Dear Volunteers，
The service you will provide to elderly individuals in Abilene as a Meals on Wheels volunteer is deeply appreciated. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the many miles you will travel and all of the hours you will contribute to help make this one of the best programs in the entire state.
We have our staff members make a home visit before adding each person to the program and try to visit everyone at least once every year. That is hardly enough, and we depend on your contact a great deal! It is important that you report back when you do not get an answer to your knock on the door. The person inside may be hurt or ill. They may be in hospital or out of town and fail to inform us. If they are frequently absent, we may need to determine if they still need meals.
If you find someone with a medical emergency, please call 911 to request medical assistance, and then call the Meals on Wheels office. If you find someone who needs assistance other than for a medical emergency, please call the Meals on Wheels office at 6725050, and we will try to find the appropriate agency or individual to call.
Let us know when a certain person needs extra food. We have a food preparation room of shelf stable items to share with them. Please feel free to take a few magazines when you deliver meals. Many of those we serve cannot afford magazines and enjoy reading. If someone is interested in getting books from the Abilene Public Library, let us know. We can sign them up for the Books on Wheels program. Call if you smell gas strongly when you deliver meals, or if someone needs a space heater, a blanket, or an electric fan. Please convey all needs to us, and we will try to see that they are met. Some of the elderly people who we offer our service may have cancers, liver diseases, AIDS, etc. If you do not want to deliver meals to the people with certain types of health problems, such as these, please let us know.
Sincerely,
Betty L. Bradley, LBSW,
Executive Director
1.Why does the author write this letter?
A.To express great thanks to volunteers.
B.To explain how the old people get help.
C.To tell volunteers what they are tasked with.
D.To describe the life situation of the old people.
2.What can we learn about the volunteers from the passage?
A.They order books for needy people.
B.They design programs to help people.
C.They offer medical help to sick people.
D.They deliver food to the elderly people.
3.How does the author learn about the needs of the people served?
A.The volunteers report back the information to him.
B.His staff members call them to get the information.
C.He visits them now and then to get the information.
D.The family members send the information to his office.
Clyde, a small-clawed otter, was moved from Auckland Zoo to Wellington Zoo two months ago. The zookeepers hoped he and the other otter Bonnie might start a family together.
But only two days after he arrived, Clyde went missing. He had dug his way under one of the walls and was nowhere to be seen.
The zookeepers set up cages inside the zoo, with plates of Clyde’s favorite fish in them, hoping to catch him.
Two days went by and still there was no sign of Clyde.
At last a couple saw Clyde at their house a whole kilometer away in Newtown. Clyde was hiding in an out-of-reach hole outside their laundry.
The zookeepers arrived and set up some more traps to try to catch him. But Clyde is a pretty smart otter. Twice he managed to get the fish out of a trap without being caught.
Five days after he’d escaped ^Clyde s days on the run came to an end when he was finally caught in one of the traps.
It was no good putting Clyde back in his old home---he’d only dig his way out again. So he and Bonnie were put into the zoo hospital. There was no chance of their escaping from there.
Meanwhile, the zookeepers were working hard to make Clyde’s old home safer. They put an iron barrier underground to stop him digging his way out. Then Bonnie and Clyde went home again.
But a month after his first escape, Clyde was out again. Once more the zookeepers came hurrying to catch Clyde. They found him by following the bubbles he made in the river nearby.
Nobody knew how Clyde had escaped. But this time he was only out for an hour. So back he went to the hospital again.
Poor Clyde. It seemed that he wasn’t happy at Wellington Zoo, even though he and Bonnie were getting on well together. The keepers didn’t like seeing him unhappy, so they planned to look for a home for him somewhere else.
1.Where was Clyde found after his first escape?
A.Back in Auckland Zoo. B.In a river nearby.
C.At a house a kilometer away. D.In the zoo hospital.
2.How did zookeepers catch Clyde after his second escape?
A.They set up cages in the zoo. B.They attracted Clyde with fish.
C.They dug a hole outside his home. D.They followed the bubbles in the water.
3.What do we know about Clyde?
A.He often gets ill. B.He is good at digging.
C.He likes hiding in a hole. D.He escaped to meet Bonnie.
4.Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from?
A.A news report. B.An advertisement.
C.A book review. D.A research paper.
I am curious about how coffee companies such as Starbucks will ____________ the “coffee cancer warning” problem.
A.handle B.educate C.deserve
Determination is the most important of all the ____________ because without determination, you will end up doing nothing.
A.tactics B.virtues C.emotions
____________ waste includes chemicals, plastic and oil.
A.Industrial B.Agricultural C.Rubbish
Although Jed disagreed with Amy sometimes, he also ____________ strict parenting.
A.protested B.favored C.portrayed
