Question

 Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the USA often    many hours as volunteers in hospital ,orphanages or     for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or 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 old. They paint, clean up. Or repair houses, do their shopping and mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an     called Big Brothers. College students and other    take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and     them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, the museums or other        of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as       because they are     enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.

Volunteers believe that some of the       people in the world are those who help to bring happiness. Helping others brings them much pleasure.

1.A. need          B. spend        C. waste       D. pay

2.A.caring         B. fighting       C. talking      D. trying

3.A. suggestions    B. questions      C. reasons     D. problems

4.A. class         B. organization    C. village      D. business

5.A. men         B. women        C. ladies       D. mothers

6.A. help          B. ask          C. tell          D. invite

7.A. places        B. palaces        C. cinemas     D. cities

8.A. parents       B. visitors        C. teachers     D. volunteers

9.A. young        B. clever         C.old          D.tall

10.A. youngest     B.brightest       C.cleverest    D.happiest

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题解析：本文大意：每个国家都有许多帮助照顾别人的好人。例如，美国的一些高中生和大学生经常花多个小时在医院、孤儿院做志愿者或照顾老人。他们在这些地方给人们读书或只是看望他们和他们玩游戏或倾听他们的问题。他们认为帮助带来幸福的人是世界最幸福的人。

1.考查动词。句意：例如，美国的一些高中生和大学生经常花多个小时在医院、孤儿院做志愿者或照顾老人。need需要，spend花费， waste 浪费，pay付款。spend on花时间在某事上，固定短语，可知选B

2.考查固定短语。句意：见 。caring在意，fighting打架，talking说话，trying尝试。care for照顾,可知选A

3.考查名词。句意：他们在这些地方给人们读书或只是看望他们和他们玩游戏或倾听他们的问题。suggestions建议，questions问题，reasons理由，problems问题。problem说话认为难以解决的问题，question需要答案的问题，可知选D

4.考查名词。句意：针对那么不同有父亲的男孩们，有一个组织叫“大哥哥” 。class班级， organization组织，village村庄，business业务。根据called Big Brothers.称为“大哥哥”， 可知选B

5.考查名词。句意：大学生们和其他的男人们带这些男孩去打棒球或钓鱼帮助他们知道男孩通常从父亲那里学到的东西。 men男人，women 女人， ladies 女士，mothers母亲。根据 learn from their fathers从父亲那里学，可知选A

6.考查动词和语境。句意：见 。 help帮助，ask问，tell告诉，invite邀请。根据语境可知选A

7.考查名词。句意：一些俱乐部播放电影或组织到山里、海滩或景点的短途旅行。 places地方， palaces宫殿，cinemas电影院，cities城市。places of interests景点，可知选A

8.考查名词和语境。句意：多数俱乐部用许多高中生和大学生们做为志愿者因为他们足够年轻还记得更小男孩和女孩们的问题。 parents父母，visitors游客，teachers老师，volunteers志愿者。根据语境可知选D

9.考查形容词。句意：见 。young年轻的，clever聪明的，old冷的，tall高的。根据 to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.记得小男孩和女孩们的问题，可知选B

10.考查形容词。句意： youngest最年轻的，brightest 最聪明的，oldest 最老的，happiest最幸福的。根据those who help to bring happiness.那些帮助带来幸福的人，可知选D

考点： 文化类短文阅读。