《广州市花县2016高考英语暑假阅读理解专练5及答案》.docVIP

阅读理解。 You’ve seen news reports about people who need help after a flood. Maybe you’ve walked past people who are sleeping on the streets. Or perhaps you’ve watched TV programs about how lonely older people can get. So what can you do about any of those things? The answer: You can volunteer (做志愿者). Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills — from working as part of a team to setting and reaching goals. It gives you a chance to find out what kinds of things you’re good at and enjoy the most. Volunteering can provide you with a sense of responsibility because people really depend on you. And it can help you understand disabled (残疾的) people, sick kids, or the elderly. Volunteering helps people feel they do have the power to change things for the better. When people depend on you, it can change the way you look at yourself, and this is the main reason that makes volunteering attractive. You can feel proud of the goals that you’ve achieved (实现) for a charity organization (慈善组织) — whether it’s helping to organize a 10K to raise money for lung cancer or running the race itself. Sometimes it’s easy to feel worried about your grades or the fight you had with your friend or parents. And although these things are very important in their own way, sometimes it can be helpful to get some distance and think about other things. Volunteering allows you to do this. It lets you focus on others that are worth doing. Finally, volunteering can help save you from being bored — it gives you a place to be where you can have a good time and keep busy. 1. From the passage, we can learn that volunteering ____. A. is the best way to find out your interests B. mainly helps the old and the poor people C. makes sure volunteers will get a good job in the future D. can help volunteers choose a job that they really like in the future 2. Today, most people volunteer mainly for the purpose of ______. A. making themselves famous and popular B. knowing their value by helping others C. inc