2025届人教版(2019)高考英语一轮话题复习高考题型通关练：话题14　公益事业与志愿者服务（学生版）.pdf

话题14公益事业与志愿者服务

Ⅰ.阅读理解

Emerson，my11－year－olddaughter，isonawildridewiththeUnitedStatesPostal

Service(USPS)andourmailcarrier，Doug.Shehasaseriousletter－writinghabitand

maintainscorrespondencewithherfavouritepeople.Ifyou’vebeenthereceiverofher

hand－decoratedlettersandenvelopes，thenIknowtheyreallymakeyourday.

AletterfromEmersonislikelytoincludesomeart，ajokeandenoughquestionsto

guaranteearesponse.ButwhenshewrotealettertoDoug，sheputsomethingnewin

it.“Youmayknowmeasthepersonlivingherethatwriteslotsofletters...You’revery

importanttome，helpingmestayintouchwithfriends.Icheerpeopleupwithmy

letters，andyoudothattoo！”Emersonwrote.

Thenextday，apackagearrivedwithtwoletters.OnewasfromDougandtheother

fromhissuperior，Sara，sayingshehadsharedEmerson’sletterintheinternal

newsletter(内部通讯)oftheUSPSandbelievedmanypostalfolkswantedtothank

Emerson.Emersonwassopleasedwiththeletterthatitperturbedmemuch，forthe

possibleresultofnoreplywouldcomeasablowtoher.

Surprisingly，today，wesawDougcomewithtwoboxesoflettersfromaroundthe

country.Theselettersweresohuman，filledwithstoriesaboutfamily，petsandasense

ofkindness.Buttherewassomethingmoreinthem.Peoplefeltseen—someforthefirst

timeinalongtime.“Iworkaloneinasmallruralpostoffice...”“Notmanypeoplethink

abouthowhardwework...”Emersonwrotebackseriously.

I’msharingthisnotbecauseI’maprouddad，butbecauseit’srelativelyeasy，ifwe

takethetime，togiveotherslinkstheyneedtobegood.Weallwanttobeseen，known

andloved.Sendaletter.Giveacall.Takeastepofbravery，likeEmerson.

1.WhydidEmersonwriteDougaletter?

A.Tomakefriendswithhim.

B.Toexpressherappreciation.

C.Tocheerhimup.

D.Toshareherdailylife.

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“perturbed”inParagraph3probablymean?

A.Touched.B.Astonished.

C.Delighted.