Weekend Miracles

Weekend Miracles give children aged 9 and older in the Children’s Center the opportunity to visit a host family who partners the child to find the child a permanent family. The host family arranges activities that the child will enjoy and introduces the child to their circle of friends—in order to develop a lasting connection with someone.

Organization: Kidsave International

Location: the United States

Duration: 2 days to 6 weeks

Web Designer Needed

We need the skills of a Web designer to help us redesign our website. The project will be fun and fulfilling, and give much needed visibility (能见性) to our grass-roots projects that are serving children and mothers in every corner of the world.

Organization: Children’s Fund

Location: the United States

Duration: 3 weeks to 2 months

Living Miracles

Doctors and dentists are needed as volunteers at Shechen Medical Clinic in Nepal for two months or longer. In Tibet, we need doctors for only 1-2 months. Dentists can come for one month or longer. Please understand that modern conveniences are not available here.

Organization: Dilgo Khyentse Fellowship

Location: Nepal

Duration: 21 days to 6 years

Teaching English to Children in India

The Salus Foundation, Inc. needs help from volunteers, teachers, college students or recent college graduates trained in ESL, or who are willing to be trained in ESL to teach English to the students at the Sulaxim School.

Organization: The Salus Foundation, Inc.

Location: India

Duration: 6 weeks to 9 months

Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Cameroon

In Defense of Animals in Africa needs help from highly motivated, mature volunteers who care about the conservation of great apes and are willing to live in an isolated, challenging, French-speaking environment for six months to benefit our future generation.

Organization: In Defense of Animals in Africa

Location: Cameroon

Duration: 6 months

1.We can infer from the passage that           .

   A. serving children in every corner of the world is the Web designer’s duty

B. volunteers going to Cameroon should be able to speak French

C. more dentists are needed than doctors in Nepal

D. the time you work in one of these places can be changed

2.Which of the following fields is NOT mentioned in the passage?

   A. Health        B. Education        C. Politics     D. Wildlife conservation

3.Which of the following is suitable for John, an American college student, who wants to learn about the lives of children in other countries?

A. Weekend Miracles        

B. Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Cameroon

C. Web Designer Needed         

D. Teaching English to Children in India

4.The purpose of Weekend Miracles is mainly to help children           .

   A. enlarge their circle of friends

B. learn more about the outside world

C. find a family who is willing to raise them

D. get chances to communicate with other children

Matches made over the Internet often do not last long because people end up choosing unsuitable
partners and forming emotional bonds before meeting face-to-face, an Australian university researcher
has found.
Women may especially find Mr. Wrong, as they tend to be attracted by fine comments or clever
emails, said psychologist Matthew Bambling from the Queensland University of Technology.
“You can never assume things are the way they seem online,” Bambling said. “The fact that they
can write a clever comment or a witty email doesn’t mean they will be Mr. Right, that’s for sure,” he
said, adding some men use the concept of “netting”, sending emails to dozens of women and hoping
one might respond. Bambling said you can find a partner online, but warned those using the Web to
find love to be aware of the traps. “There’s definitely an uncontrolled effect online,” he said, with
people more likely to exaggerate their good points while hiding anything negative. “Few guys for
example would say ‘look, I’m a middle aged alcoholic who’s been married five times, pick me’.
They’re going to present themselves as a good catch.” He said it was easy for people to quickly invest
too much emotionally in an online relationship because they don’t see the full picture of the person
they are emailing.
Bambling said people can avoid many of the problems by meeting early in the actual relationship,
rather than by getting to know each other only by email. He suggests couples arrange to meet over
coffee after a few emails, which will help people from building up a fantasy image of their match.
“The main thing to remember is to make real life contact as soon as possible if you are interested in
someone, because then you will know contact as soon as possible if you are interested in someone,
because then you will know if a relationship is a possibility.” He said.
1. Why were women quite likely to find Mr. Wrong over the Internet?
A. Because they often judge a person by his appearance.
B. Because single women usually felt more lonely.
C. Because the emotional bonds were hard to break.
D. Because they were easily attracted by fine comments.
2. About the online relationship Bambling suggests we should be ______.
A. rejective    B. favorable      C. cautious      D. hopeful
3. The underlined word “exaggerate” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.
A. enlarge     B. invent         C. remove       D. cover
4. What is suggested by Bambling for a better online relationship?
A. Writing clever comments or emails to girls frequently.
B. Finding a partner online through one night respond.
C. Making real life contact before further development.
D. Investing much emotion in your partner.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17  in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.
We did the best to cultivate(耕种) it and called this area our rock garden. 18   We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.
Last summer I found a tiny little  plant that I could not immediately
20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could  22  what it was.
Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23  plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎）appear. 27  it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.
That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same.  30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can
31 the type of nourishment(营养）and growth. We need to believe in
32,  knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障碍）in order to reach your goals.
16. A. took         B. spent        C. cost         D. pay
17. A. strength     B. energy       C. power        D. force
18. A. However      B. When       C. Whenever     D. Whatever
19. A. weed         B. color        C. water        D. soil
20. A. classify      B. accept       C. clarify      D. identify
21. A. remain       B. prevent      C. continue     D. leave
22. A. figure out    B. hold out      C. stand out    D. try out
23. A. endangered   B. convenient    C. mysterious   D. enormous
24. A. refused      B. decided      C. adapted      D. proposed
25. A. seeds        B. stalks        C. rocks        D. weeds
26. A. unusual      B. common       C. fantastic    D. unnatural
27. A. Casually     B. Basically      C. Actually     D. Strangely
28. A. enlarge      B. expand       C. reach        D. spread
29. A. chance       B. choice       C. power        D. ability
30. A. What if      B. As far as      C. Only if      D. As long as
31. A. inspire      B. attain         C. lose         D. refuse
32. A. ourselves    B. yourselves     C. themselves   D. myself
33. A. preserve     B. comfort        C. achieve      D. suggest
34. A. ashamed      B. pride         C. proud        D. ambitious
35. A. ensure       B. support       C. satisfy      D. protect             

From the time I was seven, I had a dream of becoming a member of the Students Union. I always   1__   my school leaders for taking responsibility for all of us. So I dreamed of being a leader.

