It's wonderful to go to another country, complete a volunteer project and feel that you really have a positive influence. But how can you become an international volunteer?
* Plan practically. Contact the organization a few months before leaving and find out if there are materials which are rare and hard to attain for the project. What you often consider plentiful here, such as nails or hammers, is in great need in other parts of the world.
* Do the project together, not on your own. You are a guest in the community. The most successful result is not that you build something and walk away, but that you and the community build something as a team. Share skills and build together.
* Be flexible. Not everything is going to happen as planned. Often the other country doesn't have the right tools, manpower, transportation or funds to get all the needed work done. In a word, they lack infrastructure(基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施).
* Contact with the people in the community. Often you will have "downtime" outside of the range of the project. Rather than retreat to the group with whom you traveled, be sure to spend time with the people of the community. Listen to the things about their lives. If you can't speak the language, smiles work wonders. And you will be surprised ― you will find a way to community.
Volunteering is a special and life-long experience for everyone involved. Be prepared that the person who may be changed most is you. It's a joyful, often careful experience which will encourage you to view yourself, your neighbors and your world quite differently.
小題1: When you volunteer to join in a project, you are advised to          .
A.build something and walk away
B.make good preparation in advance
C.a(chǎn)void involving locals in activities
D.depend on yourself to solve problems
小題2: According to the author, volunteer will          .
A.reduce challenge in the world
B.determine the future of a volunteer
C.change a person's opinion of the world
D.benefit volunteers most in their learning
小題3: What is the passage mainly about?
A.What prepares you to become a volunteer.
B.Where volunteers are needed most in the world.
C.Why volunteering is popular with young people.
D.How volunteers develop a relationship with local people.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
做一名國際志愿者是很棒的事情,但是如何才能成為一名國際志愿者呢?本文主要是就這個(gè)話題展開的討論:要想成為國際志愿者,你要做什么樣的準(zhǔn)備。
小題1: B
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章第二段1,2行Contact the organization a few months before leaving and find out if there are materials which are rare and hard to attain for the project.可知要提前和對方的組織取得聯(lián)系,也就是說要提前做好準(zhǔn)備,要發(fā)現(xiàn)一些是不是很難找到的材料。故B項(xiàng)提前做好準(zhǔn)備是正確的。
小題2: C
【試題解析】推理題。根據(jù)文章最后2行Be prepared that the person who may be changed most is you. It's a joyful, often careful experience which will encourage you to view yourself, your neighbors and your world quite differently.要做好準(zhǔn)備,也許被改變的人就是你自己,做國際志愿者是一個(gè)很愉快很細(xì)致的經(jīng)歷,這鼓勵(lì)著我們用不同的眼光看待自己,看待他人。也就是說可以改變一個(gè)人對待世界的看法。故C正確。
小題3: A
【試題解析】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段It's wonderful to go to another country, complete a volunteer project and feel that you really have a positive influence. But how can you become an international volunteer?可知做一名國際志愿者是很棒的事情,但是如何才能成為一名國際志愿者呢?本文主要是就這個(gè)話題展開的討論:要想成為國際志愿者,你要做什么樣的準(zhǔn)備。故A正確,
【長難句解析】
1.It's wonderful to go to another country, complete a volunteer project and feel that you really have a positive influence.
【翻譯】到另外一個(gè)國家,完成一個(gè)志愿者計(jì)劃并感覺到自己真得有積極的影響真是太棒了。
【分析】本句中的it是形式主語,真正的主語是后面的不定式結(jié)構(gòu)to go to another country, complete a volunteer project and feel that you really have a positive influence.這個(gè)真正的主語是由三個(gè)并列的不定式所組成的,其中的最后兩個(gè)是由連詞and連接在一起的。
2. Not everything is going to happen as planned.
【翻譯】并不是每件事情都是按照計(jì)劃發(fā)生的。
【分析】本句中的not everything是一個(gè)部分否定結(jié)構(gòu),當(dāng)not和every, each, all, both連用的時(shí)候,無論not在這些詞的前面還是后面都表示部分否定。而neither, none表示的是全部否定。
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