Question

Every country has many volunteers who help to take care of others. They_________ books to the people in hospitals or homes for the elderly. Sometimes they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their________.

Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or _______ . They paint, clean up,__________their houses or do their shopping.

For boys who no longer have__________, there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or fishing places and help them to get to know things that boys_________ learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts (工艺). Some of these clubs organize short__________to the mountains, beaches, or other places of interest________ . Most of these clubs use high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to _________the names of boys and girls.

Volunteers believe that the happiest people in the world are those who help to_________ happiness to others.

1.A. sell    B. read    C. throw    D. show

2.A. voices    B. speeches    C. songs    D. problems

3.A. young    B. happy    C. old    D. hungry

4.A. repair    B. pollute    C. build    D. remove

5.A. brothers    B. sisters    C. fathers    D. mothers

6.A. never    B. usually    C. only    D. seldom

7.A. meetings    B. picnics    C. parties    D. trips

8.A. nearby    B. faraway    C. abroad    D. home

9.A. report    B. forget    C. remember    D. choose

10.A. cause    B. bring    C. take    D. lend

Answer

1. B

2. D

3. C

4. A

5. C

6. B

7. D

8. A

9. C

10. B

【解析】

试题每个国家都有许多志愿者帮助照顾别人, 他们给医院或老人之家的人读书。有时他们只是拜访他们，和他们一起玩游戏或者倾听他们的问题。志愿者帮着有需要的人做许多工作，志愿者们认为世界上最幸福的人是那些帮助他人带来幸福的人。

1.句意：他们给医院或老人之家的人们读书。A. sell动词，卖；B. read动词，读；C. throw动词，投、掷；D. show动词，展示。根据语境可知是给病人或老人“读书”之意。故填：B。

2.句意：有时他们只是拜访他们，和他们一起玩游戏或者倾听他们的问题。A. voices名词，声音；B. speeches名词，演讲；C. songs名词，歌曲；D. problems名词，问题。跟病人或老人在一起，应是倾听他们的“问题”。故填：D。

3.句意：其他的年轻志愿者在生病或年老的人家里工作。A. young形容词，年轻的；B. happy形容词，高兴的；C. old形容词，年老的；D. hungry形容词，饥饿的。“生病和年老的人”需要照顾。故填：C。

4.句意：他们油漆、打扫、修理房子或购物。A. repair动词，修理；B. pollute动词，污染； C. build动词，建造；D. remove动词，移动。根据语境应是“帮着修缮”房子之意。故填：A。

5.句意：对于不再有父亲的男孩，有一个叫做“老大哥”的组织。A. brothers名词，兄弟； B. sisters名词，姐妹；C. fathers名词，爸爸；D. mothers名词，妈妈。根据后文…help them to get to know things that boys____6____ learn from their fathers.可知，这里指“爸爸”之意。故填：C。

6.句意：大学生和其他男人带这些男孩去看棒球比赛或钓鱼场，帮助他们了解男孩通常从父亲那里学到的东西。A. never副词，从不；B. usually副词，通常； C. only副词，仅仅；D. seldom副词，很少。根据语境可知，指“通常”之意。故填：B。

7.句意：有些俱乐部组织短途旅行，去附近的山、海滩或其他名胜。A. meetings名词，会议； B. picnics名词，野餐；C. parties名词，聚会；D. trips名词，郊游。根据后文...to the mountains, beaches, or other places of interest____8____ .可知是“短途旅行”。故填：D。

8.句意：有些俱乐部组织短途旅行，去附近的山、海滩或其他名胜。A. nearby副词或形容词，在附近；B. faraway形容词，遥远的；C. abroad形容词或副词，在国外的；D. home名词或副词，家、在家。短途旅行应在“附近”。故填：A。

9.句意：这些俱乐部大多把高中生和大学生当志愿者，因为他们足够年轻，能记住孩子们的名字。A. report动词，报道；B. forget动词，忘记；C. remember动词，记住；D. choose动词，选择。年轻人能“记住”孩子们的名字。故填：C。

10.句意：志愿者们认为世界上最幸福的人是那些帮助他人带来幸福的人。A. cause动词，引起、造成；B. bring动词，带来；C. take动词，拿； D. lend动词，借。根据固定搭配bring…to…,意为 “带…给…”。故填：B。