Years flew by, and soon I was able to take part in the elections,   2  I would win. But the reality struck that I hadn't had a chance. I wasn't pretty. Girls across the school hardly knew me. I just did not have what it   __3   to win a school election. I was   4 ___ .

As I cried in my room that evening, I   5   took a deep breath and decided I wouldn't stop dreaming. I decided that I would   6   for elections again in my final year at school—and I would win.

I recognized that my   7   had a lot of things in their favor(有利). What were the points that would work in ___8___ favor? I had good grades, and I was friendly and helpful. And my biggest  9   was the faith(信念) I had. I would not allow my plain appearance to hold me __10____ from putting my best foot forward. That evening, I   11   my election plans a whole year ahead of time.

I realized that girls would have to get to know me and recognize that I had the ability to   12   them. I loved making friends and I liked being helpful,   13 __  I decided that perhaps I could use these qualities to work to my advantage. In order to learn how to present a great election   14 __ , I also attended a course on effective public speaking.

The day after the election, when the principal announced I won the second highest number of votes, the students   15    .That joy on the faces of all my friends showed me that my victory was   16   theirs.

Suddenly, I realized that I had   17  much more than I had dreamed of. I had made many new friends and had helped people   18   the way. I had won the   19   and love of my school-mates and they knew me as somebody who would stand by them. I was able to put a smile on their faces and  20   their day.

1.A. admired     B. remembered      C. praised          D. believed

2.A. hoping        B. planning           C. pretending             D. judging

3.A. offered      B. provided       C. meant            D. took

4.A. concerned            B. upset         C. surprised                D. angry

5.A. gradually    B. immediately       C. suddenly                D. impatiently

6.A. pay    B. stand     C. speak             D. wait

7.A. competitors   B. classmates      C. enemies                 D. schoolmates

8.A. their          B. your     C. our                D. my

9.A. problem     B. strength         C. worry             D. dream

10.A. in     B. up          C. out                 D. back

11.A. began            B. discussed      C. announced          D. challenged

12.A. reconsider       B. accompany   C. represent             D. support

13.A. but  B. and        C. so        D. or

14.A. capsule    B. speech C . meeting               D. promise

15.A. nodded          B. gathered       C. cheered               D. cried

16.A. only B. still        C. almost          D. also

17.A. accomplished  B. absorbed     C. devoted                D. developed

18.A. by    B. to C. in         D. along

19.A. announcement  B. recognition      C. conclusion           D. arrangement

20.A. enlarge    B. wish      C. brighten            D. experience

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）  

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My wife and I moved into our home nine years ago. We16 a lot of time and 17  in the yard to get it looking the way it does today. We live on a corner, and the entire side of the yard is surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.

We did the best to cultivate(耕种) it and called this area our rock garden. 18   We had found flowers and plants, Denise or I will plant them, just to bring some 19 to the area.

Last summer I found a tiny little  plant that I could not immediately

20. I was sure that we didn’t plant it. We decided to let it 21 to grow until we could  22  what it was.

Weeks passed, and as I made my way back to the 23  plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I 24 to nurture(培育) it and weed around it. As I picked up rocks from the area to get to the 25, I noticed something 26 . The sunflower had not started to grow from where I first saw the stalks(茎）appear. 27  it had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to 28 the sun.

That's when I realized that if a tiny little sunflower wouldn't let a big rock stand in its way when growing up, then we have the29 to do the same.  30 we believe in ourselves, like that little sunflower, we can

31 the type of nourishment(营养）and growth. We need to believe in

32,  knowing that we have the ability to 33 our desires. If you stand all like the sunflower and are 34 of who and what you are, then the environment will begin to 35 you. You will find a way to go under or around your obstacles( 障碍）in order to reach your goals.

16. A. took         B. spent        C. cost         D. pay

17. A. strength      B. energy       C. power        D. force

18. A. However      B. When       C. Whenever     D. Whatever

19. A. weed         B. color        C. water        D. soil

20. A. classify       B. accept       C. clarify      D. identify

21. A. remain       B. prevent       C. continue     D. leave

22. A. figure out     B. hold out       C. stand out    D. try out

23. A. endangered   B. convenient     C. mysterious   D. enormous

24. A. refused       B. decided       C. adapted      D. proposed

25. A. seeds        B. stalks         C. rocks        D. weeds

26. A. unusual      B. common       C. fantastic    D. unnatural

27. A. Casually     B. Basically       C. Actually     D. Strangely

28. A. enlarge      B. expand        C. reach        D. spread

29. A. chance       B. choice        C. power        D. ability

30. A. What if      B. As far as       C. Only if      D. As long as

31. A. inspire       B. attain          C. lose         D. refuse

32. A. ourselves     B. yourselves      C. themselves   D. myself

33. A. preserve      B. comfort         C. achieve      D. suggest

34. A. ashamed      B. pride          C. proud        D. ambitious

35. A. ensure       B. support        C. satisfy      D. protect