Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your free time? Then join us to be a volunteer(志愿者)! We’re a non-profit (非营利的) organization(组织). We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people about seventy years old can become a volunteer.

You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.

“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

If everyone helps out a little, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? What are you waiting for? Start volunteering now! Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.

57. When do the volunteers help others?

    A. In their free time.  B. At the weekend.  C. On weekdays.       D. At any time.

58. Who can be a volunteer?

    A. Children.        B. Old women.     C. Anyone aged 12-70.   D. Parents.

59. What do volunteers want to get when they help others?

    A. Money.         B. Computers.      C. Everything.          D. Nothing.

60. Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________.

    A. animal lovers    B. children         C. her parents           D. older people

61. We can read this passage ___________.

    A. in a newspaper   B. in a storybook    C. in a picture book       D. in a textbook

　　Are you looking for something funny and would you like to help other people in your spare time? Then join us and be a volunteer（志愿者）!

　　We are a non-profit organization（非赢利的组织）. We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, from 12-year-old children to people in their 80s, can become a volunteer.

　　You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something to do for everyone.

　　“As a volunteer, I don't want to get anything, Seeing the children's happy faces, I'm happy, too,” said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62.

　　“I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help old people learn how to use computers,” said another volunteer at the age of 18.

　　If everyone helps out a bit, we'll all have a better world to live in.

　　Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-575(6)Or visit our website: www.activol. com. cn

(1) What kind of people can become volunteers?

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(2) ________ need volunteers.

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(3) Volunteers get ________ when helping others.

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(4) Carlos Domingo does volunteer work to help ________.

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(5) This is ________.

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　　Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I'm sure lots of the (1) of your age will say“Yes”.

　　Not only the students in China have this problem, but also children in the United States have (2) schoolbags.

　　Doctors are starting to (3) that younger and younger students are having (4) problems as a result of school bags being too heavy for them.

　　“It's hard for me to (5) with my bag because it's so heavy.”said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

　　Rick is (6) the students who have common schoolbags with two straps (带子)to carry them, (7) many students choose rolling(滚动的)bags.

　　But even with rolling bags, getting upstairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them (8) their necks and backs because of the heavy schoolbags.

　　But (9) is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10％ to 15％ of their own body weight(重量).

　　Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children (10) Grade 4 should stay with 10％. But it is also important that older children don't stay over 15％, because their bodies are (11) .“Children are losing their balance(平衡)and (12) with their schoolbags,”he said.

　　Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home the books they be reading (13) . Some teachers are using pieces of paper or (14) workbooks for students to take home.

　　One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have (15) homework at all!

(1)

[　　]

A. teachers	B. parents
C. children	D. old people

(2)

[　　]

A. small	B. big
C. heavy	D. light

(3)

[　　]

A. forget	B. remember
C. worry	D. hope

(4)

[　　]

A. arm and leg	B. hand and arm
C. head and neck	D. back and neck

(5)

[　　]

A. go to bed	B. go into the classroom
C. go upstairs	D. go shopping

(6)

[　　]

A. among	B. of
C. between	D. in

(7)

[　　]

A. because	B. so
C. but	D. if

(8)

[　　]

A. break	B. hurt
C. carry on	D. look after

(9)

[　　]

A. what size	B. how many
C. how	D. how much

(10)

[　　]

A. of	B. over
C. under	D. like

(11)

[　　]

A. important	B. growing
C. moving	D. interesting

(12)

[　　]

A. catching up	B. standing up
C. going on	D. falling down

(13)

[　　]

A. next night	B. that night
C. tomorrow evening	D. last night

(14)

[　　]

A. thick	B. thin
C. heavy	D. big

(15)

[　　]

A. some	B. much
C. few	D. no

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　　Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I'm sure lots of the (1) of your age will say“Yes”.

　　Not only the students in China have this problem, but also children in the United States have (2) schoolbags.

　　Doctors are starting to (3) that younger and younger students are having (4) problems as a result of school bags being too heavy for them.

　　“It's hard for me to (5) with my bag because it's so heavy.”said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

　　Rick is (6) the students who have common schoolbags with two straps (带子)to carry them, (7) many students choose rolling(滚动的)bags.

　　But even with rolling bags, getting upstairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them (8) their necks and backs because of the heavy schoolbags.

　　But (9) is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10％ to 15％ of their own body weight(重量).

　　Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children (10) Grade 4 should stay with 10％. But it is also important that older children don't stay over 15％, because their bodies are (11) .“Children are losing their balance(平衡)and (12) with their schoolbags,”he said.

　　Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home the books they be reading (13) . Some teachers are using pieces of paper or (14) workbooks for students to take home.

　　One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have (15) homework at all!

(1)

[　　]

A. teachers	B. parents
C. children	D. old people

(2)

[　　]

A. small	B. big
C. heavy	D. light

(3)

[　　]

A. forget	B. remember
C. worry	D. hope

(4)

[　　]

A. arm and leg	B. hand and arm
C. head and neck	D. back and neck

(5)

[　　]

A. go to bed	B. go into the classroom
C. go upstairs	D. go shopping

(6)

[　　]

A. among	B. of
C. between	D. in

(7)

[　　]

A. because	B. so
C. but	D. if

(8)

[　　]

A. break	B. hurt
C. carry on	D. look after

(9)

[　　]

A. what size	B. how many
C. how	D. how much

(10)

[　　]

A. of	B. over
C. under	D. like

(11)

[　　]

A. important	B. growing
C. moving	D. interesting

(12)

[　　]

A. catching up	B. standing up
C. going on	D. falling down

(13)

[　　]

A. next night	B. that night
C. tomorrow evening	D. last night

(14)

[　　]

A. thick	B. thin
C. heavy	D. big

(15)

[　　]

A. some	B. much
C. few	D. no

Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said, "Medicine won't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar(雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month."

After a month the man came to the doctor again. "How are you?" said the doctor, "I'm glad to see you again. You look much younger. ""Oh! Doctor, I feel quite well now." said the man. "I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walked a lot. Your advice (建议) certainly help me, but you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first. It's no joke to start smoking at my age!" 

(    )66. The doctor told the man ________.

A. to go to bed early       B. to drink milk    

C. to walk a lot       D. both A, B and C

(    )67. Which of the following sentences is true?

A.      The doctor told the man to visit a city of the country for a month.

B.      The doctor didn't tell him what to do.

C.      After a month, the old man felt better.

D.     The old man was younger than before after a month.

(   )68.  The doctor's words were ________ for the old man' s health.

A. bad       B. good      C. terrible         D. strong

(   )69. The doctor wanted the old man ________.

A. to get worse          B. to smoke less than before

C. to help him           D. to start smoking

(   ) 70. From what the old man said at last, we think ________.

A.      one cigar a day was really helpful to him

B.      one cigar a day was better than before

C.      he didn't understand the doctor's advice

D.     smoking made him feel better than before