Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your free time? Then join us and be a volunteer（自愿者）.
We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old people. 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 that out volunteers want to tell you.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I am happy, too.” said Carlos, an old woman of 62.
“ I often played computer games in my free time before. Now I help middle-aged people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone gives a hand, we’ll have a better world to live in.
Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.active.com.
小題1:What kind of person can become a volunteer?
A．A 10-year-old boyB．A 46-year-old woman
C．An 11-year-old girlD．All babies
小題2: ____ need volunteers.
A．Animals without homes
B．Old people in nursing homes
C．Children while their parents see a doctor
D．All the above
小題3:Carlos ______.
A．wants to get something as a volunteer.
B．likes playing computer games.
C．like her work as a volunteer very much.
D．Is helping middle-aged people learn how to use computers.
小題4:What does the phrase “give a hand” mean? It means “ ____”
A．offer helpB．have an interest C．give money D．get something
小題5:This passage is ______.
A．a(chǎn) storyB．a(chǎn) playC．a(chǎn)n ad(廣告)D．a(chǎn) joke

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:C

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages. Anyone, between the age of 12 and 80, can become a volunteer.”理解可知。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“Nursing homes need volunteers to take care of old people. 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 that out volunteers want to tell you.”理解可知。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文中語句““As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I am happy, too.” said Carlos, an old woman of 62.”理解可知。
小題4:詞義理解題，根據(jù)文中語句“If everyone gives a hand, we’ll have a better world to live in.”理解可知。
小題5:理解推斷題，根據(jù)文中語句理解可知。
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