Through volunteering,you can improve your.CV.(简历), develop new skills,and make new friends.

The results of a survey done in some leading companies in the UK:

RESOURCES HUMANTARIAN

VOLUNTEERING

DONATION CHARITY RELIEF

73 percent of the companies would like a person with some voluntary experience over one year.

94 percent of the companies believe that volunteering adds to skills.

58 percent of the companies say that voluntary working experience can often be more valuable than working experience.

Here are some quotes (引述) from the survey:

”It made me confident and has made me realize the difference I can make.”

"Volunteering is the feeling that you are making a real difference to the lives of young people and the local community."

"l now have new ideas for choosing jobs and confidence in putting these new ideas into practice."

"Volunteering brings me much joy and peace. It makes me feel that I can do something different."

"It allows me to meet new people and do something fun and meaningful."

"It lets me be more aware of the problems of other people and makes me appreciate the simple things in life."

"It is the pleasure, satisfaction and the feeling that I can help somebody."

"It makes me a happier person."

1.What can the numbers in paragraph 2 tell us?

A.Doing voluntary work is popular among the people in the UK.

B.Working experience is more important than volunteering.

C.It's necessary to do voluntary work in all British companies.

D.Many companies prefer to employ people with voluntary experience.

2.What does the underlined word "appreciate" mean in English?

A.Enjoy B.Dislike C.Create D.Throw

3.About doing voluntary work, which of the following is NOT true?

A.It can help you live a meaningful life. B.It can bring you much happiness and peace

C.It can make you be satisfied with your life. D.It can help you improve your schoolwork.

4.What's the purpose of the passage?

A.To introduce the types of voluntary work. B.To help companies to find some good workers.

C.To make us be interested in voluntary work. D.To introduce the ways of doing voluntary work.

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):

Nowadays school students’ health becomes weaker. It is found that they _________ pay much attention to sports. Is it because they have no interest in sports? Certainly not. Teenagers live very busy study lives now and often forget to think about sports.

Every week, they have to _________ themselves for all kinds of examinations and tests in school. Test scores have become the focus of their life. Parents pay high attention to their test results. Because of the pressure(压力) from their parents and teachers, they _________ to work harder and spend most of their time on books. So many of them almost become bookworms. Books have kept them from sports. As for the students themselves, they want to get good results _________ they can have a good future. So they spend all of their spare time studying for improvement and _________ school sports.

However, it is important to take a correct attitude about study. A quick mind rarely goes along with a weak body. _________ a strong body, you can never achieve anything. Sports give us valuable practice in helping the eyes, brain and muscles work together. Such kind of practice is especially useful for the students who work with their brains too long.

1.A.hardly B.likely C.usually D.nearly

2.A.teach B.enjoy C.practice D.prepare

3.A.learn B.decide C.have D.refuse

4.A.now that B.unless C.so that D.as soon as

5.A.give up B.take up C.join in D.go in for

6.A.Besides B.Except C.Without D.With

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