
2.A. familiar B. same C. similar D. different
3.A. old B. real C. daily D. traditional
4.A. convenient B. secret C. public D. cheap
5.A. secrets B. mysteries C. questions D. puzzles
6.A. publish B. share C. solve D. answer
7.A. instead B. as well as C. in favor of D. instead of
8.A. wonders B. learns C. writes D. worries
9.A. Although B. When C. Because D. Since
10.A. only B. never C. also D. still
11.A. surprised B. glad C. interested D. worried
12.A. difficulty B. reason C. problem D. mistake
13.A. good B. mean C. funny D. interesting
14.A. However B. Also C. Then D. Besides
15.A. will B. should C. must D. might
16.A. problems B. goods C. advantages D. mistakes
17.A. everyone B. no one C. someone D. anyone
18.A. happily B. hardly C. seldom D. quickly
19.A. stay B. put C. lose D. find
20.A. besides B. over C. around D. in front of
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At present, the cooker only works when the sun is shining. But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight.
Each cooker costs about $2,000, which is a large amount of money for most Africans. To solve that problem, Crosby Menzies has created a non-governmental organization called Solar Cookers for Africa. It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment.
1.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. solar cookers B. smoke pollution
C. solar power experts D. breathing illness
2.The “sol-4” is mainly used to ________.
A. shorten the time of cooking
B. reduce the cost of making cookers
C. raise money through donations to help African people
D. reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke
3.The underlined word “individuals” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “________”.
A. cookers B. mirrors C. people D. experts
4.Which of the following about the “sol-4” is TRUE?
A. It is six to eight square meters of mirrors.
B. It can work in any weather condition now.
C. It can also heat the pan by lighting firewood.
D. It is more environment-friendly than other cookers.
5.What can we infer from the text?
A. The “sol-4” will be designed in a smaller size.
B. More Africans can use the solar cookers in the future.
C. The “sol-4” is the first product of the South African company.
D. The African government will provide poor people with solar cookers.
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Building Trust in a Relationship Again
Trust is a learned behavior that we gain from past experiences, 1. That is a risk. But you can’t be successful when there’s a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.
Unfortunately, we’ve all been victims of betrayal. Whether we’ve been suffer from, lied to , misled, or cheated on, there are different levels of losing trust. Sometimes people simply can’t trust anymore, 2.It’s understandable, but if you’re willing to build trust in a relationship again, we have some steps you can take to
get you there.
◆ 3. having confidence in yourself will help you make better choices because you can see what the best outcome would be for your well-being.
◆ 4. If you’ve been betrayed, you are the victim of your circumstance. But there’s a difference between being a victim and living with a “victim mentality”. At some point in all o
f our lives, we’ll have our trust tested or violated.
?◆ You didn’t lose “everything”. Once trust is lost, what is left? Instead of looking at the situation from this hopeless angle, look at everything you still have and be thankful for all of the good in your life. 5.instead, it’s a healthy way to work through the experience to allow room for positive growth and forgiveness.
A. Learn to really trust yourself.
B. It is putting confidence in someone.
C. Stop regarding yourself as the victim.
D. Remember that you can expect the best in return.
E. They’ve been too badly hurt and they can’t bear to let it happen again.
F. This knowledge carries over in their attitude toward their future relationships.
G. Seeing the positive side of things doesn’t mean you’re ignoring what happened.
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1.A. time B. task C. idea D. decision
2.A. receive B. raise C. borrow D. donate
3.A. reached B. turned C. pointed D. called
4.A. increased B. covered C. considered D. demanded
5.A. rejected B. struck C. cancelled D. attracted
6.A. success B. career C. background D. performance
7.A. uncertainly B. unbelievably C. unfortunately D. undoubtedly
8.A. cost B. bill C. collection D. allowance
9.A. benefit B. profit C. charge D. cheque
10.A. soonest B. latest C. longest D. farthest
11.A. took B. counted C. deposited D. returned
12.A. pleased B. surprised C. frightened D. interested
13.A. devotion B. kindness C. sympathy D. teamwork
14.A. like B. for C. as D. to
15.A. How B. Where C. When D. Why
16.A. come across B. deal with C. adapt to D. think of
17.A. both B. few C. none D. most
18.A. able B. rich C. great D. famous
19.A. taking B. expecting C. offering D. preparing
20.A. because B. though C. before D. so
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