B
Volunteering overseas can be one of the most meaningful experiences of your life. It is a chance to see the world, do something good, and learn about yourself. But it isn’t easy. Volunteering abroad means you must give up something, and often it takes money. There are thousands of programs to choose from.
Decide what sort(种类)of work you find meaningful. Do you love working with children, or do you want to do a broader sort of volunteer work, like helping at a medical clinic? Some potential(潜在的)work you can volunteer for includes: teaching, building schools, farming, social work,such as helping at a refugee(难民)camp or urban poverty center, and cleaning up or repairing, especially after a disaster(灾难).
Consider your skill, and what kind of work you can help do. Difficult workplace require(要求)different skills. If you would like to work as a teacher, you might need to be able to speak the language of the country you are going to ( or know some basic phrases). If you want to help at a building site(地点), you should have building or carpentry(木工)skills. This doesn’t mean that you need to be an expert(专家)before going over. However, having some knowledge of the work you are doing can help you feel a sense of purpose, instead of confusion(困惑)when you arrive.
61. What does the writer think of volunteering overseas?
A. It’s a chance to see the world. B. you can do something good.
C. You will learn about yourself. D. All of the above.
62. What might you need if you would like to work as a teacher overseas?
A. Be able to sing and dance. B. Be able to tell stories.
C. Be able to speak the language of the country. D. Be able to be friendly to the children.
63. Which is NOT mentioned in the second paragraph?
A. Helping at an animal hospital. B. Building schools or farming.
C. Helping at a refugee camp. D. Cleaning up after a disaster.
64. Why do the volunteers overseas have some knowledge of the work?
A. It can help them to be experts. B. It can help them feel a sense of purpose.
C. It can make them confused. D. We don’t know.
65. What is the best title for the passage?
A. How to work overseas? B. How to teach children abroad?
C. How to volunteer abroad? D. How to be an expert?
C
From a young age, I’ve had a really deep connection with being outside. I’ve been skiing since I was eight or nine years old. I’ve been on expeditions(探险)in many places like China, Pakistan and so on. But it was in my home country, the USA, that I came closest to death.
It was April 1, 2011. I was skiing in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier, both experienced snowboarders. That day, I was the last person to ski. They were watching me from a safe area. Suddenly, I heard someone cry loudly. I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche(大雪崩). The kind of avalanche that destroys trees, cars, buses, even houses! Tens of thousands of tons of snow were coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow push me forward, hundreds of meters, and then cover me. It was so heavy that I couldn’t breathe. And then it pushed me forward again and up, out of the snowpack. I looked around, and for a few seconds I actually stopped being terrified. I had a moment to pause and to look at the power(力量) of the avalanche.
I looked down into the bottom of the valley(峡谷). I could see trees that were 30m tall, because I was so far away, they looked tiny to me. “OK, I’m going all the way to the bottom!” I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain another 450m. I thought the force of the snow would destroy me, it was powerful. But in the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I just popped(迸出) right out of the snow at the bottom of the valley.
It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me. There was a pile of debris(碎片)across the bottom of the mountain 300m wide. They couldn’t believe it when they saw me. I was
so lucky.
Has the experience changed me? Do I think about life differently? I don’t know, maybe. But I do know that it’s important to live your life with meaning. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.
66. What impressed(给人印象) the writer most in his skiing experience is________.
A. the power of snow B. the sight of the valley
C. the danger of popping D. the luck of his expedition
67. The underlined word “they” refers to________.
A. the mountains B. the trees C. Jeremy and Xavier D. piles of debris
68. From the passage, it’s true that________.
A. the writer came closest to death when he skied in Pakistan
B. the avalanche pushed the writer down about 300m away
C. the writer’s friends watched him at the bottom of the valley
D. the writer couldn’t breathe because of the weight of the snow
69. The writer was thrown out of the snow when________.
A. his friends reached for him B. he was pushed to the bottom
C. the avalanche started to slow down D. the snow drove him forward again
70. According to the writer, ________.
A. his experience and his friends have changed him
B. It’s impossible to know the force of snow
C. one should not live a meaningless life
D. he doesn’t mind the matter of life or death
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五、词与短语填空(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
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