Make A Difference Day is the largest national day of community service in the USA, which takes place on the fourth Saturday of October.
Who takes part in Make A Difference Day?
Anyone! Young and old, individuals and groups, anyone can carry out a volunteer project that helps others. It might be as ambitious as collecting truckloads of clothing for the homeless, or as personal as spending an afternoon helping an elderly neighbor or relative. USA WEEKEND covers volunteers and their projects in articles and photos.
How do I get started?
Look around your community. Are people hungry, homeless or ill? Are parks or schools dirty or neglected? No matter where you live, there’s a need nearby. And on Make A Difference Day, millions of Americans are expected to roll up their sleeves to help others. You can act alone or enlist your friends, family and co-workers. You can also call the Make A Difference Day Hot Line, 1-800-416-3824, for information. Or use the ideas on this website for inspiration.
What do I do after I’ve selected a project?
Tell others what you’re doing and enlist help. Several weeks before the day, tell us about your plans in the Make A Difference DAYtaBANK, a national listing of local projects that will be viewed by interested volunteers, other people looking for good project ideas and news media looking for good stories to tell. It will only take a few minutes to post your plans in the DAYtaBANK hosted by HandsOn Network.
Do it!
Carry out your plans to help others on Make A Difference Day. Be sure to take lots of pictures and share them on the Make A Difference Day Photo Album.
1.Where does the text probably come from?
A. A magazine. B. A website.
C. A newspaper. D. A festival brochure.
2.Make A Difference Day ________.
A. is a celebration of helpful neighbors
B. is a service provided by the community
C. is a national day of doing good in America
D. is a festival celebrated every year in the world
3.It can be inferred from the text that volunteers ________.
A. are chosen carefully by USA WEEKEND
B. need to dress up on Make A Difference Day
C. can get good project ideas from HandsOn Network
D. take pictures to send them to news media for money
4.The main purpose of the text is to ________.
A. introduce the origin of Make A Difference Day
B. direct people how to select a proper project idea
C. promote Make A Difference Day to other countries
D. encourage people to join in Make A Difference Day
No one knows how much money Dr. Lyle Tullis gave away to students. I was his colleague for nearly a decade and I never stopped being amazed at his generosity. Our college has a program of providing cross-cultural experiences for students. Lots of students take advantage of summer experience oversea. I discovered that no group left for overseas with some of its members receiving financial help from Dr. Tullis.
It wasn’t that he made a lot of money. For one thing, he taught in a church-run school. There, his salary was half of what those people earned in a tax-supported school.
Other colleagues occasionally complained about the low pay. Not Lyle Tullis. Occasionally some professors would leave our campus for a better-paid position. They told me they did so because, with better pay, they could provide for their families.
The size of Lyle Tullis’ paycheck never seemed to be the most important thing to him. I realized that one day when I was thanking him for helping a student, his eyes shone as he said to me, “I’ve got so much money that I don’t know what to do with it. So, I just give it away.”
Most people wouldn’t have thought that way. Dr. Tullis drove one of the oldest cars on campus. It was even older than almost any of the students’ cars. His home, while comfortable, was not fancy at all. But Lyle Tullis lived with the feeling that he had so much money that he needed to give it away.
He was one of the favorite on campus. Cynics(愤世嫉俗者) might say he bought fame. But they would misunderstand. Lyle wanted to devote his life, all of it, to helping others.
1.What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A. Dr. Tullis was very popular with his students.
B. The author was wondering why Dr. Tullis gave students money.
C. Dr. Tullis was generous in giving his students financial help.
D. The author had a program of providing cross-cultural experiences for students.
2.Why did Dr. Tullis give his money away?
A. He had a good fortune.
B. He wanted to buy fame.
C. He was ready to help students in need.
D. He didn’t know where to put it away.
3.We can learn from the text that .
A. Dr. Tullis was very content with his low pay
B. Dr. Tullis cared little about his family
C. the author felt confused about Dr. Tullis’ generosity
D. many people would misunderstand Dr. Tullis
4.Which of the following can best describe Dr. Tullis?
A. Honest B. Generous
C. Friendly D. Conservative
In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “he doesn’t love me anymore, he just cares his business… not me”.
One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me shower first?” she asked. “I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?” She was totally depressed.
On a morose(闷闷不乐的）day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...It was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least1℃, 2℃or 3℃.
Now I can’t give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love.
1.Why was the husband always taking the bath first?
A. Because he was tired from work.
B. Because he didn’t love her anymore.
C. Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.
D. Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.
2.What does the underlined word “bankruptcy” in the first paragraph probably mean?
A. crash B. moving
C. diseases D. failure
3.The best title of the passage may be ______.
A. A trouble B. 1℃ love
C. Husband and wife D. A romantic love story
假如你是李华，欲与本校另外四名同学组建一支乐队，但缺乏经验，请就以下情况或问题给知名音乐人卡曾斯（Cousins）先生发一封电子邮件以寻求帮助。
1.成员中有三名男生和两名女生，均喜欢流行音乐与现代舞蹈。
2.每周只在周末排练，时间是否足够？初期演奏宜多元化还是一种风格？
3.怎样获得较多的表演机会？
4.希望他能为乐队起个名字。
Dear Mr.Cousins,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I had a interesting dream last night.I dreamed that I took part in a race.At first,I could not to run very fast and fell behind.So I didn’t lose heart and kept running.All the students on the playground cheer me on,“Come on!”I was so encouraging that I ran faster and fast till I caught up all the other runners.I felt as if flying like a superman.In the end,I got to the finishing line first.I won the race.I felt very proudly of myself.Many of my classmate threw me up into the air.Just at that time I woke up and found me still in bed!
1.The foreigners came to China in order to learn Chinese a________（农业的）skills.
2.Mexico gained its i________（独立）from Spain in 1821.
3.The new building destroy the b_______（美丽）of the countryside.
4.The students must a________（道歉）to their teacher for being late.
5.My father does not have much b_______（信任）in doctors of traditional Chinese medicine.
6.The young girl is an e_______（精力充沛的）tennis player.
7.The party was in c________（庆祝）of Mother´s silver wedding.
8.Rocks may hold some information about the o_______（起源）of the life on Earth.
9.He has f_______（原谅）the wrongs I have done to him.
10.Her eyes were full of s_______（悲伤）at the news of the Ya´an earthquake.
