Dear neighbors,
Next Saturday is the Volunteer Day of our community (社区). Here is the plan.
7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community Center for breakfast.
8: 00 a.m.-8: 30 a. m.: Decide which of the following organizations you’d like to work for. You can begin thinking about what you may want to do now.
Happy Homes: It provides home repairs for people in need. |
Elder Care: It sends volunteers to old people’s home. Volunteers can play games with the old people there, or talk with them. |
City Parks Association: It needs volunteers to help plant flowers and pick up trash in city parks. These are outdoor activities, so remember to bring some drinking water! |
Love and Learning: It helps children with learning disabilities. Read books out loudly to groups of children and help them with their homework. |
8: 30 a.m.— 9: 00 a.m.: Get on the bus for your chosen activity, and ride with the other volunteers to your activity place.
9: 00 a.m.— 12: 00 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.
12: 00 p. m.— 1: 00 p.m.: Share lunch with your volunteer group.
1: 00 p.m.— 3: 30 p.m.: Go on with your volunteer work.
3:30 p.m.: Get on the bus that will take you back to the Community Center. You can talk with other volunteers and share your experiences.
To know more information, please call 718-384-782. We are looking forward to your joining Central Community.
1.What do volunteers for Happy Homes do?
A.They repair homes. B.They clean up homes.
C.They visit old people’s homes. D.They care for children at home alone.
2.If one chooses to work for City Parks Association, he needs to bring _________.
A.some bread B.some water C.a hat D.a bike
3.How will volunteers go to their activity places?
A.By bike. B.By car. C.By bus. D.By subway.
4.Volunteers will finish their work at _________.
A.1:00 p.m. B.1:30 p.m. C.3:00 p.m. D.3:30 p.m.
5.The writer writes this passage to _________.
A.ask people to do Volunteer Day activities B.show the importance of volunteering
C.describe a volunteering experience D.tell people how to be a volunteer
A few months ago, my husband and I were talking about our finances (资产). It was a very _____ time for us. We didn’t know that our 4-year-old son was listening in another room.
A week later, I was tired and asked my husband ______ I could have a coffee. He reminded me that we couldn’t ________ any money on coffee. Then, my son asked me for my Starbucks (星巴克) coffee card. He likes playing _______ cards, so I passed it to him.
Half an hour later, he ______ it to me.
“Here you are, mommy.”
“What is it, dear?”
“This is for you. I put dollars on your _______ card.”
He gave me my Starbucks coffee card. He has put $5 on my card for me to buy coffee. I will ______ drink a better cup of coffee than I did that afternoon.
I realize that teaching kindness to ________ is such a good thing. My little boy has told me that he wants to give all his dollars to the ______ people. He wants to make a lot of money when he ________. So he can buy toys for other poor kids. Teach your kids kindness and they will pour it into the world, even you.
1.A.happy B.gold C.difficult D.modern
2.A.when B.whether C.since D.while
3.A.spend B.count C.raise D.make
4.A.from B.in C.on D.with
5.A.returned B.broke C.opened D.changed
6.A.bank B.member C.coffee D.door
7.A.anyway B.perhaps C.neither D.never
8.A.children B.students C.parents D.friends
9.A.brave B.lonely C.tired D.poor
10.A.takes up B.grows up C.gets up D.makes up
More and more people are interested in WeChat (微信) ________ letters, because they can communicate more freely in this way.
A.instead of B.far from C.because of D.according to
— Are you going to the Great Wall this summer vacation?
— No. I _________there twice. I’ll go somewhere different.
A.have been B.have gone C.am going D.will go
― great fun it is to go hiking in this season!
―Yeah, you cannot imagine interesting it is if you don't experience it for yourself.
A.What a; how B.What; how C.How a; what D.How; what a
Today we needn’t go to work. Let’s just relax and enjoy________.
A.us B.our C.ourselves D.yourself
