Question

Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others．For example, some high school and college students in the US often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages（孤儿院） or homes for the aged．They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old．They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns．For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers．College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts．Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest．Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls．Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

1.How do volunteers usually help those who are sick or old?

A．They mow their lawns, do their shopping and clean up their houses.

B．They cook, sew or wash their clothes.

C．They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

D．They clean, wax and repair their cars.

2.What is Big brothers?

A．It’s the name of a club．

B．It’s a home for children who have no brothers.

C．It’s the name of a film．

D．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers.

3.Why do most of the clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers?

A．Because they have a lot of free time.

B．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger.

C．Because they know how to do the work.

D．Because they like younger boys and girls.

4.What do volunteers believe?

A．To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.

B．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

C．The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

D．Bring happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们讲述的是关于志愿者的工作。在美国很多中学生和大学生都愿意做志愿者的工作，去帮助别人，尤其是一些年老的或生病的人。他们给别人带来了快乐，同时他们自己也收获了快乐。

1.They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns．可知他们这些志愿者帮着做装饰，打扫卫生，修房子，买东西或着修草坪，故选A。

2.细节题。根据文章For boys who don’t have fathers there is an organization called “Big Brothers”针对没有父亲的男孩子，专门有一个名为“大哥哥”的组织。故选D

3.根据文章Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls．可知，需要俱乐部用高校生和大学生做志愿者，是因为他们仍然记得他们的问题。故选A。

4.根据文章Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.可知，志愿者们相信那些给他人带来幸福的人是最幸福的。故选D。

考点：社会现状类短文阅读。