Question

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer（自愿）to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars, It’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore, 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called “Reading for Life”. Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

1.What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To breathe the clean mountain air.

B. To spend the whole summer living in the tent.

C. To sleep under the stars.

D. To help build new hiking paths in the mountain.

2.From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps____.

A. children in poor families

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families that can’t afford（负担得起）houses

D. build hiking paths

3.Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for Life            B. Special House Program

C. The Forest Centre           D. Young American volunteers

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了越来越多的年青志愿者利用他们的假期去帮助其他人。文章重点介绍了三名年青的志愿者将要去参加的活动：爱丽丝将要去森林中心去帮助修路，杰森将要去参加一个节目，安德森计划去教孩子们如何学会阅读。

1.爱丽丝的描述： “I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains.”可知，爱丽丝将要去帮助森林中心在山中修建新的登山小道。故选D。

2.杰森的描述“I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich.”可知，他的“特别房子计划”是帮助那些买不起房子的家庭的。故选C。

3.文章重点介绍了三名年青的志愿，在这个暑假将要参与的志愿者活动。因此选项D“年青的美国志愿者”符合题意。故选D。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。