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2013年参加同等学力的考生们，学苑教育献上同等学力英语每日一练，供考生学习与 参考。大家可随时关注学苑教育同等学力考试频道，我们将第一时间公布相关考试信息。 Pictures in the British papers this week of Prince William，Prince Charles’s 18-year-old son， cleaningtoilets overseas，have ledto asurgeofaltruism（利他主义）. Raleigh Internation-al，the charity that organized his trip，has seen inquiries about voluntary work abroad rise by 30%. But the image of idealistic youth that William presents no longer reflects the reality of the volunteer force.It’sgettingolderandolder. Voluntary Service Overseas（VSO）has about 2000 volunteers in the field around the world. After a dipin interest in themid-1990s，applicationsto workabroadareat recordlevels. Last year 7645 people submitted applications，and 920 successfully negotiated the VSO selection process and were sent abroad. When the organization was founded in 1959，the average volunteer was in hisearly20s.Now，theaverage age is35，andsettorisefurther. Partly，that is because there are more older people who want to do VSO. More people take earlyretirement；more，says thechief executive ofVSO，“still feel that theyhave more to give and are in good health”. And the demands of the African and Asian countries where most of the volunteers go are changing，too. Their educational standards have risen over the past couple of decades，sotheywantpeoplewith more qualifications，skills andexperience. BESO（British Executive Service Overseas）recruits executives andbusinessmen with at least 15years’ experience forshort-term contract workoverseas. It organizes 500placements （工作安 置）a year，and at the moment supply is surpassing demand. A BESO spokesman said that the organizationis“limited byfundingratherthanalackofvolunteers”. 1 Enthusiastic but unqualified students do not impress as much as they once did alongside accountants，managers and doctors. The typical volunteer，these days，has been in full-time employment for at least five years and is hi