Question

Volunteer Day

What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose an activity you’d like to join for the day. See below for a schedule of events on Volunteer Day.

Volunteer Day Schedule:

■7:30 a.m.: Meet at the Community Center for juice and bagels.

■8；00-8：30 a.m.: Choose which activity you’d like to help with for the day.

■8:30 a.m.: Board the bus to your activity site.

■9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.: Work as a volunteer.

■3:30 p.m.: Board the bus that will take you back to the Community Center.

See below for a list of volunteer opportunities for Volunteer Day so you can begin thinking about which activity you might want to join.

A list of volunteer activities:

Paint Houses: Happy Homes is a local organization that provides home painting. For elderly or physically disabled people who cannot do repairs to their homes. Happy Homes provides volunteer painters to repair old houses.

Plant flowers: Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks.

Read to children: Love and Learning is an organization that provides volunteers to help children with learning disabilities. Read books out loud to groups of children four to six years old, or read one-on-one with struggling readers seven to eight years old.

Play with animals: Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned.

1.At what time do volunteers leave for their activity sites?

A.7:30 a.m. B.8:00 a.m.

C.8:30 a.m. D.9:00 a.m.

2.An outdoor lover probably takes part in          .

A.Plant flowers B.Paint houses

C.Read to children D.Play with animals

3.What do Lovely Friends volunteers do?

A.Read books to children. B.Spend time with animals.

C.Help plant bushes in parks. D.Pick up garbage along the river

4.The purpose of the passage is to             .

A.educate children B.attract volunteers

C.comfort the elderly D.encourage the disabled

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇应用文。文章为了吸引志愿者，而主要介绍了一些志愿者活动时间安排和志愿者活动类型。

1.细节理解题。根据Volunteer Day Schedule部分中■8:30 a.m.: Board the bus to your activity site.（早上8:30:乘车前往活动地点。）可知志愿者早上8:30出发去活动地点。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据A list of volunteer activities部分中Plant flowers: Help plant flowers and bushes in city parks, help lay paths at Cave Springs Park, or help pick up rubbish around the river banks.（种花:在城市公园里帮忙种花和灌木，在洞穴泉公园里帮忙铺小路，或者在河边帮忙捡垃圾。）可知一个户外爱好者可能会参加Plant flowers活动。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段Lovely Friends is an organization that visits local animal shelters and provides volunteers to spend time with the animals while their cages are being cleaned.（Lovely Friends是一个组织，它访问当地的动物收容所，并在动物的笼子被清洁时，提供志愿者和动物在一起。）可知Lovely Friends的志愿者花时间与动物在一起。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据第一段中What better way is there to enjoy your own hobbies while helping others at the same time? Come to Volunteer Day and choose an activity you’d like to join for the day.（有什么更好的方法来享受自己的爱好，同时帮助别人?来参加志愿者日，选择一个你想参加的活动。）可知这篇文章的目的是吸引志愿者。故选B。