Question

Volunteers are people who do a job for the satisfaction (满足感)of helping others．

Volunteers do many different types of jobs．Some volunteers read books onto tapes so that people with poor eyesight（视力）can listen．

Some volunteers deliver meals to elderly or sick people.

Some volunteers help tourists (游客) who visit a city during a major event like the Olympic Games or the Commonwealth Games.

Volunteers help whenever a community is hit by a natural（自然的）disaster（灾害）.

Volunteers assist（援助，帮助）in putting out（扑灭）bush（灌木丛）fires．They might also help to evacuate（疏散）people from areas that have been flooded or hit by an earthquake（地震）or tsunami（海啸）.

A community may not recover（恢复正常）without the help of volunteers.

Some communities require volunteers more than others.

Communities that don’t have much money require a great deal of help from volunteers.

Communities with a large number of elderly people might require more help from volunteers than communities with more young people．Without volunteers, some communities couldn’t operate.

1.Communities with _______ elderly people might require more help from volunteers.

A．a few        B．a lot of        C．little          D．much

2.Why do some communities require volunteers more than others? Because ____________．

A．they have more money

B．they have more elderly people

C．they have more young people

D．they have more children.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Volunteers read books for people with poor eyesight.

B．Some volunteers deliver meals to elderly people.

C．Volunteers give much money to elderly people.

D．Volunteers help to evacuate people.

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了什么是志愿者以及志愿者通常做那些事。

1.B考查细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句Communities with a large number of elderly people might require more help from volunteers than communities with more young people．可知有更多老年人的社区需要从志愿者那里获得更多帮助。故选B。

2.B考查细节理解题。根据最后一段Communities with a large number of elderly people might require more help from volunteers than communities with more young people．Without volunteers, some communities couldn’t operate.拥有更多老年人的社区需要从志愿者那里获得更多帮助。需要更多的志愿者。故选B。

3.

考点：考查社会类阅读。