If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?
Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17
I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific(棒極了). I will spend the whole summer living in a tent(帳篷) and breathing the fresh mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I will be able to do something good at the same time!
 
Jason Moore, 18
This summer, I’ll volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to the poor. They’ll teach me what to do, so I am going to help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.
 
Trish Anderson, 16
I’m going to teach children who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help children choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.
 
【小題1】Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ____ helping others.
A. school holidays              B. weekdays                 C. every morning.
【小題2】What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?
A. To sleep under the stars. 
B. To spend the whole summer living in a tent
C. To help build new hiking paths in the mountains.
【小題3】From the passage, we know that Jason Moore _____.
A. likes reading               B. is 18 years old               C. isn’t very rich
【小題4】________ wants to be a teacher.
A. Alice Hamilton             B. Jason Moore                 C. Trish Anderson
【小題5】Which is the most possible title for this passage?
A. Reading for Life.     B. The Forest Center        C. Young American Volunteer.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】C

解析試題分析:這篇短文主要講述了并不像人們想的那樣現(xiàn)在美國越來越多的年輕人們自愿利用自己的假期去幫助別人不要任何的報酬,通過對Alice Hamilton Jason Moore Trish Anderson三個年輕人的故事的介紹相信世界將變得更好。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文More and more young people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others.故選A.
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths(小道) in the mountains.可知。故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文表格標(biāo)題Jason Moore, 18,選項中只有年齡是正確的,故選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三個表格
中對Trish Anderson的介紹從本句話I want to be a teacher, and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.故選C。
【小題5】標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文后本篇文章主要是介紹美國年輕人們自愿服務(wù)的故事?芍蔬xC。
考點:圖表類短文閱讀。

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